Sponsorships
A unique opportunity to sponsor a unique event!
When: 22 October - 25 October 2026
Where: Aquila Rithymna Beach Hotel, Crete, Greece
Collective: https://opencollective.com/socrates-crete
Contact: socrates-crete@proton.me
More: https://socrates-crete.org
History
SoCraTes Crete continues the AgileCrete.org legacy
AgileCrete has always been a playground where product folks, coaches, scrum masters and developers gather to exchange and challenge ideas about all things agile since 2014.
In 2018, the Heraklion Software Crafters community joined this effort, adding the Software Craft and Testing (SoCraTes) flavour, in order to create a unique unconference where discussions and hack sessions will help team members better understand each other.
In 2023, a new SoCraTes Crete event is being born to bring us even closer to the SoCraTes community.
SoCraTes Crete - An Open Space Unconference about the craft of making software, on the island of Crete.
Become an Un(conventional)-Sponsor
One of the main reasons people prefer unconferences, is that the lack of sponsors in most of the events make for a more authentic experience. SoCraTes Crete attendees want to get away from the traditional types of conference events, as well as the traditional types of advertising from sponsors at these events. Our Un-Sponsor packages aim to be as unobtrusive as possible. We want the companies that will support us to do so because their mentality matches our own and that of our participants.
– That’s a unique opportunity to sponsor a unique event! –
All finance details such as sponsors, sponsorships and expenses will be openly available through our collective in order to provide full transparency to all of our financial transaction.
Participant Overview
For 2025, SoCraTes Crete is expecting ~60 participants with the majority working as software engineers / developers, testers / QA , and Ops / sysadmins. Based on past experience, we expect around 2/3 of this year’s participants will come from Greece and 1/3 from abroad. In the past, we’ve had participants joining from Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Cyprus, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Uganda, Serbia, Finland, USA, Switzerland, France, Hungary and more.
Sponsorship Tiers
A variety of sponsorship tiers is available. Some of them are with limited availability (only 1 - so hurry up!) while others are available for multiple sponsorships.
All sponsorships will be made through the Contributions section within the SoCraTes Crete Collective - in order to ensure full transparency of our finances, as a non-profit event. Sponsors can select one of the available contribution tiers on OpenCollective.
To express your interest or any further inquiry, please contact us at socrates-crete@proton.me.
Sponsorship Tiers Comparison
| Benefit \ Tier | Aristotle | Plato | Hypatia | Coffee Breaks (only 1) |
Evening Party (only 1) |
Custom (?) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mention every day during the event ℹ️ Your company is mentioned as a sponsor, every day, during the event | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Logo on OpenCollective ℹ️ Your logo displayed on the SoCraTes Crete 2025 page on OpenCollective | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Thank you social media post ℹ️ Your social media account and website mentioned a “Thank our sponsors” post by @socrates_crete. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Logo & link on website ℹ️ Your logo and a rel=”external” (DoFollow) link on the socrates-crete.org home page, on display until December 31st 2025. | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Dedicated social media post ℹ️ A short introduction of your company, your social media account and website in a dedicated “Let’s get to know our sponsors” post by @socrates_crete. | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Brochures/swag outside entrance ℹ️ Your information brochure (size up to A4) and SWAG on an information table outside the the central unconference room, throughout the SoCraTes Crete event. | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Permalink in hall of fame ℹ️ Permanent mention & link on our Sponsorship Hall of Fame page at socrates-crete.org and our Open Collective page. | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Toast to your company ℹ️ A toast to your company’s good name during the dinner, and mentions in announcements prior to the dinner itself. | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Photo of toast posted on social media ℹ️ A photo of the toast to your company’s good name during the dinner posted to our social media, for your team to repost. | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❔ |
| Amount | €200 | €500 | €800 | €1000 | €1000 | €? |
Expenses
As a group of volunteers who help organise the event, we make no profit. SoCraTes Crete itself receives no money. The event is entirely funded by its participants, and all money goes directly to our venue, to cover for meals, catering, the conference rooms and facilities, accommodation, etc. With no profit, we cannot afford to give much back to the participants.
– This is where you come in! –
Our sponsorships cover expenses that will allow each participant to have some more great moments to remember!
Through sponsorships we will try to cover the following expenses:
- Freebies
- Accomodation giveaways
- Coffee Breaks
- Evening party
Freebies
As participants expect some kind of freebies from an event we do not want to disappoint them. We will try to cover the expenses for the “usual” freebies you would expect from a conference. Of course, since SoCraTes Crete is an unconference, they will be a little un-usual!
Participation Giveaways
We love giving away participations, so we always have room to do more if we can.
With the help of our sponsors, we will be able to cover the participation fee for a number of attendees in under-respesented communities who otherwise couldn’t join us. The more people that can come and share the event with us the better!
Coffee Breaks
Throughout all conference days, we keep everyone fueled and focused with coffee and snacks between the sessions!
A steady flow fragrant coffee, juices, and tea, served alongside sweet treats and snacks, giving attendees the perfect excuse to step away from their screens, recharge, and — most importantly — strike up the conversations that make unconferences like this one special.
Isn’t this kind of awareness for your company much more engaging than a plain old roll-up stand up that you would post up, for everyone to walk past and ignore?
Evening Party
When the sessions wind down, the evening begins — and with it, one of the best parts of the day: coming together as a community.
A relaxed, lively evening party with good food, music, and space to unwind — whether you want to dance, linger over conversations started in the day’s sessions, grab a laptop and hacking away or simply enjoy a warm Cretan evening with old friends and new ones.
Custom
Have something else in mind? Contact us
How to sponsor
All sponsorships will be made through the Contributions section within the SoCraTes Crete Collective by selecting each one of the available contribution tiers. More details about the Fincancial contributions can be found at the Open Collective Documentations, the financial contributions flow and the FAQ page.
For any assistance, please contact us at socrates-crete@proton.me. If you have any inquiry or proposal we’d be very happy to discuss it with you!
Your company will cover a pre-set amount that goes towards the bill, so that you don’t have to worry about how many people attend. The remainder of the bill will be equally split between everyone else.