The only reason why any conference needs sponsors is to help bring ticket prices down, besides that there&#x27;s no real reason for sponsorship. Well, except maybe increasing profits for organizers (there are several strings of conferences organized by companies that do it for profit. Can&#x27;t blame them either, the only costs involved in a lot of dev conferences are the venue, food and drink, and travel&#x2F;lodging expenses for the speakers - usually the speakers do it for free or for marketing reasons (recognisable by the &quot;evangelist&quot; job title)