BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//HasGeek//NONSGML Funnel//EN DESCRIPTION:Engage with a vibrant community of DevOps\, SRE & Platform eng ineers X-WR-CALDESC:Engage with a vibrant community of DevOps\, SRE & Platform en gineers NAME:Sponsor Rootconf Annual Conference X-WR-CALNAME:Sponsor Rootconf Annual Conference REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H SUMMARY:Sponsor Rootconf Annual Conference TIMEZONE-ID:Asia/Kolkata X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sponsor Rootconf Annual Conference DTSTART:20261003T132700Z DTEND:20261231T132700Z DTSTAMP:20261003T234956Z UID:session/Hj4w8zF2D2UNnjvF4cCEsk@hasgeek.com SEQUENCE:15 CREATED:20261003T103429Z DESCRIPTION:# Sponsor Rootconf\n\nRootconf is a platform for engineers run ning systems in production. Practitioners in the Rootconf community are pe ople who run `sudo su` on a production box at 2 AM\, who think about `mdad m` when someone mentions RAID\, and who show up at meet-ups and activities to argue about trade-offs.\n\nEvery talk\, workshop\, and sponsor interac tion is curated for relevance to practitioners who run infrastructure\, pl atforms\, or SRE in production.\n\n![Karthik Ramachandra exchanging experi ences with participants at Rootconf’s databases edition](https://images. hasgeek.com/embed/file/020fb0f93e864a958065bc26f2b1efc0)\n\n*Karthik Ramac handra\, Partner Director of Engg & India Site Lead - Azure SQL at Microso ft\, exchanges experiences at Rootconf Topical Edition on Databases\, June 2026.*\n\n\n\n---\n\n## About Rootconf 2026 Ann ual Conference\n\n**Dates:** 13–14 November 2026 \n**Location:** Bengal uru\n\n**Expected attendance:** Approximately 150 attendees per day\, or 3 00 attendee-days across the two-day conference. We expect a mix of people attending both days and people attending one day. This is not a forecast o f 300 unique attendees.\n\nFor planning on-site engagement\, use the expec ted daily audience of approximately 150 people.\n\n**Focus:** Platform eng ineering\, DevOps\, SRE\, and infrastructure — plus two open strands thi s edition:\n\n- **Platforms for AI:** Inference\, agents\, guardrails\, go vernance\, cost/FinOps\, and security.\n- **AI for platforms:** Agentic wo rkflows applied to observability\, security\, and deployments.\n\n---\n\n# # Who you’ll meet at Rootconf\n\n### Audience profile\n\n![Roles and fun ctions represented among Rootconf attendees](https://images.hasgeek.com/em bed/file/3fb5add7d6394428bb91f5fba533a952)\n\n*Based on membership and att endee data from 2024-2026.*\n\n### Companies represented\n\n![Companies re presented among Rootconf attendees](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/ 7004920ebe82445f932b322ee16c4474)\n\n*Organizations represented by attende es between 2024 and 2026. Affiliations do not imply sponsorship.*\n\n---\n \n## Speakers across editions\nCase studies\, war stories and production e xperiences shared by **100+ presenters since 2023**.\n\n![Roles represente d among past Rootconf presenters](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/d6 ef1e16554545438fc3c1800d1fe717)\n\n\n\n![Mallik arjun from Flipkart presenting HBase deployment across data centres at Roo tconf 2025](https://images.hasgeek.com/embed/file/1c222cba63d947b58cdf52dd 19a3304c)\n\n*Mallikarjun (Flipkart) presenting a session on HBase deploym ent across data centres at Rootconf 2025.*\n\n## Sponsors across editions\ n\n| Sponsor | Tier | Edition |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Nutanix | Platinum | Rootconf 2024\, 2025\, 2026 |\n| PhonePe | Platinum | Rootconf 2024 |\n | Firebolt | Gold | Databases edition |\n| Coinbase | Gold | Rootconf 2025 |\n| e6data | Silver | Rootconf 2024 |\n| Swiggy\, Shopify | Bronze | Roo tconf 2024 |\n| Thoughtworks\, Facets.Cloud | Bronze | Rootconf 2025 |\n\n **Diversity partners:** FOSS United Foundation · HackerRank\n\n---\n\n## Sponsorship tiers\n\n**One Platinum spot remains for 2026.** Nutanix is co nfirmed as a Platinum sponsor. The remaining Platinum package includes exc lusive conference lanyard branding — your brand on the lanyards worn by attendees across both days.\n\n| Benefit | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platin um |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Price** | ₹50\,000 | ₹1\,50 \,000 | ₹4\,00\,000 | ₹5\,50\,000 |\n| **Spots available** | 6 | 4 | 3 | **1 remaining\; Nutanix confirmed** |\n| **Exhibition space** | Small t able | Table | Booth | Booth / lounge |\n| **On-site attendee engagement** | — | Giveaway | Treasure hunt + giveaway | Treasure hunt + giveaway |\ n| **Curated speaking opportunity** | — | Short talk (5–10 min) | Talk (15 min) | Fireside chat |\n| **Branding** | Logo on website | Logo on we bsite and event banner | Logo on website\, event banner\, and notebook | L ogo on website\, event banner\, and notebook\, plus **exclusive conference lanyard branding** |\n| **Passes** | 2\, entry-only | 3\, entry-only | 10 \, catering bundled | 20\, catering bundled |\n| **Community meet-ups beyo nd the conference** | — | — | One meet-up/mixer at the sponsor’s ven ue\, the week before the conference | One pre-conference meet-up/mixer at the sponsor’s venue\, plus a second meet-up 3 months after the conferenc e |\n\n*Prices are exclusive of GST.