Book by 30th October 2015 to receive a 400 discount Book by 30th November 2015 to receive a 200 discount Book by 18th December 2015 to receive a 100 discount SMi Presents the 7th Annual Conference on... Joint Forces Simulation & Training Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK Providing Comprehensive Training Solutions Through Advanced Strategies and Technologies 3rd - 4th FEB 2016 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 and simulation from across the globe Network with your peers and build lasting relationships Chairman: Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, European 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 Air Force 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 PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Tuesday 2nd February 2016, 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, Defence and Security Consultancy, LEO 13.30-17.30 www.jointforcestraining.com Register online or fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711 MILITARY, GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR RATES AVAILABLE @SMiGroupDefence #JointForces2016
Joint Forces Simulation & Training Day One Wednesday 3rd February 2016 08.30 Registration & Coffee 09.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks OPENING ADDRESS 09.10 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 simulation Lieutenant General Mark O. Schissler, Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee, U.S. Air Force, NATO Military Committee, NATO 09.50 NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) Understanding how the Joint Warfare Centre is key in delivering an effective operational preparation for NATO forces and partners Overview on CPX/CAX Planning and Execution Use of Simulation Systems Major General Reinhard Wolski, Commander Joint Warfare Centre, German Army, NATO Dr. 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 flight Brigadier General Recep Unal, Commander Air Training, Turkish Air Force, Turkey 11.40 Advanced Distributed Learning Solutions as a Key Enabler of 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 and military academic realm. Solutions and recommendations Captain (ret.) Piotr Gawliczek, Associate Professor, National Defence Faculty, National Defence University, