Sponsor FPM Annual Symposium 2024
FPM is a trusted provider of in-person, online and hybrid events.
Anchored by our 30+ year history and our mission to advance the science and practice of pharmaceutical medicine for the benefit of the public, we are able to attract highly influential speakers to our meetings. Household names such as Whitty, Van Tam, Türeci and Goldacre have all accepted invitations to speak at our events on our reputation alone.
Our events portfolio is managed by a mature and award-winning events team headed by a dedicated Events Manager and supported by colleagues in marketing, policy and communications, and education – not forgetting our Chief Executive Marcia Philbin – as well as a rolling list of volunteers from our membership.
We are now excited to offer opportunities for organisations who share our vision to support our 2024 events.
Our award-winning team
FPM representatives at Memcom Awards 2021
Highly Commended in the Best Event of the Year category for FPM Annual Symposium 2020
Association Excellence Awards 2022
Silver in the Best Long-standing Event by Association category for FPM Annual Symposium
Why support us?
Association with FPM demonstrates that you are committed to our values and ethos of promoting the highest standards in pharmaceutical medicine for the benefit of patients and the public. It shows that you support our members and their commitment to maintaining the highest standards of competency and ethical practice in their work.
We have developed innovative, interactive opportunities for you to choose from to raise awareness and engage with our audience.
Diverse opportunities
Depending on your budget and strategic priorities we have a wide range of opportunities at various price points for sponsors to support our events.
Embedded content delivery
We can help position you as experts by giving you a chance to tell our audience how your products and services can solve their everyday challenges.
All packages include an opportunity to produce a short video for us to share on our digital channels.
We also have two coveted Gold partnership opportunities at the Annual Symposium, which include an option to either present a 5-minute talk from our main stage or participate in a full breakout session.
Our mission is to advance the science and practice of pharmaceutical medicine by working to develop and maintain competence, ethics and integrity and the highest professional standards in the specialty for the benefit of the public.
Audience Profile
By sponsoring one of our events we can guarantee that you will be noticed by a unique audience of doctors who work in the pharmaceutical industry.
Our primary audience is our 1,600+ members. They are predominantly UK based physicians working in the specialty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. They include:
- Pharma and Biotech VPs and Board members
- Chief Medical Officers and Medical Directors
- Senior Medical Affairs Advisers
- Clinical Pharmacologists and research physicians
- Safety Leads
- Senior Regulatory Assessors
- Independent Consultants
- Rising stars, aspiring leaders
Email is our main method of communication with this audience and we see extremely impressive metrics of a 57% open rate and 5% click rate in our marketing emails.
We also enjoy a loyal and growing following on LinkedIn with over 7000 followers, delivering typical metrics of 1000 impressions and >2% click rate on our posts.
FPM Annual Symposium 2024
FPM’s flagship event, the Annual Symposium, is a highly anticipated gathering that takes place every autumn.
To ensure inclusivity and widespread participation, the meeting will be available both in-person and through live streaming. This hybrid format guarantees equitable access to the program, whether attendees choose to join in person or virtually.
The 2023 event, which was attended by more than 190 pharmaceutical medicine professionals (including speakers), received exceptional feedback from delegates, who widely regarded it as one of the best Symposia that FPM has delivered to date. A net promoter score of 37 for in-person delegates was a resounding success, rating as ‘excellent’ for a B2C event*.
*https://medium.com/@erikfabian/getting-started-using-net-promoter-scores-for-events-bcfe37311847
Feedback from delegates who attended FPM Annual Symposium 2023:
“One of the best symposiums I have attended”
“It was a thoroughly enjoyable event and clearly a great deal of thought and preparation went into the meeting”
“Much appreciate the organisation- a massive task”
The opportunities
We very much appreciate our partners committing time and budget to supporting our events, and we are focused on ensuring you enjoy a fruitful return on investment. We will include all of the below features on a complimentary basis to all of our partners in 2024. We hope this supports your marketing objectives of profile and awareness raising and engaging with this key audience.
All partners of 2024 will enjoy the following benefits:
- An E-shot to all registrants pre-event introducing our partners – including a hyperlink to a site of your choice
- A PDF featuring your organisation and key messaging, product or service and contact details, which we will upload to our ‘Partner Page’, hosted on our website and available as a downloadable resource to our audience in perpetuity
- Partner logo, organisation name, 50 word overview and hyperlink on the ‘Partner Page’ area of our website
- Listing of all partners, 50 word overview and logo within printed materials
- Generic post event stats, facts and figures (shared within four weeks of our event’s activity), to measure your return on investment
Gold Partner @ £8250
Table top exhibition - clothed table, two chairs and power socket.
Your choice of:
- Option 1: Participate in a breakout. This is your chance to really show off your expertise by taking a seat on a relevant panel.
- Option 2: Spotlight5 plenary - five minutes to present a case study from the main stage.
Produce an e-Spotlight social video for FPM to share natively on its digital channels - max. 90 seconds in length, content subject to approval. Recommendation: a 30 second clip telling our audience who you are and what regular business challenges you can solve.
Four passes to the Symposium, labelled your choice of ‘exhibitor’ or ‘delegate’. These can be either in-person or online passes.
Opted in contacts with email addresses post event (in-person and online attendees)
Tiered partner logos on the holding slides
PLUS all benefits listed above
Silver Partner @ £4250
Table top exhibition - clothed table, two chairs and power socket
Produce an e-Spotlight social video for FPM to share via our website - max. 90 seconds in length, content subject to approval. Recommendation: a 30 second clip telling our audience who you are and what regular business challenges you can solve.
Two exhibitor passes for the event
Opted in contacts with email addresses post event (physical and digital attendees)
Tiered partner logos on the holding slides
PLUS all benefits listed above
Bronze Partner @ £950 £650* - Reduced price!
Your hyperlinked logo on the ‘Hub’ page of the event microsite
Produce an e-Spotlight social video for FPM to share natively on its digital channels - max. 90 seconds in length, content subject to approval. Recommendation: a 30 second clip telling our audience who you are and what regular business challenges you can solve.
Delegate pack insert (up to A5)
PLUS all benefits listed above
Please note: Bronze partners will not receive delegate passes as part of their package. Tickets will have to be purchased separately if you wish to attend FPM Annual Symposium 2023.
Extras
Available to Gold, Silver or Bronze partners
Sponsor a parallel ‘deep dive’ workstream @ £3300
Have your organisation associated with one of the six 90-minute deep dive parallel sessions. This includes brand placement on the digital and printed programme, as well as an option of speaking to the participants in one of two ways:
- a 3-minute sales pitch at the start of the session, or
- a participatory, non-promotional role on the panel
Give a Spotlight5 plenary* @ £3300
Five minutes to present a case study from the main stage.
*Note that this is subject to availability once Gold Partnership sales close (date TBC).
What is a deep dive workstream?
At two points during the day, delegates will be invited to attend one of three deep dive workstreams. Each parallel session will begin with a c.30min scene-setting presentation followed by c.1hr of interactive workshop.
Deep dive 1: AI in practice
Deep dive 2: Mental health and addiction
Deep dive 3: Global Access to medicines
Deep dive 4: Innovation in precision medicine
Deep dive 5: Integrating with public health and population health
Deep dive 6: Patients as partners
Ready to secure your sponsorship?
Please get in touch to discuss your requirements and check availability of any packages.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact details:
partnerships@fpm.org.uk
+44 (0) 20 3727 6055
