The 19th NATO Operations Research and Analysis Conference, co-hosted by Allied Command Transformation and NATO Science and Technology Organization, was held in Berlin, Germany, from 03 to 04 November 2025 with an optional training day on 05 November.
The event was open to the representatives from NATO nations, NATO bodies/agencies, STO Science and Technology Enhanced Partnership nations (Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine), Austria and New Zealand.
The goal of the NATO OR&A Conference is to provide an exciting programme relevant to the OR&A Community of Interest, with plenty of opportunities for discussion, debate and provision of valuable and relevant training.
The 2025 theme was “Exploiting OA methods for the needs of today and tomorrow”. NATO’s strength is our unity, and cooperating on defence and security related concerns is a continuous process in order to solve problems, build trust, and ultimately prevent conflict. Our rules-based international order is under constant pressure, and alliance members may develop technologically and militarily at different speeds, causing issues in understanding and interoperability. This can be mitigated through effective collaboration.