ABN 2025
ACC, Liverpool: Tue 6, Wed 7 - Fri 9 May
Sponsorship Prospectus
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Why Annual Sponsorship?
Establish
The ABN Annual Meeting is a well respected and established part of the neurology events calendar.
Showcase
Showcase your products and services in front of an audience of decision makers. Align your brand with the only neurologist focused professional body in the UK.
Engagement
Engage with delegates through exhibition. Sponsor a teaching symposium or Special Interest Group (SIG) related to your brand.
Reach
Achieve reach beyond the meeting, with recorded content on the conference app available to delegates during and after the event.
What’s happening at ABN 2025?
We are excited to host an action-packed, four-day event featuring teaching sessions led by leading clinical and academic neurological experts.
Building on the success of our last meeting, which attracted over 1,000 delegates, we anticipate welcoming a similar number this year.
The event will be held at the ACC Liverpool, a stunning venue in the heart of the city’s historic docklands.
The program kicks off with a Training Day and setup on Tuesday, 6 May, followed by the main conference from Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 May.
Annual Sponsorship: £20,000 + VAT
ABN’s annual sponsorship program offers year-round benefits for both the ABN and its sponsors. This partnership goes beyond the event, fostering long-term collaboration through wider partnerships, continuous training opportunities, and enhanced networking. By strengthening the relationship between ABN and its sponsors, we create lasting connections that support growth and innovation throughout the year.
Benefits in relation to the Annual Meeting:
• Free 6m2 space-only stand
• Priority choice of stand location
• 2x free exhibitor passes
• Profile page in the conference app
• Networking and attendee list access via app
• Logo on conference website
• 2x digital PDF posters on conference app
• Ability to submit lunchtime symposia proposal
• Priority consideration for Special Interest Group sponsorship
Annual Meeting
Annual Sponsors enjoy discounted rates on other opportunities:
• Upgrade free 6m2 stand (space only) to shell scheme: £240 + VAT
• Increase stand area (space only): £680/m2 (no VAT)
• Increase stand area (shell scheme): £725 + VAT/m2
• Symposia rehearsal space hire: £1055 + VAT (0900 – 1700)
Lunchtime Symposia
£10,000 +VAT
Sponsor a session over the lunch break, populating a 1 hour programme with your choice of speakers. Share information and educate professionals with a debate covering an important area of new research, or a teaching session on a current area of interest.
Symposia proposals are welcome from all Annual Sponsors. There are 9 lunchtime symposia slots available - 3 parallel slots on Wed 7, Thur 8 and Fri 9 May.
Applications will be considered and slots offered based on the proposal content, previous symposia opportunities offered and how well the proposed material fits with the wider programme.
Silent Symposia
£2800 +VAT
The Silent Symposia stand in the heart of the exhibition hall can be hired on Wed 7, Thur 8 or Fri 9 May for £2800 +VAT.
Use the coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon to showcase a short presentation to delegates, who will listen in on headphones.
The stand contains 35 chairs and headsets, a lectern and TV screens. Use the space throughout the day as an additional marketing space and meeting area.
Training Day Sponsorship
£3710 +VAT
These CPD accredited pre-meeting parallel sessions are aimed specifically at Core Medical Trainees and Speciality Trainees. As an investment to our trainees, these sessions run on Tue 6 May at no additional cost to attendees
Support one or both of these session streams and directly impact the education of today's young neurologists and neurologists-to-be!
Sponsorship includes attendance at the sessions for a member of your team. You will also be acknowledged in the Training Day programme.
Breakfast SIGs
£4000 +VAT
Breakfast SIGs (Special Interest Groups) run from 0800 - 0900 on Thur 8 and Fri 9 May, attracting an audience of between 25 and 150, depending on the topic covered.
Traumatic Brain Injury • Autonomic • Functional Disorders • Peripheral Nerve • Neurological Infection • Epilepsy • Neuro-oncology • Cognitive
Sponsor one of these SIGs to reach a targeted group of specialists within an area of mutual relevance. This opportunity includes hot breakfast rolls for attendees, 2x 1 day passes for your team, acknowledgment in the programme and a 5 minute video on your profile page in the app. Sponsorship does not include influence over the the content of the sessions.
