The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is dedicated to advancing research and supporting continuing professional development (CPD) in the healthcare of older people. Learn more about the BGS.
We deliver specialised conferences that address the core competencies of geriatric medicine. Each meeting is designed to:
- Showcase best practices in clinical care
- Present cutting-edge research findings
- Highlight innovative approaches to service delivery
We welcome abstract submissions from researchers and clinicians worldwide and encourage participation from multidisciplinary teams.
Our conferences focus on key themes in older people’s healthcare and are aligned with our CPD programme. They aim to bridge knowledge gaps, explore solutions to pressing challenges, and respond to the evolving needs of an ageing population.
Each event features:
- Plenary sessions led by internationally recognised experts
- Parallel sessions on specialist topics and clinical innovations
- Interactive workshops and symposia
Sponsors and exhibitors play a vital role in our events. We invite pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, healthcare employers, and related organisations to support our mission by partnering with us.
Learn more about the sponsorship opportunities for your organisation.
| Updated July 2025 |
Annual review
BGS sponsorship rates are benchmarked regularly and annually reviewed by our Finance Committee, and Trustee Board. They are subject to annual increases
2025/6 Hybrid Sponsorship Packages
Sponsorship Packages
BGS meetings are hybrid by default, with a virtual attendance option in addition to in-person attendance. Attendees will be able to choose how to attend based on their preferences, existing work, and personal commitments.
For those attending in-person, we aim to continue the same high-quality educational content in addition to the networking and interactions missed during the virtual conferences. For both in-person and virtual delegates there will be the ability to network and visit exhibitors before, during, and after each meeting.
Recordings of the presentations, including sponsored symposia, if permitted, will be accessible post-event to all attendees for 6 months.
2025/6 Hybrid Sponsorship Packages
Sponsorship Packages
BGS meetings are hybrid by default, with a virtual attendance option in addition to in-person attendance. Attendees will be able to choose how to attend based on their preferences, existing work, and personal commitments.
For those attending in-person, we aim to continue the same high-quality educational content in addition to the networking and interactions missed during the virtual conferences. For both in-person and virtual delegates there will be the ability to network and visit exhibitors before, during, and after each meeting.
Recordings of the presentations, including sponsored symposia, if permitted, will be accessible post-event to all attendees for 6 months.
Hybrid Meeting: Spring or Autumn Gold Partner Package 1 only
Gold Partner Package 1 only
£20,000 plus VAT
- Satellite symposium - 30 minutes including time for Q&A
- Fully managed AV, hosted on BGS website for on demand viewing
- Sponsors will need to provide their own moderators
- Up to 6x4m exhibition stand and virtual booth
- Delegate attendance capture form – capture attendee’s details via your own form
- Key partner package – All sessions from event to include your logo and acknowledgement as key sponsor.
- Invite up to 50 delegate places. Up to 20 corporate attendees
- Virtual exhibition page
- Delegate list
Hybrid Meeting: Spring or Autumn Silver Partner Package
Silver Partner Package
£16,000 plus VAT
- Satellite symposium - 30 minutes for including time for Q&A
- Fully managed AV, hosted on BGS website for on demand viewing
- Sponsors will need to provide their own moderators
- 20 delegate places. Up to 20 corporate attendees
- 4x3m physical and virtual exhibition page
- Delegate list
Hybrid Meeting: Spring or Autumn Bronze Partner Package
Bronze Partner Package
£14,000 plus VAT
- Satellite symposium - 30 minutes including time for Q&A
- Fully managed AV, hosted on BGS website for on demand viewing
- Sponsors will need to provide their own moderators
- Up to 20 corporate attendees
- 3x2m physical and virtual exhibition page
- Delegate list
Hybrid Meeting: Physical and virtual exhibition space 3m x 2m
(£1,500 plus VAT per day)
- Two complimentary registrations for the conference to include access to all sessions, lunches/coffees/tea for all and 5 virtual attendees
- All conference materials
- Central location at conference and a virtual exhibition page
- Ideal for 3m x 2m pop-up stand or similar
- Access to 13 amp electricity supply is included, along with table and chairs
Spring and Autumn “Spotlight on” Sessions 3 only
(£6,000 plus VAT)
- A 15 minute video session* (AV fully supported by BGS – our AV team will record the content in advance in high quality and schedule to play at allocated time slot or support the live presentation onsite)
- Accessible by attendees at the time in the programme and on-demand for 6 months
- *“Spotlight on” sessions require review by BGS Meetings Committee and need to be informative and educational in content.
2025/6 Hybrid Special Interest Group Meeting Packages
The exhibition and poster presentations are a key part of our conferences. Stands will be organised in layouts designed to maximise footfall to stands. Catering points, posters, and seating will be included across the exhibition space to better draw attendees to interact with you.
2025/6 Hybrid Special Interest Group Meeting Packages
The exhibition and poster presentations are a key part of our conferences. Stands will be organised in layouts designed to maximise footfall to stands. Catering points, posters, and seating will be included across the exhibition space to better draw attendees to interact with you.
