Meeting Sponsorship

The BMVA is a non-profit organisation whose goal is to promote research in the fields of Machine and Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence in the UK. To achieve its goals, the BMVA organises BMVC, its annual conference, MIUA and technical meetings.

The BMVA also may be prepared to sponsor conferences organised by others, as long as they are within the scope of the BMVA. Sponsorship entitles organisers to use the BMVA name and logo on all official announcements and documents. The BMVA’s name should be clearly mentioned in the proceedings of the event. The BMVA will also promote meetings that it sponsors in its newsletter and electronically.

The decision as to whether to sponsor a meeting lies with the Executive Committee of the BMVA.

There are three types of sponsored meetings involving BMVA:

• Category A meetings. These are organised by a recognised collaborative organisation (e.g., IET professional group E4, Remote Sensing Society and Applied Vision Association). BMVA members are expected to have the same benefits of reduced rate etc, as the members of the collaborating organisation.

• Category B meetings. For any meeting co-sponsored by BMVA and organised by some other non-collaborating organisation (e.g., an organisation not mentioned above), a flat fee is payable to the BMVA according to the following scales:
  • £100 if attended by 50 or more participants;
  • £50 if attended by fewer than 50 participants. This amount includes one paper mail-shot of a single A4 advertising leaflet, an electronic mail-shot, a link from the BMVA web page, and permission to use the BMVA logo.
    
    
• Category C meetings. For any meeting underwritten financially by the BMVA, a share of any profits generated by the meeting is payable to the BMVA. This share is in proportion to the share of the potential losses that the BMVA has agreed to underwrite. A signed contract between the different co-sponsors is required before the pre-registration deadline concerning the sharing of any deficit.

How to obtain sponsorship

• Category B meetings. Requests should be submitted to the BMVA Chair containing the following information:
  • Subject and title of meeting
  • Date and location
  • Expected number of participants
  • Tentative programme
  • Clarification whether or not the meeting will have published proceedings
  • Names of the organising societies and the scientific committee members The BMVA Chairman will bring the matter up at the following Executive Committee meeting for a decision. If necessary, the issue may be discussed by email for a speedy response.
    
    
• Category C meetings. Requests should be submitted to the BMVA Chair containing the following information:
  • Subject and title of meeting
  • Date and location
  • Tentative program
  • Clarification as to whether there will be published proceedings
  • Names of the scientific committee members
  • Budget details
  • Budgets of the previous 2 years if the meetings has been running for that long on an annual basis The BMVA Chairman will bring the matter up at the following Executive Committee meeting for a decision. If necessary, the issue may be discussed by email for a speedy response.