Conference 2026 sponsors

assets/conference2026.scss

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+    // ── Sponsors (confirmed) ────────────────────────────────────────
+    .sponsors {
+        margin: 1.25rem 0 2.5rem;
+        text-align: center;
+    }
+
+    .sponsor-tier {
+        margin: 0 0 1.75rem;
+
+        .sponsor-tier-label {
+            margin: 0 0 0.5rem;
+            font-size: 0.78rem;
+            font-weight: 700;
+            letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+            text-transform: uppercase;
+            color: var(--bs-fg-3);
+        }
+
+        .sponsor-names {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-wrap: wrap;
+            justify-content: center;
+            align-items: center;
+            gap: 1.4rem 2.75rem;
+        }
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+        .sponsor-name {
+            font-size: 1.3rem;
+            font-weight: 800;
+            letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+            color: var(--bs-fg-1);
+        }
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+        .sponsor-logo {
+            max-height: 46px;
+            max-width: 190px;
+            width: auto;
+            object-fit: contain;
+        }
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+        &.is-platinum .sponsor-name {
+            font-size: 1.75rem;
+        }
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+        &.is-gold .sponsor-name {
+            font-size: 1.45rem;
+        }
+
+        &.is-platinum .sponsor-logo {
+            max-height: 66px;
+            max-width: 250px;
+        }
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+        &.is-gold .sponsor-logo {
+            max-height: 56px;
+            max-width: 220px;
+        }
+    }
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     // Speakers
     .speaker-grid {
         display: grid;

content/conference2026/sponsors.md

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-## Partner with scverse
+## Our sponsors
 
-scverse® builds the foundational, interoperable open-source tools for single-cell and spatial omics — including **Scanpy, AnnData, squidpy, and scvi-tools** — used by labs worldwide and described in journals such as *Nature Biotechnology*. scverse is a non-profit, fiscally sponsored project of [NumFOCUS](https://numfocus.org/project/scverse).
+We are grateful to the organisations supporting scverse conference 2026.
 
-The annual scverse conference sits at the **intersection of academia and industry**, bringing together developers, academic labs, and researchers at every career stage. Your sponsorship funds the community directly — travel grants, fee waivers, and free tools, not shareholders.
-
-<div class="stat-grid">
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">6,000+</span><span class="stat-label">citations of the Scanpy paper</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">100M+</span><span class="stat-label">cells handled in a single analysis</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">100+</span><span class="stat-label">open-source contributors</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">NumFOCUS</span><span class="stat-label">sponsored, alongside NumPy &amp; pandas</span></div>
-</div>
-
-## Why sponsor
-
-<div class="card-grid">
-  <div class="info-card">
-    <h3>Thought leadership</h3>
-    <p>Take the stage with a sponsor talk in front of the people defining the field — the same stage that has hosted Genentech, Helmholtz, Mount Sinai, NVIDIA Ventures, CZ Biohub, and Anthropic.</p>
+<div class="sponsors">
+  <div class="sponsor-tier is-platinum">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Platinum</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/10x-genomics.svg" alt="10x Genomics"></div>
   </div>
-  <div class="info-card">
-    <h3>Talent attraction</h3>
-    <p>Meet your future hires: a high concentration of early-career researchers from across the globe — the next generation of computational biologists. Sponsor-funded grants put you in front of them first.</p>
+  <div class="sponsor-tier is-gold">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Gold</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/stellaromics.svg" alt="Stellaromics"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/orakl-oncology.svg" alt="Orakl Oncology"></div>
   </div>
-  <div class="info-card">
-    <h3>Brand &amp; open science</h3>
-    <p>Align your brand with the open-source maintainers whose tools sit at the core of modern biology, and back a community-driven, non-profit mission with global reach.</p>
+  <div class="sponsor-tier">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Silver</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/lamin.svg" alt="Lamin"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/zs.svg" alt="ZS"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sponsor-tier">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Philanthropic</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/helmholtz-munich.webp" alt="Helmholtz Munich"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/broad-institute.webp" alt="Broad Institute"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sponsor-tier">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Institutional partners</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/numfocus.webp" alt="NumFOCUS"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/dtu.svg" alt="DTU"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="sponsor-tier">
+    <p class="sponsor-tier-label">Prizes sponsored by</p>
+    <div class="sponsor-names"><img class="sponsor-logo" src="/img/events/conference2026/sponsors/anthropic.svg" alt="Anthropic"></div>
   </div>
 </div>
 
-**Who's in the room:** grad students & postdocs · PIs & senior academics · industry scientists (biotech & pharma R&D) · open-source tool developers · computational & ML data scientists.
-
-## A growing, international community
-
-<div class="stat-grid">
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">2</span><span class="stat-label">editions held</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">350+</span><span class="stat-label">attendees at Stanford 2025 (in person + online)</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">17</span><span class="stat-label">countries represented in Munich 2024</span></div>
-  <div class="stat"><span class="stat-num">140+</span><span class="stat-label">posters across the two editions</span></div>
-</div>
-
-- **2024 · Munich** — inaugural edition: 170+ attendees from 17 countries, 6 keynotes, 13 talks, 14 workshops, 51 posters.
-- **2025 · Stanford** — sold out a month early: 250 in person + 100 online, 4 keynotes, 15 talks, 90 posters, 3 parallel workshops.
-- **2026 · Copenhagen** — coming to Europe: 3rd edition at DTU, 12–14 October. Your opportunity to partner.
-
-## Sponsorship tiers
-
-<div class="tier-grid">
-  <div class="tier-card tier-diamond"><h3>Diamond</h3><p class="tier-price">€15,000</p><p class="tier-tag">Most visible</p></div>
-  <div class="tier-card tier-platinum"><h3>Platinum</h3><p class="tier-price">€7,500</p></div>
-  <div class="tier-card tier-gold"><h3>Gold</h3><p class="tier-price">€5,000</p></div>
-  <div class="tier-card tier-silver"><h3>Silver</h3><p class="tier-price">€2,000</p></div>
-</div>
-
-| What's included | Diamond | Platinum | Gold | Silver |
-| --- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
-| Top billing & premium logo placement | ✓ | – | – | – |
-| Speaking slot — a talk at the conference | ✓ | – | – | – |
-| Sponsor booth at the conference | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
-| Sponsored early-career travel grants (with recognition) | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
-| Opt-in attendee list (name, email, job title, company) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
-| Logo & branding on attendance certificate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
-| Acknowledgement at opening & closing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Social media sponsor announcement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Dedicated sponsors page with profile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Conference passes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
-| Discount on additional passes | 30% off | 15% off | – | – |
-
-*All amounts in EUR.*
-
-## Beyond the tiers
-
-The tiers are a floor, not a ceiling. Want to give more than Diamond, or shape something specific? We'll build a **custom or founding-partner package** — uncapped contributions, co-branding, and multi-year partnerships.
-
-You can also add **à la carte** items on top of any tier: early-career travel grants, a workshop / tutorial track, the networking social, coffee & catering, D&I scholarships, or recording & livestream.
-
 ## Past sponsors
 
 Past scverse conference sponsors include the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CZ Biohub, 10x Genomics, Altos Labs, Immunai, Boehringer Ingelheim, Tahoe, Somite, TileDB, LatchBio, and Data Intuitive.
-
-## Start the conversation
-
-Our 2025 conference sold out more than a month in advance, so we encourage interested sponsors to reach out early. Email us at [conference2026@scverse.org](mailto:conference2026@scverse.org) to request the full sponsorship prospectus and discuss a partnership.