2010 Sponsors

	Appular is a small New York-based company that specializes in PR, marketing, and consulting services for iPhone developers. Working as both an agency and a publisher, the company's goal is to raise awareness for apps it feels strongly about. It's not easy to get noticed in an exploding app market, but Appular helps developers get the visibility their apps deserve. Appular is always on the lookout for the next great app and would love to hear from developers.
	Known for its state-of-the-art technology and complete audiovisual services, Bell Harbor International Conference Center is one of the most technologically advanced conference centers on the West Coast. The facility features an expert onsite technology team and complimentary high-speed Internet access with sufficient bandwidth for hundreds of heavy users and the ability to support thousands of clients. Bell Harbor is comprised of 18 meeting rooms totaling 100,000 square feet with capacity for up to 6,000 guests, with a dedicated on-site planning team and award winning Northwest cuisine.
	The brainchild of CEO Aaron Hillegass, Big Nerd Ranch has hosted more than 2,000 students at the Ranch since its inception in 2001. Big Nerd Ranch exists to broaden the minds of their students and the businesses of their clients. Big Nerd Ranch software engineers are among the brightest in the business, and the group has developed dozens of innovative and flexible solutions for its clients. Big Nerd Ranch is also passionate about education and will release several new books in the Big Nerd Ranch Guide Series in 2010, including the highly anticipated iPhone and iPad Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.
	InformIT is home to the leading technology publishing imprints Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, QUE, and Sams. Whether you're looking for a book on a new technology, a helpful article, timely newsletters or access to the Safari Books Online digital library, InformIT has a solution for you.
	MailChimp provides email marketing for more than 300,000 users that range from small startups to Fortune 500 companies. MailChimp helps users manage and build mailing lists, design HTML emails and track performance. And because MailChimp uses an open API, it's easy to integrate with its email-marketing engine.
	Safari Books Online is an on-demand digital library that provides one integrated source for more than 7,500 expert reference and learning materials from leading publishers. The site includes exclusive access to the collections of Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, O'Reilly Media, John Wiley and Sons, and more. Safari Books Online provides access to a broad and constantly expanding range of over 100 collections including digital curricula for certification, expert technology, creative and design, and business and management resources in video and text formats.
	TapLynx is a fast and simple solution that allows you to build and manage your own content-rich iPhone applications in minutes using NewsGator's proven platform—without having to know any code. Simply put, TapLynx is your fastest path to the iTunes App Store and is powered by the same technology behind NewsGator's own award-winning NetNewsWire iPhone app. Whether you belong to an agency, or are a developer or a designer, TapLynx allows you to build robust, fully customizable iPhone apps that can include text, photos, and video, presented as they should be in the iPhone with gesturing and inline viewing. The apps are easy to maintain, and the remote configuration capabilities mean you can make changes to the app without having to build and resubmit through Apple. The framework supports several of the most popular ad servers, and analytics are already integrated for easy, online reporting.
Association and Media Sponsors
	Beatweek is the publication for iPhone, iPod, music, podcasting, and social media users. Content ranges from reviews of iPod and iPhone apps and accessories to interviews with famous musicians (Lady GaGa, The Black Crowes, Katy Perry, Al Green, 3 Doors Down, Carlos Santana) and podcasters, along with coverage of the latest industry news and events. New issues of Beatweek are released weekly, and new content is published daily to beatweek.com.
	Headquartered in Seattle, WA, iLounge is the world's leading resource of iPod, iPhone and iPad information, not affiliated with or owned by Apple Computer or any other vendor of iPod, iPhone or iPad accessories or services. Founded only days after Apple announced the first iPod in 2001, iLounge has exploded in popularity, today boasting millions of visitors and tens of millions of page views each month. In addition to receiving Best of the Web and Forbes Favorite awards from Forbes, a 50 Coolest Websites award from TIME Magazine, a Blog 100 award from CNET News, and best-of citations from leading technology journalists Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal and Leo Laporte of This Week in Technology, the site, its publisher and editors have been spotlighted by the Associated Press, CNBC, the Guardian (UK), Italian Vogue, the Los Angeles Times, National Post (Canada), The New York Times, Reuters, Stuff (UK), TechTV, The Age (Australia), The Sun (UK), and USA Today, amongst many other leading newspapers and magazines worldwide.
	The iPhone Life is the only print publication written exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch users. Each quarterly issue features tips, app reviews, accessory reviews, user profiles, enterprise solutions, how-to's, creating apps, and the latest news from Apple.
	The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to the support of individuals and organizations who create, manage, or market Web sites. WOW provides education as well as certification, technical, employment, and member advantage services to thousands of aspiring and practicing Web professionals worldwide.

How Can I Get Involved?

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, please contact:
Barbara Gavin
617-848-7026