At the 39th ECNP Congress 2026, the EU-MIC (European Coalition for Mental Health Medicines Innovation) was launched, raising the important question about European mental healthcare: Why are Europe's mental health patients missing out on the latest treatments? It's time to close the gap between scientific innovation and patient access, ensuring that advances in research reach those who need them most. The conversation starts now.

Join the 2027 ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 'AI in mental health: transforming diagnostics, therapeutics and care' in Nice, France, on 21-22 March 2027. Explore how AI is shaping diagnostics, therapeutics and personalised care in mental health. 

🔹Keynote speaker: Thomas Insel, USA 

🔹Title: Will AI do for psychiatry what DNA did for oncology?

Apply for in-person participation by 30 October 2026 and join the ECNP Roadmap Meeting on Precision Psychiatry 'From signals to stratification: building evidence for precision psychiatry'. Taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 25-26 January 2027, this meeting will bring together experts to advance the clinical application of precision psychiatry and explore how emerging evidence can improve patient care.

A highlight of the 39th ECNP Congress 2026 was Julia Sacher's Plenary Lecture, "Rethinking women's brain health across the lifespan: the power to change." From the menstrual cycle to pregnancy, postpartum and menopause, she explored how hormonal changes influence brain health and why this matters for research and clinical care. Watch the session on demand (registered participants only). Thank you, Julia, for this inspiring lecture!

Only 100 places available! Are you an Early Career Scientist in Europe? Apply to present your poster on translation neuroscience at the ECNP Early Career Workshop, 18–21 March 2027 in Nice, France. Enjoy three days of expert lectures, dynamic discussions, and interactive poster sessions. Registration and accommodation are fully funded.

Less than a month to register for the 'ECNP Machine Learning School: for precision medicine', a comprehensive online programme designed to help clinicians and researchers understand and apply machine learning in psychiatry, neuroscience, and precision medicine.

📅 Course dates: 30 November - 4 December 2026 

✍ Registration deadline: 8 November 2026

Join the global stress and resilience research community for three days of cutting-edge science, collaboration, and discovery at the Global Stress and Resilience Meeting 2027. Registration is still open.

📅 3-5 February 2027 

📍 EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, and virtually

In 2027, we will celebrate 40 years of ECNP with the 40th ECNP Congress, taking place 25-28 September 2027 in Barcelona, Spain. We hope you will join us as we mark four decades of scientific excellence, collaboration and progress in applied neuroscience, while looking ahead to the discoveries and innovations still to come.

Are there sessions at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026 that you could not join? Don’t worry: most of the livestreamed sessions were recorded and available on-demand (for registered participants only) until 11 January 2027 at 12.00 CET. Registered participants can view this content by visiting the Congress platform or by accessing the ECNP 2026 app.

Help shape the future of psychiatric classification by contributing to the Future DSM Transdiagnostic Symptoms Repository. Submit transdiagnostic symptoms relevant across psychiatric disorders through this survey and support efforts to identify clinically meaningful dimensions that cut across traditional diagnostic categories.