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See Narrative Intelligence Applied to Your AOR — SOF Week 2026, Booth #4811

May 18, 2026EdgeTheory

Live demos. Founder conversations. Mission-focused briefings.

SOF Week 2026 is May 18–22 at the Tampa Convention Center, and EdgeTheory will be on-site all five days. We're co-located with the ITility booth — #4811, JW Marriott Level 2 — running continuous live demos of edgeC2 and edgeWATCH and hosting founder-level conversations on cognitive security, narrative warfare, and information advantage operations.

If you're attending, we'd like to spend 10–30 minutes with you: On mission-focused demos — on the actual platform, against actual scenarios, calibrated to your AOR. Drop in any time during booth hours, or email info@edgetheory.com to pre-book a 30-minute slot and lock in founder time.

Where to find us

Booth: #4811 

Location: JW Marriott, Level 2 

Dates: May 18 – 22 

Booth hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 1000–1700

Five things worth 10 minutes of your week

SOF Week is dynamic. We've calibrated what we'll show at the booth, so a 15–30 minute visit leaves you with something operationally value-added — Intelligence insight for your mission set.

1. Live walkthrough against current threat scenarios

See edgeC2 and edgeWATCH applied to sensing, responding, and shaping influence and information operations — not generic product demos. We'll tune the walkthrough to scenarios that map to your mission.

2. The Sense · Respond · Shape framework in motion

How SRS integrates into the staff planning cycle — from sensing influence attempts, to threat-driven counter-narrative response when influence breaks the surface, to proactive shaping operations that pre-position narratives. Sense and respond meet today's threats. Shape sets tomorrow's terrain.

3. Source-grounded vs. social listening, side by side

The architectural choice that makes attribution explainable in real time, information connections visible across first-hand sources, influencers, publishers, and counter-narrative operations actually targetable. We'll show you why that single design decision changes what your analysts can deliver.

4. Sit-down conversations with the founder

Joe Stradinger will be on the floor all week. Cognitive security, narrative warfare, decision advantage — the strategic conversation you can't get from a vendor demo. Pre-book founder time, or catch him between sessions.

5. The NCNI workforce pipeline

The National Center for Narrative Intelligence — Nationally recognized, NDAA-enabled, Oxford-anchored, and strategically required — is building the practitioner pipeline this discipline needs. Workforce development, applied AI research, policy acceleration. If your unit, agency, or partner organization needs to plug into the talent flow, we'll walk you through how.

Meet EdgeTheory

Joe Stradinger — CEO & Founder, EdgeTheory. Narrative-intelligence category architect. On the floor for conversations on cognitive security, source-grounded methodology, and the bilateral national-security and commercial application of narrative intelligence.

What to expect when you visit

  • Walk-up demo. Drop in any time during booth hours for a live walkthrough.
  • Pre-booked briefing. Reserve a 30-minute slot by emailing info@edgetheory.com for a deeper, AOR-tailored conversation.
  • Founder time. Sit down with Joe — pre-book or catch him on the floor.
  • Take-home capability briefing. A printed one-pager and reference for your staff.
  • Follow-up scheduling. Block a post-event briefing on your calendar before you leave the booth.

See you in Tampa

Find us at Booth #4811, JW Marriott Level 2, May 18–22. Drop in any time during booth hours — or pre-book a 30-minute slot to lock in founder time and a tailored briefing.

Schedule a Mission Briefing → email info@edgetheory.com

Questions before the show? info@edgetheory.com


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