CRE[AT]E Final Event 2025

The 2025 CRE[AT]E Final Event will be held both online and at MIT on Saturday, April 26th, 2025. Virtual details will be announced closer to the event.

The main portion of the event will start at 1PM Eastern Time and run until approximately 4PM.

Information for Challenge Teams

All supported teams must submit final event materials, following the Black Gate submission requirements. Open teams that wish to participate may also submit final event materials using the same requirements. Teams must meet all Black Gate requirements in order to have their videos shown. All participating teams that meet the Black Gate requirements will have their videos shown throughout the day of the final event.

Eight finalists will be chosen from the participants. Their videos will be shown during the finalist presentation portion of the event, and they will have an opportunity to answer questions from our judges live after their videos are shown. Finalists will be notified before the final event. Both supported and open teams may be finalists, and they will be judged the same way. Finalists are not required to be in person at MIT, and may answer questions virtually.

Down-selection to the finalist pool from among all the teams will depend on our four judging categories: product feasibility, co-designer collaboration, technical innovation, and documentation.

From our eight finalists, four will be chosen as our category winners for each of the four judging categories after the presentations. Only one category may be won by any team.

A more detailed schedule will be posted shortly before the day of the event.

MIT In-Person Event

Cambridge, MA, USA: 

Host: MIT Beaver Works

Location: 32-144 Stata Center (32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139) - first floor, room 144

Campus Tour: Teams wishing to join a tour of MIT campus should meet at 32-144 at 10:45 AM

Lunch will be provided.

Teams wishing to attend the Beaver Works watch party should contact bwsi-create-challenge@mit.edu.