International Forensic Psychiatry Conference 2026

We eagerly invite you to attend the International Conference on Forensic Psychiatry 2026, to be held in NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore, India on 2 Nov to 5 Nov 2026. This conference is co-hosted by RANZCP and NIMHANS, Bangalore

This international conference will be held across four days from Monday 2 November to Thursday 5 November 2026 at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore, India.

The theme of the conference will be ‘Bridging the Gap’.

“Bridging the Gap” theme ideas tailored for an International Forensic Psychiatry conference, aligning well with clinical, legal, ethical, and research perspectives. This conference aims to explore critical interfaces in forensic psychiatry between research and practice, courts and clinics, custody and care, punishment and rehabilitation, fostering dialogue that strengthens evidence-based, ethical, and humane forensic mental psychiatry systems.

Bridging the Gap between Australia, New Zealand and India: This conference also seeks to bridge the gap between Australia and India in forensic psychiatry by fostering academic, clinical, and policy-level collaboration. By sharing experiences from diverse legal systems, service models, and cultural contexts, the conference aims to promote mutual learning in areas such as forensic training, service delivery, risk assessment, rehabilitation, and human rights based care. Strengthening Australia–India partnerships will contribute to developing globally informed, locally relevant, and evidence-based forensic psychiatry training and practices.

There will be updates across forensic psychiatry, bringing in recent research and developments with expert panels of clinical expertise and contemporary practice.