Programme overview
Please note: This is a provisional programme and is subject to change.
The final programme will be confirmed and published at the end of July.
Details of all pre-conference activities are available from the main programme page.
All conference sessions will take place at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV), located just minutes from the historic city centre and adjacent to the beautiful Donaupark.
The ACV is Austria’s largest and most modern conference venue, offering state-of-the-art facilities and a sustainable infrastructure for hosting international events.
There will be a conference orientation session for first time in-person attendees in Vienna on Sunday 23 August 16:30 – 17:15
Registration opening times:
- Sunday 23 August: 08:30 – 21:30
- Monday 24 August: 07:30 – 17:30
- Tuesday 25 August: 07:30 – 17:30
- Wednesday 26 August: 07:30 – 13:00
| 17:30 – 18:50 | Session 1* Welcome to AMEE 2026 Ayelet Kuper (AMEE President), Anne Lloyd (CEO), Bridget O’Brien (AMEE 2026 Programme Chair) and Local Representatives.
He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College and Immediate Past-President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Brian is a practicing psychiatrist, teacher and healthcare leader. His research and writing focus on assessment, competence, compassion and the future of the health professions. |
| 18:50 – 21:15 | Opening Reception: Entertainment – TBC |
1A – Plenary – the Ronald Harden Plenary:*Available as part of the online programme
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 2: Simultaneous Sessions 2A – Symposia*: Catalysts for Global Learning: Building a Cross-Cultural Research Framework for Arts-Based Health Professions Education 2B – Symposia*: Failure Rounds Live: Deliberate Vulnerability in Action 2C – Reimagining Faculty Development for a Changing Landscape of Learning and Practice Ottawa Symposia 1: ‘The burden of assessment’: whose burden, in what sense, and at what cost? Research Papers*, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Patil Teaching Innovation Awards |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Session 3: Plenary*
In addition, he works as a gynaecologist specialized in maternal-foetal-medicine at Maastricht University Medical Center. From 2020 to 2025, he served as Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education (SHE) in Maastricht. His research focuses on how education supports learning in and from work within healthcare. In doing so, he connects concepts and methodologies from various scientific disciplines to issues relevant to the education of current and future healthcare professionals. His work spans the full educational continuum, from students to experienced professionals, and encompasses a wide range of health professions and educational contexts. Pim Teunissen combines his academic work with clinical practice, allowing research and educational development to mutually inform one another. He has played an active role in national and international educational innovations, including curriculum development, research, and governance responsibilities within health professions education. He has published more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters and has supervised 24 PhD candidates to completion. |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 4: Simultaneous Sessions 4A – Symposia*: The Future of Clinical Reasoning Education in the Era of Large Language Models 4B – Symposia: Innovations to integrate Patient Safety/Quality improvement education within the packed healthcare curricula: What do learners and educators really need? 4C – Symposia*: Decolonising health professions education: from awareness to action Ottawa Symposia 2: Shaping assessment for future learning and practice: Rethinking Performance Assessment, technology and feedback to foster sustainable assessment Research Papers*, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, PechaKucha |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Session 5: Simultaneous Sessions 5A – Symposia*: The Golden Circle of Interprofessional Education: Rediscovering Purpose, Process and Practice 5B – Symposia*: AI-Empowered Educators: Catalyzing the Future of CPD 5C – Symposia: Building Leadership Capacity for Tomorrow’s Health Needs: An IAMSE Symposium Ottawa Symposia 3: Implementing Precision Education as a Programmatic Assessment Model in Competency-Based Medical Education: An International Collaboration Research Papers, Doctoral Reports, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Point of View, Patil Teaching Innovation Awards |
| 17:45 – 19:45 | Private Meetings and Receptions |
3A – Plenary – Pim Teunissen is professor of workplace learning in healthcare at Maastricht University and Vice Dean of Education of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences.*Available as part of the online programme
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 6: Simultaneous Sessions 6A – Symposia*: Glocalisation in action: advancing social accountability across the health professions education, training, and workforce pipeline locally and globally 6B – Symposia*: Language Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Health Professions Education: From Classroom to Clinic and Beyond 6C – Symposia: In-charge but insecure: supporting leaders facilitate change among individuals and across institutions in an AI era Ottawa Symposia 4: Authentic Assessment within National Medical Licensing Exams: Lessons Learned and Future Directions from an International Perspective Research Papers*, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Point of View |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 7: Simultaneous Sessions 7A – Symposia*: Real-world problems in primary care: What is the role for education research? 7B – Symposia*: WFME Declaration on Institutions’ Responsibility to Support Physicians in Postgraduate Education 7C – Symposia: Educators as catalysts: Strengthening workplace learning for an uncertain future Ottawa Symposia 5: Bias Reduction in Assessments – A Goal We All Need to Strive For! Research Papers*, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, PechaKucha |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 8: Simultaneous Sessions 8A – Symposia*: Implementing EPAs in undergraduate medical curricula: key features of success 8B – Symposia*: A Pedagogy of Connection: Reclaiming Purpose, Presence, and Social Justice in Health Professions Education 8C – Symposia: Preparing Medical Learners for the Climate and Health Crisis Response: Evidence and Future Directions for Medical Education Research Ottawa Symposia 6: The end of validity as we know it – How should we think about validity in an era of programmatic assessment? Research Papers*, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Patil Teaching Innovation |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee and Opportunity to Visit the Exhibition |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Session 9: Simultaneous Sessions 9A – Symposia*; Planetary health education and planetary health literacy in health professionals: From shared vision to implementation 9B – Symposia*: Cultivating ‘Third-Spaces’: Building Equitable and Generative Ecosystems of Knowledge in Health Professions Education 9C – Symposia: TBC Research Papers, Fringe, Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Point of View |
| 17:45 – 19:45 | Private Meetings and Receptions |
*Available as part of the online programme
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 10: Simultaneous Sessions 10A – Symposia*: Medical education markets – enhancing the global workforce or threatening the profession? 10B – Symposia: The Death of the Academic Author? Implications of Artificial Intelligence for academic writing and publishing 10C – Symposia: From Context to Catalyst: Latin American Contributions to Contemporary Standards of Excellence in Medical Education Ottawa Symposia 8: Can I Trust You? How Shifts in Assessment and Technology Impact Stakeholders’ Trust Short Communications, ePosters, Workshops, Point of View |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break and Last Opportunity to Visit Exhibition |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 11* Conference Prizes
She is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic at IMU University in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Formerly she was CEO and Provost at Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia, an international branch campus of Newcastle University, United Kingdom. She has over 20 years’ experience in strategic and senior leadership roles for higher education and responsible for the growth and development of individuals, communities of practice and institutions she has engaged with. She is the prestigious ASME Gold Medal recipient for her contributions in international medical education and awarded the Distinguished Ian Hart Award for her contributions in assessments. She is also an AMEE Governing Committee Member, Ottawa Conference International Advisory Board Co Chair and AMEE ASPIRE Board Member. |
| Close of AMEE 2026 and Introduction to AMEE 2027 |
11A – Plenary Vishna Devi V Nadarajah is an experienced international educator and higher education leader.*Available as part of the online programme
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