Policies
Sponsorship and partnership policy
How ASTI works with strategic partners, event sponsors and mailing list sponsors while protecting its independence.
Independence
The Association keeps full control over its educational content, speakers, programmes and publications. Partners and sponsors have no influence over educational material, evidence summaries or technology directory entries.
No endorsement
Sponsorship, partnership or event badging does not mean that the Association endorses any organisation, product or service, or gives any assurance about its safety, performance or regulatory status.
Transparency
Sponsors and partners are named clearly wherever their support appears, including on event pages, programmes and sponsored newsletters. Sponsored content is labelled as such.
Mailing lists and member data
The Association does not sell or share member or subscriber contact details with sponsors. Mailing list sponsorship means a clearly labelled message within an Association mailing, sent by the Association.
Badged events
The Association may badge suitable events run by other organisations. A badge indicates that the event met the Association's published standards for educational quality and transparency; it is not an endorsement of the organiser or of any product featured.
Conflicts of interest
Council members, speakers and authors are asked to declare relevant interests. Declarations are recorded and, where relevant, published alongside the related activity.
Review
Sponsorship and partnership proposals are reviewed by the Council, which may decline any proposal that does not fit these principles.
This page was last reviewed when the website was first published.