DRI invites you to join us for our 2025 DRI Annual Meeting – the flagship conference for the leading professional association supporting the civil defense community. Scheduled for October 15–17, 2025 in Chicago, the DRI annual meeting provides in-depth content and best-in-class practical insights for key legal disciplines across the civil defense sector, along with robust networking opportunities designed to foster the connections needed to build the critical relationships for career and practice growth. As a trusted thought leader, we invite you to strengthen your connection to the DRI community, allowing you to grow existing relationships and cultivate solid business leads.
Exhibiting at the DRI Annual Meeting provides a highly cost-effective means for solution providers to develop sales leads, build brand recognition and complement your ongoing business development efforts in the marketplace. Exhibitors are provided two (2) complimentary full conference registrations to attend education sessions and strategic networking functions for every 100 square feet of exhibit space, along with contact details for all attendees provided for a one-time communication to facilitate planning for onsite engagement during the annual meeting.
Available booth options include 10’ x 10’ ($3,850) and 10’ x 20’ ($7,700).
Through annual meeting sponsorship, you can partner with DRI to demonstrate thought leadership, industry support, and practice area-specific expertise to a wide range of DRI-related audiences–including our members, industry leaders, and the broader civil defense community. Three sponsorship packages are listed below. Each package includes booth space, complimentary full conference registrations, sponsor acknowledgement, and more. Click on any package to see the full details.
As one of only six (6) Signature Sponsors, we’ve identified the most valuable touch points to connect and engage with attendees -- both leading up to, during and after the event – along with networking opportunities, premium recognition, promotional rights and more, including:
Offered on a limited basis, Premier Sponsorship affords a variety of platforms to connect and engage with attendees, including:
Conference Sponsorship displays support for the DRI community and affords direct association with the annual meeting attendees, including:
DRI’s Counsel Meeting Program eliminates the cost of hosting these meetings and facilitates more consistent and timely communication between clients, counsel, and carriers. For outside counsel, attending meetings at DRI seminars provides enhanced networking opportunities, valuable meeting time with clients, and access to gold-standard education all in one trip.
Companies that have hosted meetings at previous DRI Annual Meetings include: Intact Insurance, Numotion, State Farm, The Hartford, U-Haul, and more!