Congress Presentations

Henry Jones (CEO, Togetherall) gives his presentation at the November 2021 Congress event on the power of community, with a focus on “Togetherall”, a for-profit social impact business that strives to increase the connectedness of their users to each other.

Mohd Akhtaar (CEO & Founder, Mindful Muslim) discusses his journey through developing the mental health start-up “Mindful Muslim”, which is the world’s first Islamic mental health app.

An expert international panel from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore present and discuss the successes and challenges they have faced during the implementation of eMental Health services in their respective communities in the midst of a global pandemic.

In this presentation, Cameron Fox (Health Technologies Lead, World Economic Forum) discusses the development of a global governance for digital mental health. His project “Disruptive Technologies in Mental Health” is a joint initiative by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte.

In this Congress presentation, Derek McCormack, Anil Thapliyal and Phil Grady acknowledge the speakers that had led previous topics, summarise the state of eMental health implementation in society, and comment on the exciting future direction of digital mental health.

Despite the exponential growth of available chatbot apps for users to engage with, James Murray ( Vice President, Business Development and Enterprise Partnerships, Woebot Health, USA) and colleagues felt that an empathetic connection was lacking in these user-service interactions, with these interactions feeling more transactional than realistic.

Charles Curie, Principal and Founder, The Curie Group, LL and Member of the Bipartisan Policy Center Task Force, spoke at the November 2021 eMHIC Congress on how to transform the historically segregated approach to providing mental health, substance use and physical health treatment services into one that consistently provides whole …