Sponsorship · 2027
West Texas builds the future. Put your name on day one.
Lone Star TechCON is West Texas's regional technology conference: one day, four tracks, 200–300 practitioners — the people building and running infrastructure, security, and AI in production across the region. They don't fly to RSA or re:Invent. They drive to Abilene.
Saturday, April 3, 2027 · Abilene, TX · 4 tracks · 200–300 practitioners
Early-commitment rates lock in by October 31, 2026
First-mover pricing on an inaugural event — these rates will not survive year two.
Rate card · Ratified
Sponsorship Tiers
Standard rate first; early-commitment rate applies through October 31, 2026.
Presenting
$7,500
Early: $6,000
1 available- Name in the event title (“presented by ___”)
- Welcome remarks before the opening keynote (5 min)
- Premium vendor table, first pick of placement
- 8 conference passes
- Largest logo — site, signage, shirt
- Stage thank-you + social announcements
Gold
$3,000
Early: $2,500
3 available- Content track naming — one of three (“Track presented by ___”)
- Vendor table included
- 4 conference passes
- Large logo placement
- Stage thank-you + social announcements
Silver
$1,500
Early: $1,250
6 available- Standard logo placement
- 2 conference passes
- Add a vendor table for $650
- Stage thank-you + social announcements
Community
$500
May be taken in-kind
Open- Listed logo placement
- 1 conference pass
- Stage thank-you + social announcements
- In-kind option for nonprofits, user groups, and civic/education partners
Three content tracks, three Golds — Infrastructure & Data Center, AI & Emerging Tech, Cybersecurity. The Career & Job Navigation track is named by the Career Room Exclusive sponsor.
One name on each
Exclusive & Named Inventory
Standalone items — take one on its own or stack it on a tier.
Arrival Party Presenting
Private Friday-night takeover of Free Play Abilene, April 2, 6–9 PM — drinks + arcade on us. Or split it: 1 Presenting at $7,500 + 2 Co-hosts at $2,500.
$12,500 early: $11,500
1 availableCareer Room Exclusive
For one staffing/recruiting firm: all-day exclusive appointment access, room branding, Career & Job Navigation track naming, and 2 passes. Pre-scheduled 1:1s with motivated, self-selected candidates.
$3,500 early: $3,000
1 availableWi-Fi Sponsor
“Wi-Fi provided by ___” — splash page, network name, and a line on every badge card.
$3,500 early: $3,000
1 availableBadge Sponsor
Logo on the badge front + the full back panel — the most-photographed object at the event, worn by every attendee all day.
$2,500 early: $2,000
1 availableCoffee Sponsor
Named coffee service + station signage.
$1,500
2 availableFriday Workshop Sponsor
Named, limited-seat hands-on workshop on Friday, April 2.
$1,500
1 availableVendor Table
Floor presence + 1 pass.
$800 early: $700
Limited — placement by commitment orderGrand Prize Sponsor
Donate a grand prize for the closing passport drawing — billing on every passport card and the closing stage.
In-kind donated prize
LimitedGold + Wi-Fi
$6,500
A named track and the network.
Gold + Badge
$5,500
A named track on every chest.
Silver + Vendor Table
$2,150
Logo package plus floor presence — the $650 table rate, below the standalone price.
No lists, no scans
How Sponsors Meet Attendees
We don't sell attendee lists — no badge-scan lead retrieval, no post-event contact dumps. Every lead you leave with is one an attendee chose to hand you, which is exactly why it's worth having.
Booth Prize Drawings
Run a free-entry prize drawing at your table; you keep every opted-in entry. All sponsor prizes are drawn at the closing session — must be present to win — so your prize helps hold the room to the end of the day.
The Passport Game
Every attendee gets a passport card at registration; a card stamped at every sponsor table enters the grand-prize drawing. Guaranteed foot traffic past every sponsor, down to the Community tier.
The Career Room
Its sponsor only: pre-scheduled 1:1s with candidates who opted in at registration — no booths, no badge-scan spam.
Sponsors don't buy talks. Every talk at Lone Star TechCON is selected through an anonymous, blind-reviewed call for proposals — reviewers never see names or companies. If your engineers have something worth saying, have them submit; it competes on content like everything else.
The case
Why Sponsor a First-Year Event
First-mover pricing
These rates reflect an inaugural event; they will not survive year two. Early-commitment discounts (~15–20%) lock in by October 31, 2026.
Hiring pipeline, not impressions
Between the Career Room, TSTC's data-center pipeline, and Dyess transitions, this is a recruiting event wearing a conference badge.
A trusted room
No attendee-list sales, no lead-scan spam — community-conference norms that make practitioners actually stop at your table.
Organizer track record
Produced by Rural Capital, LLC. The organizer founded TxOSS, chaired YAPC::NA 2007, and co-organized the first two Texas Linux Fests.
Reserve your slot
Ready when you are.
Write sponsors@lonestartechcon.com — or reply to the person who handed you the prospectus. We'll hold inventory for 14 days while you route approvals.