NATO Allied Command Transformation Innovation

leveraging the
collective expertise
of NATO & the Alliance

Events & Workshops

  • NOICE

    Accelerating Innovation through Collaboration. The NATO Open Innovation Conference & Expo is an annual event hosted by NATO ACT that brings innovation practitioners throughout the Alliance together like never before. It offers a unique platform for military and civilian innovation practitioners to network, meet, and learn about what it means to be an innovator in…

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  • NATO Innovation Challenge

    Looking Ahead. The NATO Innovation Challenge, launched in 2017 by Allied Command Transformation, catalyzes the discovery of novel, cost-effective solutions to the Alliance’s most pressing operational problems. Held twice annually, each iteration of the challenge centers on a unique problem set and invites submissions from across NATO and partner nations, including startups, academic institutions, defense…

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  • Project Mercury NATO

    Teaching Innovation Through Practice. Project Mercury is a joint endeavor between Allied Command Transformation and Innovatrium Ann Arbor, designed to build the innovation skills, culture, and connections your unit needs to thrive. Led by a dynamic PhD-level faculty, Project Mercury provides an immersive environment in which individuals and teams have to research, experiment, and take…

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Past Events & Workshops

DateCountryEvent TitleEvent Type
Dec 2025GBInnovation Challenge: Medical Care in a Transparent and Contested BattlespaceInnovation Challenge
Jun 2025DKNOICE25NOICE
Jun 2025EEInnovation Challenge: Countering Fibre-Optic Controlled Drone ThreatsInnovation Challenge
Mar 2025PLInnovation Challenge: DETECT, INTERCEPT, or NEUTRALIZE a Glide BombInnovation Challenge
Jan 2025BEProject Mercury NATO – Cohort 2Project Mercury
Sep 2024PTNOICENOICE
Jun 2024DEProject Mercury NATO – Cohort 1Project Mercury
Jun 2024PLProject Mercury at the Eastern FlankProject Mercury
Jun 2024LTInnovation Challenge: Remote Explosive-Contaminated Area Recognition and NeutralizationInnovation Challenge
Jun 2024SIInnovation Challenge: Military Mobility within Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)Innovation Challenge
Jun 2023DKInnovation Challenge: Monitoring the Arctic from Space to SeabedInnovation Challenge
Oct 2022ROInnovation Challenge: Data Management and Security in the Context of Reconstruction Efforts (Resilience)Innovation Challenge
Jun 2022MKInnovation Challenge: Bio ResponseInnovation Challenge
Nov 2021CAInnovation Challenge: The Invisible Threat: Countering Cognitive WarfareInnovation Challenge
Jun 2021PTInnovation Challenge: Space Domain AwarenessInnovation Challenge
Dec 2020ITInnovation Challenge: Trust in Autonomous SystemsInnovation Challenge
Jun 2020NLInnovation Challenge: Situation Awareness and Disinformation (Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic)Innovation Challenge
Oct 2019HUInnovation Challenge: Optimizing Leader’s DevelopmentInnovation Challenge
May 2019CZInnovation Challenge: Prevent and Recover Electro-Magnetic PulseInnovation Challenge
Nov 2018DEInnovation Challenge: Counter UAS/UAV in Urban AreasInnovation Challenge
May 2018FRInnovation Challenge: Big Data and Analytics VisualizationInnovation Challenge
Oct 2017USInnovation Challenge: Support Stability PolicingInnovation Challenge