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Digital Psychiatry SIG Annual Conference | Digital Innovation in Psychiatry: Progress, Practice, and Possibility
Online event
| Timings | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Location | Virtual event, Online |
| CPD | 1 CPD point per hour of content, subject to peer approval |
| Non-member | £117 |
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| Consultant | £88 |
| Resident (Higher) / SAS Doctor | £65 |
| Resident (Core) / Medical Student / FY / Subsidised / Retired | £41 |
Event Information
Join us for a full day of insightful discussion, practical insights, and future-focused thinking as we explore the evolving role of innovation in psychiatry. This virtual conference brings together clinicians, researchers, educators and digital health leaders to share cutting-edge projects, practical tools, and bold visions for the future of mental health care.
The day opens with a spotlight on digital leadership and system-wide priorities, followed by focused sessions on emerging technologies, including ambient voice technology in clinical practice and the development of large language models to support clinical workflows.
After lunch, we shift our attention to topics on inclusive digital practice, showcasing how digital tools are transforming care for neurodevelopmental conditions and individuals recovering from first episode psychosis. The day concludes with an engaging Pecha Kucha session, where rapid-fire presentations spotlight innovative projects.
Awards will be presented for the best e-poster and Pecha Kucha presentation.
| Time | Presentation |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Chair: Dr Faith Ndebele, Chair – Digital Psychiatry Special Interest Group |
Session 1: Leading the Digital Shift in Mental Health Chair: Dr Toral Thomas, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, CCIO Consultant forensic psychiatrist and CCIO Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trus | |
| 9:15am | Digital Priorities Professor Owen Bowden-Jones, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| 9:35am | Lost in Translation: The Truth About Digital Clinical Leadership and Why the Future Needs You Dr Lia Ali, Consultant Psychiatrist and Digital Health Strategist |
| 9:55am | Regulation and Evaluation of Digital Mental Health Technologies Francesca Edelmann, MHRA |
| 10:15am | Q&A + Discussion |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
Session 2: Emerging Technologies & Real-World Research Chair: Dr Paul Bradley, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities, Specialist Advisor for Mental Health Informatics, RCPsych | |
| 11:00am | The LUMEN Project: Lessons from the Early Development of an LLM to Streamline Dementia Assessments Dr Judith Harrison, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Old Age Psychiatry ST6 |
| 11:30am | AI Ambient Voice Technology in Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Services Dr Salim Jakhra, Consultant Psychiatrist and Neurodevelopmental Lead, Medical Lead for AI at CNWL Dr Noah Stanton, Specialist Registrar, Dr Declan Brogan, CNWL |
| 12:00pm | Q&A + Discussion |
| 12:30 - 1:30pm | Lunch Break |
Session 3: Inclusive & Transformative Digital Care Chair: Dr Mariana Pinto Da Costa Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Academic Lead, RCPsych Digital Psychiatry SIG | |
| 1:30pm | Digital Tools and Physical Health Outcomes After FEP Dr Benjamin Perry, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Early Intervention Services |
| 1:50pm | Virtual Delivery of Care as a Reasonable Adjustment in LD and Autism Dr James Bowler, Consultant Psychiatrist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust |
| 2:10pm | AVATAR Therapy Dr Thomas Ward, Clinical Psychologist Lecturer/Honorary Clinical Psychologist Dr Thomas Jamieson-Craig, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London |
| 2:30pm | Q&A + Discussion |
| 2:50 - 3:20pm | Break |
Session 4: Innovation in Action – Pecha Kucha Chair: Dr Romayne Gadelrab, Consultant Psychiatrist, Digital Psychiatry SIG Exec | |
| 3:20pm | Presentations (3 presenters) |
| 3:45pm | Q&A |
| 4:00pm | Augmented psychopathology: from human-benchmarked AI diagnosis to semantic psychometrics Andrea Raballo, MD, PhD Chair Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lugano, Switzerland. |
| 4:30pm | Prize Announcement E-Poster Prize Pechu Kaucha Prize Winner |
| 4:35pm | Closing Remarks Chair: Dr Faith Ndebele, Chair – Digital Psychiatry SIG |
Pecha Kucha Prize
This year we will once again run our annual Pecha Kucha sessions:
Pecha Kucha is a presentation style where the presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds each.
Grab this opportunity to present your original ideas on how the practice of Psychiatry can adopt newer technologies. You have until COP 12 September 2025 to send us your submission.
We are looking for proposals that could be a novel way of using technology to aid diagnosis, or deliver treatment, or anything in between! Any submissions with a QI or research idea or project are also welcome, but we encourage proposals with broad ideas on using digital technologies within the practice of psychiatry. Special merit will be given for creative ideas and formats, unlike typical academic conferences.
Participants with the best proposals will be invited to present their idea in a Pecha Kucha style at the event on the 26 September. What’s more there are prizes to be won!
Please submit your proposals or contact for any queries: chair.digitalsig@rcpsych.ac.uk and sigs@rcpsych.ac.uk
e-Poster Prize
Submissions that relate to the use of digital technology in psychiatry, including real-world implementation of digital tools in clinical mental health settings, highlighting of new digital tools and platforms, privacy, data governance, AI ethics are welcome.
You have until COP 12 September 2025 to send us your submission.
Accepted poster submissions will be displayed on the DPSIG page.
Please submit your poster or contact for any queries: chair.digitalsig@rcpsych.ac.uk and sigs@rcpsych.ac.uk
This event will be recorded and available to all registered delegates to watch on demand. The recording will be available within one week of the live event taking place and will be emailed out to all registered delegates. The recording will be available to watch for three months from the event taking place.
We ask that all delegates ensure that their email address associated with their membership account is correct and up to date as this is where all correspondence will be sent.
Please note this webinar recording will not be available to purchase post event.