The annual ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining is the leading forum for data mining researchers and practitioners to explore cutting-edge ideas and exchange techniques, tools, products and experiences.

Exhibiting at the Conference offers many opportunities to distribute products, services, and company literature, to give demonstrations and to carry out recruitment activities. The details regarding exhibiting at the Conference are as follows:

1. Specially tiered pricing structure for general non-sponsoring exhibitors, non-profit research organizations, publishers, and one day rates for "Start-Up" companies.


2. Benefits of being an Exhibitor:
• A booth based on the price schedule above
• One complimentary registration for one person manning the booth
• Reduced exhibitor registration fee for all others manning the booth
• One company logo on the conference web site (in the exhibitor section)
• Ability to include a flyer or CD in conference bag for an additional fee


3. Booth allocations will be made on July 18th. Every company that has signed up as a sponsor or a general exhibitor by that date will be allocated a booth using the following rules:
• Sponsors will be allocated a booth before General Exhibitors.
• First preference for booth location provided to Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and KDD Cup sponsors in that order.
• General Exhibitors and "Start-Up" companies will receive higher priority than non-profit/booksellers for booth allocation.
• Ties will be broken on a first-come-first basis.


4. Companies that sign up after July 18th as a sponsor or an exhibitor will be assigned booths from the remaining set of booths on a first come first basis.


5. Exhibitors will be responsible for bringing all hardware and software required for their exhibits. Some equipment (powerstrips, etc.) may be available for an additional charge.

Information on previous KDD conferences can be obtained at the following web sites:

• KDD-10
• KDD-09
• KDD-08
• A complete list of the yearly KDD conferences run over the past 20 years

For further details, please contact the Exhibition Chairs, Natasha Balac and Hui Xiong, at exhibitsanddemos@kdd2011.com.