The Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting offers a number of options for industry to gain increased exposure through sponsorship of educational programs and meeting events. Many sponsorship opportunities exist to let professional attendees know that your company supports pediatrics. Exhibit sponsors are provided a direct mail list of all PAS advance registrants.

For more information on any or all the 2005 PAS Annual Meeting sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Kathy Cannon, PAS Associate Meeting Director
Email:    kathyc@aps-spr.org
Phone:  281-419-0052
 

• 2006 Guidelines  (PDF format)

• Application 
   

PAS Educational/Program Grants

The Pediatric Academic Societies encourage and invite support for the State of the Art Plenary, Topic Symposia, Hot Topics, Mini Courses, and Educational Workshops.

The PAS Annual Meeting provides continuing medical education (CME) for the basic and clinician researcher and the teaching and general practitioner community. Sponsorship is being sought to support CME activities and special events during the meeting. Sponsors of CME activities can receive session exclusivity or partial sponsorship. 

Invited Science

These programs are the highlight sessions for the PAS Annual Meeting. Sponsorship recognition includes signage on-site and recognition in the printed programs.

• State of the Art Plenary are a means of updating and solidifying understanding interdisciplinary areas of pediatric medicine. These  sessions are also commonly forums for the presentation of new developments and seminal advances in biomedical research.  The focus of these sessions, which are spread throughout the meeting, will be on bench to bedside translations and the application of new science.  They consist of invited lectures from international leaders in the field and are designed to be of interest to a very broad range of attendees.  

Exclusive and partial sponsorships available

• Topic Symposia are programs that address issues and controversies around topics of interest to a particular audience.  As such, they are generally focused on a more specific topic than the State of the Art Plenary and allow time for active audience discussion.  Topic Symposium run concurrent with original science platform sessions, poster symposium and workshops.  

Exclusive and partial sponsorships available

• Hot Topics focus on areas of rapid clinical discovery and excitement and should address “Hot Topics”, controversial issues and seek to stimulate new areas of research or interactions for participants.  Time is scheduled for active audience participation. 

Exclusive and partial sponsorships available

• Mini Courses are programs that address important, relevant topics of interest to all attendees from trainees to junior faculty to more senior faculty.  Usually targeted to new, broad-based clinical strategies or techniques, which are not specific for any specific discipline or subset of participants.  The emphasis is on practical and useful information for the practicing physician or provider of care. These programs are designed to be highly interactive.  

Exclusive and partial sponsorships available

Educational Workshops

Workshops are selected using a peer review process; the format of the workshops usually includes a combination of didactic presentations, interactive discussions, and hands-on techniques depending on the topic presented. Some workshops address practical topics of concern for trainees and junior scholars, while others focus on issues for the more senior practitioner, investigator or academic leader.  Attendance is limited to make the sessions highly interactive, seating is first come, first served.  
 

Per session sponsorship and full sponsorship of all topics available

Promotional Sponsorship Opportunities

Abstracts2View™ on Disk

Scientific abstracts and other program details from the PAS Annual Meeting on CD ROM.  The sponsor is recognized on the disk, on site at the meeting, in all mentions of the Abstracts2View™ on Disk in dated materials and in the program.  

 
FUNDED

Attendee Badge Cords (Lanyards)

Every attendee will receive a name badge cord at registration. Sponsor company name or product logo will appear on the lanyard

 
FUNDED

Child Care Service

Child Care for PAS attendees can be sponsored.  The sponsor is recognized on site at the meeting, in printed materials and in the program.

Partial sponsorships available

Internet Cafe/Message Center

The PAS Annual Meeting offers an electronic message center which provides an easy way for the 5,000–6,000 attendees and exhibitors to leave and retrieve messages from other attendees.  The sponsor is recognized on signage posted on-site at the message center, in all mentions of the Message Center in dated materials and in the program.

 
FUNDED

Hotel Key Cards

Hotel key cards that attendees carry around with the message your company is trying to send imprinted on them.

Exclusive sponsorship available

Massage Station

We are offering exclusive sponsorship of the extremely popular Seated Massage Station at the upcoming PAS Annual Meeting.  Team-certified, professional massage therapists wearing the sponsor’s logo apparel will be located in the exhibit hall during all show hours.  If you have seen this sponsorship in action at one of hundreds of conferences each year, you know how incredibly popular it is and the tremendous amount of traffic it will bring.  The sponsor is recognized on the disk, on-site at the meeting, in all mentions of the Seated Massage Station in dated materials and in the program.

Exclusive sponsorship available

Meeting Shuttle Service

The PAS will provide shuttle buses to transport attendees between meeting hotels and the convention center.  The shuttle buses provide sponsors with an opportunity for exposure on signs displayed on the bus, in all mentions of the shuttle in dated materials and schedules and in the program.

  
FUNDED

Nursing Mother's Lounge

A lounge that will be set up for nursing mother's privacy. Sponsor may provide literature in the lounge.

  
FUNDED

Official Convention Map

The official convention map combines the show floor, program schedules and exhibitor directory with the San Francisco city map. Every attendee will receive a map either on site or mailed ahead of time.

  
FUNDED

Reception Lounge

There are three daily lounges in the Exhibit Hall.  Sponsorship for each lounge is $10,000 per lounge, per day  and includes a premier booth location adjacent to a reception station.  The Opening Reception on Saturday is available for exclusive sponsorship.

NOTE: Lounge #2 is FUNDED.

Per lounge, per day sponsorships; Exclusive for Opening Reception available

Tote Bags

Registration bags are given to PAS registrants.  The meeting logo and name appears on the bag. The sponsor may provide one piece of printed material to include in each bag. (Expense would be greater if complicated or multi-colored design is required).

 
FUNDED

Program Advertising Opportunities

Click here Guidelines and an Application.

Commitment Deadline:   Deadline has passed
Payment Deadline:         Deadline has passed
Media Receipt Deadline:  March 1, 2006 

For more information on any or all the 2005 sponsorship opportunities, contact: 
Kathy Cannon, PAS Associate Meeting Director at 281-419-0052 or by email to kathyc@aps-spr.org.