Partners & sponsors

Become a partner.

Sponsoring Winter AI Festival is not about putting your name next to an event. It is direct access to the right audience, to scheduled B2B meetings, to the largest pool of AI talent in eastern Romania and to concrete commercial opportunities.

01
What a sponsor gets

Concrete deliverables,
not promises.

The target audience, more than 600 participants (decision-makers, founders, investors, talented young people and companies already well into their digital transformation), makes Iași 2027 a strong commercial platform, right in annual planning season, in Romania's third-largest IT centre by number of employees.

  • 01 Real leads Scheduled one-to-one B2B meetings
  • 02 Access to young talent Direct recruitment from the Youth Challenge and universities
  • 03 Expert positioning Keynote · panel · white paper
  • 04 Demos and activations Expo Zone · Corporate AI Challenge
  • 05 Regional reach A bridge to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
  • 06 Post-event report Measurable KPIs · structured follow-up
02
8 packages

Possible routes
into partnership.

Each package is built around a different objective: visibility, lead generation, recruitment, activation, expert positioning. Custom combinations are available on request.

TIER 01 · STRATEGIC

Main Partner

  • Naming rights to the main stage
  • Premium keynote slot (Day 01)
  • Prime stand position in the Expo Zone
  • 10 VIP invitations to the Eastern Gateway Roundtable
  • Major branding across the campaign
  • White paper + editorial interview
Request a proposal →
TIER 02 · RECOMMENDED

AI Business Partner

  • Dedicated workshop in AI Winter Labs
  • Maximum-visibility stand in the Demo Zone
  • Your own Corporate AI Challenge
  • Up to 20 facilitated meetings
  • Full access to the Youth Challenge
  • Panel slot (Day 01 or 02)
Most popular →
TIER 02 · PUBLIC

Public Sector & Smart City

  • Association with the Smart Communities track
  • Closed round table with city halls
  • AI workshop for public administration
  • Stand in the Demo Zone
  • AI guide for public administration
Request a proposal →
TALENT

Youth Challenge

  • Hackathon branding
  • Dedicated mentors from your company's team
  • Real challenges set for the teams
  • Access to participants who explicitly ask to be contacted
  • Prizes: scholarships, laptops, internships
  • Employer positioning in front of students
Request a proposal →
STARTUPS

Startup Partner

  • Startup Pitch branding
  • Judging and selection
  • Preferential access to startups
  • Exclusive deal flow after the event
  • Private pitches from the top finalists
Request a proposal →
REGIONAL

Eastern Gateway

  • Eastern Gateway & AI After Dark branding
  • Activations at the Networking Dinner
  • Cultural Night partner at Palatul Culturii (the Palace of Culture)
  • Access to the delegations from the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
  • Branded materials at the networking evening
Request a proposal →
CONTENT

Knowledge Partner

  • Co-branded report
  • National editorial white paper
  • Moderation of a strategic panel
  • Editorial contribution before the event
  • Media citations after the event
Request a proposal →
URBAN

AI in the City

  • Urban activations in Iași
  • High-impact public demos
  • Association with the Iași city brand
  • Exhibition of robots and installations
  • Visibility with the general public
Request a proposal →
600+
Participants
200+
Youth Challenge participants
15+
Startups demoing
80+
B2B meetings
01
House rule

The stage is not for sale. The rest can be.

We say this explicitly, because it is the one contradiction that kills a festival's credibility: you cannot write ‘the programme is editorial’ and sell a place on stage in the same brochure.

/ Editorial programme

Main stage and technical stage

Speakers are chosen by the organiser, on the strength of their subject and what they can demonstrate. A slot is not bought, not attached to a package and not negotiated. A partner can propose a talk through the public form, on the same terms as anyone else.

/ Partner content

Labelled as such, wherever it appears

Your own workshop, an executive briefing with a guest list selected together, an analysis session, a demonstration in the foyer, a study launch, your own challenge for the teams, hospitality at the networking evening. All of it carries the partner's name in the programme and on screen.

This separation is not a commercial restriction: it is the selling point. A partner who appears in a programme where the stage is for sale gains visibility, but not credibility.

Confirmed partners

Who is in Edition 01.

Edition 01 is being put together now. Whoever joins at this stage appears wherever the festival appears, from the first public announcement to the report afterwards.

We publish a logo only once the agreement is signed. Until then, we would rather say what is coming than leave empty boxes.

Let's talk

Let's build the right
package together.

Tell us your objectives (visibility, lead generation, recruitment, demos, expert positioning) and together we will build a tailored package with measurable results.

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Package prices are not published. Tell us what you want to achieve and we will send you the right proposal within 24 hours on working days.

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