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THE INVASION IN SILICON VALLEY Education Employment January 13th-14th, 2018 San Francisco, CA Entrepreneurship Join us as we bring military Veterans from around the country into the heart of San Francisco for a weekend of panel discussions, workshops, and networking with leaders from Silicon Valley’s most innovative companies.

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THE INVASION IN SILICON VALLEYEducation Employment

January 13th-14th, 2018San Francisco, CA

Entrepreneurship

Join us as we bring military Veterans from around the country into the heart of San Francisco for a weekend of panel discussions, workshops, and networking with leaders from Silicon Valley’s most innovative companies.

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VetsinTech is an independent non-profit organization made up of technology industry leaders and former men and women in service who support our current and returning veterans with reintegration services, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem.

ViT is committed to bringing together a tech-specific network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment -- the 3E’s!

About 2.6 million Americans have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. But the people who have made some of the greatest sacrifices in the post-9/11 era, also are the ones struggling the most with unemployment today. 80% of of our veteran heroes are transitioning out of the military without a job. With the end of the war in Iraq and the current drawdown in Afghanistan, more than 1 million service members either have left the military or are projected to transition out over the next 5 years.

We work hard to match veterans with unfilled jobs in high tech. Our education programs also help our veterans translate skills learned in the military to the tech workplace and communicate their qualifications to prospective employers.

OVERVIEW

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The Invasion in Silicon Valleyis a first of it’s kind event, with heavy focus on providing our veterans from around the country with access to technology education and entrepreneurship, and hands-on employment training and networking with the tech industry’s top companies . Funding for our programs are raised through donations received from individuals, service groups, businesses and corporations. The incredible ongoing support of the community helps us to continually enhance our innovative and effective programs for veterans in the technology ecosystem.

The Invasion merges two worlds of military and technology.

Veterans from around the country, in various levels of transition out of their military careers, will convene to receive opportunities for education, employment, and entrepreneurship in the tech industry.

Technology Leaders, Investors, HR & Recruiters, Engineers, and others representing a wide variety of industries with a high-tech focus and communities, will deliver content and lead workshops covering topics for our veterans.

This cross-section of military and technology worlds is what makes VetsinTech unique, and makes its first conference - The Invasion in Silicon Valley - a first of it’s kind event that creates opportunities for our military heroes from around the country to gain access to 2 days of opportunities in technology education, employment, and entrepreneurship.

Vets in Tech has chapters in:

- Seattle- Portland-San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego-Phoenix-Denver-Austin-Chicago-New England-New York City-Washington D.C.-North Carolina-Tampa-Miami

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Saturday 12-6pm:

Resume and pitch workshop6pm:

Hosted Cocktail Hour & VIP Reception

Sunday8am-9am

Registration and Breakfast9am

Event welcome and keynote address10-12pm

Breakouts (education, employment, entrepreneurship)12-1pmLunch

1-4pmBreakouts

4-6pmKeynote address

6-8pmNetworking

EVENTSCHEDULE

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SPONSORSHIP LEVELS:Your support will help veterans succeed in the technology ecosystem.

Please review the various sponsorship levels as outlined on the following pages and let us know how you would like to support VetsinTech first national conference - The Invasion in Silicon Valley. We appreciate your time and interest and look forward to discussing sponsorship possibilities with you.

Your generous support of VetsinTech will help ensure our first national conference- The Invasion in Silicon Valley - is the first of many. By participating in this event as a Partner, you’ll get exposure and access at a high-profile event drawing hundreds of veterans, technology leaders, influential supporters, and media attention.

Whatever level of assistance you choose to give, we sincerely thank you for supporting ViT, the veterans we help, and companies, organizations, and communities we impact.

PARTNERSHIP

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• Veteran Stipend - (30) Provide a travel stipend for thirty veterans from across the country, your company has made it possible for them to attend• Stage Presence - Address the entire conference to open/close the event, and declare why your company is helping Veterans succeed in the technology industry • Premier Exhibitor Space - (30’x30’) Enjoy a premium exhibitor space, in the mosttraffickedspace,useitforVeteran recruitment, for connecting with tech leaders, media and more• Printed Assets - Receive top billing on all onsite marketing materials including event schedule, signage, projected displays, and banners including a sentence about your company where possible• Gift Bags - Opportunity to brand the gift bag, given all attendees, sponsors, and media, with a unique message on how to engage with your company after the event ends• Invitations - 25 invitations for you to extend to Veteransyouknowthatwouldbenefit from the event’s technology education, employment, or entrepreneurship content - 15 invitations to the VIP Reception prior to the conference

• Press/Media - Dedicated quote from your company’s executives included in press releases, detailing about your company’s involvement in all media and press reports pre/post event • Promotions - Top billing on all online promotional materials (event page, ticketing page, community promotions, newsletters, etc) • Video - Prominent inclusion in the onsite video interview, with your company’s logo and links included on post event video recap• VIT Website - Link to your company’s website on Conference webpage and the ViT website for one year• Social Media - Your logo and links in social media shares promoting the event• Blog Post - (1) One dedicated blog post (pre and post event) about your company sent to the entire ViT community

Premier Partner: $50,000

At the Conference: Pre and Post Media Reach:

