Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Dates: November 2026

Preliminary thematic areas: climate change and migration, integrated care, substance use, youth mental health, lived experience leadership, innovations and frontiers

Broad programme: Keynotes, plenaries, symposium sessions and individual presentations, including poster presentations.

We’ll host an Innovations Fair, where select evidence-based, cost-effective, and scalable mental health innovations will be showcased through visual materials and short presentations to inform and engage decision-makers.

There will also be opportunities for site visits, where delegates can gain closer insights to local mental health programmes and organizations, including community-based models and locally driven mental health solutions for enriched contextual understanding and learning.