Draft scientific programme for ISMAI 2026 across two days on 3-4 December 2026 at the Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi, Florence. Chairs and speakers are announced as invitations are accepted; session order and timings remain provisional.
Two days of
scientific work.
A two-day programme of clinical, ethical,
technical, and governance sessions.
- Edition
- ISMAI 2026
- Dates
- 3-4 December 2026
- Venue
- Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
- Format
- Main sessions and panels
3 December 2026
Registration and coffee
Badge collection. Poster area open. Slides loaded and speaker desk active.
Institutional opening
Welcome to ISMAI 2026
Why Florence, Careggi and ISMAI, and why now?
Opening keynote I: The Renaissance of Clinical Intelligence
What kind of medicine are we building after the algorithm?
How should medicine renew clinical judgement in the age of AI?
Coffee and networking
Poster area open. Sponsor area visible.
Session 1: Foundations of Medical AI
Intelligence, history and clinical judgement
What must every clinician understand before the serious debates can begin?
- What is artificial intelligence?
- A short history of AI in medicine.
- Human intelligence, clinical judgement and medical decision-making.
- Q and Awhat should every clinician know before using medical AI?
Lunch and poster viewing
Structured poster walk optional. Poster judges may complete first review round.
Session 2: AI Across the Real Patient Pathway
Where is AI genuinely changing care, and where is it still theatre?
- AI in diagnosis, triage and clinical decision-making.
- AI across the patient pathway, before, during and after care.
- The clinician's experience of AI at the bedside.
- Debateare current clinical AI tools transforming care, or are most deployments still premature?
Coffee, posters and networking
Poster area open. Filmed interviews in kiosk.
Session 3: Evidence, Validation and Patient Safety
When is an AI system ready to touch patients?
- Why accuracy is not enough.
- From retrospective validation to prospective clinical evidence.
- Monitoring, failure reporting and AI incident learning systems.
- Debateshould retrospective validation ever be enough for clinical deployment?
Day 1 closing synthesis
What has the first day established about clinical trust?
Faculty Academy Gallery visit and dinner
Invitation only.
Programme downloads
Programme (PDF)
To be confirmedThe scientific programme in printable form. Available once the programme is finalised.
Abstract book
Available after the eventAccepted abstracts published with author consent following the symposium.