Discover the eight digital solutions selected to represent Portugal at the World Summit Awards 2026.
Selected by the National Jury through a process coordinated by APDC, this year’s national winners demonstrate how digital innovation can address real challenges and create a positive impact on society, the economy and the environment.
GOVERNMENT & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT – Portuguese Digital Business Wallet
The Portuguese Digital Business Wallet simplifies the way businesses interact with public administration. Integrated into the gov.pt app, it enables companies and sole traders to access, manage and share official business documents through a secure digital channel. Electronic signatures and access to public services help reduce paperwork and streamline everyday administrative tasks.
Promotor: ARTE – Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado
HEALTH & WELL BEING – SENIOR CARE PLATFORM
Apoio sénior helps families and caregivers find suitable care and support services for older people. Based on each family’s needs and location, the platform connects them with providers of home care, healthcare, rehabilitation, residential care and other services. By bringing these options together, it makes a complex and fragmented search simpler and more accessible.
Promoter: Sixfold Studio
LEARNING & EDUCATION – UBBU
Developed in Portugal, ubbu teaches coding, computational thinking and the safe, responsible use of technology to children and young people aged 6 to 15. Through games, stories and interactive activities linked to the Sustainable Development Goals, it enables teachers to introduce these skills in the classroom without specialist technical training. According to its application, more than 441,000 students across over 1,700 schools in more than 20 countries have used the platform.
Promotor: ubbu / Code for All
SMART SETTLEMENTS & URBANIZATION – INTEGRATED REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE ECOSYSTEM
ANACOM’s Integrated Regulatory Intelligence Ecosystem connects statistical and georeferenced information through the STAT.ANACOM and GEO.ANACOM platforms. It provides insights into communications markets, networks, coverage and infrastructure. By making this information available to citizens, businesses, operators and public authorities, the solution supports informed decisions, territorial planning and the development of connectivity.
Promotor: ANACOM – Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações
ENVIRONMENT & GREEN ENERGY – ZEROPACT
ZeroPact uses artificial intelligence to automate product life cycle assessments and carbon footprint calculations. By integrating data from business systems, e-commerce platforms and logistics operations, it helps organisations understand their environmental impact and generate Digital Product Passports. According to its application, the platform has automated more than 200,000 product life cycle assessments and tracks emissions associated with over two million deliveries per month.
Promotor: ZeroPact
BUSINESS & COMMERCE – POSTMAN DIGITAL BRAIN
Postman Digital Brain combines artificial intelligence with postal workers’ expertise to interpret incomplete, ambiguous or non-standardised addresses. Using computer vision and natural language processing, it turns knowledge gathered in the field into reusable information, improving the accuracy and efficiency of mail routing. According to the results presented in its application, the solution reduced routing errors by 14% and increased productivity by 4%.
Promotor: CTT – Correios de Portugal
INCLUSION & EMPOWERMENT – GUIA-NOS
Guia-NOS is a free application that uses artificial intelligence to help blind people and people with low vision understand their surroundings. Through computer vision and AI-generated audio descriptions, it identifies objects, reads text and describes the surrounding environment. Available for smartphones and compatible Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, it also enables hands-free interaction, helping make everyday activities and cultural experiences more accessible.
Promotor: NOS
CULTURE & HERITAGE – CULTURAL HERITAGE 360®
CULTURAL HERITAGE 360® makes Portugal’s cultural heritage accessible to everyone while helping preserve it for future generations. High-resolution digitisation, 3D models, virtual tours and documentary films provide free access to cultural resources from anywhere in the world. The project also creates accurate digital records that support research, education, conservation and the protection of cultural assets.
Promotor: Património Cultural, I.P.
