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Three days, four tracks, one agenda

Explore the three-day programme: keynotes, plenaries, parallel sessions, the Innovation Fair, workshops and site visits, 8–10 February 2027 in Nairobi.

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08:00 – 09:00

Registration

Break
  • Entertainment
  • Welcome remarks from conveners SFA & MHIN
  • Official conference opening
  • Remarks from strategic partners
  • Opening keynote — “African Leadership in Global Mental Health: Past, Present, and Future”
  • Innovation Fair opening (high-level walk-through); coffee break
Room 1 / Main hallHigh-level discussionTheme: General, conference-wideTopic: “African Leadership. Global Impact”
Room 2Sponsored symposium 5
Room 3Sponsored symposium 6
Room 4Sponsored symposium 7
12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

Break
  • Panel / roundtable discussion + Q&A
  • Theme: Policy
  • Topic: “Mental Health in Africa: Vision, Investment, Action”
Room 1 / Main hallInvited symposium 1Theme: Site visitsTopic: “Different Models, Shared Ambitions: Advancing Mental Health in Kenya”
Room 2Oral presentationsTheme: Leadership, Power & Lived experience
Room 3Oral presentationsTheme: Expanding Access to care
Room 4Oral presentationsTheme: Innovations & Frontiers in Africa Mental Health Research
Room 1 / Main hallInnovator pitches
Room 2Invited symposium 2
Room 3Oral presentationsTheme: Policy, financing & global health
Room 4Oral presentationsTheme: Expanding Access to Care
No sessions match this filter on Day 01.
08:30 – 09:00

Registration

Break
  • Quickfire plenary
  • Theme: Access to care
  • Topic: “Rooted in Context: African Models and Expertise in Mental Health Care”
10:15 – 10:45

Coffee break

Break
Room 1 / Main hallHigh-level discussionTheme: Lived experienceTopic: “Beyond the Seat at the Table: Lived Experience Leadership and Influence”
Room 2Sponsored symposium 1
Room 3Oral presentationsTheme: Policy, financing & global health
Room 4Oral presentationsTheme: Leadership, power & lived experience
Room 1 / Main hallTheme 1: Expanding access
Room 2Theme 2: Leadership, power, lived experience
Room 3Theme 3: Policy, financing, advocacy, systems change
Room 4Theme 4: Innovation and frontiers
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

Break
Room 1 / Main hallHigh-level discussionTheme: InnovationTopic: “Rethinking Innovation: African Knowledge, African Solutions”
Room 2Oral presentationsTheme: Expanding access to care
Room 3Sponsored symposium 2
Room 4Sponsored symposium 3
Room 1 / Main hallOral presentationsTheme: Innovation & Frontiers in Africa Mental Health research
Room 2Invited symposium 3
Room 3Poster walk-through
Room 4Poster walk-through
No sessions match this filter on Day 02.
  • Closing keynote
  • Topic: “From Conference to Action: The Path Forward for African Mental Health”
10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

Break
Room 1 / Main hallSponsored symposium 4
Room 2Oral presentationsTheme: Leadership, Power & Lived experience
Room 3Oral presentationsTheme: Innovation & Frontiers in Africa Mental Health research
Room 4Oral presentationsTheme: Expanding Access to care
  • Closing ceremony: conference summary, reflections on key outcomes
  • Prize / winner announcements
  • Closing remarks by conveners SFA & MHIN
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

Break
Room 1 / Main hallWorkshop 1: Francophone Africa in focusOr: Site visit 1
Room 2Workshop 2: Youth advocacy, peer engagementOr: Site visit 2
Room 3Workshop 3: Community-based mental health solutionsOr: Site visit 3
Room 4Workshop 4: Mental health policyOr: Site visit 4
No sessions match this filter on Day 03.

Session titles, speakers and room allocations will be added as they are confirmed. Programme subject to change.

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