1st International Summit
Published in 23rd January 2026
The first International Edition of Tec2Med is a significant landmark in Tec2Med’s journey. By the first time ever the event was designed to welcome people from across the world, both as speakers and participants. The event was hosted in May, 2023 by FCT NOVA, and marked its 4th European edition. In an incresingly more connected world, where Science and Technology are daily evolving, building and discussing Healthcare’s future must overcome all limits, barriers and old mindsets. Values such as creativity, humbleness, altruism, excellency and empathy are crucial. Tec2Med Summit is the bridge between the present and the future of Healthcare, a platform where researchers, clinicians, future professionals (the students) and companies from any country can meet, learn and grow together. We aim to inspire people, to challenge paradigmas and to foster new interdisciplinary ideas which ultimately can improve healthcare jobs and help to save more lives.
In 2023 Tec2Med managed to welcome people from 12 different countries, to build the largest Portuguese Biomedical Job Fair, with + 40 institutions confirmed, with many job and internship opportunities, and to unite + 40 sponsors and partners under common goals. We promoted 2 competitions, one to inspire impactful research in Healthcare and another to promote new young entrepreneurial ideas in partnership with CUF Academic Center. The event offered 3 masterclasses, 12 talks, a roundtable on entrepreneurship, 2 debates and + 30 certified workshops.
All of this was organized by a team of 32 young people, from 18 to 25 years old, some studying, others already working, but all united in a common mission. We thankful to all the words and messages of support like this:
“I was shocked by your level of organization. I participated in many medical conferences during the years, and I know how difficult it is to organize something like this, I think you were more organized than some of those conferences.” – Dr. Jonathan Clark, Former NASA Medical Space Surgeon
We are humbled and conscious of the weight of the responsibility we carry as Tec2Med Ambassadors. Our path must not be one of pride, but one of constant growth and improvement. We faced many “impossible” situations during these last months but we listened to that old fashioned whisper inside saying: ‘We shall never surrender.’ This edition proved that we can, and that we must continue to challenge ourselves more and more every edition, that there are increasingly more people who believe in us, who share the same values, that are willing to build the future at our side.
Thank you to all the people who supported and believed in us, the partners, the sponsors, the speakers, the instructors, the ambassadors. Thank you to my team. Always remember that the world’s future depends on our personal determination to defend common values, to challenge ourselves, to accept failure and learn from it, to have empathy, to embrace duty. Never diminish your light regardless. Our resolution prevails, to inspire the future of healthcare, connect people and foster ideas that can save more lives!