GRAiCE MED Global Summit 2026
GRAiCE MED Global Summit 2026: A Global Research Summit on AI, Behavioral Health, and Human-Centered Healthcare Excellence (GRAiCE)
September 25-27, 2026
Rome, Italy
Join us in advancing AI with Compassion, Science, and Trust
Event Information:
- What: Global AI Healthcare Summit 2026 focused on AI in healthcare, AI ethics, and human-centered AI
- When: September 25-27, 2026
- Where: Rome, Italy (Pontifical Gregorian University, Piazza della Pilotta, 4, 00187 Roma RM, Italy)
Description
The GRAiCE MED Global Summit 2026 is a high level international research and institutional convening dedicated to shaping the responsible future of artificial intelligence in healthcare, with a focused emphasis on behavioral and mental health.
Hosted in Rome, the summit brings together global leaders in medicine, AI research, ethics, theology, law, governance, health systems leadership, and policy. The program moves beyond abstract AI ethics discussions and instead centers on clinically grounded, human centered, implementable frameworks for AI deployment in care delivery.
This summit positions healthcare, and especially behavioral health, as the defining domain where human dignity, scientific rigor, and technological capability must align.
Why Now?
AI systems are rapidly entering clinical environments, particularly in behavioral and mental health, where decisions are deeply personal, relational, and value-laden. At the same time, healthcare institutions face mounting pressure to adopt AI tools without sufficient guidance on governance, accountability, and human oversight.
Key forces converging now: This summit responds to a clear gap between ethical aspiration and clinical implementation, positioning healthcare as the domain where human-centered AI must be defined, tested, and protected.
- Accelerated deployment of AI in clinical and decision-support settings
- Growing public concern about trust, autonomy, and moral outsourcing to machines
- Broad ethical guidance that lacks operational translation for healthcare systems
- Increased scrutiny from regulators, policymakers, and the public
Attendees / Audience:
- Senior clinicians and health system leaders
- Behavioral and mental health professionals
- AI and data science researchers
- Bioethicists and health law experts
- Policymakers and institutional decision-makers
- Industry, private sector, developers
- Investors and venture capitalists
- Community organizations
GRAiCE MED Global Summit Purpose & Objectives
Event Purpose: To convene a global, interdisciplinary group of leaders to develop shared, actionable approaches for deploying AI in healthcare, particularly behavioral and mental health, in ways that preserve human dignity, trust, and clinical integrity.
AI Ethics
Translate ethical and moral considerations into practical healthcare frameworks
Transparent AI
Advance shared approaches to governance and accountability for clinical AI
AI in Healthcare
Surface real-world use cases and implementation challenges
Collaboration
Foster cross-institutional and international collaboration at scale
Summit Leadership & Organizers
Please direct questions to Maryam Solimany (Maryam.Solimany@medstar.net)