Product Theaters are the premier venue for industry to hold non-CME educational programming regarding new products and services and the latest in data and research findings. A limited number of 45 minute timeslots will be available inside the theater located within the Science & Technology Hall. The fee includes the theater space, a basic A/V package, as well as a generous promotional package. These events are heavily promoted by the AUA and open to all AUA2024 attendees. CME programming is prohibited in the Product Theaters.

For the third year, the AUA plans to showcase the Patient Perspectives Program. The activities outlined in this sponsorship overview will offer patients and their caregivers an opportunity to tell their stories and convey information they believe is important to understanding the dichotomy between what patients think, feel, and want and what physicians may contemplate or understand, empowering patients and their healthcare providers to make valuable connections about awareness, communication, and patient care.

A. Prominent acknowledgment of sponsor in all publicity and Initiative materials of any type and in any medium, pursuant to the terms set forth herein including the following:

B. As a sponsor of the AUA’s program, company will receive the following benefits:

The AUA is pleased to offer accredited CME providers the opportunity to host Independent Satellite Symposia (ISS) in conjunction with AUA2024. A limited number of 2-hour breakfast and dinner timeslots are available on Friday, May 3- Monday, May 6.

To request the guidelines and application, please contact: Mikayla Barlett, CHCP, Director, Global Educational Grants at mbarlett@AUAnet.org. Applications are reviewed and approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

The AUA offers Skills Enhancement Workshops for sponsorship by day in the topic area of your choice. The objective of the space is to provide hands-on industry-supported education in the Science & Technology Hall.

Each supporting company will own one day of programming in an AUA-built 30’ x 40’ workshop; each workshop will be in the AUA show look, placed in a designated Skills Enhancement Workshop area in the S&T Hall and will feature highly visible signage with your program details. Included with each workshop are carpet and basic furnishings, as well as a comprehensive marketing plan to drive attendee traffic to your programs.

Physicians are competitive by nature and will embrace the opportunity to “match skills” against their colleagues. We stand ready to use their competitive spirit to drive traffic to your booth and offer a fun, spirited competition to our attendees with our Skills Challenge.

Drive traffic to your booth with an entertaining, dynamic “Top Gun” skills challenge! Sponsoring companies will develop a task to be performed in their booths that can be timed or scored; attendees will be directed via the promotional plan to visit each of the sponsor exhibit booths to complete the challenge task. The AUA will provide leaderboards located in high-traffic areas throughout the convention center and will show the best ranking competitors for each Skills Challenge. The AUA will award a prize to the highest ranked individual for each challenge.

Sponsors have the option to include their Skills Challenge as part of the Residents Bowl Challenge. Residents from all AUA Sections will be encouraged to visit sponsor booths, participate in the Skills Challenge and record their name and section. The Section with the most participation will win points towards their overall Residents Bowl score.

The Device Tech Talk stage made its debut in Chicago in 2023. The attendee engagement was overwhelming and we’re excited to bring it back bigger and better for 2024!  Modeled after Ted Talks, the Device Tech Talk stage is for device companies to give a short promotional pitch and demonstration of their product.  Each company will have 20 minutes to showcase their product followed by a 5-minute Q&A session with the audience. Talks will run daily 10 am - Noon and 1 - 3 pm for a total of 24 available timeslots. Companies are limited to two timeslots per day.

The AUA Robotics Theater was launched in 2022 as a way to showcase the latest tips and tricks in robotic surgery. The theater is located in the Science & Technology Hall. The Robotics Theater is packed with three days of programming highlighting the best robotics surgeons in the world. Each day will include a moderated session for the top three surgical videos for each topic category.

IPF is a 28-year-old organization led by world-renowned urologists and rotates through venues in the United States, Turkey, and Japan. The IPF has enjoyed collaborating with the AUA for the past several years in order to bring a focused program for attendees seeking very practical advice on improving both their office-based and operative practice in prostate cancer.

AUA2024 will feature a Bladder Cancer Forum hosted by the International Bladder Cancer Group (IBCG) on Sunday, May 5th. Expert International panelists across bladder cancer disciplines will deliver State-of-the-Art Lectures on contemporary management as well as debate treatment strategies for challenging disease states.

Across the spectrum of non-muscle invasive disease, discussion topics will include the role of surveillance for low-risk NMIBC as well as the impact of variant histology on NMIBC management. Panelists will discuss current and emerging therapeutic options for BCG unresponsive disease and the role of timely cystectomy for high-risk NMIBC. In the MIBC setting, the role for neoadjuvant systemic therapy will be debated, along with the emerging relevance of defining clinical complete response to systemic therapy in bladder preservation strategies.

The AUA is committed to providing quality, evidence-based urologic education to the entire urologic health care team! This year, the AUA Annual Meeting features two full days of programming devoted to enhancing the education of advanced practice providers (APPs) and other allied health care professionals. The AUA has developed these programs based on the educational needs assessment of advanced practice providers working in urology.

As a direct result of the significant increase in multiple FDA-approved therapeutic agents for use in patients with advanced prostate cancer, clinicians are challenged with a multitude of treatment options and potential sequencing of these agents that, consequently, make clinical decision-making more complex. This activity will build upon the updated 2020 AUA Guidelines on Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (HSPC) and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC). Topics will include the latest on Genetic Testing in Advanced Prostate Cancer and the Role of Immunotherapy and PARP Inhibitors.

Designed for residents, fellows and APPs as well as urologists and other health care providers who care for patients with prostate cancer, this interactive forum will focus on the application of knowledge with case studies and small group discussion integrated throughout the day.