The first Heartline Connect meetup was held on Friday 11 September at Olea Cafe and Eatery in East Tāmaki, Auckland. The room was made up of practising clinicians and therapists, along with people training towards clinical psychology. Heartline Connect is a clinician community of the AI Health Innovation Hub (AHIH), presented by EmoEx. The afternoon centred on a talk from Associate Professor Anca Yallop and Professor Crystal Yap of Auckland University of Technology, who prese

This is the second of two posts covering the AI in Mental Health Forum 2026, held on 25 June at the Clinical Education Centre, Auckland City Hospital. This post covers the four practitioner seminars that ran across the afternoon: Neurodiversity, Workplace, Relationships, and Parenting.

The AI in Mental Health Forum 2026, held on 25 June at the Clinical Education Centre, Auckland City Hospital, was the second annual gathering of the AI Health Innovation Hub (AHIH), presented by EmoEx. Around 100 clinicians, researchers, policy leaders and practitioners came together for a day of keynotes, panels and seminars. This is the first of two posts covering the 2026 Forum. This piece covers the morning keynote addresses and the two panel discussions.