Khronos Membership

Founded in 2000, The Khronos Group is a not for profit, member-funded consortium focused on the creation of royalty-free open standards for parallel computing, graphics and vision processing on a wide variety of platforms and devices. Many of the APIs and technologies created by Khronos working groups are widely used in the industry today, such as Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL, OpenCL, OpenVX and more.

Khronos Membership puts your company at the forefront of the development of these APIs, and lets you collaborate with over 100 industry-leading member companies across the globe.

Member Benefits and Membership Levels

All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos API specifications, are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge 3D platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests, and are eligible for Adopter discounts.

Promoter Member	Contributor Member	Associate Member	Academic Member
$75,000 Board Approval Required	$18,000 Available to any entity that wishes to join Join Today	$3,500 Available to companies with fewer than 20 employees Join Today	$1,000 Available to accredited Academic Institutions Join Today
Full working group participation and voting rights PLUS the right to designate a Director to the Khronos Board.	Full working group participation and voting rights.	Full working group participation but without working group voting rights.	Full working group participation but without working group voting rights.

How the Khronos Group Works

Detailed Membership Level Benefits

	Promoter	Contributor	Associate Contributor	Academic Contributor
Participate in all working groups with full access to working group materials: Early access to draft Khronos specifications, documentation and related information Access and participate in development of Conformance Test Suites Join any Khronos Working Groups and participate in specification development Access to issue tracking and call recordings Participate in Face to Face meetings three times per year Stand for elected Working Group positions (e.g. Chair, Specification Editor, Conformance Lead) Enjoy immediate access to the members-only resources Propose initiation of new Working Groups	Y	Y	Y	Y
Marketing Company logo and description on Khronos web site Present and demo at trade events & seminars (SIGGRAPH, GDC, Supercomputing, and more) Network at member-only events Meet and influence implementers Join the Marketing Advisory Panel (MAP) to help shape Khronos marketing efforts Khronos promotes your Khronos-related member events, webinars, product releases, press releases, etc. Present and participate in Khronos in webinars Comment in Khronos Press Releases and activities Learn more about marketing benefits with Khronos	Y	Y	Y	Y
Vote in Working Group level decisions	Y	Y	X	X
Set the standard Directors Seat and a vote on the Board Set Khronos strategy and budgetary priorities Be elected as an Officer of Khronos Final ratification of the specification Annual review and approval of each Working Groups' statement of work	Y	X	X	X

How to Join Khronos Group

Download and review the Khronos Membership Agreement
Includes: IP Rights, Organization Bylaws & Conformance Test Source License Agreement
Understand the Khronos IP Framework
Print and fill out the Membership Agreement
Return the agreement along with the annual fee to the address in the Membership Agreement
Upon the receipt of both your Membership Agreement and annual fee payment, your company membership will be activated
Once your membership is activated, you and your company employees may sign up for an account and start getting involved with The Khronos Group

By submitting payment at the Associate or Academic rates, you represent to Khronos Group that you qualify for this status, and agree to provide appropriate supporting documentation upon Khronos Group's request.

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