Conference Marketing Support Request Form

Conference Marketing Support Request Form
Conference Marketing support is requested and resourced on an annual basis. Please fill out the information below in its entirety. All submissions are due by Friday, September 26, 2025.

If you are requesting conference support for recruitment needs, please reach out to your recruiter to discuss strategies.

National Reputation Conference Marketing Support Criteria:

For a conference to be considered for marketing support, it must align with one of the 11 specialties ranked by U.S. News and World Report. These specialties include:
1. Behavioral Health
2. Cancer
3. Cardiology & Heart Surgery
4. Diabetes & Endocrinology
5. Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
6. Neonatology
7. Nephrology
8. Neurology & Neurosurgery
9. Orthopedics
10. Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
11. Urology
Marketing will review conference submissions to help ensure they align with the system strategy to improve national reputation via U.S. News and World Report rankings. The following will be taken into consideration when reviewing each request:

Support Considerations:
- How is the specialty ranked by USNWR for 2025-2026?
- Is there an opportunity to affect reputation score (per specialty rank analysis), and overall ranking with the help of marketing?
- Does the specialty team actively participate in USNWR check-ins with quality team?
- Is the conference local or national?
- Are the conference attendees comprised of approx. 75% USNWR voting physicians?
- Do other leading pediatric hospitals exhibit at the conference?
- Will there be a large number of Children’s physicians attending or presenting?
- Are there engaged physician leaders who will be present at the conference and willing to represent Children’s at a booth (if included in support)?
If the conference meets the criteria above, please complete the following form.

If your clinical or operations teams are leading and coordinating an exhibit booth without marketing support and you would like to borrow a tablecloth or have system fact sheets, contact marketingrequests@choa.org.
Conference Information
Conference name*
Conference web address/URL (put current year web address if needed)*
Conference dates*
Conference location*
Do any of the clinical team members hold leadership positions with the organization or association hosting the conference?
Conference Details
Projected number of conference attendees*
Percentage of attendees who are USNWR voting physicians (as available from conference website)
If international, please estimate the percent of attendees that are from the U.S. (and therefore USNWR eligible voting physicians).
Is this an adult and/or pediatric conference?*

AdultPediatricAdult and Pediatric
Please estimate the percent of attendees that are pediatric specialists.
Appointed service line champion for conference*
Estimated number of physicians on podium (include names if possible)*
Estimated number of physicians presenting posters (include names if possible).*
Please select your preferred level of support (preferred level of support considered but not guaranteed).*

On-site Exhibit Booth – physical exhibiting presence at conferenceBrand Sponsorship – sponsorship recognition at conferenceDigital Support – web, social, or email support
Do you have service line leader approval? (yes or no; include name and title)*
Name of person making request*

First NameLast Name
Email address*
example@example.com
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Conference Marketing Support Request Form

Conference Information

Conference Details