Why Sponsor a CHEF Event?
For over 22 years, CHEF has facilitated opportunities for education, collaboration and networking among persons and organizations engaged in healthcare ethics across the state of Colorado. CHEF actively seeks out diverse perspectives and open dialogue on morally complex issues. For the first time, CHEF is offering an exclusive opportunity for you to connect with attendees through sponsorship and/or exhibiting.
As a sponsor of the CHEF annual conference, you will:
Demonstrate your organization’s commitment to healthcare ethics by supporting the only organization dedicated to educating healthcare professionals on ethical challenges and their response, in Colorado’s healthcare system.
Connect with professionals in every aspect of healthcare, including: social work, nursing, medicine, theology, pharmacy, physical, behavioral and occupational therapy, and physician assistant practice. Any healthcare practitioner with an interest in healthcare ethics issues.
Increase awareness of your organization’s programs and services to the healthcare industry across the State.
We intentionally cap our exhibitors at a maximum of five, allowing sponsors and exhibitors to stand out among our attendees allowing them to engage in more focused and meaningful interactions.
Please join us by securing a sponsorship and/or an exhibit table at this industry-leading conference that attracts all healthcare disciplines.
Below is the 2025 CHEF Annual Conference Sponsorship Prospectus
To receive an email copy of the prospectus, contact the conference office at li_schick@hotmail.com
Dear Colleague:
We are excited to announce the 2025 Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum (CHEF) Annual Conference, scheduled for June 5-6, 2025 at the Lowry Conference Center. CHEF's mission is to facilitate opportunities for collaboration and networking among persons and organizations engaged in healthcare ethics across Colorado. CHEF actively seeks out diverse perspectives and open dialogue on morally complex issues. We invite you to be a sponsor of this important event.
This year’s conference theme, Empowering Choices: Ethical Dimensions of Patient Autonomy, Advance Directives, and Surrogate Decision-Making will offer healthcare professionals and ethics consultants tools for navigating complex ethical issues in supporting patient decision-making. The conference will include both traditional presentations and interactive workshops focused on ethical issues in:
● advance care planning,
● patient-centered decision aids,
● capacity assessments, and
● surrogate decision-making.
Experts in the field will provide tools for promoting equitable and inclusive decision-making in a wide variety of contexts from hospitals to clinics, and from pediatric care to adult care.
As a CHEF Conference sponsor, you will be able to interact with conference attendees and showcase your programs, products, or services to a diverse group of healthcare professionals. We intentionally cap our exhibitors at a maximum of five, allowing sponsors to stand out and engage with our audience for more focused and meaningful interactions.
Sponsorship forms must be received by May 1, 2025. This form will also serve as your conference registration form. Click here for the Sponsorship Sign-up Form
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have specific questions, please contact our conference planner, Lynette Schick at li_schick@hotmail.com.
Regards,
Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum Board of Directors
Sponsorship Prospectus
All sponsorships will be acknowledged on the sponsor page at https:// www.coloradoethicsforum.org/ and in the online conference program. All promotional items and sponsor presentations must be pre-approved by the conference committee and coordinated with the conference office.
CHEF CONFERENCE Co-sponsor - $15,000 (1 Available)
The Conference Co-sponsor will receive all of the items identified in the prospectus, including a 3–5-minute (pre-approved) presentation in front of attendees during the conference and five (5) complimentary registrations. If the co-sponsor would like a table to display any materials during the conference, one will be provided. The co-sponsors organization’s logo will be included in the online conference program, on all social media, marketing materials (created after securing sponsorship), and CHEF website, as well as the organization’s logo displayed on signage in the conference room throughout the conference. Logos will remain on the conference web page through December 2025.
Sponsors will receive all of the items listed for their respective categories in the prospectus table.
Platinum Sponsor $3500 (2 Available)
Lunch Sponsor (1 per day) The CHEF Conference will provide two luncheons for attendees. Lunch sponsors will receive signage acknowledging this sponsorship. The lunch sponsor will have 2-3 minutes (pre-approved) to address the group prior to lunch. Logos will remain on the conference web page through December 2025.
Gold Sponsor - $2,500 (3 Available)
Breakfast Sponsor (2)
Sponsorship of the two breakfasts during the conference. Signs will be displayed acknowledging this sponsorship.
Audio Visual Sponsor (1)
Covers all audio-visual costs related to the conference. Signage will be displayed acknowledging this sponsorship.
SILVER SPONSOR - $1500 (6 Available)
Coffee Break – 2 per day
Sponsorship of the coffee breaks during the conference.
Technology Sponsor (1)
Sponsorship of the conference ap used for the conference.
Program Sponsor (1)
The sponsor will receive enhanced recognition within the online program. Any organization handouts (pre-approved) provided will be placed on tables at each seat, rather than in the bag or folder.
Bronze Sponsor - $1000 (3 available)
Includes logo signage at the registration desk at the conference. This sponsorship does not include time to address attendees.
Item Sponsorships Available:
Pen Sponsorship - $300
With your logo on a pen, your name will be front and center as the participants take notes during the conference. Logoed pens will be provided by the sponsor.
Lanyard Sponsorship - $400
The lanyards with your logo imprinted will be worn by every attendee at the conference. Logoed lanyards will be provided by the sponsor.
Notebook Sponsorship - $400
With this sponsorship, the notebooks given to each attendee could feature your logo. Logoed notebooks will be provided by the sponsor.
Conference Bag Sponsorship - $400
Sponsoring the official CHEF 2023 Annual Conference tote bag will make your organization a center point of every attendee’s attention. Logoed conference bags will be provided by the sponsor.
Folder Sponsorship - $400
Sponsoring the official CHEF 2023 Annual Conference folder will make your organization a center point of every attendee’s attention. Folders will be provided by the sponsor. Folder may have a logo a sticker or a company identifier on the folder.
Friends of CHEF - $250-$499
Individuals who contribute funds to support the CHEF conference will be recognized at the conference and on the CHEF website.
Registration Recognition
Organizations registering 10 or more will receive recognition at the conference.