B.ACIS is the Center for Health Innovation of the School of Medicine of the University of Minho, contributing to society fostering research, innovation, entrepreneurship and advanced scientific training.

The School of Medicine is an organic unit of the University of Minho, created to assure graduate education, postgraduate education, research and other specialised services in the field of Health Sciences.

Fidelidade is the leading insurance company in Portugal, both in life and non-life business, with a current market share of around 30.7%. The company is present in the various business segments of insurance activity and benefits from the largest network in Portugal, with a presence in several countries, namely Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Spain, France, Macau, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Chile. Fidelidade operates based on a defined and continued strategy of "Customer Centric Approach", where customers effectively come first. The fact that it gives crucial importance to the quality of the service it provides and to the comprehensive and innovative offer it provides make Fidelidade one of the most awarded insurers in Portugal, as well as internationally. In 2014, Fidelidade was distinguished by the "Efma Accenture Innovation Awards", in the "sustainable business" category, with its 'WeCare' project, which aims to support the correct reintegration of people who were victims of serious accidents that jeopardised their physical, economic, and social reintegration.

With more than 1.1 million customers and a market share of 37.8% in 2020, Multicare, the Fidelidade Group's health insurer, is the clear market leader. Multicare provides access to one of the largest private health provider networks that integrates the main private hospital units and gives access to leading physicians and state-of-the-art technology. In its more than 20 years of history, Multicare has been differentiated by its pioneering spirit and continuous commitment to innovation, by the regular check-ups it provides to its clients at no additional cost, by the launch of the first insurance policy with specific cancer coverage worth one million euros, Multicare Proteção Vital, by the launch of the first telemedicine platform carried out by physicians, Medicina Online, and by the launch of the first healthy behavior activation and reward program, Multicare Vitality. As in previous years, Multicare is proud to have been distinguished as the most reputable health insurer in Portugal, as "Trusted Brand", as "Superbrand", as "Consumer Choice" and as "Excellent Choice".

At ”la Caixa” Foundation we believe in people and their capacity to grow, work and overcome adversity. We believe in education, culture and research as drivers of progress. We believe in a society with more opportunities. We believe in a better future for everyone and we work in thousands of projects to build such a future. Our CaixaResearch calls boost health research to promote social progress. We support excellent research in health and biomedicine carried out by researchers and physicians in Spain and Portugal, stimulating innovation and the transfer of knowledge in new treatments and solutions for patients. We also promote the dissemination of the results to the entire society. We promote the generation of new knowledge in the areas of the most serious and widespread diseases: infectious, oncological, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, and we promote the improvement of medical and clinical practice, without forgetting support to basic research.

NTT DATA is a multinational business and technology consultant that reinvents and transforms the activity of organizations through innovation and technology. It has about 150,000 employees spread across more than 50 countries, being considered one of the 10 largest IT services companies in the world by Gartner. The company operates in various sectors of activity, including Health. NTT DATA believes in the power of digital technologies to ensure the sustainability of healthcare systems and people as a priority.

Nutrium is a disrupting nutrition platform that wants to change the eating habits of millions of people all around the world. We believe in pioneering the transformation of healthcare to create more empathic, continuous, and asynchronous experiences. We want to create a world where having a nutrition professional one click away is the norm and not the exception, and where nutrition is seen as a right, not a privilege.

PeekMed® has been developing a powerful system used by orthopaedic surgeons around the world to plan their surgeries using 3D and Artificial Intelligence technology. The system allows the surgical planning and simulation of different outcomes and implant sizes in a matter of seconds. Therefore, when the “real” surgery occurs, it is an execution of what was planned. PeekMed’s mission is to provide surgeons with tools that assist them with more rigorous and objective planning, making the surgery more predictable, effective, and safe for the patient, while helping the whole value chain to be more efficient.

Promptly is a Real-World Data Analytics company collecting, integrating and analyzing data on the outcomes of care. We develop proprietary technology for patient engagement, real-world data collection, and outcomes analytics, discovering digital biomarkers on important symptoms, adverse effects and treatment outcomes, using different sources of data. In partnership with some of the most visionary, forward-looking healthcare organizations, we leverage this health data to promote better healthcare at lower costs for thousands of patients every day. Promptly offers modular cross-disease platforms to help healthcare stakeholders remotely monitor patients and gauge the effectiveness of drugs and treatments, to support the transition towards value-based healthcare models. Making Health Outcomes Available for Everyone

We are Glintt, a well-known company in the Iberian Peninsula in Consulting and Technological Services, with over 20 years of experience. Through innovation, we aim to help transform organizations and improve people's lives. We are Iberian leaders in the Healthcare market, where we develop, implement, and support a diversified set of products for Hospitals, Clinics and Pharmacies. Our solutions are used in more than 430 Hospitals, 600 Clinics and 14.000 Pharmacies in Portugal and Spain. For the Community Pharmacy segment, we have also developed a full range of services, which includes Consulting, Design and Projection of Store Space, Automation, Infrastructure and Consumables. Another pillar of activity is Technology Consulting, through our Nexllence brand, we promote the adoption and the development of solutions based on emerging technologies and infrastructures for public administration and organizations from various activity sectors. Viewer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KBnjl92NI HINTT Prize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwwmrIMyO0

InvestBraga, Agency for the Economic Dynamization of Braga, was created in March 2014, to act as the economic wing of the Municipality, with the mission of promoting the economic development of Braga. InvestBraga works on the attraction of investment and entrepreneurs, making the innovation factor a major competitive advantage.

Braga City Council is the local authority of this municipality, and its mission is to define and implement policies aimed at protecting the interests and meeting the needs of the local population. In this sense, it is responsible for promoting the development of the municipality in all areas of life, such as economy, health, culture, education, social action, environment, among others.

Created as an innovation center of InvestBraga, Startup Braga is dedicated to supporting projects of high entrepreneurial potential with global ambitions. We act in the promotion and development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem and in the creation, acceleration, and incubation of startups. Focused on providing the best possible support to startups in our community, Startup Braga works with projects in the areas of nanotechnology, health technologies and digital economy.