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Gain exposure for your brand as attendees recharge their devices and themselves. The (re)Charge Zone offers comfortable seating in a high-traffic area with charging stations and tips to recharge through yoga and well-being exercises. Sponsorship includes recognition in pre-event and on-site marketing and signage.

Position your company as a champion of education that improves patient care. ACE Symposia are impactful, high-visibility opportunities to support critical care education through independent medical education grants. Symposia are held in conjunction with SCCM’s annual Congress, offered with lunch. These accredited continuing education sessions are designed to address real-world clinical challenges with unbiased, evidence-based content. SCCM serves as the accredited provider and ensures full compliance with ACCME guidelines.

Supporters benefit from:

▲ Brand Elevation: Be recognized as a valued supporter of impactful education that shapes the future of critical care.
▲ Qualified Leads: Receive a list of symposium attendees who opt in to share their contact information.
▲ Extended Reach: Enhance impact with enduring material options that keep your program available to learners well beyond the live event.
▲ Educational Credibility: All topics, faculty, and learning objectives are reviewed and approved by SCCM, ensuring high-quality and unbiased education.

The Congress Daily Update is a digital newsletter delivered each day during the event. It features timely highlights including hot-topic sessions, can’t-miss events, and key clinical resources. While tailored for on-site attendees, this communication is also distributed to SCCM members and non-attending professionals, significantly expanding its reach and boosting total impressions. 

A must-read for all Congress registrants, this brochure highlights exciting events, sessions, and activities, as well as pre-Congress educational opportunities, educational symposia, and social events.

A must-read for all Congress registrants, this brochure highlights exciting events, sessions, and activities, as well as pre-Congress educational opportunities, educational symposia, and social events.

Maximize Your Investment as a Congress Sponsor! Platinum, Gold, and Silver sponsors have the biggest impact on Congress attendees. Slots are limited.

Maximize your presence at Congress through custom signage in high-traffic areas of the convention center. Opportunities include hanging banners, escalators, floor graphics, and column wraps. Common Area Signage

Join innovators, including clinicians, researchers, industry leaders, investors, program officers, and funders to ignite impactful change in critical care. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities, with levels to meet every budget.

Support programming at Congress, here is the Full Schedule. All Congress programs are packed with essential clinical information to keep practitioners informed on various critical care topics. Support a precourse, an educational session, or the entire live Congress program and Congress Digital.  Congress Digital access is complimentary to registrants and offered for purchase to nonregistrants.

Long-format cling panels along escalator sides near Hall F1. Perfect for reinforcing your brand as attendees ride between floors.

Opportunity Details 

• 11.25” wide x 33’-10” long
• (2) sections available
• Single sided banner
• No pockets
• Located on the West side of West Building, Level 2 up to Level 3.

Secure a premium position on the event website and app. Promotional efforts drive potential attendees to the website throughout the registration period. Attendees utilize the event website and app before Congress for planning and on site to navigate Congress. Your ad will run in the top, leaderboard position until April 2026.

Visit the Exhibit Portal to register for exhibit space.

Exhibiting at SCCM’s 2026 Critical Care Congress gives you a competitive advantage! Don’t miss this opportunity to educate buyers about the latest technologies, products, and services in critical care.

Make a splash as attendees enter the main lobby! Branded floor decals will make a noticeable impression in this heavily trafficked area adjacent to the attendee registration area.

The Marriott Marquis Chicago will serve as the Congress headquarters hotel. It boasts a room block of more than 800 and hosts a variety of Congress-related events. Showcase your brand through signage at this premier property.

Oversized banners positioned prominently above registration and common areas. Offers unmatched visibility across the atrium space.

Opportunity Details 

• A = 40’ wide x 15’ high
• Double sided banner
• 4” pockets top and bottom
• Hung from permanently installed cable
• Located in the West level 3 Central Concourse

SCCM will distribute your product literature, sales brochures, or other promotional materials to attendees’ hotel rooms in time for the first day of Congress. Materials must be approved by SCCM and will be distributed at selected SCCM-contracted hotels to 1750 recipients.

Leave a lasting impression by prominently displaying your company’ logo, product logo, and exhibit booth number on these reusable bags.

Approximately 2,000 bags are distributed, provided to all attendees at selected hotels as part of the door drop. Bags are also offered with purchase at SCCM’s two bookstores.

Artwork in the form of hi-res image (ai or eps) file is due January 20, 2026.

Looking to do a short promotional pitch or demonstration of your products and services? Mini 15-minute workshops are available.

