1st World Tour Wrap
Published in 23rd January 2026
In 2025 we chose to do the impossible, expanding our mission to the other side of the Atlantic. It was not an easy decision. We had very few resources despite our immense energy and passion. Still we had faith and we committed to the challenge.
After a successful 1st International edition premiered in Almada, Portugal, hosted by FCT NOVA, Tec2Med team rolled up sleeves and started planning new sailing routes for the brand. The 2023’s edition had proven that our commitment to the mission of connecting clinicians, engineers and scientists in a thriving ideation environment was worth the fight. We saw first hand the result of doing everything with a spirit of Truth and honest desire to boost impactful ideas. Douzens of people felt inspired, many ideas appeared during the Summit, some with great potential for further investment. It was once more clear to us that just doing the summit was not nearly enough.
And so we started investing in all the promising contacts and partnerships which were born during the event. And one of them, which appeared actually without us expecting at all, led us to the most special partner we could have ever met. Joel Júnior, founder of the amazing LuckieTech startup had been invited to the European Summit after presenting to us his moving company idea on a linkedin message. After the event he led us to Harena Inovação – Hospital de Amor and presented them to us. Our prayers of many years had been answered. Without fully knowing, Joel joined two teams and brands which completed each other perfectly.
Right up in 2023, we started planning a potential edition in Brazil and after lots of work, in late 2024, the World Tour project was born. A year of events where we would do at least a Summit in Portugal and another in Brazil. And so we did it.
In September 2025 a delegation of our Team went to Brazil, visiting Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Barretos. At each moment in Brazil, our team felt like leaving a real dream. The people, the passion, the willingness to do more and better, and the deep gratitude to a higher power invaded our spirit making us feel humbled by the opportunity we were receiving.
The 1st International Edition of Tec2Med in Brazil was a success, with more than 100 people registered, most of them doctors, entrepreneurs and investors, some the biggest in Brazil. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and right away we received major proposals to expand the event in Brazil. Everyone was fascinated by how we built the Tec2Med idea and fought for it. For us, that cheered our hearts once we were receiving support from tremendously successful people as never people.
After the event which brought new clients and partners, we visited Hospital de Amor de Barretos, one of the biggest oncology networks in the World. A network so well designed and equipped with the best technologies and renowned medical partners in the world, it made itself an example to all the Western Civilizations. Our team was unanimous, visiting Hospital de Amor, for itself, was worth the trip to Brazil. The whole experience brought us to our knees. Used to the Portuguese reality, visiting a hospital where doctors, nurses and even secretaries are treated as equals, and fundamental pieces of joint mission was something remarkable. The work done by Henrique Prata and his parents in this institution is worth a movie, or even a series. And not surprisingly, as Tec2Med, they built the Hospital with their eyes on Truth.
After Brazil, it was the time of the European Edition, for the first time in Lisbon. This edition was tremendously challenging. Our team was smaller, we were doing the event on a completely new date and space and with far less resources. We had one decision. Either do the event or delay it. We decided to go this time. And despite some points for improvement, 2025’s edition brought us the biggest number of partnerships and work proposals ever. The feedback was extraordinarily positive and once more we felt the fight was worth it.
“It was truly an honour to participate and contribute, even as a small component, to a gathering that is shaping future minds and empowering the people who will transform the future of health. Congratulations on the remarkable achievement of delivering such a high-impact summit. I was personally inspired by the speakers you gathered in your event.” – Medical Student
“So good! Thank you. It was worth the journey (from Algarve). Thank you so much. These people are special. Congratulations.”. – Speaker
“Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the event. It was very good” – Bank Manager (Participant)
“I loved to go, I always do. I left the event feeling inspired about life and Biomedical Engineering” – Biomedical Engineer (Participant)
Prior, in July of 2025, we also did a special course on Deep Learning techniques for Healthcare in partnership with Safe AI 4U. The amazing course sessions done by David Belo helped participants initiate new work in the field. Later in November Tec2Med participated in a roundtable in Algarve Tech Hub Summit, closing its first World Tour of events with hundreds of people involved across the Atlantic.