November 7–10, 2025
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New
Orleans
Review your travel plans!
The meeting is now four full days beginning at 8 a.m. CT, Friday, Nov. 7.
Scientific Sessions 2025 will be in-person only; educational sessions will not be available for virtual attendance. Journalists who plan to attend the meeting in person must register for the meeting as a meeting attendee to secure a badge/access to attend Scientific Sessions.
On site media registration/badge pick up opens Thursday, Nov. 6, from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. CT and then daily at 7:30 a.m. CT on Friday, Nov. 7 through Monday, Nov. 10.
The 2025 embargoed news briefing schedule will include at least one news briefing is tentatively scheduled for early afternoon on Friday, Nov. 7. We recommend planning to arrive on-site by 12 p.m. CT on Friday if you would like to attend the first news briefing. (Lunch will be available.)
Also this year:
- Nearly 80 sessions are scheduled on Friday, Nov. 7, starting at 8 a.m. CT, including symposia about Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome, Congenital Heart Disease, Valve Disease, Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, and more.
- About 20 sessions on Friday will be offered by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Medical Society (HCMS). In a first-time collaboration, HCMS annual meeting is co-located at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions!
- The Opening Session for Scientific Sessions is at 8 a.m. CT on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Access to Embargoed SS 2025 Password-Protected Newsroom (SSPPN) requires a separate login. This is not the same as registering to attend Sessions in person.
You must have access to the SSPPN to view and participate REMOTELY in the embargoed, livestreamed, Late-Breaking Science (LBS) News Briefings. Registration is required if you do not already have an active PPN login.
The link to log-in and/or register for SS 2025 PPN access will be available here approximately 1 week before Sessions begins.
Quick Links:
November 7–10, 2025 | Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans
Resuscitation Science Symposium 2025 #ReSS25 | November 8-9, 2025 | Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans
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Freelance Science and Health Journalists – Stipend Opportunity
- Apply for the AHA’s new Travel Grant Award for freelance science and health journalists covering scientific meetings.
- Learn if you are eligible to apply for a travel stipend to cover an AHA scientific meeting.
QUESTIONS? Please send email to ahacommunications@heart.org.
Embargo dates and times:
- Regular/Non-Late-Breaking Science abstracts: embargoes lift at 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
- Late-Breaking Science abstracts presenting in a Featured Science, Late-Breaking Basic Science or other Main Event session: embargoes lift at the exact date and time of presentation for each individual abstract, Friday-Monday, Nov. 7-10, 2025
- Late-Breaking Science abstracts in Main Event 1 Sessions: embargoes lift at the exact date and time of presentation for each individual abstract, Friday-Monday, Nov. 7-10, 2025
Resuscitation Science Symposium 2025
- Regular/Non-Late-Breaking Science abstracts: embargoes lift at 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
- Late-Breaking Science abstracts: embargoes lift at the exact date and time of presentation for each individual abstract, Sat.-Sun., Nov. 8-9, 2025
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- Thurs. Nov. 6, 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. CT: Media Registration and Newsroom open
- Fri., Nov. 7, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. CT: Media Registration and Newsroom open, plus at least one news briefing after 12 p.m. CT
- Sat., Nov. 8, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT: Media Registration and Newsroom open, plus at least two news briefings
- Sun., Nov. 9, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. CT: Media Registration and Newsroom open, plus at least two news briefings
- Mon., Nov. 10, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT: Media Registration and Newsroom open, no news briefings scheduled
Other Scientific Sessions 2025 updates:
- Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D., professor at the Scripps Research Institute, Presidential Endowed Chair in Neurobiology, and an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, gives an address titled: May the Force Be with You: PIEZO Ion Channels as Essential Pressure Sensors for Touch, Pain, Blood Pressure, and Beyond on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 9:45 a.m. CT. Patapoutian was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2021 (jointly with David Julius, Ph.D.) for identifying the molecules that sense temperature and pressure involved in touch, pain and regulating blood pressure.
- Expanded Moderated Digital Poster presentations providing more interactive platforms have been added.
- New Guidelines sessions will offer in-depth explorations of the latest clinical guidelines and their real-world applications in patient care.
- More leading voices including clinicians, principal investigators, American Heart Association award recipients, scientific journal editors and thought leaders shaping the future of cardiovascular science throughout the entire program.
- Innovative additions include expanded content on AI and emerging technologies, an enhanced Simulation Zone offering immersive hands-on experiences, and dynamic, fast-paced sessions crafted to spark innovation and inspire forward-thinking dialogue.