Digital Psychiatry SIG Spring Conference 2026 | Digital Innovations in Psychiatry
In-person Event
| Timings | 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Location | RCPsych, 21 Prescot Street, London, E1 8BB |
| CPD | 1 CPD point per hour of content, subject to peer approval |
| Non-Member | £95 |
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| Consultant | £80 |
| SAS Doctor / Resident (Core) | £55 |
| Resident (Core) / Medical Student / Foundation Doctor / Subsidised and Retired Member | £40 |
Event Information
Overview
Join us on 14 May at the 外网天堂 for the RCPsych Digital Psychiatry SIG Spring Conference.
This conference brings together clinicians, researchers, technologists, and industry partners for an interactive exploration of cutting-edge digital tools transforming modern psychiatric care. Designed as a highly social and hands-on event, the afternoon showcases practical innovations, facilitates meaningful conversations, and builds a shared vision for the future of digital mental health.
Programme
Session 1 Showcasing Emerging Digital Solutions
The programme begins with three focused presentations, each highlighting a novel digital approach to improving psychiatric assessment, treatment, and service delivery:
- Virtual Clozapine Wards: A look at how virtual ward models can support safe, efficient clozapine initiation and monitoring in the community, reducing patient burden, enhancing clinical oversight, and optimising workflows.
- Real-Time Monitoring and Relapse Prevention for Severe Mental Illness: An introduction to a digital platform that delivers continuous symptom monitoring and early-warning detection to support people living with severe mental illness.
- DIVE-OCD: AI-Generated Immersive Stimuli for Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) A research presentation exploring the feasibility and safety of using AI-generated immersive environments to support ERP therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Attendees will gain insight into how immersive digital stimuli may enhance personalisation, engagement, and therapeutic precision in OCD treatment.
Session 2 Interactive Demo Stations: Technology in Action
Following the presentations, attendees will transition into an open, hands-on expo featuring live demo stations. Developers, clinicians, and researchers will showcase working digital platforms, including monitoring tools and virtual therapeutic environments to an AI-enhanced clinical workflow and others, allowing participants to:
- Try technologies first-hand
- Ask questions directly to creators and implementation teams
- Explore opportunities for collaboration
- Build networks across clinical, academic, and digital innovation communities
This interactive segment is designed to encourage informal discussion and spark new ideas for real-world adoption.
Roundtable Discussion: Regulation, Funding, and the Future of Digital Mental Health
The day concludes with a multi-stakeholder roundtable bringing together voices from:
- NHS clinical leadership
- Academia
- Industry and digital health companies
- Venture capital and innovation funding
- Policy and regulatory experts
This session will focus on the practical realities of bringing digital mental health solutions into routine practice. Topics such as regulation, safety frameworks, procurement pathways, funding models, and strategies for sustainable innovation will be covered. Panellists will share lessons learned, challenges ahead, and opportunities to accelerate responsible digital transformation across mental healthcare.
Venue and accessibility information
Getting around the venue
Please to help you familiarise yourself with the layout. There is a cloakroom on the ground floor. Each floor can be accessed via one of our three lifts.
Parking
There is one disabled parking bay at the rear of the building in Yeoman's Yard, off Chamber Street which runs parallel to Prescot Street and can be accessed via Leman Street or Mansell Street. We understand that disability is not always simple and you will not need a Blue Badge to qualify to use our on-site parking space. This bay must be booked in advance by contacting your events manager or events administrator.
Toilets
Toilets can be found on all floors
- Lower ground floor: we have four gender-neutral toilets, one with a parent-changing area. There is one accessible toilet with a shower
- Ground floor - we have five gender neutral toilets and one accessible toilet
- First floor - we have single sex toilets on this floor
Multi-faith room
This is located in the members lounge on the ground floor
Quiet space
We will have a dedicated quiet room available at the College that you are welcome to use at any point during the conference.
Please do not use this room for private meetings, this space is intended to provide a calm environment for delegates who might need to remove themself from the busyness of Congress. If you require a private meeting space, please visit the help desk and we'll be able to tell what rooms are available.
Visual impairment
Please let the events team know if you require printed events materials and let them know in advance if you will be supported by a guide dog, assistance animal or emotional support animal.
Hearing impairment
A hearing loop is available on request. Please contact your events manager or event administrator if you have any additional requirements.