We are excited to announce the 5th edition of the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School (MARSS) which will be held from August 11th to 20th, 2025 at Universitätsklinik Balgrist in Zurich, Switzerland, again bringing together the world's experts in Medical AR, clinicians, companies and talented academic researchers from all around the world, foster cooperation, and push the boundaries of Medical Augmented Reality. The application is now open to researchers from academia, medical professionals and students, as well as industry engineers.
The focus of this year's summer school will be the connection of Medical AR and Surgical Data Science (SDS). MARSS25 will be organized for the first time by a consortium of scientists and clinicians from three institutions which are among the leading centers for cutting-edge research in Medical Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Computer Assisted Surgery:
▪️ Prof. Dr. Philipp Fürnstahl and Prof. Mazda Farshad, MD, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland,
▪️ Prof. Dr. Nassir Navab, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany, and
▪️ Prof. Dr. Marc Pollefeys, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
For medical participants, we will for the first time offer a hands-on surgical training course at OR-X in parallel to the technical program that includes the training of surgical techniques using cutting-edge computer assisted surgery systems such as surgical navigation systems, endoscopic procedures, and robot-assisted surgery on bone models. The medical hands-on course will comply with official medical course requirements.
In the MARSS25 hackathon, interdisciplinary teams consisting of participants from research, industry, and clinic will develop novel Medical Augmented Reality systems, supported by experienced surgeons and AR experts. For MARSS25 and the MARSS25 hackathon, we will have access to our translational center for surgery, the OR-X, a highly technological equipped research and training infrastructure where surgical innovation and education can happen without patient burden.
We actively promote diversity in terms of gender and region and provide a free registration award for selected students. This event is endorsed by the MICCAI Society and covered by the MICCAI Code of Conduct.
Please submit your application through the MARSS25 website: https://www.medicalaugmentedreality.org/mar2025.html
The official registration deadline is June 13th, 2025. Your application will be reviewed, and you will receive feedback by the end of June 2025. In case of acceptance, we will send you a personal link to finalize your registration. Your definitive participation is confirmed with the payment of the conference fee as described in detail on our website.
Universitätsklinik Balgrist - Universität Zürich - Technical University of Munich - ETH Zürich - OR-X - TUM CAMP - Research In Orthopedic Computer Science - Fabio Carrillo - Ulrich Eck