The 13th Digital Pathology and AI Congress: Europe, two days at the Novotel London West on 9 and 10 December 2026, run by Global Engage for pathologists, pharma teams and technology providers.
The 13th Digital Pathology and AI Congress: Europe is an in-person conference in London on digital pathology and artificial intelligence for primary diagnosis and clinical research. The organiser frames the 2026 edition as the move from first implementation to fully digital pathology operations: workflow optimisation, interoperability, user experience and the integration of AI into routine clinical practice. It is an annual, small-scale series organised by Global Engage, a UK life science conference company. The organiser's page titles the event "Digital Pathology and AI Congress" with "Europe" in the edition title.
9 to 10 December 2026. Novotel London West, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR, United Kingdom. The venue was not in the event database and the earlier fiche said it was undisclosed; the organiser now names it, and a Royal College of Pathologists listing gives the same address.
Global Engage, based at The Kidlington Centre, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 2DL, United Kingdom, telephone +44 (0) 1865 849 841. The company runs life science conferences across oncology, medical imaging and AI in drug discovery. The organiser also runs a LinkedIn group it says has 8,000 members.
500+ attendees, an organiser figure for the congress, together with 60+ technology providers. The organiser lists the target audience as hospital management, pathologists and laboratory scientists, pharma clinical teams and academic researchers. Past editions were attended by teams from AstraZeneca, NPIC, GSK, Pathologie Friesland, Merck and CRUK, plus 100+ NHS Trusts, 60+ European hospitals and 50+ European universities (organiser claim about past editions). The event database held 600; the official page says 500+.
The organiser's theme for the 13th edition is the shift from implementation to fully digital operations, with emphasis on workflow optimisation, interoperability and AI in routine clinical practice. The programme is organised in tracks for implementation, imaging AI, preclinical pharma applications, computational pathology and clinical pharma applications. Over seven hours are set aside for networking, and poster abstracts can lead to three 15-minute oral slots. Differences from the 12th edition beyond the programme text are not documented by the organiser.
Two days of sessions in tracks of one or two days: Implementation (interoperability, workflow and standardisation), AI (imaging AI and digital image analysis), Pharma preclinical applications, Computational Pathology, and Pharma clinical applications. The organiser's agenda preview includes talks such as "Use of AI in Diagnostic Pathology: Just do it?" by Paul Van Diest, University Medical Center Utrecht; "The Evolution and Future of Computational Pathology in Nonclinical Safety Assessment" by Vanessa Schumacher, Roche; "Transforming Breast Cancer Diagnostics with AI in Digital Pathology" by Eugenia Colón, UniLabs Sweden; and a panel on "The Innovation Gap: Clinical AI Validation and Implementation". Themes on record: AI in histopathology, clinical AI diagnostics, digital pathology imaging, AI-powered biomarker discovery, and regulatory frameworks for medical AI. The page header shows 3 programme tracks while the programme section says five; this fiche follows the five named tracks. The full PDF agenda is sent on request.
Published roster on the official page as of 16 October 2026 (61 names; "more announcements weekly"):
Talks and panels grouped in five tracks, a panel discussion on clinical AI validation, hosted workshops sold separately, an exhibition room, poster presentations and networking forums. The organiser says more than seven hours are set aside for networking. A conference app replaces printed documentation.
Poster presentations are displayed in a dedicated area. Abstracts of 300 words can be submitted until 20 November 2026 (subject to availability), and after judging three academic or industry abstracts are invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation in a conference track. Posters are sized E (34 by 44 inches) or A0 portrait; the organiser supplies boards. Additional paid workshops or receptions are listed separately from the ticket. No other side events are described.
All prices in pounds sterling per delegate; VAT treatment is not stated on the page. Academic, Hospital or Not-for-profit: 399 GBP, 266 GBP per seat for 3 or more delegates, 240 GBP per seat for 5 or more. Pharma or Biotech: 999 GBP, 666 GBP per seat for 3 or more, 599 GBP per seat for 5 or more. Solution Provider Attendee, for companies selling to the delegate base: 1,499 GBP. The ticket includes all conference sessions, lunches and refreshments, access to the exhibition room, all networking forums and an e-documentation pack. Accommodation and travel are not included.
No open call for papers is advertised on the official page, and the speaker roster already lists 61 names. The route the organiser does offer is the poster abstract (300 words, by 20 November 2026), which can lead to a 15-minute talk. Speaking enquiries are not given a separate contact; the team can be reached through the page.
