ISMAI 2026: Florence Symposium Tackles Medical AI Evidence and Ethics

The International Society of Medical AI (ISMAI), an independent, clinician-led international medical AI society, will host its flagship scientific meeting, the International Symposium on Medical AI (ISMAI 2026), on 3–4 December 2026 in Florence, Italy. Held at the Aula Magna, Careggi University Hospital, the two-day event will bring together clinicians, AI scientists, researchers and scholars to examine how artificial intelligence is entering clinical medicine and what this means for evidence, patient safety, clinical judgement, ethics, governance and professional responsibility. Under the theme “The Renaissance of Clinical Intelligence,” the programme places the clinical consequences of medical AI at the centre of the discussion.

Confirmed faculty include Edward H. Shortliffe, Vimla L. Patel, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Niels Peek, Laure Wynants, Kerstin Denecke, Giovanni Sartor and Iain Buchan, alongside clinicians, scientists, ethicists, legal scholars and healthcare leaders from several countries. Dr Omar Tujjar, President of ISMAI, said, “Artificial intelligence is entering clinical practice faster than medicine has established common approaches to evidence, oversight and responsibility. The central questions are what evidence should be required, what must remain under professional judgement, and how responsibility should work when AI becomes part of care.”

The scientific programme covers foundations of medical AI; clinical AI implementation; validation and patient safety; ethics and philosophy; healthcare AI governance; and medical AI education and professional formation. Sessions will address clinical validation, algorithm monitoring, failure reporting, accountability, regulation, human judgement and the implementation of AI across the patient pathway. ISMAI 2026 is clinician-led and vendor-neutral, with scientific programming, faculty selection, abstract review and accreditation separated from commercial influence. The symposium carries 12 CME / CPD credits, and abstract submissions across clinical, scientific, ethical, technical and governance themes remain open until 20 October 2026. Further information about ISMAI 2026 is available at https://florence.ismai.org. ISMAI is an independent, clinician-led, vendor-neutral medical AI society and registered charity in Ireland (RCN 20206982), focused on the safe, evidence-based, ethical and responsible implementation of artificial intelligence in medicine.