• Microsoft Silverlight
• The Creative Group
• .org
• YouTube
• Getty Images
• Nokia - Ovi

• Wieden + Kennedy
• The Barbarian Group
• The New York Times Company
• Behance
• Limelight Networks

• IDG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 2Advanced.Net
• KobeMail
• Museum of the Moving Image

Official Presenting Sponsor:

Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Silverlight is a free runtime that powers rich application experiences and delivers high quality, interactive video across multiple platforms and browsers. Silverlight has powered such experiences as the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics for NBC, the Inauguration of Barack Obama, Netflix online movie service, and NCAA basketball for CBS. Realize your creative vision with the technology that has powered some of the most compelling media experiences online. Learn more about Silverlight at www.microsoft.com/silverlight. Silverlight applications can be built using Microsoft Expression Studio design tools. A free trial is available at www.microsoft.com/expression.

Official Career Partner:

The Creative Group, a division of specialized staffing leader Robert Half International Inc., focuses on placing freelance professionals in a comprehensive range of creative, advertising, marketing and Internet positions, from graphic and web designers to copywriters and brand managers.

Official Sponsor:

.org: Experience the distinction of .org. Trusted across all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, .ORG is where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy. As a premier domain, .ORG provides an unrivaled channel to share ideas, to enhance lives, to advance your mission.

Official Video Sponsor:

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the world's most popular online video community, allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

Official Image Sponsor:

Getty Images is the world's leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multi-media products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world's most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and websites. Visit Getty Images to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.

Official Video Blogger:

Introducing Ovi from Nokia. The easy way to stay in touch and share the things you love - at home and on the move. Share your favourite photos and videos with the ones who matter the most. View, download and send files stored on your PC right on your mobile. And Keep your contacts & calendar up to date, in sync and backed up on Ovi.

Official Design Partner:

Wieden + Kennedy, founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1982, is an independent, privately held international advertising agency with offices in Amsterdam, Delhi, London, New York City, Portland, Shanghai and Tokyo. A full-service, creatively led communications company, Wieden+Kennedy has helped build some of the strongest global brands, including Nike, ESPN, Honda, Electronic Arts, P&G and Coca-Cola.

Official Online Creative Partner:

The Barbarian Group is not the interactive version of an ad agency. But they are also not exactly the interactive version of a production company. It's kind of like hiring a director and a production company and a vfx company, with some great creative/art direction thrown in. Agencies don't keep stables of 20 full-time directors to do their best broadcast spots, so why do it in interactive? You hire the team you need for the project that's at hand. This model allows you to stay small and nimble, and for The Barbarian Group to keep their employees engaged. The Barbarians bring their all to your project, and because they do such a wide variety of work they can have a really fresh attitude for every project. Because they offer their employees nonstop challenges and variety, the Barbarian Group attracts the best people to work on your projects.

Media Sponsor:

The New York Times Company, a leading media company that includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Official Community Partner:

Behance develops products and services that organize the creative world to make ideas happen. These include the Behance Network, the world's leading platform for creative professionals to showcase their work; Action Method, a radical and intuitive approach to productivity and project management; and 99%, a conference that focuses not on inspiration, but on execution. The Behance Network is the leading online showcase of creative talent, but is invitation-only for membership. Behance welcomes the Webby community to sign up directly using this special link.

Internet Video Partner:

Limelight Networks Inc. is a content delivery partner enabling the next wave of Internet business and entertainment. More than 1300 Internet, entertainment, software, and technology brands trust our robust, scalable platform to monetize their digital assets by delivering a brilliant online experience to their global audience. Our architecture bypasses the busy public Internet using a dedicated optical network that interconnects thousands of servers and delivers massive files at the speed of light - directly to the access networks that consumers use every day. Our proven network and passion for service provides our customers confidence that every object in their library will be delivered to every user, every time.

Founding Partner:

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers. IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

Vote Tabulation Consultant:

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory professionals work closely with clients to help them meet today's business challenges. Advisory teams leverage their financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology know-how to bring the right skills and talents to the issues at hand. We advise our clients on moving from strategy to implementation. This includes making recommendations on improving vital processes that impact performance, guiding transactions essential to growth and well-being, and managing the crises organizations often face. Our advisors provide high-quality, objective advice that helps make complex goals feel clear and achievable.

Official Hosting Partner:

Why compromise for performance, uptime or service when you can simply have it all? At 2Advanced.Net we have amassed the industry's finest experts to design and deliver our superior next-generation network platform. Built from the latest in Cisco high-speed data communications technologies and reliable IBM server class systems, you can rest assured that 2advanced.net is the hosting solution for peace of mind.

Official Award Sponsor:

KobeMail, an email deliverability leader, brings together all the technologies, authentication standards and accreditation programs required for maximizing delivery to the Inbox. Under it's KobeCertified Program, KobeMail gives email marketers the tools they need to improve results of email campaigns and build trust with their customers.

Partner:

The Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts; screening significant films and other moving-image works; presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences; and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.