CCCProposal

Proposal: Sponsor 4,000 OSMO to the Cosmoverse 2021 Conference in Lisbon?

Description Cosmoverse 2021 (https://cosmoverse.org/) is a community-led conference that will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on November 5th, 2021. Due to unprecedented demand, we are going to expand the conference for an additional day, turning it into a two-day conference from November 5-6.

Objective Cosmoverse is held to raise awareness of Cosmos and its vibrant ecosystem. Hundreds of Cosmonauts from all over the world will unite to learn and network at Cosmoverse. The team:

Cosmoverse is organized by Cosmonauts, for Cosmonauts.

During late October and early November, Lisbon is going to be full with Crypto-specific events and conferences.

Cosmoverse takes place in between ETH Lisbon and Solana, which means that attendees from these events will have the opportunity to join us, too.

Livestream For those that are unable to attend, there will be a livestream broadcasting of the event, in collaboration with OmniFlix. A professional camera setup and videographers are already arranged. We will create specific in-stream content in advance to provide a seamless experience for online-viewers. Event Highlights Cosmoverse is organized by the community, for the community. We managed to onboard reputable speakers from the Cosmos ecosystem, such as Sunny Aggarwal, Billy Rennekamp, Alessio Treglia, Federico Kunze-Küllmer, Brent Xu, Gregory Landua or Felix Lutsch, but also high-profile speakers from the broader Cryptoverse such as Meltem Demirors, Tegan Kline, Marc Zeller and more.

As we get closer to the event, we will try to embed more exciting things that will make Cosmoverse a great success. Follow us on Twitter and join the chat on Telegram to stay up-to-date and STAY TUNED :)

Budget & post-conference report

If this proposal passes, 4,000 OSMO (worth ~ $20,000 as of today according to Coingecko) will be allocated to help make this event a great success.

The lead sponsor for the conference is the Cosmos Hub with marketing funds from proposal #46 “Luna Mission,” but we require additional resources to pay for: Audio visuals / logistics Day 2 venue + catering

Afterparty Printing banners Marketing materials Online marketing and coverage We are going to publish a detailed report on the budget-spent after the conference occurred. Given that Cosmoverse was just an idea ~5 weeks ago and things are moving incredibly fast, the cost and budget planning is one of the hardest tasks for us at the moment.

In addition, given that we are just a team of 6-enthusiastic Cosmonauts without a company that could bail us out, we need to be incredibly cautious with our finances and avoid illiquidity.

The main cost-factors for this event (for 320 people) are: Venue incl. catering: ~ $36,500 per day AV + branding: ~ $34,200 total Afterparty: ~ $20,000 Additional expenses: tbd Team expenses: tbd Team compensation: tbd

The cost for the venue would increase by ~$19,000 per day if we could host 500 guests instead of 320.

In case there is going to be a profit left, we plan to use this as starting liquidity for the next Cosmoverse conference.

Current sponsors are: Cosmos Hub community pool ($34,000) Citizen Cosmos ($5,000) Stargaze ($5,000) Sentinel ($5,000) Regen Network ($5,000) Umee ($5,000) e-Money ($5,000) Commercio ($5,000)

Cosmoverse is a community-effort that is financed in a hybrid manner by companies and DAOs. The first one ever? In the future, we envision Cosmoverse to become a fully DAO-funded endeavor that will take place annually.

Tickets The goal is also to keep the ticket prices extremely affordable (from 39€) which is very competitive to other crypto-conferences happening in Lisbon around the same time (tickets cost up to €1,000). The ticket also includes F&B throughout both days at the conference as well as access and F&B at the afterparty venue. Our goal is to provide as much value as possible for attending Cosmonauts, while also investing funds into media coverage to provide high-quality, free broadcasting of the event. Each presentation will also be recorded and published on Youtube.

The Osmosis core team has been an early proponent and supporter of Cosmoverse and is also receiving exposure at the event. If the proposal is accepted, Osmosis will become a sponsor of Cosmoverse 2021.

This includes: Online and print visibility Keynote slot on Day 1 (presentation by Josh Lee) Panel slot on Day 2 (topic + panelists tbd) 1x high table at the conference in the exhibition area 1x stand up banner placed in the networking area Promotion in relevant news outlets