Technology Sponsorship

Becoming a technology sponsor provides a unique opportunity to bring influence, thought- leadership, and new industry developments to Canada’s top IT decision makers.

CIOCAN offers in-person and virtual sponsorship programs enabling vendors to engage directly and build relationships with members. Become a technology sponsor and join the conversation today!

Become a sponsor

Gain access to 2,800 IT Leaders. Our members across 8 chapters + the CISO Division represent an annual IT spend of $3 billion.

Brand Awareness

Associating your brand with CIOCAN helps ensure your target audience views you positively and shapes attitudes, helping to generate a positive reaction.

Connecting with IT leaders through our social and web channels provides visibility to reach more decision-makers.

Thought leadership

You have subject-matter expertise that you want to share to truly help technology leaders.

Place your company at the forefront of your industry by hosting a national or local engagement.

We can customize sponsor options to meet your specific ROI goals so that you are not just part of the conversation but leading it.

Networking

Being a technology sponsor presents the opportunity to network and become a trusted partner to IT leaders.

Get insight into what members think about current issues and challenges and how they approach their work.

This insight will help you better target your marketing message and hone your product and service offerings.

Become a sponsor

Technology Sponsorship Options

Whether your marketing focus is geographic or subject-matter related CIOCAN offers many options to engage our leadership audience throughout the year.

Regional

Expand and build your network with key decision-makers.

Increase the awareness of your business in the local market.

Identify potential new business opportunities.

National

Gain coverage and exposure across Canada on a national scale.

Showcase your innovative initiatives and thought leadership to key decision-makers.

Engage in meaningful industry events and information exchanges.

Advisory

CIOs and CISOs share their insight into your company’s strategy / roadmap / products or services.

Leverage CIO Association member expertise in a time, cost and resource-efficient manner.

Learn of practical real-life use cases.

CIO Peer Forum®

Canada’s signature gathering of IT decision makers.

With over 200 attendees in 2024, our audience is demonstrating an appetite to learn more about what the vendor community has to offer.

Be part of the conversation as IT leaders across the country assemble to learn, plan and discuss solutions in emerging technology and services for the coming year.

For 2025, we will be hosting our CIO Peer Forum in Ottawa on May 28th and 29th – view our theme here.