Plexus Gala 2026
A unique December evening in Zagreb, built for one purpose: bringing Croatian medicine and science together with the international community, so that talent and ideas move both ways.
One night in December at Hotel Esplanade brings Croatia’s biomedical leaders, physicians, scientists, business leaders and policymakers together with international leaders in science and medicine, all in one room, to build lasting bridges between Croatian and international science and medicine.
The evening is built around networking: the introductions over dinner, the exchanges between courses, and the collaborations that begin here and outlast the night. Partnerships, fellowships and trials have all started at this evening.
Keynote speakers 2026
Five leaders join the Gala in person, as keynote speakers and voices in the panels and fireside chats. All confirmed
Chancellor University of Cambridge
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and a British public figure who served as UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He presides over one of the world’s oldest and most renowned universities.
Chief Innovation Officer Mass General Brigham
Chief Innovation Officer of Mass General Brigham, leading the innovation enterprise of one of the largest academic health systems in the United States — turning research from Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and their affiliates into companies, partnerships and products.
President Brigham and Women’s Hospital
President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Executive Vice President of Mass General Brigham. A radiologist and the Philip H. Cook Distinguished Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, he chaired Radiology at Brigham and Women’s from 2016 before becoming its President in 2024.
President Massachusetts General Hospital
President of Massachusetts General Hospital, the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and a practicing gynecologic oncologist.
President & CEO University Health Network
President and CEO of University Health Network in Toronto, one of the largest and most research-intensive hospital networks in North America.
A beloved Croatian-American singer, and the voice of the unforgettable “Hajde da ludujemo” from Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb.
One of Croatia’s foremost jazz guitarists and arrangers, who has played Carnegie Hall and worked with Oliver Dragojević and Arsen Dedić.
Planned for the 2026 evening in Zagreb.
Networking drinks in front of the Emerald Ballroom.
Dinner is served with paired wines.
Keynote addresses, panels and fireside chats between courses, and the Med&X annual award for contributions to Croatian biomedicine.
Music from Tajči and Ante Gelo continues, on stage and between the segments of the evening.
We confirm the final run of show with every guest.
— clinical or research internships for young Croatian physicians, scientists and students at leading institutions worldwide.
Sponsor a tableSponsor the Gala
Your support puts a young researcher in a world-leading lab or clinic, and puts your name in front of the people shaping the future of medicine in Croatia and beyond.
Your name in front of 150+ biomedical professionals across one focused evening: the leaders of Croatian and world biomedicine, rarely in one room on any other night.
An evening among the heads of the world’s foremost hospitals and universities, and Croatia’s own leaders, with the introductions and conversations that follow.
Your support directly accelerates the development of Croatian biomedicine and its connection to the world, funding clinical or research internships abroad.
All Gala proceeds fund Accelerator fellowships: clinical or research internships for young Croatian physicians, scientists and students at leading institutions worldwide, who then bring the experience home and keep building bridges.
Moments from past Plexus evenings.
