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For four days each spring, psychiatrists, computational researchers, and clinical technologists meet in the Canadian Rockies to ask a single question: how should artificial intelligence change the practice of mental health care?
The Annual AI In Psychiatry Conference is the flagship scientific meeting of the International Society for Computational Psychiatry. Now in its eighth year, the program spans rigorous methodological talks, clinical workshops, ethics panels, and open-science demonstrations — all grounded in the belief that new tools must be judged by the outcomes they produce for patients.
Attendees include clinicians working in public and private health systems, researchers in machine learning and neuroscience, regulators, and industry practitioners building the next generation of mental health tools.
Each track opens with a keynote, followed by paired methodology and clinical-practice sessions. All tracks run in parallel; session recordings are released to registrants after the conference.
Large language models as diagnostic aids — capabilities, limitations, and the evidence base for structured clinical interviewing.
Smartphone-derived behavioral signals, wearable data, and the clinical validity of continuously measured mental state.
Designing, evaluating, and regulating autonomous and semi-autonomous systems that interact with patients directly.
Algorithmic fairness across populations, informed consent in AI-mediated care, and emerging regulatory frameworks in North America and the EU.
Mechanistic and data-driven modeling of psychiatric disorders — from reinforcement learning accounts to neuroimaging classifiers.
Case studies from health systems deploying AI tools at scale — change management, clinical governance, and measured outcomes.
Four confirmed keynote speakers drawn from leading health systems, research laboratories, and technology companies. Additional invited talks and contributed sessions will be announced in January 2026.
An afternoon gathering to mark the opening of the conference, centred on the Society's annual keynote address. Drinks and welcoming remarks take place on the hotel's rear terrace, overlooking the Bow Valley; the keynote and dinner programme follow in The Vermillion Room.
The Fairmont Banff Springs — the "Castle in the Rockies" — has hosted scientific and cultural gatherings since 1888. Its Bow Valley campus offers every facility the conference requires: plenary halls seating seven hundred, breakout rooms across the historic wing, and residential accommodation under a single roof.
All sessions, meals, and evening receptions take place within the hotel. Registrants receive a discounted conference rate; a limited block of overflow reservations is held at neighbouring properties along Banff Avenue.