France-Israel Shaping The Future Of Mental Health
A bilateral Scientific Symposium on the future of precision psychiatry
November 4, 2026 | 8:30 AM–6:00 PM
Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv
In English
Free event
Full program : https://bit.ly/4zaXTxa
France and Israel join forces to advance precision psychiatry and mental health innovation
The French Embassy in Israel, in collaboration with the Institut français de Tel Aviv, Expertise France, Business France, the FondaMental Foundation, the France–Israel Foundation and Clalit Health Services, will convene a bilateral scientific symposium on 4 November 2026, dedicated to innovation in precision psychiatry and mental health.
Mental health has become one of the major global public health challenges of our time. The biological and clinical diversity of patients, limitations in diagnosis and treatment, and the gap between scientific research and its application in clinical practice call for new, more personalized approaches.
The symposium will focus on promising developments in precision psychiatry, including biomarkers, patient stratification, neuroscience, neuro-imaging, innovative therapies, digital tools and artificial intelligence.
Bringing French and Israeli expertise together
France and Israel both benefit from dynamic scientific, medical and technological ecosystems in the field of mental health. The symposium aims to bring these complementary strengths together and foster new collaborations between research institutions, clinicians and industry.
In France, precision psychiatry is a national priority within the France 2030 investment plan, notably through the PEPR PROPSY research programme. In Israel, research into mental health, trauma and resilience has gained particular importance in recent years, strengthening expertise and innovation in these fields.
More than twenty French and Israeli experts will participate in the symposium, including Professor Marion Leboyer, Professor of Psychiatry at Université Paris-Est Créteil and CEO of Fondation FondaMental; Professor Laurent Groc, CNRS Research Director; Professor Mircea Polosan, Head of Adult Psychiatry at Grenoble Alpes University Hospital; and Professor David Klatzmann, Professor of Immunology at Sorbonne University and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
They will meet with leading Israeli experts including Professor Amir Krivoy of Clalit Health Services, Professor Michal Schwartz of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Professor Mark Weiser of Sheba Medical Center.
From scientific dialogue to lasting cooperation
Beyond the exchange of scientific knowledge, the symposium seeks to identify concrete opportunities for long-term cooperation in research, innovation and industry, with the ambition of accelerating the development of new diagnostic tools and treatments for mental health.
The event is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of France in Israel, the French Institute of Tel Aviv, Expertise France, Fondation FondaMental, the France-Israel Foundation and Clalit Health Services.
PROGRAM
08:00 – 08:30
Welcome Coffee
08:30 – 08:45
Opening Remarks
H.E. Christophe Parisot — French Ambassador to Israel
CEO, Clalit Healthcare Services — (TBC)
CEO, Brainsway
08:45 – 09:15
Keynotes — France / Israel
Prof. Marion Leboyer — Professor of Psychiatry, Université Paris-Est Créteil; CEO Fondation FondaMental; PEPR Propsy ; Director, Translational NeuroPsychiatry laboratory, Inserm U955
“Goal of the Symposium & Presentation of the French Program in Precision Psychiatry PEPR PROPSY”
Dr. Jordan Lewinski — Head of Mental Health Services, Clalit Health Services
09:15 – 10:15
PRECISION PSYCHIATRY: PATIENT STRATIFICATION & TARGETED TREATMENTS
Immuno-Psychiatry: Towards New Treatment Targets
Moderator: Prof. Marion Leboyer, Université Paris-Est Créteil; CEO Fondation FondaMental; PEPR Propsy
Prof. Michal Schwartz — Weizmann Institute of Science
“Towards new targets in Immuno-Psychiatry”
Prof. Laurent Groc — CNRS, Bordeaux
“Autoimmunity in neuropsychiatry: from molecule to patients”
Prof. David Klatzmann — Inserm & IL TOO, Paris
“Autism as a reversible neuroimmune condition: from experimental mouse models to clinical case reports”
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15
New Digital Tools & AI Towards Precision Psychiatry
Moderator: Dr. Eyal Brook – Head of AI Practice, S. Horowitz.
Prof. Noam Shomron— Tel Aviv University
“Ai in Genomics”
Dr. Orit Goldman— VP Biology, NeurokAIre
“New tools for patient stratification and drug discovery”
Léah Camarcat & Andrii Kulakovskyi — Fondation FondaMental
“AI and mental health”
Daniel Szeftel — CEO, Semeia
“Telemonitoring in mental health disorders”
Prof. Mircea Polosan — Inserm, Grenoble
“Bimodal EEG–fNIRS in Bipolar Disorder: From Diagnostic Classification to Real-Time Monitoring of Emotion Regulation”
Dinah Weissmann — CSO, Alcediag
“RNA editing biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder”
12:15 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30– 15:00
New Therapeutics Towards Precision Psychiatry
Moderator: Dr. Anna Elgart, Teva Pharmaceuticals (TBC)
Prof. Amir Krivoy — Geha Mental Health Center, Clalit Health Services · Chair, Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry (ISBP)
“Metabolic Psychiatry – new targets for diagnosis and treatment”
Prof. Ilana Gozes— Tel Aviv University
“Novel approaches to autism, from de novo mutated genes to future innovative therapeutics”
Elisabeth Kogan — CEO, Symeris
“New targets in psychiatry”
Dr. Eran Harary — CMO, Remepy
Prof. Marion Leboyer & Prof. Jonathan Javitt — CEO, NRX Pharmaceuticals
Prof. Marion Leboyer & Prof. Mark Weiser – Sheba Medical Center
“New therapies in schizophrenia” - Lancet Schizophrenia Consortium
Neuromodulation Towards Precision Psychiatry
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim — Tel Aviv University · Director, National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Brainsway
Prof. Mircea Polosan — Inserm, Grenoble
Jeremy Bercoff — CEO, Sonomind
“Ultrasound in mental disorders”
16:00 – 17 :00
B2B — Building Collaborative Projects per Domain
Immunology · Digital tools & AI · New treatment targets · Neuromodulation ·
16:00–16:30 Group meetings · 16:30 –17:00 Restitution of projects per domain
17 :00 – 18 :00
PTSD Clinical Excellence: French–Israeli Perspectives on Hospital Psychiatry and the Care Pathway
Moderator: Gila Tolub, CEO ICAR Collective (TBC)
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim — Tel Aviv University · Director, National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh — Hebrew University
“Peace of Mind platform”
Prof. Denis Peschanski — CNRS
Prof. Jacques Dayan — CHU Caen, Inserm (TBC)
18:00
Conclusion of the Meeting
19 :00
Reception & Networking Event
Event venue
Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel, Eliezer Peri Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Eliezer Peri St 10, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.