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Sponsor ODA

Opportunity. Direction. Advancement.

Back the first yearly gathering of Albanian American professionals and business owners, and the American companies and investors who want to work with them.

Saturday, June 5, 2027

Dream Live at American Dream, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Why sponsor ODA.

Who’s in the room

250 to 300 people: Albanian American founders, owners, executives and professionals, and the investors who work with them.

Networking

A full day of sessions, breakouts, lunch and a reception, with time set aside for introductions.

Brand visibility

Your company’s name at the venue, in the printed program and on this site.

Business showcase

A table where your team can show what you make and meet the people who might buy it.

Back a program

Support a part of the day you care about, such as ODA Talks, the breakouts, ODA 100 or the Think Tank.

Back a nonprofit

ODA is run by the National Albanian Registry, a 501(c)(3). Any surplus goes back into the registry’s work.

Packages.

Pay online by card or bank transfer (ACH), or ask for an invoice. Payment goes to the National Albanian Registry, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

A sponsorship pays for the benefits listed. It is not a donation, and the registry doesn’t send a donation receipt for it.

Who comes, and the day.

Albanian American founders, business owners and professionals, and the American companies and investors who want to work with them.

Saturday, June 5, 2027, at Dream Live at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

One full day for 250 to 300 people, in the New York area.

See the agenda

ODA 100.

ODA 100 is a proposed grant program for founders with a new idea or an early-stage business. As proposed, applications would be free and reviewed by an independent panel, and five finalists would pitch live at ODA.

It would be a grant, not an investment, so no equity is taken. Supporting it would not give anyone a say in who is selected. The program, its rules and the size of the award are pending approval by the National Albanian Registry board and legal review.

More about ODA 100

What happens next.

How we’ll know it worked

By what comes out of the day: clients won, partners found, people hired and ideas funded. Sponsors hear what came of it.

Still being decided

Speakers and the full program. We’ll post each one here as the board confirms it.

After you sign up

The registry contacts every sponsor about tables, tickets and the logo files we need.

About ODA.

ODA brings together Albanian Americans, men and women of every generation and industry, with the American companies and investors who want to work with them.

The name comes from the oda, the guest room of an Albanian house, where people could speak freely among those they trusted. When teaching in Albanian was forbidden, it happened there in secret. For most of its history it was a room for men only. ODA is open to everyone.

In 1892 Kolë Kristofori, remembered as the first Albanian to settle in America for good, arrived in Boston with seventeen young men from his village near Korça. Many Albanian American families have a story like it.

Opportunity

Clients, partners, jobs and deals with people you might never have met otherwise.

Direction

Straight answers from people who have built companies, raised money and run teams.

Advancement

A community that grows here and works more closely with Albania and Kosova.

Sources: Tirana Times; Oral History Kosovo, “Oda”; Wikipedia, “Oda (Albania)”.

Interested in sponsoring?

Pick a package and pay online, or ask for an invoice.