7th annual Joint Forces Simulation & Training conference

Modern Techniques and Technologies for the Enhancement of Training both Regulars and Reserves

Leaders: Mr Andrew Joly and Mr Roy Evans, Defence and Security Consultancy, LEO | 13.30 - 17.30

SMi Presents the 7th Annual Conference on...

3rd - 4thFEB

2016Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK

Joint ForcesSimulation & Training

PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPTuesday 2nd February 2016, Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK

Chairman: • Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager,

European Defence Agency

Key Speakers for 2016: • Lieutenant General Mark O. Schissler, Deputy Chairman of the

Military Committee, U.S. Air Force, NATO Military Committee • Major General Reinhard Wolski, Commander Joint Warfare Centre,

German Army, NATO • Major General Janusz Adamczak, Chief of Staff NATO, Joint Force

Command Brunssum, NATO • Brigadier General Recep Unal, Commander Air Training,

Turkish Air Force, Turkey • Captain Bjorn Persson, Head of Education Programmes, Air Combat

Training School, Swedish Armed Forces, Sweden • Captain Jerry Pett, DACOS Future Training and Training Acquisition,

Flag Officer Sea Training, Royal Navy, UK • Captain (ret.) Piotr Gawliczek, Associate Professor, National Defence

Faculty, National Defence University, Poland • Colonel Jaroslav Kozůbek, Head of Department, Department of

Tactics/ K-110, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence,Brno, Czech Republic

• Lieutenant Colonel Maciej Komsta, Commanding Officer Polish AirForce Academy, Tactical Air Control Party Training Center, Polish Air Force, Poland

• Lieutenant Colonel John M. Ferrell, Deputy Director, NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy

• Staff Sergeant Ryan Melville, Combat Medical Technician (UK),Special Operations Medical Branch, Royal Army Medical Corps(RAMC), NATO Special Operations Headquarters, UK

• Dr. Erdal Cayirci, Chief CAX Branch, Simulation, Modeling & C4, NATO JWC & University of Stavanger, Norway

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MILITARY, GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR RATES AVAILABLE

Providing Comprehensive Training Solutions Through Advanced Strategies and Technologies

Benefits of Attending:• Learn how militaries are ensuring they are mission

ready across all disciplines as a single unit• Discover how to maximise the benefits of

combined training exercises • Hear cutting edge presentations from key

decision makers involved in training andsimulation from across the globe

• Network with your peers and build lastingrelationships

Joint Forces Simulation & Training Day One | Wednesday 3rd February 2016

08.30 Registration & Coffee

09.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksAndrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, EuropeanDefence Agency

OPENING ADDRESS09.10 European Challenges: Why the Strategic Security

Environment Matters to You• Emerging threats• What got us here will not get us there• Agility and adaptability are key to training and

simulationLieutenant General Mark O. Schissler, Deputy Chairmanof the Military Committee, U.S. Air Force, NATO MilitaryCommittee, NATO

09.50 NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC)• Understanding how the Joint Warfare Centre is key in

delivering an effective operational preparation forNATO forces and partners

• Overview on CPX/CAX Planning and Execution• Use of Simulation SystemsMajor General Reinhard Wolski, Commander JointWarfare Centre, German Army, NATODr. Erdal Cayirci, Chief CAX Branch, Simulation, Modeling& C4, NATO JWC & University of Stavanger, Norway

10.30 Morning Coffee

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS

11.00 TURAF Flight Training System• 5th Generation training requirements• Proportionality between synthetic training and live flightBrigadier General Recep Unal, Commander Air Training,Turkish Air Force, Turkey

11.40 Advanced Distributed Learning Solutions as a Key Enablerof NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programs…NDU Warsaw Experiences and Recommendations• The essence of the transformation of the educational

and training systems of NATO’s partner countries• Case Study - Defence Education Enhancement

Program (DEEP) Ukraine• NDU Warsaw unique experience regarding the

innovative approach to ADL issues within civilian andmilitary academic realm.

• Solutions and recommendationsCaptain (ret.) Piotr Gawliczek, Associate Professor,National Defence Faculty, National Defence University,Poland

12.20 Networking Lunch

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PROCUREMENT AND COST FACTORS

13.20 Procurement Innovation and best Practice within theTraining and Simulation Sector• The growing global requirement to do more with less is

pushing the drive for cost effective procurement• How do you procure ‘fast moving simulation and

training technology’ in a fast moving world?• Innovation in the procurement process… what is in the

pipeline?• Is collaborative buying of training equipment the way

forward?- What are the pros and cons?- What lessons can be learned?

