The Auditorium of the University of Minho, at the Azurém Campus in Guimarães, was today the central stage for technological innovation and digital transformation by hosting the DTx Open Tech Day 2026. The event brought together academic, governmental, business, and institutional leaders to debate the strategic impact of technology on the national economy.
Strongly highlighting the current local entrepreneurial ecosystem, Set.Up Guimarães was present at the event to closely follow all the latest news, trends, and featured projects. In an initiative that reinforces the incubator’s role as a driving force of proximity, the team was on the ground fostering strategic networking and strengthening vital synergies between startups, research centers, and major industrial players.
During the morning program, the Municipality of Guimarães’s stage intervention—delivered by Tiago Laranjeiro, Deputy to the Presidency of the Municipality of Guimarães, with a talk dedicated to “Local Digital Transformation”—deserved special highlight. The local authority underscored the municipality’s strategic vision in continuously investing in an integrated innovation ecosystem, highlighting the transformative role of structuring initiatives such as DTx CoLab. It was emphasized how the successful articulation between local government, academia, and the business sector creates the ideal conditions to retain talent, scale businesses, and project Guimarães as a national and international benchmark in the knowledge economy.
