Frequently asked questions
The International Congress 2025 will be taking place from Monday 23 - Thursday 26 June 2025
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The International Congress 2025 will be taking place in Wales.
The full venue address can be found below
ICC Wales
The Coldra
Catsash Road
Caerleon
Newport
NP18 1DE
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The deadline for submitting a proposal for the 2025 International Congress main programme has now closed.
If you submitted a proposal you should now have been informed of the outcome.
If you have submitted a submission for the fringe programme we hope to let you know by the end of the January.
If you were unsuccessful in your submission, please do not be too disheartened. We receive a very large number of submissions for very few places within the programme. You can review the full submission guidance on our website and please do consider submitting for the 2026 International Congress.
Poster submissions for the 2025 International Congress are now closed.
Authors will be contacted with the result of their submission in Spring.
Yes! Registration for the 2025 International Congress is now open.
Early bird rates are available until Monday 31 March 2025. Book today to save over £100 on your ticket.
For more information on our registration fees please view our registration pages.
Yes, the early bird rate is available for all bookings received before Monday 31 March.
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If you are paying on behalf of someone else the best way to make payment is via BACS. Please complete our registration form and arrange payment via bank transfer, full details can be found on the form. We cannot reserve places until payment is made.
We can also take payment by credit/debit card over the phone. Please call the Congress team on 020 8618 4120 or 020 8618 4150 to do so.
Please note, that all prices are in pound sterling. If you are making an international payment, please ensure that you cover the exchange rate. You will also be required to cover any international banking charge.
If you are presenting or chairing a session in the main Congress programme you will be offered complimentary registration for the day you are presenting. You do not have to book for this day you will be automatically registered.
If you wish to attend any further days of the Congress you will need to book and pay for this online. If you are looking to attend the whole Congress please contact us at congress@rcpsych.ac.uk and we will be able to offer you a discounted rate.
Please note poster presenters will not be offered complimentary registration.
If you need to cancel your booking, we will be able to refund you as follows:
80% refund up to one month before the first day of the event
50% refund between one month and up to two weeks before the first day of the event
We will not be able to offer any refunds where cancellation is received with less than two weeks’ notice.
All cancellations must be received in writing.
If an event has to be cancelled or rescheduled we will contact you as soon as possible to notify you of the change. You will be offered an alternative or a full refund.
We cannot reimburse travel, accommodation or other costs related to the event.
We will be recording all keynote presentations and sessions (where we have speaker permission).
Please be aware that the recording package will be a recording of the sessions only and you will not be able to interact with any of the other delegates or ask questions to the speakers.
Those delegates who have purchased a whole conference fee will be able to watch these recordings after the Congress has taken place at no extra cost.
Delegates who purchased a day ticket/s are entitled to a 25% discount for the Congress recording package. Please note that you will receive an email containing your discount link when the recording package is available for purchase.
You can find out more information about the recording package costs via our website /events/congress/registration
We won't be live streaming any of the 2025 Congress. The only booking option available to delegates is to attend live.
We will however record all sessions, where speakers have given permission, for you to watch back in your own time or catch up on things that you might have missed.
Those delegates who purchase a whole conference fee have the full recording package included in their ticket price. You will receive full information on how to access these up to one month after the Congress has taken place.
Delegates who purchase a day ticket/s are entitled to a 25% discount for the Congress recording package. Please note that you will receive an email containing your discount link when the recording package is available for purchase.
If you are interested in purchasing these recordings and not attending the Congress in-person, please sign up to our recordings mailing list and we will send you a reminder when the recording package is available for purchase.
We are pleased to provide you with a free accommodation booking service through Mice Concierge. This is an online service which allows you to book accommodation to suit your needs and budget. No payment is required at the time of booking, although you will need to provide card details as a guarantee. You will be required to pay the accommodation provider directly on arrival.
Secured rates and availability have been negotiated at a number of accommodation options close to the conference venue. Click the button below for more information.
Please be aware that the venue this year is not in a city centre and accommodation within walking distance is limited. We would recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. We will be providing a coach service from Newport train station to the Congress venue at selected hours in the morning and late afternoon. Similarly we will provide a coach service from the local hotels (primarily Coldra Court, Ty Newport and Ty Magor) to the Congress venue each morning and late afternoon.
If you wish to make a group booking, or you are experiencing any difficulties in completing your booking online, please contact the Mice Concierge team at
Danielle Reid
e: danielle.reid@miceconcierge.com
t: +44 (0) 1438 908770
Anna Hellawell
e: anna.hellawell@miceconcierge.com
t: +44 (0) 1438 908770
These exclusive rates are only available when booked via Mice Concierge.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2025 is a face-to-face event and offers 120 hours of educational content. For the College’s CPD purposes, the normal daily limits will apply – i.e. claim a maximum of 6 hours
per day for days that have been attended in-person. A total of 24 CPD points for the entire Congress.
However, please note that delegates who have registered to attend the whole Congress will have access to recordings of the sessions and keynotes. This means that they can watch content ‘on demand’ outside of the Congress dates. If they do that, these can be claimed for CPD purposes, subject to firstly, the limit of no more than 6 hours on a day and secondly, approval of their peer group. The attendance certificate provided by the College will only mention the Congress dates. If claiming CPD for watching ‘on demand’ on other days, the evidence will have to be not only the attendance certificate, but also peer group approval
Once you have registered for the Congress please email congress@rcpsych.ac.uk with your request along with a copy of your booking confirmation. We will then be able to send you an invitation letter.
Conference attendees are welcome to bring babies under 12 months of age into lectures, but we ask that babies are taken out of the room if they become unsettled.
We welcome breastfeeding anywhere at Congress but a private feeding room will be available.
We will also have a dedicated room live streaming each of the keynote sessions, that will be a more relaxed environment, so you may wish to sit in this room if your baby is unsettled, but you don't want to miss the plenary talks.
We will have a dedicated quiet room available, that you are welcome to use at any point during the Congress.
We will also have a separate dedicated quiet room that we will be streaming each of the plenary lectures to.
We would encourage you, if using this room, to use a sensitive applause. Please note however, that sound and applause from the main lecture theatre may be picked up through the stream.
The hashtag for the International Congress is #RCPsychIC
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