Captain Jerry Pett, DACOS Future Training and TrainingAcquisition, Flag Officer Sea Training, Royal Navy, UK

HUMAN FACTORS OF TRAINING

14.00 Stress Management in a Modern Training Environment• Can we optimize learning for new

environments? • Performance and mental workload. • Design of training for a new era. • Digital natives and digital immigrants; a difference in

learning stylesCaptain Bjorn Persson, Head of Education Programmes,Air Combat Training School, Swedish Armed Forces

14.40 Afternoon Tea

PANEL DISCUSSION15.10 Simulation and training...

needs, wants and latest developments • What are the latest developments in the field?• Reviewing what products or tools do militaries need that

they don’t have already?Brigadier General Recep Unal, Commander Air Training,Turkish Air Force (TUAF), TurkeyCaptain (ret.) Piotr Gawliczek, Associate Professor,National Defence Faculty, National Defence University, PolandLieutenant Colonel John M. Ferrell, Deputy Director, NATOModelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy

CASE STUDY15.50 Utilization of M&S in Scientific Work at University of Defence

• Scientific Work and Outputs of Department of Tactics• Development of Autonomous Systems for UGV Platform• Possibilities of Utilization the Virtual Simulation Tools for

Scientific WorkColonel Jaroslav Kozůbek, Head of Department,Department of Tactics/ K-110, Faculty of MilitaryLeadership, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic

16.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES

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Joint Forces Simulation & Training Day Two | Thursday 4th February 2016

08.30 Registration & Coffee

09.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksAndrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, EuropeanDefence Agency

OPENING ADDRESS09.10 Training at Joint Operational level: Lessons from Exercise

TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2015• Setting the Exercise Context and Scenario• Training Implications and Challenges• Key Highlights from the Exercise – CPX and LIVEX• Integration of ‘Modern Warfare’ and New Threats• Key Lessons for the Future in the post-Afghanistan eraMajor General Janusz Adamczak, Chief of Staff NATO,Joint Force Command Brunssum, NATO

PLANNING FOR COLLABORATIVE TRAINING AND OPERATIONS

09.50 Overview of the NATO M&S COE• Mission and organization• M&S in NATO and the COE’s role• M&S Professional Education in NATO• Supporting Future CAX in NATOLieutenant Colonel John M. Ferrell, Deputy Director, NATOModelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 Joint Fires Concept – How to Groom the System• Combat enablers – training and capabilities

perspective• Commanders and staff planners as a subjects to groom• Breeching the gap between sim standardized training

and real live reality.Lieutenant Colonel Maciej Komsta, Commanding OfficerPolish Air Force Academy, Tactical Air Control PartyTraining Center, Polish Air Force, Poland

11.40 Multinational Helicopter Training• Why do we need multinational training?• How can it be delivered?• What are the lessons identified?• What does the future hold?Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, EuropeanDefence Agency

12.20 Networking Lunch

TRAINING

13.20 Simulation as a Cloud Service• Why go to the Cloud?• Lessons Learned• Challenges and Opportunities• A New Simulation Strategy?Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd, UK

14.00 Distance Education for The Military Masses

• The U.S. Navy’s Professional Military Education Program

• Numbers Matter: From Hundreds to Tens of Thousands

• Technological Transition

Professor Walt Wildemann, Director, College of Distance

Education, US Naval War College, United States

14.40 Afternoon Tea

15.10 The Live Virtual Balance...How to Get it Right

• Is the challenge of providing operationally

relevant and affordable training being met?

• How much should the pendulum sway between

live and virtual training

• How do you ensure positive relationships are

maintained between the force

Lieutenant Colonel Maciej Komsta, Commanding Officer

Polish Air Force Academy, Tactical Air Control Party

Training Center, Polish Air Force, Poland

Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, European

Defence Agency

15.50 Fully Engaging your Service Professionals in Virtual and

Constructive Simulations using Immersive Learning for

Future Force Effectiveness

• Understanding how in the near future a greater

proportion of military training will be provided by

immersive solutions

• Training systems that use advanced software and

hardware combinations

• Recognizing the almost ideal fit between innovative

technology and evolving customer requirements

Dr Randall Hill, Executive Director, USC Institute for

Creative Technologies, United States

16.30 Medical Simulation and Training within NATO Special

Operation Forces

• Allied Centre for Medical Education (ACME)

