devopsdays seattle - Sponsor Information



Thank you for sponsoring DevOpsDays Seattle

As you probably know, DevOpsDays is a volunteer run not-for-profit event. Our goal is to help people learn about DevOps, and we couldn’t do it without your support. Thank You!!

Book your hotel rooms

A lot of hotels in Seattle sell out in the spring. It’s a good idea to book any rooms you’ll need as soon as possible. We don’t have an official hotel, but there are many in the area.

Register your attendees

You’ll receive a registration code to be given to people who will be attending on behalf of your company. Please don’t wait to have them register once you receive your code! We’d like to have an accurate count as soon as possible.

Venue Location

Maydenbauer Center
11100 NE 6th St
Bellevue, WA 98004
Directions and Parking

Dates and Times

This year’s event is on September 9th and 10th, 2025. A detailed program can be found at http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2025-seattle/program/. Please note the speaker schedule is subject to change.

  • March 25: Sponsor packages announced.
  • March 25: CFP opens.
  • May 15: Early-bird ticket sales open.
  • 15 June: CFP Closes.
  • 25 June: Early-bird ticket sales end. Regular ticket sales opens.
  • 30 June: Speakers notified of acceptance, program updated as confirmations as received.
  • 31 July: Speakers and program finalized.
  • 15 August: Sponsorship closes. Last day for any logo changes for event banners (excluding the ones sponsors themselves bring).
  • 21 August: Sponsorship table email sent.
  • 30 August: Sponsor table allocation.
  • 8 September: Booth set up from 09:00 till 16:00. We’ll also print badges during this time for sponsors.
  • 9 September: Registration opens at 08:00 (Sponsors can come in starting 07:00 on 9th and 10th)
  • 10 September: Tear down - approximately 16:30.

Gold sponsors have 2 minutes, Silver 1 minute, and Bronze 30 seconds for a pitch to the full audience at the start of each day. This time will be strictly enforced to make sure we stay on schedule!

Who to send

Of course this is up to you, but most attendees will be hands-on practitioners. It’s important to your success that you send people able to have practitioner level conversations. If you’re showing off your latest product, be ready to answer some technical questions. If you’re looking to hire people, have someone there who works in the type of role you’re hiring for. There will be a job board avialable during the event for anyone to share open roles and contact details.

Conference Format

DevOpsDays is a unique blend of presentation style talks and interactive open discussions. The presentations are being chosen from over 200 submissions. We’re really excited about the talks we’ll see.

The afternoons are run as open spaces. You can learn more about this format at https://www.devopsdays.org/open-space-format/. To make the most of your participation it’s highly recommended that your staff participate in the open space discussions. This is your best chance to show off how valuable you can be to the attendees. Open space topics are proposed and voted for by attendees, we encourage you to submit ideas as well.

Shipping, Loading Dock

The venue manages all shipping requests, plan to have packages arrive on September 7th for the setup day on September 8th. All the details can be found on their site - https://www.meydenbauer.com/convention-center/exhibitors/shipping-receiving/.

Sponsors are welcome coordinate with venue to use their loading dock - https://www.meydenbauer.com/convention-center/exhibitors/move-in-out/.

Gold sponsors will be able to choose the location in the venue of your sponsor table. Once sponsors have finalized attendance with payment, we will share a Google Drive document to track all action items, share sponsor-specific details, manage the logo, and share any additional information. It will also contain a section to indicate table location prefferences (allocated by sponsorship level, and then by payment received date). We will send out an email to sponsors on 21 August for table allocation finalization, it is important to respond to this email as soon as possible to secure final table allocations. With that said, we’ve been told that we have one of the most welcoming sponsor areas of any DevOpsDays event and will do everything in our power to make sure there’s no such thing as a “bad table spot”.

Floor plan and booth allocations

Code of Conduct

DevOpsDays is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. The Code of Conduct will be strictly enforced, please be sure to read it at http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2025-seattle/conduct/. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualized environment.

Social Networks

We have the twitter handle @DevOpsDaysSEA, Bluesky @dodseattle.org, and company page on LinkedIn but people will most likely use the #DevOpsDays hashtag on the day.