Sponsorship, exhibition and workshop opportunities: gavin@globalengage.co.uk. The organiser says its commercial team designs a package around the buyer's goals: sponsorship, exhibiting, hosted workshops or bespoke activations. Tier prices are not published. A "Solution Provider Attendee" ticket at 1,499 GBP exists for vendors who want to attend without exhibiting. For bespoke delegate packages and early-bird discounts: stephen@globalengage.co.uk.
Sponsors and partners listed on the official page on 16 October 2026 (logos only; names from page labels):
By the published rosters, hospitals and academic centres supply the clinical speakers (NHS trusts, university hospitals, NPIC) and pharma supplies the second group (AstraZeneca, Roche, GSK, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, MSD, UCB), while the sponsor list is dominated by scanner, software and image analysis vendors (Leica Biosystems, Sectra, Philips, Proscia, Indica Labs, Hologic). The organiser says 60+ technology providers attend. A numeric split of delegates by company type is not published; a "see who is coming" PDF dated 30 September 2026 exists on the organiser's site but could not be read for this fiche.
Not publicly disclosed. The event page gives no press pass procedure or press contact. General enquiries go through Global Engage on +44 (0) 1865 849 841.
None found from independent news outlets for the 2026 edition. What exists are event listings (The Pathologist events page, a BioPharma Asia events page, a Royal College of Pathologists listing, a 3DHISTECH invitation) and an interview with speaker Dr Narmin Ghaffari Laleh published on the organiser's own site on 1 October 2026.
Weak as independent evidence. The organiser's page lists The Pathologist, Pathology News, Pharma Now and BioPharma Asia among its supporters, so listings from those outlets are placed rather than independent. The interview is on the organiser's own site. No official media partner is on record in the event database.
Anyone seeking a general medical AI or imaging-wide event: the programme is specifically digital pathology, with a pharma and laboratory focus. Remote attendees: the event is in person. Delegates wanting a free or very low-cost day: the lowest ticket is 399 GBP. Speakers hoping to apply late: no open call is advertised and the roster is long.
It is a December event in London for the digital pathology community, run by Global Engage as part of its oncology, imaging and AI in drug discovery conference programme. The organiser's page lists one related conference, an AI and cybersecurity summit in Kuala Lumpur, which shares only the AI topic. No sourced comparison with other digital pathology meetings is available.
None listed on the official page. This is the 13th edition of the series, and the research record places the 12th edition on 10 and 11 December 2025 (unverifiable information).
English (unverifiable information): the official page and agenda are in English, but the page does not state a language of delivery.
No remote option is offered: the event page labels it in-person. The organiser's refund terms say that a registrant without a substitute gets access to "any online resources", and its site hosts videos and slides from past events, but no replay of the 2026 sessions is announced.
Normally a full refund minus a 15 GBP admin fee is given for orders cancelled up to 4 weeks before the conference, which is by about 11 November 2026. A colleague can substitute at no charge. If no substitute is available, the registrant gets access to any online resources. The organiser points to its terms and conditions for the full policy.
Not publicly disclosed. The event page has no accessibility statement; the venue details are said to be shared with registered delegates. The sustainability section mentions a conference app and plant-based catering, which are not accessibility measures.
The address is 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR. The organiser says full venue details are shared with registered delegates and that a partner hotel block at preferential rates is reserved, with details emailed on registration. Transport routes are not described on the event page.
Because the published speaker list mixes the buyers and the evidence: NHS trusts and university hospitals, regulators such as the MHRA, pharma groups such as AstraZeneca, Roche and GSK, and the vendors that sell the scanners and software. For a laboratory deciding how to scale digital pathology, 61 named speakers and a sponsor wall of scanner and AI vendors in one room is a practical way to compare notes on interoperability and validation.
The organiser's figures are its own and they disagree with each other: 500+ attendees, 60+ speakers against 61 listed, 3 tracks in one place and five in another, and 600 in the event database. None is audited. The speaker and sponsor lists are verifiable names, so they carry more weight than the totals.
Official page: https://global-engage.com/conferences/digital-pathology-ai-congress-europe (the database address with www redirects there in a browser). An alternative website domain cited in the previous fiche could not be opened on 16 October 2026 and is not used as a source here.