Onboarding Survey: This will give us a clear understanding of your objectives at Web Summit. This will be sent to you by your Partner Success Manager.
Partner Comms Form: Providing your company details allows us to feature your profile on the Web Summit website and mobile app. This will be sent to you by your Partner Success Manager.
Please submit your masterclass title, synopsis, and host details using this form by Friday, September 23. All content is subject to approval by The Gathering team. Your Partner Success Manager will inform you once your masterclass title and synopsis have been approved.
Please send your Partner Success Manager the full name, job title and email address of your The Gathering attendees by Friday, September 30.
As the official lunch partner host at The Gathering, you will have access to The Gathering for three event ticket holders. Attendees to be executive level and are subject to approval by The Gathering team.
Attendees must be confirmed (name, email, company and job title) by Friday, September 30.
Your package also includes the following benefits:
Develop and facilitate a one hour masterclass in front of up to 100 attendees at The Gathering.
Branded welcome board and stand at the lunch. This will be dual-branded to include your logo and The Gathering logo.
Branded tent cards. This will be dual-branded to include your logo and The Gathering logo.
Logo branding on the The Gathering welcome board.
Logo branding on the The Gathering digital schedule.
Branded welcome easel at the masterclass entrance.
Masterclass structure
Masterclasses should run for 60 minutes.
There is a maximum capacity of 100 attendees per masterclass session.
The masterclass will take place in a room within The Gathering venue on November 1. You will be informed of the location of your masterclass room in advance of the event.
If you are presenting slides during your masterclass, please send your presentation file to your Partner Success Manager by October 14.
How to curate an incredible masterclass
Choose a topic that is engaging and relevant to your audience.
Avoid sales pitches at all costs. Attendees don’t like them and they don’t work. Masterclasses are an opportunity to position yourself as an expert.
Please note that masterclass titles have a 55-character limit and the session synopsis has a 200-character limit.
All content is subject to final approval from the The Gathering team.
Presentation guidelines
Please ensure that all presentations are in 16:9 widescreen format.
Ensure any audio and/or video embedded in your presentation is in .mov format and set to autoplay.
The presentation must be able to operate offline. We endeavour to provide a sufficient wifi service but we cannot guarantee that it will be available at all times.
Masterclass room
Chairs for masterclass host and attendees.
1 x screen or projector to display content for the event.
1 x PA system mixer including speakers and 2 x handheld microphones.
Branded welcome easel at the masterclass entrance.