·	All sponsors will get their name and/or logo in our advertising (such as the calls for papers of the conference). Their name and logo will be published in the conference proceedings.
·	Different types of sponsorships can be offered, including: Student Sponsorships: This would be mainly for students presenting papers, to pay for travel, hotel and/or conference fees etc. We would have to work with companies and provide names of students to them; possibly the selection of students would be made by individual companies, as they may want to select papers on particular topics of interest to them. Trade Space Rental: This will allow companies to demonstrate software or products. Possibly different prices would be offered to non-profit vs. for-profit groups; higher, for-profit rates would likely include a complimentary registration allowance. Monetary Sponsorship: The conference can include product announcements or samples in the registration package for each conference participant. All sponsor employees will receive member rates for conference registration. (Non-member rates are at least 25\% higher than member rates.) For various tiers of sponsorship we may include trade space rental and/or complementary registrations.
·	Also, the conference may offer the opportunity for a special period in which sponsors can demonstrate their products or their current research/development projects. This can be organized as part of the conference software exhibitions.
·	We will contact each of the institutes listed below to determine if there is some interest for sponsoring a sub-event at WI 2007.

Past Sponsors

Sponsors who have previously sponsored WI: Computer Science Innovations, Inc. IBM Research Knowledge and Information Systems Web Intelligence Consortium Insightful Corporation, Seattle, Washington Microsoft Research, San Francisco, California NARAX Inc., Golden, Colorado Springer-Verlag, New York, New York StatSoft Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma Maebashi Convention Bureau Maebashi City Government Gunma Prefecture Government Maebashi Institute of Technology AdIn Research, Inc., Japan The Japan Research Institute, Limited Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research US AFOSR/AOARD, AROFE SAS SPSS KANKODO, Japan System Alpha, Inc., Japan GCC Inc., Japan Yamato Inc., Japan Daiei Dream Co., LTD, Japan Fressay, Japan

Potential National/International Sponsors

Other potential Corporate Sponsors : NASA Bell Labs AT&T Research IBM Silicon Valley Oak Ridge National Labs Nokia Sony Crystal Decisions Brio Hyperion Oracle Addison Wesley Course Technology HP Research Intel Dell Verizon Pfizer Elsevier

Potential Local Sponsors

Potential Local Sponsors (though not yet determined suitability) : IBM Yahoo Google Microsoft IEEE-Computer Society Local Chapter