Showcase your organization’s expertise with a non-ACE presentation in a theater located in Connections Central. Engage healthcare professionals with clinically focused content in a high-traffic, professional setting. Ideal for product demos and clinical discussions, Industry Education Workshops offer direct access to Congress attendees and can be recorded. Multiple time slots are available.

The workshop recording will be included in Congress Digital and added to the SCCM YouTube Industry Partner Resources playlist to broaden reach.

Availability is limited.

Application deadline: January 5, 2026

Educate attendees about your products and services during Congress. Workshop provider may serve food and beverage. Multiple 1-hour time slots are available. The workshop recording will be included in Congress Digital and added to the SCCM YouTube Industry Partner Resources playlist to broaden reach.

Reach Congress registrants before they arrive on site. SCCM’s exclusive Industry Highlights Newsletter is sent to all Congress attendees just days before the meeting and highlights the full schedule of industry-sponsored events. This high-visibility communication helps attendees plan how they’ll spend their time.

Limited Premium Advertising Opportunities Available:
Elevate your presence by securing one of the limited top-of-newsletter text ad slots. These premium positions are placed above the content and ideal for:

• Driving attendance to your symposium or product theater
• Promoting in-booth experiences or demos
• Highlighting giveaways or educational tools

Why Sponsor This Email?

• Sent to all registered attendees just before Congress
• Strategically timed to influence planning and attendance
• Limited top slots ensure exclusivity and visibility
• Availability is limited—reserve early to secure prime placement.

Bundle the mailing list and hotel door drop.

Email bfitzgerald@sccm.org to secure ackage.

Located in a prime space near the registration area and exhibit hall entrance, Max’s Cafe is a popular destination for Congress attendees. Serving more than 2000 complimentary cups of coffee each day, visitors to Max’s Cafe represent a significant portion of overall event foot traffic, Sponsor will be acknowledged through pre-event and on-site marketing and signage. SCCM will enable connection opportunities, including facilitating a designated table for sponsor representatives.

Catch attendee’s eyes with banners strategically placed along balconies overlooking the central convergence of attendee flow. These banners offer repeated impressions as attendees move through registration, education rooms, Connections Central, and food and beverage areas.

Opportunity Details 

• A = 25’ wide x 77” high
• Single sided banner
• 4” pockets top and bottom
• Hung from hangpoints on level 4
• Visible from the West level 3 Central Concourse

The Pocket Pal is a conveniently sized on-site guide that includes an education schedule, exhibitor listing, industry events, social activities, and more. It is offered as a print piece distributed in high-traffic areas in the convention center and as a digital, downloadable guide. Printed quantity is 4000. Online version is distributed via email to 3800 names.

Reach Congress registrants before they arrive with your mailed marketing material. Estimated 3000 postal addresses are included.

This is is still available if you need for viewing purposes only. 

Position your brand at the heart of SCCM’s most exclusive member experience. The Select Member Lounge is a premium on-site destination for SCCM’s most engaged members to relax, recharge, and connect. In previous years, the lounge welcomed more than 3200 visits by 782 unique Select members, with more than 75% of eligible members stopping by during Congress.

As the exclusive sponsor, you’ll receive prominent visibility and high-value engagement opportunities, including:

▲ Branded signage throughout the lounge recognizing your exclusive sponsorship
▲ Special recognition as the sponsor of the Bites of Chicago Break Bar, a popular food and beverage feature
▲ Access to the Congress attendee mail list (one-time use)
▲ Dedicated email sent on your behalf to registered attendees recognizing your sponsorship and the opportunity to meet at Congress
▲ Private meeting space in the Exhibit Hall for sponsorhosted conversations
▲ Recognition in SCCM’s marketing and communications materials, including Congress promotions

Put your brand directly in attendees’ hands. Your logo will appear on the specialty tote available at the Select Member Lounge—maximizing visibility throughout the event and long afterward.

Branded graphics applied across the stair risers outside Hall F1. Creates a striking visual effect as attendees move between levels.

Opportunity Details: 

• 74.5” wide x 6.75” high (qty 26)
• Stair graphic clings
• Walk and wall material
• Attached to front face of steps
• Located on the West side of West Building, Level 2 up to Level 3

Price: $750 per step.

All 26 steps: $19,500

Opportunity Details 

• A = 43.5” wide x 29.5” high (qty 1)
  • $2,500
• B = 83” wide x 29.5” high (qty 2)
  • $5,000 each
• C = 50” wide x 29.5” high (qty 1)
  • $2,500
• Single or double sided phototex / window cling
• Applied to glass surface
• Located in West level 3 Central Concourse
• Full set of all four - $9,000