Upcoming Events & Deadlines
All Dates and Times are in Pacific Time (PT). All Deadlines are at 11:59 pm PT.
Zoom Links:
All Public Events are accessible via this Zoom link.
For Private Events for competing teams only, the Zoom link can be found here.
Event Type: Private Event (Competing Teams Only) | Public Event
Category: All | Assessment Deadline | Business | Careers/Industry | Competition Information | Planning and Feedback Meeting | Student Presentations | Technical
(TBD Date and Time) Preliminary Assessment Feedback and Competition Planning Meeting (Europe and Egypt) (Private Event)
The aim of this meeting is to discuss overall feedback from the preliminary assessments with assessors, the 2026 Grand Finals plans, Final Assessments, and Challenge Statement.
Meeting link, agenda, and preliminary documents and plans for 2026 are accessible here.
(TBD Date and Time) Preliminary Assessment Feedback and Competition Planning Meeting (North America and Asia-Pacific) (Private Event)
The aim of this meeting is to discuss overall feedback from the preliminary assessments with assessors, the 2026 Grand Finals plans, Final Assessments, and Challenge Statement.
Meeting link, agenda, and preliminary documents and plans for 2026 are accessible here.
(Confirmed) Challenge Statement Webinar (Public Event)
We’re excited to share this year’s challenge, presented by Adcorpus:
“Addressing power efficiency: How can your total artificial heart be more power efficient to reduce the size of wearable components and improve patient quality of life?
Teams may consider spending time enhancing the power efficiency of their device and demonstrating efficiency values in their report and presentation. Future work to further enhance efficiency should also be detailed. For new teams who are not yet able to focus on power efficiency, they should focus on what methods will be applied in the future to improve this”
This challenge pushes teams to think beyond functionality and focus on one of the most critical aspects of artificial heart design — power efficiency. This is an opportunity to tackle a real-world engineering challenge that directly impacts patient mobility, comfort, and overall quality of life. We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions you bring forward
Agenda:
Intro to Adcorpus
Overview of Challenge Statement
Methods to evaluate/demonstrate power efficiency- computationally and physically
Q&A
Heart Hackathon Closing Event: 2025 Reflections, 2026 Visions (Public Event)
Hear from the winning teams of the 2025 Heart Hackathon Competition, as they share their advice on how to approach the competition and the structure of their team. We will then outline what to expect from the 2026 Heart Hackathon Competition, including key dates and assessments, as well as available resources and support.
Agenda:
Review of 2025 Competition
2025 Competition Winners Presentations
CBU Cardiac Engineering, California Baptist University, USA
Monash Heart Hack Team, Monash University, Australia
Mending Broken Hearts, University of New South Wales, Australia
QUT Heartbeats, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mahidol CardiaTech, Mahidol University, Thailand
Team Bath Heart, Bath University, UK
2026 Competition Overview
2026 Competition Planning Meeting (Private Event)
Aim of this meeting is to finalise 2026 events timeline, assessment documents, and submission forms, and format of the competition.
Participating teams are allowed to send one representative to this meeting.
Meeting link, agenda, and preliminary documents and plans for 2026 are accessible here.