Events
Welcome to a world of unparalleled opportunities for partnership and transformation within the field of urology. The AUA offers exceptional events available for sponsorship, each offering a unique gateway to the vibrant tapestry of urologic advancement. We invite you to explore these exceptional sponsorship opportunities, shaping the future of urology while increasing your organization's visibility and impact.
Annual Urology Advocacy Summit
The American Urological Association will host its Annual Urology Advocacy Summit – an innovative symposium that united all facets of the urology community including urologists, researchers, patient advocacy organizations, and advanced practice providers.
The three-day event expands and strengthens urology’s credible and longstanding work with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, government agencies and state legislatures by cultivating and empowering specialty- specific advocates to promote health policy initiatives that benefit their community.
Who Attends?
All Eight AUA Sections
Urology Specialty Organizations
  • American Association of Clinical Urologists
  • Large Urology Group Practice Association
  • R. Frank Jones Urological Society
  • Sexual Medicine Society of North America
  • Society of Academic Urologists
  • Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates
  • Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction
  • Society of Urologic Oncology
  • Society of Women in Urology
  • Society for Basic Urologic Research
  • Urological Association of Physician Assistants
  • Urological Society for American Veterans
Patient Advocacy Organizations
  • Active Surveillance Patients International
  • American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
  • AnCan
  • Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
  • FORCE - Facing Hereditary Cancer Empowered
  • FrankTalk
  • Kidney Cancer Action Network
  • Prostate Conditions Education Council
  • RetireSafe
  • RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
  • United Spinal
  • Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness
  • VHL Alliance
  • ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer
Thank You to Our Past Industry Partners
Advocacy Champions
Advocacy Leaders
Advocacy Patrons
Myriad
Neuspera
Pacific Edge
Urovant
2024 Partnership Opportunities
PATRON
$5,000
LEADER
$15,000
CHAMPION
$25,000
Full program access (excluding social events)
1 company rep
2 company reps
3 company reps
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Interested participants should contact Keith Price for more information.
Official Summit Website
Innovation Nexus
The AUA Innovation Nexus is a business venture that bridges multiple arenas within and outside of the traditional urologic community. It provides a unique opportunity for established partners and new allies to have a profound impact on the field of urology. The AUA Innovation Nexus Annual Corporate Sponsorship Program enables large companies, startups, innovators, venture capitalists, and like-minded groups to play an active role in the success of this initiative. Several levels of sponsorship are available to make involvement accessible to any organization, group, or person interested in transforming the future of urology.
2024 Sponsorship Opportunities
Showcase Sponsor* ($40,000)
  • Seat on Showcase Panel (part of the group that questions/engages Showcase participants on the actual day of the event).
  • Participation in the Innovation Nexus Conference Post-Game Wrap Up Webinar: This webinar will be held within a month of the Innovation Nexus Conference and will include the panel of Showcase judges. They will discuss the Showcase participants and their strengths, key areas of learning from the Showcase, and important elements of the innovation and commercialization process. The webinar will be hosted on the AUANews site (and the Innovation Nexus site) under the AUANews brand. The audio will also be made into a podcast.
  • Feature article on the Showcases in AUANews and Daily News. Sponsors will be recognized
  • 10 complimentary registrations for the Innovation Nexus Conference and networking events.
  • 25% discount on all other registrations.
  • Top billing logo display and special recognition on the AUA website, media, program materials and meeting signage.
*Limited to five sponsors
Reverse Pitch Sponsor ($20,000)
  • 8-minute opportunity to share with all attendees where your company is in urology discovery, where your interests lie, what you hope to invest in, the unanswered questions you are interested in exploring and how to connect/work with your company to further emerging company innovations.
  • 10 complimentary registrations for the Innovation Nexus Conference and networking events.
  • 25% discount on all other registrations.
  • Logo display and special recognition on the AUA website, media, program materials and meeting signage.
Contributing Sponsor ($10,000)
  • 10 complimentary registrations for the Innovation Nexus Conference and networking events.
  • 25% discount on all other registrations.
  • Logo display and special recognition on the AUA website, media, program materials and meeting signage.
Innovation Investor Sponsor ($5,000)
  • Only available to venture capital, investment bankers, angel investors, startups
  • 10 complimentary registrations for the Innovation Nexus Conference and networking events.
  • 25% discount on all other registrations.
  • Logo display and special recognition on the AUA website, media, program materials and meeting signage
For more information on becoming a Corporate Sponsor, please contact Keith Price.
Official Nexus Website
Annual Meeting
If your audience is urology, the AUA is your meeting in 2024! We invite you to exhibit with us at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), a leading organization supporting the specialty of urology. In addition to a full and robust scientific program, the AUA Annual Meeting offers the latest innovations in urologic medicine in our Science & Technology Hall – the "education destination" that features displays of the latest products in urology from exhibiting companies, as well as interactive hands-on demonstrations, cutting-edge product theater presentations, and competitive activities that draw a crowd.
Please review our Exhibitor Prospectus for information about our event and our attendees. If you would like to secure exhibit space, you can view the current floor plan and submit your application to exhibit.
Bladder Cancer Research Symposium
2024 American Urological Association and the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute Bladder Cancer Research Symposium
This is the seventh annual translational research meeting co-sponsored by the American Urological Association and the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute.  It will be a two-day, in-person symposium on the topic “Integrating Biomarkers in Clinical Trials,” and will focus on how to do clinical trials in an independent, community, or private practice setting. This symposium will also help residents understand there is opportunity to grow collaborative relationships among independent, community, or private practices.
Details
2024 American Urological Association and the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute Bladder Cancer Research Symposium
  • Chair: Dr. David McConkey, JHU
  • Tentative date: March 15-16, 2024
  • Format: In-person workshop
  • Estimated attendance: Approximately 80 Researchers, Residents and young physicians
  • Location: American Urological Association Headquarters, Linthicum, Maryland
Audience
  • Researchers pursuing clinical trials & clinical research
  • Residents and young physicians
  • Advanced urologist looking to transition to research
  • Industry
Course planners and discussion topics (Full list coming soon!)
David McConkey, PhD
Chair, Planning Committee Member, Speaker
JHU
Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
Planning Committee Member, Speaker
Northwestern University
Session 3: Tissue-based biomarkers
Kent Mouw, MD, PhD
Planning Committee Member, Speaker
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University
Session 3: Tissue-based biomarkers
Matt Galsky, MD
Planning Committee Member, Speaker
Mt Sinai
Session 2: Plasma ctDNA in dose intensification/reduction in the adjuvant setting
Bishoy Faltas, MD
Planning Committee Member, Speaker
Weill Cornell
Session 5: Path/AI in prognostication
Jonathan Dudley, MD
Planning Committee Member, Speaker
JHU
Session 1: Urine tumor DNA in bladder preservation
Support Opportunities
Exhibit table - $2,500
We are offering tabletop exhibits at this program for supporting companies to network with this audience directly while at the Symposium.  Exhibits will be open during registration, breakfast and lunch, and break times – excellent times to connect with Researchers in Bladder Cancer, especially Residents and young physicians. We also will have the opportunity to hold sponsored program during the lunch breaks – for more information, please contact Keith Price, Sponsorships and Exhibits Senior Manager, at KPrice@AUAnet.org.
Exhibit Contract
Exclusive 60-Minute Lunch Symposia Sponsorship - $30,000
  • 5 registrations
  • 6’ tabletop exhibit
  • Attendee participant list w/contact info
  • F&B for 80 attendees
Please email Keith Price, Sponsorships and Exhibits Senior Manager, at KPrice@AUAnet.org for a sponsorship contract.