*\n\n![Sponsors](https://images.hasgee k.com/embed/file/3e19798caa2a47479277a2384b2a5edf)\n\n### Sponsor sessions : useful takeaways and meaningful interaction\nSponsor sessions are curate d to give practitioners useful takeaways and create opportunities for enga gement with sponsors during the conference.\n\nTopics should connect to th e audience’s work in production: technical decisions\, implementation ex perience\, operational challenges\, and trade-offs. Concrete examples and lessons help attendees understand where a sponsor’s expertise or product can be relevant to their own systems.\n\nThe session’s content and form at should support questions\, discussion\, and follow-up conversations wit h the sponsor.\n\n---\n\n## Conference add-ons\nAdd these to your sponsors hip package\, or choose them independently for visibility at Rootconf 2026 Annual Conference.\n\n| Item | Price (INR) | Details |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **Giveaway add-on** | Flat ₹25\,000 | Opportunity + execution only — giveaway items must be supplied by the sponsor. |\n| **Photo kiosk** | Flat ₹35\,000\, all-inclusive | Includes set-up. |\n\n---\n\n## Year-r ound sponsorship opportunities\nEngage with Rootconf practitioners through out the year through meet-ups\, geek-ups\, and technical workshops. These opportunities are available independently of annual conference sponsorship \, with dates and formats agreed separately.\n\n| Opportunity | Price (INR ) | Details |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **Meet-up** | Flat ₹45\,000 | Brin g Rootconf practitioners to your venue. Sponsorship supports community par ticipation\; it is not a commitment to organize an event on your behalf. A speaking slot isn’t guaranteed. |\n| **Geek-up** | ₹75\,000–₹1\,5 0\,000\, depending on the guest’s profile and visibility | A gathering b uilt around a visiting practitioner who is already in the city\, hosted fo r the community to meet. Subject to practitioner availability. |\n| **Spon sored technical workshop** | On request | Topic\, format\, timing\, and pr icing are scoped together. |\n\n![workshop photo](https://images.hasgeek.c om/embed/file/52957d6982014f61b87fbb390ce78dcc)\n\n*Participants at a work shop held during Rootconf Topical Edition on Databases\, June 2026* \n\n*L ooking to fund access rather than visibility? See the Diversity Fund below .*\n\n---\n\n## Contribute to the Diversity Fund\n\nSome candidates just n eed the ticket covered\; others need travel and stay support too. Your con tribution goes into a shared fund\, allocated by Hasgeek directly to candi dates based on need.\n\n**Contribute ₹25\,000 to be recognized as a Dive rsity Partner**\, listed separately from sponsorship tiers.\n\nRecognition includes:\n\n- Recognition on the website and in social media promotion.\ n- Verbal acknowledgment at the conference.\n- A post-event impact summary .\n\n*A goodwill contribution\, not a sponsorship tier — no booth\, stag e time\, or lead-generation access.*\n\n---\n\n## What’s coming up\n\n| Date | Event | Location |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 12 Nov and 21 Nov 2026 — dates to be confirmed | Workshops associated with the Rootconf Annual Conference | Bengaluru |\n| 13–14 Nov 2026 | **Rootconf Annual Conferenc e 2026** | Bengaluru |\n| Every two months\, starting Nov 2026 | Independe nt Rootconf workshops\, part of the annual membership programme | Bengalur u |\n| Jan\, Mar\, May\, Jul\, Sep\, Nov 2027 | Platform engineering meet- ups | Bengaluru |\n| June 2027 — planned\; dates to be confirmed | **Roo tconf 2027 — Databases edition** | To be confirmed |\n\nThe conference w orkshops and the membership programme workshops are separate series. Confe rence workshop dates will be announced once confirmed.\n\n[Submit a propos al (CfP)](https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/2026-cfp/sub) · [Tickets and regis tration](https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/2026/)\n\n---\n\n![Audience at Rootc onf 2025 gathered for a group photograph](ADD_LTS_121_IMAGE_URL)\n\n*Audie nce at Rootconf 2025.*\n\n\n\n## Get in touch\n\nTell us what you’re trying to reach — hiring\, product feedback\, or brand presence in the platform engineering and infrastructure community — and we’ll help you pick the tier that fits\, or shape a custom add-on.\n\n** Email:** [sales@hasgeek.com](mailto:sales@hasgeek.com) \n**Phone:** +91 7 676332020 LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T132729Z LOCATION:Online - https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/rootconf-sponsorship-deck/ ORGANIZER;CN=Rootconf:MAILTO:no-reply@hasgeek.com URL:https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/rootconf-sponsorship-deck/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Sponsor Rootconf Annual Conference in 5 minutes TRIGGER:-PT5M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR