11th Annual Digital Be-In
Sponsors & Exhibitors

Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet is the leading provider of dynamic, relevant data about the Web to enable users to make intelligent business and consumer decisions. Alexa data is available free through the Alexa service, which works with your Web browser and accompanies you as you surf, providing useful information about the sites you are viewing and suggesting related sites. The company donates a copy of the Web on an ongoing basis to the non-profit Internet Archive, which is endowed to preserve our digital heritage for scholarly access.

California Institute of Integral Studies
CIIS is an institution of higher learning and research that strives to embody spirit, intellect and wisdom in service to individuals, communities and the earth. Founded in 1968 and located in San Francisco, the Institute focuses on scholarly and practical integration of Asian and Western philosophy, psychology and spirituality. It has demonstrated a capacity to combine high standards of learning and teaching excellence with innovative thinking and techniques drawn from diverse cultural, intellectual and spiritual traditions. The Institute has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges since 1981.

California NORML
(The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) supports legal adult access to marijuana and helped lead the fight for the 1975 Moscone decriminalization act and Proposition 215.

SF STATION
SF STATION has provided thousands of Internet users from around the SF Bay Area (and the World) with in-depth and up-to-date information about San Francisco's Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Food, and Shopping. SF STATION'S city guide covers over 50 categories and sub-categories, and represents literally hundreds of San Francisco's entertainment, retail and service-oriented businesses, organizations, and venues. In addition, SF STATION creates, designs, markets and maintains custom Web sites for local businesses, non-profit organizations, marketing campaigns, and other special events.

MAPS
(Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) is a membership-based non-profit research and educational organization. We assist scientists and researchers to design, fund, conduct and report on studies into the healing and spiritual potentials of psychedelic drugs and marijuana. With sound research results, psychedelic therapy and medical marijuana have the potential to help millions of people in alleviating the pain, psychological distress and other symptoms of such illnesses as cancer, AIDS and addiction. Can you imagine a cultural reintegration of the use of psychedelics and the states of mind they engender? Please join MAPS in supporting the expansion of scientific knowledge in this promising area. Progress is only possible with the support of individuals who care enough to take individual and collective action-forefront of the City Guide (New Media) industry.

Drug Reform Coordination Network
The Drug Reform Coordination Network is a growing international network of more than 8,000 concerned citizens including parents, educators, students, lawyers, health care professionals, academics, and others working to reform drug policy and heighten public awareness of the consequences of drug prohibition.

Island Foundation
Island Foundation is an independent 501 (c) (3) non--profit educational organization. Its membership is dedicated to the creation of a psychedelically inspired culture. We are named for English novelist Aldous Huxley's last novel, Island, about a utopian culture called Pala. Our focus begins with the psychedelic experience but then goes on to explore how, once we have had these experiences, we can create and begin to live in a culture that has this vision woven into its very fabric.

Drug Policy Foundation
Founded in 1986, the Drug Policy Foundation works with community-based and national organizations, government officials, and concerned citizens to develop economically sound and rational drug policies that are grounded in science. DPF believes that drug policy must respect individual rights, promote individual responsibility, protect the public's health and safety, and minimize the use of the criminal justice system.

A&R Partners
A&R Partners is an experienced team of communications professionals and creative thinkers dedicated to helping technology companies raise visibility, build momentum and increase market advantage.

Zavtone Magazine
Zavtone magazine highlights global concerns filtered through pop culture. It focuses on digital artists, musicians, performers, and writers dedicated to high-resolution creative artwork with strong statements. Seeking the English/ Japanese synthetic aesthetic, Zavtone is a state of the art repository of sensory stimuli with rare interviews, digital artists and performers, personal features, short fiction, urban fashion statements enhancing the new and emerging digital talent in the art world. Zavtone magazine is often seen as a journal of art and technology, as it moves towards the future, it defines the position of art & technology today.

Promind
Promind helps the mind evolve, by supporting scientific research, public education, and harm reduction efforts related to psychedelics, through Mind Books, Promind Foundation, and Internet work.