«Create the Future!» 15.09.2026

STA's Innovation Day offers you:

Insights into current innovation projects from the army, procurement, science and business.

A competition where you can submit innovative solutions to current challenges facing the army.

The opportunity to network with high-tech companies and thus form valuable partnerships between innovators and integrators.

A preliminary networking event in the morning to bring together large companies, SMEs and startups and to form strong teams.

Mid-July 2025
Advance notices regarding innovation needs are published at simap.ch.
31. August 2025
Registration deadline for Innovation Day and morning networking meeting.
5. September 2025
Publication of the call for proposals for the study commission at simap.ch
16. September 2025
STA-Innovationstag «CREATE THE FUTURE!»
October 17, 2025
Deadline for submitting project contributions on simap.ch
Early November 2025
Invitation of selected solution proposals to pitch to the end user.
18. / 19. / 20. November 2025
Pitch days and judging at the client's site
28. November 2025
Communication from the winners of STA Challenges 2025 via simap.ch