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Gold Partner: $25,000

• Veteran Stipend - (15) Provide a travel stipendforfifteenveteransfromacross the country, your company has made it possible for them to attend• Stage Presence - Address the entire conference, and declare why your company is involved in helping Veterans accel in the technology industry • Exhibitor Space - (15’x15’) Enjoy a top tierexhibitorspace,inthemosttrafficked space, use it for Veteran recruitment, for connecting with tech leaders, media and more• Printed Assets - Receive partner billing on all onsite marketing materials including event schedule, signage, and banners including a sentence about your company where possible• Gift Bags - Opportunity to provide a gift, giving all attendees, sponsors, and media, a unique message on how to engage with your company after the event ends• Invitations - 15 invitations for you and your guests to attend the conference - 7 invitations to the VIP Reception prior to the conference

• Press/Media - Inclusion of your company’s involvement in press releases, media and press reports pre/ post event • Promotions - Your company logo and links included in all online promotional materials (event page, ticketing page, purchased ads, community promotions, newsletters, etc) • Video - Inclusion in the onsite video interview, with company logo and links provided• ViT Website - Link to your company’s website on Conference webpage and the ViT website for one year• Social Media - Your logo and links in social media shares promoting the event• Community Content - (1) One dedicated blog post about your company emailed to the entire ViT community

At the Conference: Pre and Post Media Reach:

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Silver Partner: $10,000

• Veteran Stipend - (5) Provide a travel stipendforfiveveteransfromacross the country, your company has made it possible for them to attend• Stage Presence - A representative from your company will join a panel discussion to address the whole audience just before the event networking session, giving an opportunity to declare why your company is involved in helping Veterans accel in the technology industry • Exhibitor Space - (10’x10’) Enjoy a large exhibitor space, for Veteran recruitment, connecting with tech leaders, media and more• Printed Assets - Receive logo inclusion on all onsite marketing materials including event schedule, signage, and banners • Gift Bags - Opportunity to provide a gift, giving all attendees, sponsors, and media, a unique message on how to engage with your company after the event ends• Invitations

- 10 invitations for you and your guests to attend the conference - 5 invitations to the VIP Reception prior to the conference

• Promotions - Your company logo and links included in all online promotional materials (event page, ticketing page, purchased ads, community promotions, newsletters, etc) • Video - Inclusion of your company in the onsite video interview• ViT Website - Link to your company’s website on Conference webpage and the ViT website for one year• Social Media - Your logo and links in social media shares promoting the event• Community Content - Inclusion of your company logo and blurb in pre event blog post, dedicated blog post about your company emailed to the entire ViT community

At the Conference: Pre and Post Media Reach:

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Bronze Partner: $5,000

• Exhibitor Space - (Table) Promote your company’s objectives in our exhibitor space, for Veteran recruitment, connecting with tech leaders, media and more• Printed Assets - Receive logo inclusion on some onsite marketing materials including event schedule, signage, and banners• Invitations - 3 invitations for you and your guests to attend the conference - 1 invitations to the VIP Reception prior to the conference

• Promotions - Your company logo and links included in some online promotional materials (event page, ticketing page, purchased ads, community promotions, newsletters, etc) • ViT Website - Link to your company’s website on Conference webpage and the ViT website for one year• Community Content - Inclusion of your company logo and blurb in pre event blog post, dedicated blog post about your company emailed to the entire ViT community

At the Conference: Pre and Post Media Reach:

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BOARD

Katherine Webster Founder of VetsinTech

Katherine Webster is the Founder of VetsinTech. Under Katherine’s leadership VetsinTech has grown to 12 veteran-led chapters across the U.S. in just 3 years, gained support from approximately 20 of the top tech companies to hire veterans and developed training programs with tech ecosystems that hire thousands of veterans. As a result of founding VetsinTech, there is now a community of thousands of veterans both interested and working in technology careers -- many helping future returning veterans into tech jobs around the country. VetsinTech has been recognized by the White House and Department of Labor for our innovation and leadership in creating new programs for veterans entrepreneurship, employment, and education and have received twoCertificatesofHonorfromtheCityandCountyofSanFrancisco.

Craig Newmark Founder of Craigslist

Craig is the founder of Craigslist, the web-based platform that hasfundamentallychangedclassifiedadvertising.Sinceitsfounding in 1995, Craigslist has become one of the world’s 10 most-visited English language web platforms. Today there are Craigslist websites virtually everywhere and serving every continent on earth (except Antarctica).

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Kevin Heneghan Senior Counsel, Policy (Airbnb) Kevin specializes in advising business entities, candidates, electedofficials,tradeassociations,andindependentexpenditurecommitteesonawiderangeofcampaignfinance,lobbying,election,andgovernmentalethicslawissues.Hehasservedascampaigncounselforcandidatesforstatewideoffice,severalStateLegislators,andnumerouselectedofficialsinSanFrancisco and San Diego.

For all sponsorships, commitment is due by Jan 7th, 2018

For more information, please contact: Katherine Webster Executive Director VetsinTech Phone: +1 (650) 888-8377 Email: [email protected]

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Chris Galy ChiefPeopleOfficeratTen-X (formerly Auction.com)

Chris’ global human resources leadership experience spans more than twenty years in the military, software, e-commerce, networking, and semiconductor industries. Prior to Auction.com, he served in HumanResourcesand/orTalentAcquisitionrolesatIntuit,Xilinx,Harmonic,andIntegratedDeviceTechnology.Beforehishumanresourcescareer,ChrisservedasanactivedutyArmyAviationOfficer.