Hybrid Special Interest Group Gold Partner Package 1 only
(£6,000 plus VAT)
- Satellite symposium - 30 minutes including time for Q&A
- Fully managed AV, hosted on BGS website for on demand viewing
- Sponsors will need to provide their own moderators
- Delegate capture form – capture attendee’s details via your own form
- Key partner package – All sessions from event to include your logo and acknowledgement as key sponsor.
- Invite up to 10 onsite/ 50 virtual delegate places. Up to 10 onsite/ 20 virtual corporate attendees
- 3x2m Physical and virtual exhibition page
- Delegate list
- Statistic reports on overall attendance, and viewing figures
Hybrid Special Interest Group Meeting Stand 3m x 2m
(£1,000 plus VAT)
- Logo and acknowledgement on preliminary and final programme and event webpage
- Two complimentary registrations for the conference to include access to all sessions, lunches/coffees/tea for all and 5 virtual attendees
- All conference materials
- Central location at conference and a virtual exhibition booth
- Ideal for 3m x 2m pop-up stand or similar
- Access to 13 amp electricity supply is included, along with table and chairs
“Spotlight on” Sessions 2 only
(£2,500 plus VAT)
- A 15 minute video session* (AV fully supported by BGS – our AV team will record the content in advance in high quality and schedule to play at allocated time slot or support the live presentation onsite)
- Accessible by attendees at the time in the programme and on-demand for 12 months
- *“Spotlight on” sessions require review by BGS Meetings Committee and need to be informative and educational in content.
2025/6 Hybrid Local Meetings packages
Our nation and England region meetings are an important way for the BGS to assist members’ professional development. With time pressure on study leave and the expense of travel and accommodation, events closer to members’ places of home and work are valuable resources. These local meetings also provide an important way to forge connections, which can further improve joined-up healthcare for older people and the strengthening of a professional multi-disciplinary community committed to improving older people’s wellbeing and healthcare.
2025/6 Hybrid Local Meetings packages
Our nation and England region meetings are an important way for the BGS to assist members’ professional development. With time pressure on study leave and the expense of travel and accommodation, events closer to members’ places of home and work are valuable resources. These local meetings also provide an important way to forge connections, which can further improve joined-up healthcare for older people and the strengthening of a professional multi-disciplinary community committed to improving older people’s wellbeing and healthcare.
Local Meetings Gold Partner Package 1 only
(£2,500 plus VAT)
- Satellite symposium - 30 minutes including time for Q&A
- Fully managed AV, hosted on BGS website for on demand viewing
- Sponsors will need to provide their own moderators
- Delegate capture form – capture attendee’s details via your own form
- Key partner package – All sessions from event to include your logo and acknowledgement as key sponsor.
- Invite up to 10 onsite/ 50 virtual delegate places. Up to 10 onsite/ 20 virtual corporate attendees
- 3x2m Physical and virtual exhibition page
- Delegate list
- Statistic reports on overall attendance, and viewing figures
“Spotlight on” session - 1 only
(£1,250 plus VAT)
- A 15 minute video session* (AV fully supported by BGS – our AV team will record the content in advance in high quality and schedule to play at allocated time slot or support the live presentation onsite)
- Accessible by attendees at the time in the programme and on-demand for 12 months
- *“Spotlight on” sessions require review by BGS Meetings Committee and need to be informative and educational in content.
Hybrid Local Meetings stand 3m x 2m - Full Day Meeting
(£750 plus VAT)
- Two complimentary registrations for the conference to include access to all sessions, lunches/coffees/tea for all and 5 virtual attendees
- All conference materials
- Central location at conference and a virtual exhibition booth
- Ideal for 3m x 2m pop-up stand or similar
- Access to 13 amp electricity supply is included, along with table and chairs
Unrestricted grant amount
(£ varies)
- With this package the sponsor will provide an unrestricted grant
- An acknowledgement to the sponsor will be given in the m of the event and on the programme
Delegate composition
Who attends our events?
The British Geriatrics Society is a multidisciplinary membership organisation of over 5,400 healthcare professionals who specialise in the healthcare of older people in a variety of hospital and community settings.
Our event delegates include:
- Consultants and Professors of Geriatric Medicine
- Specialty Doctors
- Specialist Registrars (StRs) in Geriatric Medicine and related specialties
- Nurse Consultants, Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners
- GPs and GP Trainees
- Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Professionals
- Researchers into ageing and age-related conditions
- Internal Medicine Trainees and Foundation Year Doctors
- Medical Students
For more information about any of these packages or other ways of working with the BGS, contact Geraint Collingridge, Director of Learning and Professional Development, via g.collingridge@bgs.org.uk or telephone: 020 7608 8573.
Why sponsor?
Why sponsor?
What are the sponsorship options?
#Symposia
For our Spring and Autumn Conferences there are five packages with symposia slots. Successful sponsors will be able to present an educational programme relevant to the themes of the meeting, subject to review and discussion from the BGS Meetings Committee. Partnership packages can be tailored to your company’s own needs. All delegates attending will be encouraged to attend the symposia and visit the exhibition stands.
