Pathology is accelerating into a fully digital future—powered by whole slide imaging, AI, interoperability, and enterprise image management. SIIM26 gives pathologists the opportunity to first build a strong foundation in core imaging informatics principles—governance, standards, workflow design, data integration, and AI implementation—before applying those skills directly within the digital pathology domain.
This roadmap highlights sessions that may be especially relevant to digital pathology. Use it as a guide to explore what aligns most with your goals and shape your own SIIM26 experience.
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM ET
First Time Attendee Meetup
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM ET
AI is quickly becoming part of everyday imaging workflows—but choosing how to adopt it is just as important as choosing what…
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM ET
Healthcare cybersecurity operates under pressures unlike any other industry—especially in clinical imaging environments where real-time patient care depends on complex, always-on systems. Traditional security approaches that…
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Foundation Models—including Vision-Language Models and Large Language Models—are rapidly reshaping what is possible in medical imaging. Yet many imaging informaticists, researchers,…
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Cracking the Code: What Makes Imaging AI Work
#AskIndustry Panel Discussion
Deploying AI in imaging is no longer about proof of concept. It is about making solutions work reliably in the real…
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
As healthcare data grows in complexity, the traditional “monolithic” imaging system is increasingly failing to meet the unique, high-resolution demands of diverse clinical…
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Communicating scientific and technical work rarely goes as planned—questions come out of nowhere, time gets cut short, or the audience shifts unexpectedly. This highly interactive,…
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM ET
Healthcare organizations depend on increasingly complex IT ecosystems to deliver safe, efficient clinical care, and radiology departments often feel the strain…
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Disease Specific AI Application Scientific Research Abstracts
A Deep Learning Based Pipeline to Generate Spatial Maps and Extract Signal Characteristics of Diffuse Midline Glioma Atlas Haddadi Avval, MD,…
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ET
From Idea to App: Vibe Coding Primer for Imaging Informaticists
Vibe coding, the practice of building functional tools through natural language prompts and AI-assisted development, is rapidly lowering the barrier to create their…
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM ET
This session supports current and aspiring women leaders in imaging informatics as they explore how personal values shape leadership growth. Participants…
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM ET
As digital pathology and AI move from pilot projects to enterprise expectations, many institutions face a common challenge: how to translate…
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM ET
AI Ecosystems in Imaging Scientific Research Abstracts
Data Hygiene at Scale: A Contrastive Learning Framework for Auditing Data Provenance and Overlap Aditya Kulkarni, MS, Research Engineer, St. Jude…
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
SIIM26 Welcome Reception
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM ET
SIIM26 Fun Run/Walk
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM ET
Trending developments in large language models (LLMs) and Agentic AI continue to shape conversations across imaging informatics. Understanding which advances are…
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM ET
Vendor–client relationships play a critical role in advancing imaging informatics, yet they are often challenged by miscommunication, competing priorities, and unstated…
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
As healthcare organizations evaluate cloud strategies, understanding the real-world journey is critical. In this session, Emory University shares its experience transitioning…
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Scientific Research & Applied Informatics Posters and Demonstrations Roving Tours
A Systematic Evaluation of Image Preprocessing in Deep Learning Detection and Segmentation of Intracranial Metastatic Disease Peter Kamel, MD, Assistant Professor,…
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Foundation Models & Self-Supervised Learning in Imaging: What is it? Why should I care?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ET
As healthcare organizations accelerate the move from on-premise imaging systems to fully cloud-based platforms, imaging and IT teams are facing significant uncertainty about…
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM ET
Multimodal and Foundation Models Scientific Research Abstracts
Clinical Validity of Foundation Model-Derived Cardiomegaly as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Heart Failure Theo Dapamede, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow,…
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM ET
Healthcare professionals are under constant pressure to do more with less time, often spending hours each week on non-clinical work such…
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM ET
Every imaging informaticist’s career begins somewhere—and eventually transitions into something new. Whether participants are just entering the field, building mid-career momentum,…
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM ET
AI Platforms, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Deployment Applied Informatics Abstracts
Beyond the Integration: Quantifying the Operational and Clinical Impacts of IHE Profile Adoption in Enterprise Imaging Settings Brad Genereaux, FSIIM, SIIM…
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ET
Generative AI foundation models are emerging at a moment when healthcare faces growing workforce shortages, rising imaging volumes, and pressure to…
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ET
The convergence of radiology and pathology through enterprise PACS represents a critical next step in modern, integrated diagnostics. While radiology has benefited from enterprise imaging…
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ET
Education, Visualization, Emerging Modalities, and Resilience Applied Informatics Abstracts
A Novel Curriculum for Medical Students: A Dermatology-based Interactive Session to Build Foundational Understanding of Healthcare Imaging Informatics Jennifer Fernandez, MD,…
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM ET
Renewal Roundtable – CIIP Recertification
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
2026 SIIM Hackathon Showcase
he SIIM Hackathon Project Showcase is where innovators and problem-solvers present groundbreaking projects developed during the SIIM Hackathon. This session highlights cutting-edge solutions…
10:30 AM - 11:30 PM ET
Scientific Research & Applied Informatics Posters and Demonstrations Roving Tours
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM ET
Case of the Day Wrap-up
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET
Healthcare cybersecurity operates under pressures unlike any other industry—especially in clinical imaging environments where real-time patient care depends on complex, always-on systems. Traditional…
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET
Artificial intelligence in medical imaging continues to advance, but progress is often slowed by limited access to large, diverse, and well-annotated…
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET
Artificial intelligence in imaging has moved beyond early pilots, but many organizations still struggle to adopt AI at scale due to…
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Large language models are increasingly used across radiology, pathology, and clinical workflows, but cloud-based models often conflict with patient privacy, HIPAA…
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM ET
Remote imaging has become essential to modern healthcare delivery, but performance issues across the public internet continue to create delays, frustration,…
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM ET
Remote imaging has become essential to modern healthcare delivery, but performance issues across the public internet continue to create delays, frustration,…
