About this event

  • Date and time Fri 22 May 2026 from 8:30am to 22 May 2026 at 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Urology, Digital Health

This all-day meeting is an essential event for urologists and health professionals seeking to learn about the rapidly evolving role of AI in Urology, including the implementation and responsible use of AI within clinical practice, cutting edge applications and future developments.

With AI rapidly revolutionizing Urology and transforming everything from diagnostics and imaging to aiding surgery, clinical workflows, and health delivery, this hybrid event brings together high-profile speakers and panel discussions covering the latest advances - from AI fundamentals to horizon-scanning innovations like digital twins, surgical robotics and the metaverse. 

Why attend? 

  • Meet high-profile speakers and AI leaders to discuss real-world applications relevant to urological practice.
  • Attain skills, knowledge and critical understanding needed to successfully adopt, apply and evaluate AI technologies within urological practice.
  • Integrate AI tools into practice to optimise patient care, streamline clinical workflows and address ethical, environmental and strategic considerations in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand AI principles, responsible AI, environmental concerns and future perspectives in this field.

  • Learn about real-world uses and applications of AI in Urology.

  • Enable participants to have the knowledge to champion responsible and safe AI technologies into their practice.

Who should attend? 

  • Urologists.
  • Urology trainees.
  • Healthcare professionals working in Urology or interested in this rapidly developing field.

The pace of AI integration in medicine in accelerating, making it crucial for practitioners to understand current risks and benefits. 

There are three prizes open for this event and the submission deadline for all of them is Sunday 29 March 2026 at 11:59pm:

1. Professor Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE communication prize. This prize is open to urological trainees.

2. The Medical Essay Prize- "Artificial Intelligence in Urology: From Diagnostics to Decision-Making." This prize is open to medical students studying in the UK. 

3. Secretary's Prize. This prize is open to all core surgical trainees, clinical fellows, CNS and AHPs.

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We would like to thank our Platinum Sponsor Carebit and our sponsors Astellas, Cook Medical, ExSeed Health, KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd, Kebomed and MicroPort for their support of this event. The companies listed have had no influence or input into the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting, and are only accountable for their exhibition stands. This educational meeting is ABPI compliant.

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Registration, tea and coffee
Introduction and welcome

Matt Bultitude, Consultant Urologist & President RSM Urology Section, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

Session 1: Principles of AI

Matt Bultitude, Consultant Urologist & President RSM Urology Section, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital and Dr Michelle Tempest, Candesic and RSM digital health section

Understanding AI: Decoded for Urologists

Mr Luis Ribeiro, Clinical AI Fellow & Urology SpR, St. George's Hospital

Responsible AI: Risks and Enviromental Considerations

Mr Findlay MacAskill, Urology Registrar and National Advisor for Responsible AI in Health & Social Care

The Wickham Medal Address: "AI: It all started with ProBot"

Professor Prokar Dasgupta, Professor of Urology, King's College London

Questions and Answers

Session 2: Clinical Uses of AI

Miss Catherine Lovegrove, Speciality Trainee, Urology, Glasgow, and Kay Thomas, Consultant Urologist, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

Speeding up the clinic: Ambient Listening Technology

Dr Ellie Asgari, Consultant Nephrologist, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

At the coalface: Primary Care and AI

Dr Matea Deliu, Clinical Lead for Primary Care Digital Delivery, NHS South East London ICB

Streamlining MDT's with Technology

Dr Ganesh Vigneswaran, NIHR clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton

Smarter scans: AI in modern radiology

Professor Vicky Goh, Professor of Radiology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

The role of AI in prostate cancer diagnostics

Professor Clare Verrill, Professor of Cellular Pathology and Artificial Intelligence, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Crystal Clear: The AI revolution coming to stone disease

Professor Ben Turney, Professor of Urology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and Answers
Tea and coffee break

Session 3: Global strategies and implementation

Professor Julia Manning, Dean of Education, The Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Prokar Dasgupta

AI around the world: The WHO Perspective

Mr Sameer Pujari, AI Lead at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Implementation of AI and the 10 year plan

Professor Alastair Denniston, Professor of Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham 

Panel Discussion
Lunch

Session 4: Horizon Scanning in AI

Dr Ellie Asgari and Professor Ben Challacombe, Professor of Urology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital

Translational Research in AI

Alejandro Granados Martinez, King's College London

Digital Twins and The Metaverse

Dr Caroline Roney, Lecturer in Computational Medicine, QMUL

Our Future Health: Using AI to improve population health

Dr Ali Connell, Director of Digital Health, Our Future Health

AI and the future of research and medical publishing

Dr Annette Fenner, Editor-in-Chief, Nature Reviews Urology 

Panel Discussion
Tea and Coffee Break

Poster session

Geoffrey Chisholm Urology Prize Papers

Matthew Bultitude and Alastair Henderson

Close of meeting
Pre-dinner drinks
Optional dinner
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Introduction and welcome

Matt Bultitude, Consultant Urologist & President RSM Urology Section, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

Session 1: Principles of AI

Matt Bultitude, Consultant Urologist & President RSM Urology Section, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital and Dr Michelle Tempest

Understanding AI: Decoded for Urologists

Mr Luis Ribeiro, Clinical AI Fellow & Urology SpR, St. George's Hospital

Responsible AI: Risks and Enviromental Considerations

Mr Findlay MacAskill, Urology Registrar and National Advisor for Responsible AI in Health & Social Care

The Wickham Medal Address: "AI: It all started with ProBot"

Professor Prokar Dasgupta, Professor of Urology, King's College London

Questions and Answers

Session 2: Clinical Uses of AI

Miss Catherine Lovegrove, Speciality Trainee, Urology, Glasgow, and Kay Thomas, Consultant Urologist, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

Speeding up the clinic: Ambient Listening Technology

Dr Ellie Asgari, Consultant Nephrologist, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

At the coalface: Primary Care and AI

Dr Matea Deliu, Clinical Lead for Primary Care Digital Delivery, NHS South East London ICB

Streamlining MDT's with Technology

Dr Ganesh Vigneswaran, NIHR clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton

Smarter scans: AI in modern radiology

Professor Vicky Goh, Professor of Radiology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital

The role of AI in prostate cancer diagnostics

Professor Clare Verrill, Professor of Cellular Pathology and Artificial Intelligence, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Crystal Clear: The AI revolution coming to stone disease

Professor Ben Turney, Professor of Urology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and Answers
Comfort break

Session 3: Global strategies and implementation

Professor Julia Manning, Dean of Education, The Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Prokar Dasgupta

AI around the world: The WHO Perspective

Mr Sameer Pujari, AI Lead at WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Implementation of AI and the 10 year plan

Professor Alastair Denniston, Professor of Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham 

Panel Discussion
Lunch

Session 4: Horizon Scanning in AI

Dr Ellie Asgari and Professor Ben Challacombe, Professor of Urology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital

Translational Research in AI

Professor Seb Ourselin, Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science, King's College London

Digital Twins and The Metaverse

Dr Caroline Roney, Lecturer in Computational Medicine, QMUL

Our Future Health: Using AI to improve population health

Dr Ali Connell, Director of Digital Health, Our Future Health

AI and the future of research and medical publishing

Dr Annette Fenner, Editor-in-Chief, Nature Reviews Urology 

Panel Discussion
Comfort break
Geoffrey Chisholm Urology Prize Papers

Matthew Bultitude and Alastair Henderson

Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration closes at 8:00am on 7 May 2026. Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time 

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This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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