Making Innovation Count

Making Innovation Count is the third annual symposium of the Horizon Europe-funded Engage2innovate (E2i) project. This one-day event will bring together security researchers, practitioners, policymakers and innovators from across Europe to address some of the most challenging and consequential questions facing European security R&I

• Are we funding impactful security innovation — or just producing reports?
• What would make security innovation genuinely usable for real end-users in real operational contexts?
• How can insights from past R&I project investments better inform the security innovation agenda of tomorrow?
• What would it take to build a genuinely learning European Security R&I ecosystem? One that properly benefits from the knowledge good R&I generates — rather than simply shelving it?

Held in the heart of Brussels at the distinctive Comet Meetings – Louise, the symposium offers a rare opportunity to explore how human-centred design methods, tools and processes can transform the way we approach security R&I — strengthening innovation and supporting implementation on the ground.

The event will take place on September 23, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium

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