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.
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM ET
Opening General Session + College of SIIM Fellows Induction
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 - 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,…
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
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM ET
Pathology Imaging Informatics
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM ET
AI Ecosystems in Imaging Scientific Research Abstracts
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM ET
Hip versus Hype: Trending Topics in Large Language Models & Agentic AI
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM ET
InformaticsTECH Day General Session
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…
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Scientific Research & Applied Informatics Posters and Demonstrations Roving Tours
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
Imaging informatics has grown far more complex than the systems originally designed to support it. Traditional PACS and RIS environments often…
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Imaging Informatics in Europe
Artificial intelligence in radiology has moved well beyond pilot projects, yet adoption across Europe remains uneven and complex. Attendees will explore…
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM ET
Multimodal and Foundation Models Scientific Research Abstracts
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
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
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
2026 SIIM Hackathon Showcase
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Scientific Research & Applied Informatics Posters and Demonstrations Roving Tours
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET
Value is in the A-Eye of the Beholder: Defining and Measuring Value of Imaging Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence in imaging has moved beyond early pilots, but many organizations still struggle to adopt AI at scale due to…
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