• What is medical simulation

• Positive and negative effects of medical simulation

• NSHQ Special Operation Medical Branch

Staff Sergeant Ryan Melville, Combat Medical Technician

(UK), Special Operations Medical Branch, Royal Army

Medical Corps (RAMC), NATO Special Operations

Headquarters, UK

17.10 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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Supported by

HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCETuesday 2nd February 2016

13.30 - 17.30 Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK

Modern Techniques and Technologies for the Enhancement of Training both

Regulars and Reserves

Leaders: Mr Andrew Joly and Mr Roy Evans, LEO

Overview of workshop:The workshop will explore what the Armed Forces canlearn from industry by meeting learner’s expectations witheffective blended training programmes, content andlearner engagement. Andrew and Roy shall facilitatediscussions around the key instructional technologies thatdefence organisations ought to consider within thecontemporary environment

Why you should attend: Via the use of relevant case studies and real timedemonstration, a number of key areas shall be explored:

• Balancing complex performance and learningstrategies

• Designing business-changing learning architectures• Spaced learning and additional strategies for

enhancing learner engagement• Integrating games with purpose into learning strategies

Programme

13.30 Registration

14.00 Opening Remarks and Introduction

14.10 Session 1 Introduction and case studies for a variety of

learning technologies including but not limited to: • E-Learning • Mobile Learning • Scenarios • Video • Simulation and Business Games • Virtual and Augmented Reality • Game Based Learning • Social Learning • Performance Support Tools

15.30 Afternoon Tea and Networking

16.00 Session 2 Using and Blending the Technologies • High Level Design Options • Learning Patterns and Journeys • The Human in the Loop • Techniques for Learner Engagement • Assessment • Hands on with Different Technologies • A Nod to the Future

17.20 Closing Remarks

17.30 End of Workshop

About the workshop leaders:Mr Andrew Joly has worked at the front line ofcommunications, learning and technology since 1989. Hiscareer has evolved with the learning and technologyindustry since its inception and he has been critical indesigning, developing and delivering many of theinnovative learning and technological solutions thathave come out of the UK in the last two decades.As director for innovative design at LEO, Andrew focuseson his passion: How innovative technology and mediablends can genuinely transform learners learning andperformance in global business today

Mr Roy Evans is a Defence Learning Consultant who hasbeen at LEO for 4 years. He is able to call upon 32 yearsof military service experience and domain knowledge toensure the relevance of technology solutions to defenceclients. He is a technological evangelist and an influentialand passionate communicator, comfortable presentingto large or more intimate audiences. Roy is an innovatorand early adopter who has conceived and overseen theintroduction of many innovative solutions into defenceand constantly monitors the technical environment toidentify “the next big thing”

About the organisation: LEO is a learning technologies firm focused on workingwith international organisations to help them transformtheir approach to learning. The pioneering nature of ourpeople and their expertise enables us to focus ourcreativity on delivering business results. We are renownedfor delivering training transformation to defence clients

MARCH

MARCH

SMI'S DEFENCE PORTFOLIO 2015-2016

OCTOBER

Airborne ISR26th October to 27th October 2015,

London, United Kingdom

NOVEMBER

Global MilSatCom 20153rd November to 5th November 2015,


Social Media within the Defence and Military Sector

19th November to 20th November 2015,London, United Kingdom

UAS19th November to 20th November 2015,


Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 201523rd November to 24th November 2015,


DECEMBER

Military Airlift & Rapid Reaction Operations1st December to 2nd December 2015,

Sevilla, Spain

FEBRUARY

Joint Forces Simulation & Training3rd February to 4th February 2016,


Mobile Deployable Communications4th February to 5th February 2016,

Warsaw, Poland

Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology

15th February to 16th February 2016, Rome, Italy

Border Security17th February to 18th February 2016,

Rome, Italy

MARCH

Defence Logistics Eastern Europe7th March to 8th March 2016,

Prague Czech Republic

Soldier Equipment Technology Advancement Forum

14th March to 15th March 2016, London, United Kingdom

Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness16th March to 17th March 2016


APRIL

Military Space18th April to 19th April 2016,


For sponsorship details, please contact Sadia Malick

Email: [email protected]: +44 20 7827 6748

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