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We celebrate the 2026 Annual Assembly with the members of the TECSAM Network

More than 70 attendees participate in the session that presents the 2026–2028 strategy and the Network's innovative projects.

12 February, 2026

Although it was initially planned in person, due to the extreme risk of gales, we held the TECSAM Network Annual Assembly safely, with a very positive response: more than 70 people attended.

The day began with a welcome from Josep Maria Haro , director of Teaching, Research and Innovation at the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and coordinator of the TECSAM Network, followed by a speech from Javier Selva , general director of Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Society at the Generalitat de Catalunya. Selva highlighted the Network as a benchmark in mental health and a model of good practices, as well as the key role of AGAUR in this new, more strategic and internationally connected stage.

During the session, we presented the closing balance of 2025 and the new stage 2026–2028 , with the strategy, objectives and activities planned for 2026, by Judit López Luque , Head of Innovation at the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and promoter of the Network, and Gemma Hernández , Innovation & Tech Transfer in the Network. We highlighted the role of the 28 member entities, which form a solid collaborative ecosystem, and we explained the new stage structured around five main axes: accelerator, inclusion and co-creation, talent and training, internationalization, and positioning and sustainability.

In the second part of the session, 16 projects from the #TECSAM Network were presented from various research groups in the Catalan system, showing the strength and interdisciplinarity of the ecosystem:

  • Epidemiology of Mental Disorders and Aging. Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation. 
  • Cognition and Gender: implications for Mental Health (COGen-MH). Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Research Group on Health Services and Mental Health Outcomes (PRISMA). Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation.
  • Humanistic Studies Group on Science and Technology (GEHUCT). Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Translational Medicine and Decision Sciences Laboratory (TransLab). University of Girona. 
  • Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Applications (AIBA). University of Barcelona. 
  • Health and addictions research group (HARG). Clinical Hospital of Barcelona. 
  • Group of Invariance Studies for the Measurement and Analysis of Change in the social and health fields (GEIMAC). University of Barcelona. 
  • Stress and Health Research Group (GIES). Autonomous University of Barcelona. 
  • Research Group on Aging and Health (GREiS). Health and Aging Foundation, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Barcelona Science and Technology Studies Group (STS-b). Autonomous University of Barcelona. 
  • Interactive and Distributed Technologies for Education (TIDE). Pompeu Fabra University. 
  • Health and Ageing Demography Research Group (HEALTHAGE). Center for Demographic Studies. 
  • CogniDiet. INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCES. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Etiopathogenesis and treatment of serious mental disorders (MERITT). Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation. 
  • Nutrition and Mental Health: Rovira i Virgili University .

The session ended with the interventions of Josep Maria Haro and Nadal Bayà Fons , Head of the Knowledge Transfer Area at AGAUR, who highlighted the value of research talent and the importance of the TECSAM Network continuing to promote solutions with real impact for society, while strengthening and expanding its scientific community.

The participation and quality of the interventions have made this Assembly an enriching and constructive session.

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