The business projects that resulted from the tech-based ideas supported by HiTech were presented at the closing session of this initiative, last July 2 at Nova School of Business and Economics, with an audience of more than 130 people.

In this edition, 9 projects - developed by 27 researchers from Portuguese R&D institutions, 16 management students from Porto Business School and Nova SBE and 24 business mentors - finished HiTech.

Meet the HiTech projects:
T-ALL therapies - T-cell leukemia targeted therapy
IR Bactyping - Bacterial strain typing for real-time epidemiology
Hydroledge- Aquadoctus - Making water utilities smarter
ENKI HydroTec- Water Monitoring Systems
NewAlgaFeed - The best choice for animal nutrition
CLEVER Diagnostics - Precision Medicine in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Nitrogen Sensing Solutions - Water Monitoring: Healthy Fish for Human Consumption
TripleHope - Genomic test for triple-negative breast cancer precision medicine
Anti-malarial combination therapy - Plan your trip, we plan your safety!

Meet the HiTech Projects Presentations and the posters.

We also had a roundtable discussion about “Industry driven innovation" boosted by Andreia Madeira (BBVA) with the participation of Nuno Oliveira Figueiredo (Cortadoria Nacional de Pêlo), Jorge Martins (Enkrott), Carlos Martins Andrade (Galp Energia) and Augusto Eugénio Filipe (Tecnimede).

View pictures of the session.

And, watch the remarkable journey that the participating teams endured in this HiTech edition in our official video.