2026 ACVS Surgery Summit
Exhibitor and Sponsorship Prospectus
Join us in Charlotte, NC, from October 8–9 for the 2026 ACVS Surgery Summit, the premier gathering for veterinary surgery professionals!
Contact Hannah Streetman-Cook, hcook@acvs.org, to book your exhibit hall booth or reserve your sponsorship.
Continuing Education Sponsorship Opportunities
Questions? Contact Hannah Streetman-Cook, industry relations specialist at hcook@acvs.org
What’s Included
Continuing education sponsorships include recognition in the following ways:
- The interactive online schedule
- The official Surgery Summit mobile app
- The onsite Program Guide
- Onsite signage
- Custom meter board outside of the seminar room
Plus, sponsors have the opportunity to scan attendee badges as they enter the seminar! The sponsor is responsible for the rental of the lead retrieval unit.
Mark W. Allam Lecture and Keynote Lectures
Mark W. Allam Lecture and Awards Ceremony
$20,000 | Sold
Thursday, October 8 | 8–9:30 am
Presenter: Mel Thacker, MD
“One medicine” is the concept that the similarities between human and animal medicine are great and that these two fields can benefit considerably from the discoveries made in each field. Be a part of fostering this concept by sponsoring this prestigious, opening-day plenary lecture.
Package Includes:
- Onsite signage recognition
- Recognition on the Surgery Summit website and mobile app and in the Program Guide
- Sponsor branded entrance unit outside of the lecture
- Banner ad in Mark W. Allam Lecture-focused email blast
- Opportunity to share a few words with the audience prior to the lecture introduction
Large Animal Keynote Lectures
$5,000 | 2 Available
Title: Equine Humerus Fractures: Past, Present, and Future
Thursday, October 8 | 10:15–11:30 am
Presenter: Jeffrey Watkins, DVM, MS, DACVS
Title: Evolution of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care: Colic and Beyond
Friday, October 9 | 8:30–9:30 am
Presenter: Louise Southwood, BVSc, PhD, DACVS
Package Includes:
- Onsite signage recognition
- Recognition on the Surgery Summit website and mobile app and in the Program Guide
- A rotating slide featuring your advertisement prior to the keynote lecture (subject to review by ACVS)
Small Animal Keynote Lectures
$5,000 | 2 Available
Title: Reconstruction to Replacement of the Unstable Stifle: Adventures in Futility, Iteration, and Innovation
Thursday, October 8 | 10:15–11:30 am
Presenter: Steven Budsberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
Title: Renal Transplantation in Companion Animals: What We Have Learned and the Challenges We Face
Friday, October 9 | 8:30–9:30 am
Presenter: Lillian Aronson, VMD, DACVS
Package Includes:
- Onsite signage recognition
- Recognition on the Surgery Summit website and mobile app and in the Program Guide
- A rotating slide featuring your advertisement prior to the keynote lecture (subject to review by ACVS)
Allied Medicine and Contemporary Topics
Balancing Quality Care with Financial Realities
$2,500 | Sold
Saturday, October 10 | 8–9:30 am
Bridging the Gap: Strengthening the Referral Partnership
$2,500 | Available
Thursday, October 8 | 10:15 am–6 pm
$2,500 | Sold
Saturday, October 10 | 10:15 am–noon
Shaping Surgeon Culture: Belonging in the OR
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
The Science of Surgical Performance
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | 8:30 am–noon
Thriving as a New Surgeon
$2,500 | Sold
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–6 pm
Collaborative Health
Current Advances in Large Animal Analgesia
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
Equine Fracture Complications and Trauma
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8–9:30 am
Joints, Implants, and Infections: Orthopedic Infections and Responsible Antimicrobial Use in Livestock, Equine, and Small Animal Practice
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–6 pm
Large Animal/Equine
Challenges and Updates in Equine Arthroscopic Surgery
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8 am–6 pm
Equine Fracture Repair
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–3:45 pm
Equine Upper Airway Surgery: Fundamentals and Frontiers
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
Equine Urogenital and Reproductive Surgery to Improve Fertility
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8–9:30 am
Gastrointestinal Surgery in Periparturient Mares and Foals: Techniques and Critical Care
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
Large Animal Literature Year in Review
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8–9:30 am
Not Just Uroliths: Approaches to Urogenital Surgery in Farm Animals
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–3:45 pm
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 4:30–6 pm
Surgical Interventions for Equine Tendon and Ligament Disorders
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
Urogenital and Reproductive Emergencies in the Mare
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 4:30–6 pm
Primary Care
Assessing and Improving Orthopedic Outcomes
$2,500 | Available
Thursday, October 8 | 10:15 am–6 pm
Challenging Lameness: Is it Ortho or Neuro?
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8 am–noon
Emergent Soft Tissue Surgery in Practice
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | 8:30 am–6 pm
Small Ruminant Reproductive and Urogenital Surgery
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8 am–noon
Residents
ACVS Foundation Outstanding Surgery Residents' Awards
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | noon–12:30 pm
Large Animal Residents' Forum
$2,500 | Sold
Thursday, October 8 | 1–5:30 pm
Small Animal Residents' Forum
$2,500 | Sold
Thursday, October 8 | 1–5:30 pm
Small Animal
3D Guide Design and Additive Implant Manufacturing
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8–9:30 am
Approaches to Challenging Stifle Conditions
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–6 pm
Diaphragmatic and Thoracic Body Wall Reconstruction and Hernias
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 8 am–3:45 pm
$2,500 | Sold
Friday, October 9 | 4:30–6 pm
Juvenile Orthopedic Disease and Trauma
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–6 pm
MIS: Orthopedic Advances Through Fellowship Training
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 4:30–6 pm
MIS Soft Tissue
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 1:30–6 pm
Upper Airway Complications and Revisions
$2,500 | Available
Saturday, October 10 | 4:30–6 pm
Vascular Surgery: Fundamentals and Selected Topics
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 1:30–3:45 pm
Technicians’ Program
Anesthesia and Rehabilitation for Technicians
$2,500 | Available
Thursday, October 8 | 10:15 am–6 pm
Orthopedics, Joint Replacement, and Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injuries
$2,500 | Available
Friday, October 9 | 8:30 am–6 pm
Soft Tissue Topics
