ANA Mental Health AI Global Symposium in The Brain Economy 14 May

Flagship `symposium anchoring a week-long Mental Health Awareness Month programme (11–15 May)

JOIN US to explore how AI is reshaping mental health.

Advances in mental health artificial intelligence (AI) has relevance across the full spectrum of brain-related conditions. This flagship symposium will anchor a week-long programme during Mental Health Awareness Month, exploring how AI supports this landscape; where it is already helping, where it is not yet ready (including questions of over and underfit, ethics and governance), how health and related systems are currently responding, and what the future may look like with mental health AI.

We are framing it within the broader Brain Economy Program, joining the ecosystem that is making the case for greater investment in brain health and brain skills (together in this program described as 'Brain Capital'), asking world leaders to recognise Brain Capital as a global economic asset at a time when the disease burden for brain disorders, including mental health conditions, is exceeding cardiovascular disease and cancer burdens in DALY terms (one DALY equals one lost year of healthy life).

Preliminary Agenda

Time: 15:00-20:30

Format: in-person and streaming

Location: King's College London Denmark Hill

• 15:00 — Opening Keynote - Behavioural Data Scientist and Advisor to ANA, Charlotte Massey
• 15:30 — Talk 1 Dementias Platform UK: Developing Responsible AI Governance for Trusted Research Environments to Enable Real-World Clinical Translation with Lewis Hotchkiss
• 16:30 — Talk 2
• 17:30 — Talk 3
• 17:45–19:15 — Fireside Chat with Q&A: Join Dr Paris Alexandros Lalousis, Lecturer and Researcher at King's College London (KCL) who leads the Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health (AIM) lab KCL Research & Innovation. He uses state-of-the-art artificial intelligence methods to incorporate multimodal data from the phenotypic, neuroanatomical, proteomic and genomic levels to improve understanding of disease processes in mental illness.
• 19:15 — Closing Reflections - Behavioural Data Scientist and Advisor to ANA, Charlotte Massey
• 19:30–20:30 — Networking

Lite refreshments will be available.

Overall, the focus is firmly on mental health AI evidence, responsible application, lived experience, opportunities and limitations, and prioritising thoughtful, cross-sector interdisciplinary dialogue over untethered hype.

ANA welcomes respectful, open conversation, questions, and feedback from all attendees.

Please note - this event will be recorded for distribution across different mediums.