Congrès de l'Encéphale · 2027

Agoris analysis · updated November 2026

Key takeaways

• The Congrès de l'Encéphale is the annual French-language psychiatry congress, backed by an exhibition of industry companies, care institutions, publishers and start-ups. Registration for the congress gives access to the scientific sessions, the exhibition, catering and the replay.
• Next edition: the 25th, from Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 January 2027 at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, on the theme "L'engagement".
• Organiser: Europa Organisation, a company of Europa Group (according to its legal notice, the congress website is published by Europa Group SAS). Scientific direction rests with a scientific committee chaired in 2027 by Raphaël Gaillard.
• Annual frequency, every year in January at the Palais des Congrès de Paris: 22-24 January 2025, 21-23 January 2026, 20-22 January 2027.
• For an exhibitor, the appeal lies in the audience: psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses and residents, brought together in a format where breaks and lunches take place in the exhibition area.
• The 2027 exhibition is confirmed by the preliminary programme and by the registration page. The 2027 floor plan and exhibitor list are not published; the 2026 edition's list counted 40 exhibitors, excluding the Espace Jeunes.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

The 2026 edition's exhibition brought together pharmaceutical companies, publishers, care institutions, foundations, training organisations and mental health digital players. The 2026 final programme distinguishes a list of exhibitors, a start-up village and an associations village. The 2027 preliminary programme schedules breaks and lunches under the heading "Pause - visite de l'exposition et des posters", and announces symposium slots on Wednesday at midday and on Thursday afternoon.

Notable exhibitors

The 2027 exhibitor list is not published. The 2027 Partners page, updated on 26 August 2026, thanks its partners "pour leur participation au congrès de l'Encéphale 2027" and shows logos, a "village des start-up" and associations. Several logo files carry the mention 2026: these logos do not prove that the companies will be present in January 2027.

As a benchmark, the 2026 final programme listed, for the January 2026 edition, 40 exhibitors excluding the Espace Jeunes, including Biocodex, Bioprojet, Dunod, Éditions Odile Jacob, Elsevier, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Laboratoire Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Lilly, Lundbeck, Neuraxpharm France, Otsuka - Lundbeck, Laboratoire PiLeJe, Teva Santé, as well as institutions such as the GHU Paris psychiatrie et neurosciences, the EPS Ville-Évrard and the clinique Les Alpes. The start-up village there brought together 9 companies and the associations village 9 associations. These names apply to 2026: they do not prejudge 2027.

To exhibit or become a partner in 2027, the Partners page invites you to contact the person it names for partnership opportunities.

Visitor quality

The website addresses the congress to psychiatry professionals, in particular psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists and students. The 2027 fees distinguish psychiatrists and general practitioners, psychologists and pharmacists, nurses and healthcare managers, students, residents and assistants, as well as members of associations (AFFEP / PEPS, SRMMB, AJPJA) and retirees.

Registration for the congress gives access to the exhibition; no separate access arrangement for the exhibition alone is published on the pages consulted. The organiser publishes no overall attendance figure on the pages consulted.

Activities & community

Scientific programme

The 2027 preliminary programme, updated on 14 September 2026, is built around the theme "L'engagement" and six rooms (Amphi bleu, salle Maillot, rooms 252 AB, 242 AB, 251 and 241), with up to six sessions running in parallel. It notably announces two-hour sessions, symposia, a call for abstracts with posters, and three "grands entretiens": Nicolas Demorand, Jean Dujardin and Leïla Slimani. The closing lecture is given on Friday 22 January by Alain Aspect. This programme is preliminary and may change.

The Amphi bleu and the salle Maillot are streamed live, with a separate live streaming fee. The congress has received EBAC accreditation, with 16 European CE/CME credits, and can be attended as part of continuing professional training.

Prizes and awards

Six communication prizes will be awarded on Friday 22 January 2027: Prix du Congrès, Prix du Comité Scientifique, Prix du poster, Prix des internes, Prix des chefs de clinique-assistants and Prix des start-up en santé mentale.

Community & networks

The 2027 scientific committee brings together psychiatrists from France and several French-speaking countries (Morocco, Algeria, Belgium, Switzerland, Tunisia, Lebanon). A young people's committee of the congress includes the AFFEP and the AJPJA. The website also publishes a journal, videos and research news.

On site: what to know

The congress takes place at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 place de la Porte Maillot, Paris 17th arrondissement: access, transport and floor plan are on the venue page.

The 2027 exhibition opening hours are not published. As a benchmark, in 2026 the exhibition opened on Wednesday from 8:00am to 6:30pm, on Thursday from 7:30am to 6:00pm and on Friday from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

The 2027 individual registration fees are shown including VAT (10% VAT). For a psychiatrist or general practitioner, attending the congress in person costs €550 until 18 November 2026, €650 afterwards and €720 from 20 January 2027; for a nurse or healthcare manager, €280, €390 then €410; for a student, resident or assistant, €200, €270 then €290. Special rates and terms for registration under a training agreement are detailed on the Registration page. The website offers individual and group hotel booking, as well as a transport booking platform.

How much does it cost to exhibit

The organiser publishes no stand or partnership price list for 2027: information on partnership opportunities is requested through the contact given on the Partners page. No indicative budget is therefore presented here. Only the visitor registration fees above are public.

Planning your visit

For the exhibitor

• Contact the organiser early: the 2027 exhibition floor plan is not published and the location depends on the package chosen.
• Build the pitch for an audience of clinicians: session themes, clinical data and uses in practice rather than a consumer-style sales pitch.
• Study the programme: breaks and lunches take place in the exhibition area, which shapes the flow of congress attendees.
• See whether a presence at a symposium or in the start-up village suits the project: these formats exist in the programme, and their terms are requested from the organiser.

For the decision-maker visiting

• Register by 18 November 2026 for the lowest rate; valid supporting documents are required for reduced rates.
• Choose between attending in person and live streaming of the Amphi bleu and the salle Maillot.
• Consult the interactive programme to pick out sessions and exhibition time slots.

CSR policy & initiatives

No CSR policy specific to the Congrès de l'Encéphale is published on the event website. At group level, Europa Organisation states that it committed in 2025 to the path towards becoming a mission-driven company and presents four areas of action for responsible congresses.

As for the venue, Viparis, which counts the Palais des Congrès de Paris among its sites, states that in 2014 it was the world's first events operator certified ISO 20121 across all of its sites and activity, as part of its Better Events strategy. No ISO 20121 certification specific to the congress is displayed.

How the congress has evolved

Trajectory analysis

The congress follows a stable calendar: every year in January, from Wednesday to Friday, at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. The website lists the editions from the 18th (2020) to the 25th (2027) without interruption.

On the exhibition side, the 2026 final programme featured a numbered floor plan with a list of 40 exhibitors, a start-up village and an associations village. The 2027 edition carries these headings on its Partners page, but with no floor plan or detailed list at this stage. The change in the size of the exhibition between 2026 and 2027 therefore cannot be measured before the floor plan is published.

The dates for the 2028 edition had not been announced at the time of writing.

All data without an explicit source comes from the organiser's website.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (encephale.com).