Our Special Interest Group meetings also support symposia. Sponsors will be able to present a 30 minute session relevant to the special interest area, subject to review and discussion from the SIG.
Please see the downloadable pdf for more details
#Livestreaming and post-event resources
With pressures on study leave and study budgets, online access to continuing professional development (CPD) and BGS services becomes more and more important. Via introducing family-friendly events, Livestreaming content and publishing post-event resources the challenges facing HCPs can be addressed. Sponsors can support the live streaming of content, and the provision of the recordings via the BGS website with our Educational support options.
#Stands
Most of our meetings accept stand sponsorship. The exhibition and poster presentations are a key part of our meetings. Stands are organised in layouts designed to maximise footfall to stands. Catering points, posters, and seating will be included across the exhibition space to better draw attendees to interact with you. Stand prices are standardised across meetings and you can find more details including costs in the downloadable pdf.
Additional items for Supporters
The BGS welcomes opportunities to discuss, with potential partners, ways in which we might collaborate on opportunities beyond the conference. Options include supporting making the content available online, sponsorship of wifi or other services needed at the meeting, to inserts in the delegate packs.
Why participate?
- Benefit from attending a flagship event for healthcare of older people and demonstrate your brand to over 4,000 members
- Understand key issues, concerns and challenges facing healthcare specialists working with older people
- Extend your message and raise the profile of your brand amongst the healthcare professionals
- Raise awareness of your company as a leader in the healthcare of older people
- Map new networks of key figures and opinion leaders and gather direct feedback from medical professionals
- Build stronger relationships based upon a clear understanding of different stakeholder perspectives
- Become more involved in planning and preparing for future healthcare needs and demands of an ageing society
- Benchmark with competitors
Who attends our events?
The British Geriatrics Society is a multidisciplinary membership organisation of over 3,900 healthcare professionals who specialise in the care of older people in a variety of hospital and community settings
- Consultants and Professors of Geriatric Medicine
- Specialty Doctors
- Specialist Registrars (StRs) in Geriatric Medicine and related specialties
- Nurse Consultants, Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners
- GPs and GP Trainees
- Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Professionals
- Researchers into ageing and age-related conditions
- Internal Medicine Trainees and Foundation Year Doctors
- Medical Students
Contact
Geraint Collingridge, Director of Learning and Professional Development, g.collingridge@bgs.org.uk or call 020 7608 8573
Sponsorship fees are reviewed and updated with our Finance Committee each year in July
Highlights from our Autumn Meeting
Scam warning
INTERNATIONAL “DIRECTORY” ALERT – DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUT!
If you exhibit in the UK or overseas, whether your company is small or large, you may hear from INTERNATIONAL FAIRS DIRECTORY (IFD), INTER-FAIRS, EXPO-GUIDE, or FAIRGUIDE or CONSTRUCT DATA.
This bogus directory and listing scam has been going on for over 25 years, and people are still getting caught by it.
You will receive an official-looking form (by email or by post). This may be preceded by a phone call asking to check your details for an exhibition listing.
The form will mention your participation in a trade show, and it will appear to have a connection with the organisers of that show. It’s marked “Urgent”, and gives a deadline for return of your company information for an advert in something which appears to be a free online exhibitor listing service or exhibition directory.
The catalogue, directory and online listings referred to do not exist.
Please warn anyone in your office who opens the post or any emails (including “info@” emails) at your company about this scam . Do not complete and return any of these forms.
If you do, you are signing up to a three-year advertising contract in an “International Fairs Directory” or web listing. This will cost hundreds of Euros per year. Signing may also give IFD permission to access images on your website and download them to create “ads” for you. IFD is run by MULPOR Company S.A, of Costa Rica (or any other address they may be using). The detail of what you’re signing up for is in the very small print at the bottom of the form, or in the blurb on the reverse.
If you sign and return these forms, even if you realise your mistake and try to cancel the order, you will receive an invoice. Non-payment of this (and the other invoices which will follow) will result in persistent chasing by “debt collectors”. You should not pay, as you will not be getting the service to which they refer. Ignore any letters and invoices you may receive, and don’t get involved in any conversations on the phone.
Legal proceedings have been brought against Inter-Fairs Directory, Expo-Guide, Fairguide, Mulpor and Construct Data all over the world. Many actions have been successful… but this just results in the company springing up again under a new name and in a new jurisdiction. The latest of these is IFD/Mulpor, of Costa Rica.
Be careful to check everything thoroughly before you sign any forms! Make sure that only a Director or nominated signatory in your company can sign for and sign off any directory entries. Thousands of people and companies have been caught out, and have experienced the hassle of dealing with Expo-Guide and Fairguide/Construct Data (and now IFD).
Make absolutely certain that you are completing only legitimate forms from the organisers of any exhibition in which you are participating.
If you do get caught out, you should report this to the Government’s Anti-Fraud office, Action Fraud, which is run by the City of London Police – follow this link
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/business-directory-fraud
