# SOF Week **Entity class:** Annual special-operations conference, exhibition, and demonstration event **Co-hosts:** [[wiki/United States Special Operations Command|United States Special Operations Command]] and [[wiki/Global SOF Foundation|Global SOF Foundation]] **Location:** Tampa, Florida **As of:** 2026-09-23 ## Definition **SOF Week** is the annual gathering co-hosted by U.S. Special Operations Command and the Global SOF Foundation. It combines senior-leader discussions, international-partner exchange, industry exhibition, demonstrations, and acquisition engagement. The 2026 event expected more than 19,000 attendees and participation from more than 75 partner nations. The event is a tactical-intelligence and capability-integration hub. Vendors and program offices place reconnaissance, communications, biometrics, uncrewed systems, data fusion, medical, mobility, and [[wiki/Edge Computing|edge-computing]] technologies in direct conversation with special-operations requirements. It is distinct from [[wiki/USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events|USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events]], which are hands-on, invitation-based experiments rather than trade shows. ## Relationships - **co-hosts:** [[wiki/United States Special Operations Command|United States Special Operations Command]] and [[wiki/Global SOF Foundation|Global SOF Foundation]]. - **technical pathway:** [[wiki/SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics|SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics]]. - **event ecosystem:** [[wiki/Intelligence and Defense Conferences|Intelligence and Defense Conferences]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [SOF Week — registration and event description](https://sofweek.org/registration/) - [DVIDS — SOF Week 2026](https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/sofweek2026)