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Real people, in the room
where AI decisions get made
Two ways for The Sound to move with Nivan through 2027. One room at a time, or the whole year, in front of the leaders who build and buy AI, UX, product, and research.
Why Sponsor Nivan?
Most conferences sell attention. Nivan sells a room where senior people argue about things that matter, and then keep talking.
Most innovation rushes forward and lets the humans catch up. Nivan flips that. We move across time with intention, we think as a community before we build, and we keep people in charge of the technology rather than the reverse.
Past, present, future
We look back to learn from what came before, pause to see the present clearly, and only then move forward. Innovation as a continuum, not a sprint.
A community of innovators
Designers, researchers, technologists, and leaders who challenge each other and build together, in the room and long after it.
Human judgment
As AI accelerates, the decisions that matter still belong to people. Nivan keeps accountability, discernment, and care in human hands, so the technology serves us rather than the other way around.
Close to The Sound's own idea of driving growth through human intelligence.
The audience you would be standing in front of
Measured at Nivan 2026 in Chicago.
This is what you are sponsoring
Single Event Sponsorship
Question what is happening now, in one room. Six events run across 2027, grouped into four sponsorship properties, and each can be taken on its own. Every event uses the same three tier names, so you learn the ladder once.
Nivan 2027, the flagship day
2027, Chicago. Exact date and venue to be announced. A full day across AI, UX, product, research, design, and healthcare.
The stage your brand stands beside
| Benefit | TITLE $40,000 One only | PLATINUM $20,000 Limit three | GOLD $10,000 Limit six |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand visibility | Premier branding across every touchpoint, including stage, website, newsletter, and social | Featured branding across event, digital, and social, and named from the stage | Brand recognition across select event and digital placements, and named from the stage |
| Sponsor showcase | Premier placement at stage entry | Featured placement in the main flow | Standard placement |
| Event passes | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Welcome bag insert | Included | Included | Included |
| Conference lanyards | Your brand on the lanyard worn by every attendee, all day | Not included | Not included |
| VIP hour before the event | 3 invitations | 1 invitation | Not included |
| Opt in attendee list | Included | Included | Not included |
| Category exclusivity | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Post event reportSee an example below↓ | Cobranded | Included | Included |
| Renewal | First right to renew | Renewal priority | Not included |
Nivan caps sponsorship at ten tier partners. You will never be one of fifty.
Nivan does not sell stage time. The program is curated on merit. Partners at every tier are invited to propose a session, a panel seat, or a duelist role, and proposals from partners are reviewed first. If it is good, it goes on the program, whatever tier you are at.
Apply to speak →There is one Title Sponsor position at the flagship. Single event Title is subject to availability and is withdrawn once the Annual Title Sponsor is confirmed.
Named experiences
Three moments at the flagship carry a sponsor name. Each includes one event pass and branding on the signage, menus, and materials for that moment.
Lunch
The one moment the entire room sits down together.
Cocktail hour
The signature networking hour, where the conversations actually get finished.
Coffee and barista bar
Branding on the station and on every cup, all day.
Creative Duel, Chicago and a second city
Two sides, one question, no safe answers. A leadership panel takes on the same topic, and the conversation continues over dinner.
Title
Title billing, four passes, branding across all promotion, opt in attendee list, and category exclusivity for the evening.
Platinum
Named from stage, branding across event and digital promotion, two passes, and inclusion in the post event report.
Gold
Logo on event materials and the website, named from stage, and one pass.
Three gatherings a year
The widest room Nivan runs, with a community of 2,222 members. Sponsors here are buying reach and goodwill rather than executive access.
Series
Named across all three gatherings, logo on the series page, and inclusion in every announcement.
Single gathering
Named at one gathering, logo on that event page, and a moment to welcome the room.
Space and food
Host a gathering in your office and cover food. Your team meets the room on home ground.
Annual Membership
One membership carries The Sound through all six Nivan events of 2027, announced ahead of the calendar and present in every conversation the year produces.
Only membership carries category exclusivity across the full year, and only membership guarantees your place before the calendar is announced.
| Benefit | TITLE $50,000 One only | PLATINUM $30,000 Limit three | GOLD $16,000 Limit six |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event 1, Nivan 2027 flagship | Title level, named Title Sponsor of the flagship | Platinum level | Gold level |
| Event 2, Creative Duel Chicago | Title level | Platinum level | Platinum level |
| Event 3, Creative Duel second city | Title level | Platinum level | Gold level |
| Events 4, 5 and 6, Community | Named Title Sponsor of all three gatherings, with a moment to welcome the room at each | Named at all three gatherings, with logo on each event page | Named at one gathering, with logo on that event page |
| Category exclusivity | Across all three ticketed events | At the flagship | Not included |
| Sponsor showcase | Premier placement at stage entry | Featured placement in the main flow | Standard placement |
| Conference lanyards | Your brand on the lanyard worn by every attendee at the flagship | Not included | Not included |
| Named experience at the flagship | One of lunch, cocktail hour, or the coffee bar, your choice | The coffee and barista bar | One additional flagship pass instead |
| Annual passes | 20 | 12 | 7 |
| Opt in attendee list | All six events, three ticketed and three community | The flagship | Not included |
| Brand visibility | 8 Signals sends, 12 social features, and logo on nivan.live through December 2027 | 4 Signals sends, 6 social features, and logo on nivan.live through December 2027 | 2 Signals sends, 3 social features, and logo on nivan.live through the year |
| Post event reportSee an example below↓ | Cobranded, after every event | After every event | After the flagship |
| Renewal | First right to renew, 30 days after the flagship | Renewal priority | Renewal priority |
| Value if bought event by event | $57,500 | $36,500 | $21,000 |
| Annual membership | $50,000 | $30,000 | $16,000 |
Nivan does not sell stage time. The program is curated on merit. Partners at every tier are invited to propose a session, a panel seat, or a duelist role, and proposals from partners are reviewed first. If it is good, it goes on the program, whatever tier you are at.
Apply to speak →The Post Event Report
A full account of what was promised, what was delivered, who was in the room, and what we recommend next. It covers the audience and reach, photography and film from the day, the stage moments, what attendees said, your opt in list, and an honest section on what did not work. Issued three weeks after the event, once the photographer and videographer have delivered finished edits.
Every membership level receives it after every event. Title receives it cobranded.
See a full example report→
What category exclusivity means. You name the companies. Title names up to five competitors, Platinum up to three, agreed at signature and held for the term.
What Title Sponsor means. Listed first and largest on the flagship event page, signage, and program, ahead of every other sponsor. The event keeps its own name and the Nivan mark stands on its own.
Membership saves between 13 and 24 percent against buying the same presence event by event, and runs twelve months from the day you sign.
Four surfaces, no stage required
Signals
The Nivan newsletter, with members in named sends across the year.
The video library
Talks, duels, and panels published after each event, with member branding.
Essays and research
Long form writing on intelligence, judgment, and culture, published through the year.
Social
Named social features across the year, including every speaker announcement.
Why The Sound, and why now
The Sound spends its days getting close to people to learn what they really do and why. Nivan exists to ask the larger question: as AI gets smarter, what becomes more important about being human.
A room beyond insights
Nivan brings together the product, design, AI, and UX leaders who commission insight, not only the people who produce it. Many of them rarely attend an insights industry event.
Four conversations, one room
Human insights, UX research, innovation, and brand strategy rarely share a stage. At Nivan they do, and The Sound already works across all four.
Experience, shared forward
Every attendee leaves a Message to the Future, and the Time Capsule records what the room believed. A conference built on passing knowledge to whoever comes next.
One side
AI synthesis delivers answers in hours that used to take weeks, and lets more teams afford to ask.
The other side
Reading people and culture is judgment work, and speed without judgment only gets you to the wrong answer faster.
Partners at every tier are invited to propose a session like this one, and partner proposals are reviewed first.