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International Symposium on Medical AIFlorence 2026 · 3 – 4 December 2026 · Florence
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Programme

Two days of scientific work.

Preliminary one-room scientific programme, working draft for modification.

Edition
Florence 2026
Dates
3 – 4 December 2026
Venue
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
City
Florence, Italy
01Day one

3 December 2026

11 sessions
08:30 to 09:00
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
ArrivalHospitalityNot accredited

Registration and coffee

Badge collection. Poster area open. Slides loaded and speaker desk active.

09:00 to 09:20
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
FramingPlenary

Institutional opening

Welcome to ISMAI Florence 2026

Why Florence, Careggi and ISMAI, and why now?
09:20 to 10:00
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
KeynotePlenary

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?
10:15 to 10:35
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
BreakHospitalityNot accredited

Coffee and networking

Poster area open. Sponsor area visible.

10:35 to 12:10
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
SessionFoundations

Session 1: Foundations of Medical AI

Intelligence, history and clinical judgement

What must every clinician understand before the serious debates can begin?
Presentations
  1. What is artificial intelligence?
  2. A short history of AI in medicine.
  3. Human intelligence, clinical judgement and medical decision-making.
  4. Q and Awhat should every clinician know before using medical AI?
12:10 to 13:10
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
BreakHospitalityNot accredited

Lunch and poster viewing

Structured poster walk optional. Poster judges may complete first review round.

13:10 to 14:40
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
SessionClinical practice

Session 2: AI Across the Real Patient Pathway

Where is AI genuinely changing care, and where is it still theatre?
Presentations
  1. AI in diagnosis, triage and clinical decision-making.
  2. AI across the patient pathway, before, during and after care.
  3. The clinician's experience of AI at the bedside.
  4. Debateare current clinical AI tools transforming care, or are most deployments still premature?
14:40 to 15:05
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
BreakHospitalityNot accredited

Coffee, posters and networking

Poster area open. Filmed interviews in kiosk.

15:05 to 16:35
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
SessionPatient Safety

Session 3: Evidence, Validation and Patient Safety

When is an AI system ready to touch patients?
Presentations
  1. Why accuracy is not enough.
  2. From retrospective validation to prospective clinical evidence.
  3. Monitoring, failure reporting and AI incident learning systems.
  4. Debateshould retrospective validation ever be enough for clinical deployment?
16:35 to 16:50
Aula Magna CTO, AOU Careggi
PlenaryPlenary

Day 1 closing synthesis

What has the first day established about clinical trust?
Evening
Off-site
SocialSocialNot accredited

Faculty Academy Gallery visit and dinner

Invitation only.

Programme downloads

PDF & abstract book

Programme (PDF)

To be confirmed

The scientific programme in printable form. Available once the programme is finalised.

Abstract book

Available after the event

Accepted abstracts published with author consent following the symposium.