Enhanced Stand Presence
Additional floor space from £680 +VAT/m2
A standard 3x2m space is free of charge to all annual sponsors of the meeting. There are also larger stands available at 4x3m - giving you the opportunity to upgrade your space to a larger stand. A draft floor plan link is at the foot of this page.
Additional space is costed per m2 and is available as follows:
• Annual Sponsors: £680+VAT (Space only) / £725+VAT (Shell Scheme)
• Non Annual Sponsors: £1000 (Space only) / £1250+VAT (Shell Scheme)
A second stand space may also be possible, at the rates above, subject to availability.
Enhanced App Presence
Add-ons available from £500 +VAT
ABN 2025 will be paper free and so all programme and sponsorship info will be app based. A basic company profile is covered under Annual Sponsorship, with the following upgrades available:
• Clickable banner advert (on Home Screen): £1000 +VAT
• PDF advert: £500 +VAT
• Feedback link: £500 +VAT
• Targeted push notifications (isolated by specialty): £750 +VAT
Academic Opportunities
Information available on request
Advanced Clinical Training Fellowships
The UK has an urgent and increasing need for highly specialised neurologists to improve care for patients with a wide range of neurological conditions. Advances in therapeutics across the spectrum of neurological conditions offers the prospect of better outcomes for our patients, but to achieve this we need to develop a highly skilled workforce.
The ABN has worked with neurologists across the UK to develop curricula for Advanced Clinical Training Fellowships in Neuroinflammation, Movement Disorders, Neuromuscular conditions, Epilepsy and many more disease areas. We are developing a highly competitive national scheme recruiting the very best senior trainee neurologists into these advanced clinical training fellowships. We welcome interest from industry and the charitable sector partners to provide financial support for salary costs.
Clinical Research Training Fellowships
The ABN is a strong supporter of academic neurology to identify disease mechanisms and treatments that will help neurology patients. This depends on training junior neurologists in research to equip them to carry out research when they become NHS consultants or neurology faculty.
The ABN runs a successful Clinical Research Training Fellowship scheme for UK and Irish neurology trainees who wish to undertake a PhD. The scheme is highly competitive, and awards are made after a competition and interview process that is robust and transparent. The scheme has recently supported up to four awards per year relevant to neurological sub-specialties. Details of current fellows illustrate the breadth of the scheme. We already have a number ofsuccessful charity partnerships and we welcome interest from industry and the new charity partners interested in providing financial support for salary or research costs.
Non-Annual Sponsor Exhibition costs
£1000*
£1250
+VAT (Except*)
Space Only exhibition space, per m2
Shell scheme exhibition space, per m2
Next Steps...
Complete this online form by 1400 on Tue 17 Dec 2024 to confirm your Annual Sponsorship and (if relevant) to submit a lunchtime symposium proposal.
The ABN will confirm the outcome of your symposium proposal by Thur 9 Jan 2025.
Look out for your Sponsor Information Pack! This will be sent to you on:
• Mon 13 Jan – Annual Sponsors
• Mon 20 Jan – Non Annual Sponsors
Fill out and return your Reservation Form (from your sponsor information pack). Complete this asap to maximise your chances of reserving your first choice of stand space.
You will then be sent a Booking Confirmation Form. Signing this and returning to us secures your sponsorship and allows the ABN to generate your invoice.
Send us your publicity content by the deadlines to help with our smooth planning and maximise your exposure at the meeting.
Email us with any queries you have about sponsorship.
Quick Links
Diary Dates
Mon 13 Jan
Sponsor invitations sent to Annual Sponsors
Mon 20 Jan
Sponsor invitations sent to Non Annual Sponsors
General website & registrations open
Tue 25 Feb
Early Bird deadline
Thur 10 Apr
Deadline for app content
Deadline for submitting stand plans
Deadline for sending RAMS, proof of insurance & ordering electrics
Thur 1 May
ABN Meeting app launches
Tue 6 May
Pre-Meeting Training Day
Wed 7 May
Main Meeting starts
Mon 11 Aug
App remains live