Published in 23rd January 2026

Tec2Med was officially founded in 2018 by Núcleo de Biomédica da NOVA (NBN), the biomedical engineering students group of NOVA FCT. The initial idea was presented by João Nunes, president of NBN at the time, and consisted of making an event where biomedical engineering and medical students could meet to discuss the creation of new medical technologies. In the same year Alexandra Lopes, Filipa Rebelo and Miguel Barbosa joined the project and the first event happened, with remarkable success in march of 2019 with the support of NBN’s team and volunteers. 

Since then and until October 2022 the event continued to be promoted by NBN. After that, by approval of the NBN’s General Assembly, the Tec2Med brand got its own independence with an agreement for the creation of a new scientific non-profit association whose mission would be to build new events, open new research lines and expand the summit to the world.

Tec2Med brand is a multidisciplinary mission, which brings together many generations and talents, with a simple goal, to create solutions which help to save lives. Through events, r&d projects and social impact projects our Team aims to build a global movement of ideation and enthusiastic innovators from medicine, engineering and science.