HARMONY 2026 Opening: The Story Behind the First AI & Mental Health Workshop [HARMONY 2026 Opening Remarks]

Abstract

This is the opening of HARMONY 2026, an interdisciplinary workshop on AI and mental health, co-located with IEEE/ACM CHASE 2026 in Pittsburgh. I share how HARMONY started (by accident!), why we need to break the silos between fields, and why we built a workshop around people and relationships, not just papers.