Event Wrap-up: Innovation Foundry (IF12)
SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM’s Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) Futures, Norwegian Special Operations Command (NORSOCOM), and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), hosted the twelfth Innovation Foundry (IF12) Event in Oslo, Norway, as the first international IF, which brought together U.S. and International Special Operations Forces (SOF), Industry, Academia, Government, and futurists in an exploration, design thinking, facilitated event to assist USSOCOM in decomposing future scenarios and missions. The theme of IF12 was “Joint and Partner Communications in a Contested and Austere Environment.”