About The Event
Organised by the King’s Centre for Military Health Research. Bringing together leading academics, researchers, medical professionals and charities to discuss the key issues in military mental health and the Armed Forces community.
The Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community Conference will conveniently be held in the same location, the day before.
After the Centre for Evidence Conference on Wednesday 13th May 2026, there will be a drinks and canape reception in the early evening, for delegates who attended either day.
Where
King's College London, Strand Campus, London, WC2R 1AE.
Registration location to be confirmed in the delegate pack, sent via email.
When
Thursday
14th May 2026
Gallery - Images from previous conferences
Event Venue
King's College London, Strand Campus, London, WC2R 1AE.
Registration location to be confirmed in the delegate pack, sent via email.
Ticket Information
- If you are booking a ticket on behalf of a colleague, please complete the booking form with their information. The organisers need to know the delegates full name, contact details, dietary requirements, etc.
- The standard fee is £149 per day which includes all refreshments and a canapé reception (early evening Wednesday 13th May 2026 for delegates attending either day). The following discounts are available:
- Joint Ticket, Centre for Evidence Conference and Veterans’ Mental Health Conference (£278) - There will be a small discount for delegates purchasing tickets for both days, which works out at £139 per ticket.
- Cobseo Members, Veterans’ Mental Health Conference (£74.50) - If you are a Cobseo member, you are entitled to a 50% discount on the VMHC, thanks to our sponsors the Forces in Mind Trust. Please note each organisation is only entitled to a maximum of 2 discounted tickets and these are sold on a first come first served basis. There are only 25 discounted tickets available. If you are eligible, please email [email protected] and ask for the Cobseo discount code/password. You must include your organisations name in your email, so we can verify you are a Cobseo member.
- Ticket sales will close on Tuesday 28th April 2026, or earlier if tickets sell out.
- If you are unable to attend, you must let us know before Tuesday 28th April 2026 and we will change the name on your ticket for you or offer you a full refund.
- Any name change requests after Tuesday 28th April 2026 will be declined. Our venues security team require the final list of delegates 2 weeks in advance of the event, and they will not allow people who are not registered to access the building.
- Any refund requests after Tuesday 28th April 2026 will not be granted as it does not give the organisers sufficient time to resell the ticket and confirm this to the building security.
Call for Abstracts: Oral Presentations or Posters
Submissions for this year’s Veterans’ Mental Health Conference (VMHC) will open on 31st October 2025 and will close EOD 14th January 2026.
The 2026 Veterans’ Mental Health Conference (VMHC) will focus on the theme of 'Innovation to improve mental health outcomes’. As such, we encourage submissions to be linked to the theme. We invite submissions from those working in the sector researching the Armed Forces community (including research on serving personnel, veterans and their families). In particular, we welcome submissions from early career researchers (ECRs).
Submissions can be for either poster or podium presentations:- Poster presentations: A traditional poster to be displayed for the duration of the conference. If your abstract is selected as a poster, you will need to purchase a ticket. However, posters will be eligible to win a prize. There are 3 x £50 vouchers available to win.
- Oral podium presentation: Presentations are to be 15 minutes long, with an additional 5 minutes for questions. If your abstract is selected as an oral presentation, you will be given a complimentary ticket to the Veterans’ Mental Health Conference.
- Authors and Affiliations: Include the names of all lead authors and co-authors, and their respective affiliations. These details will be printed in the final delegate pack as submitted.
- Abstract Title: The full title of your submission. This will be printed in the final conference agenda as submitted and is capped at a 50-word limit.
- Abstract: This should be concise (<250 words) and provide a clear overview of the research or project and its aims and objectives. Presented research should either be recently completed or well-progressed, with results. Abstracts with no or preliminary findings will be considered if the full and final findings will be available by the time of the conference (14th May 2026). Please make this clear when you submit your abstract. All applicants should use the following headings for the body of the abstract:
- Background
- Method
- Results
- Conclusions
- Presentation type: Please indicate whether you would prefer the submitted abstract to be considered for a poster presentation, oral podium presentation or both.
- Funding: Please indicate whether your research or project received funding. If applicable, specify the funding body, and if unfunded, please declare this.
- Are you an ECR: Please indicate if you are an ECR e.g. master's student, PhD student, or recent doctoral graduate (within the last 3 years).
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Organiser Address
King's Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ
London