Welcome to the registration platform for the Innovation Continuum 2026 SPARK Event
SPARK will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from February 24-26, 2026
SPARK, conducted in February of 2026 at the GATE Institute (5 James Bourchier Boulevard), will identify projects for experimentation, wargaming, and technology demonstration to interlink these projects and enable them to feed into Capability Development at various levels.
We look forward to seeing you in Sofia in February!
The conference schedule will be available on this platform for registered and accepted attendees.
Led by NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT), the Innovation Continuum is a framework for accelerating the development of military-relevant emerging technologies and turning innovation into operational capabilities. It is structured in 4 phases:
SPARK is where projects are prioritised and linked to the Military Use Cases guiding the IC.
IGNITE focuses on scenario development, where blueprints for each project are defined.
GLOW is where validation through system integration and physical dry runs occurs.
SHINE is a live experimentation and demonstration which concludes the cycle by evaluating the operational relevance of each project.
