The Global Mental Health Advocacy Forum 2026, organised by the Global Mental Health Action Network and hosted by United for Global Mental Health, will take place in Iloilo City, Philippines, but can also be attended online. Online attendees will join via an interactive virtual lobby offering live sessions, networking opportunities, and a comprehensive library of digital resources. The Forum brings together civil society leaders, activists, practitioners, researchers, donors, and UN agencies from over 170 countries to strengthen global mental health advocacy.

The programme covers a wide range of critical themes shaping the future of global mental health, including deinstitutionalisation, mental health innovation, community-based care and task sharing, the intersection of climate change and mental health, sustainable financing, youth mental health and prevention, universal health coverage, suicide prevention, stigma, LGBTQI+ perspectives, and strategies for effective policy change.

DxPx Europe ’26 is a networking and partnering event focused on diagnostics, digital health, precision medicine, and life science tools. Bringing together over 500 participants, including more than 100 investors, it offers extensive opportunities for M&A, licensing, and financing discussions. The event features a dedicated Startup City with 20 exhibitors, four expert panels, and a pitch competition in which eight selected companies compete for up to $2,000,000 in convertible loan funding.

Participants benefit from highly effective technology and business scouting, as all meetings are pre-selected, and from private, undisturbed discussions held in dedicated meeting cubicles. The event also provides access to investor, private equity, and growth-stage investor panels, while maintaining only marginal additional cost due to its co-hosting with leading industry conferences.

Dubai will host one of the world’s largest healthcare gatherings, bringing together over 270,000 professionals and 4,800 exhibitors from more than 180 countries. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with the right people by meeting face-to-face with healthcare professionals, buyers, distributors, and policymakers in one place. They can learn from trusted experts as respected speakers share real-world case studies, clinical insights, and proven business strategies. The event also offers valuable networking opportunities through the WHX Events App, which makes it easy to discover contacts, book meetings, and stay in touch beyond the event.

Moreover, participants can explore thousands of products and services from leading brands and emerging innovators across nine product sectors, supporting informed sourcing and solution discovery. In addition, they can grow their expertise by earning CME credits while staying updated on the latest medical practices and management trends.

The conference explores the full spectrum of AI applications in healthcare, including hospital system optimisation, telemedicine innovation, administrative efficiency, and the ethical and regulatory considerations shaping the field. It also highlights advances in personalised health solutions, such as individualized treatment predictions, early mental-health detection, and continuous patient monitoring.

The Global Mental Health and Well-Being Summit 2026 brings together clinicians, researchers, healthcare leaders, innovators, and students to explore the future of mental health care. The event features keynote talks, panel discussions, workshops, case studies, poster sessions, and extensive networking, all focused on advancing digital mental health, personalised psychiatry, emerging therapies, culturally sensitive care, and global access challenges.

A growing mental health market—projected to exceed $450 billion by 2026—highlights both opportunities and ongoing issues such as workforce shortages, unequal access, and stigma. Across two days, participants will engage with cutting-edge research, practical strategies, and global perspectives while connecting with experts and showcasing their own work. The summit ultimately aims to bridge research, practice, and policy to drive meaningful, worldwide progress in mental health care.

The event, hosted by the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents, focuses on advancing digital mental health through interdisciplinary collaboration. It brings together fields such as psychology, data science, linguistics, urban planning, public health, and artificial intelligence to develop digital tools that are culturally adaptable, accessible, and meaningful. The conference emphasizes the importance of designing mental health technologies that reflect the complexity of both individual needs and broader social environments—ranging from smart city infrastructures to diverse cultural and linguistic populations.

It also seeks to attract research in data science, machine learning, and AI applied to mental health, highlighting the opportunities presented by the abundance of real-world mental health data. Overall, the event responds to the increasing pressure on traditional mental health services by encouraging innovation in digital interventions such as apps, chatbots, wearables, sensors, and VR/AR tools, with the goal of fostering new insights, collaborations, and effective mental health solutions.