IF17, hosted by Special Operations Forces Works (SOFWERX) and Intelligence Community Workforce and Education Readiness eXchange (ICWERX) in collaboration with the United States Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) and the Intelligence Community (IC), brings together innovators from industry, academia, national labs, government, and subject matter experts to collaborate and ideate with leaders from SOF and the intelligence community. Focused on future challenges in data-dense, forward-operating environments, IF17 kicks off USSOCOM’s Innovation Cycle—driving bold, disruptive concepts that could shape operations by 2035.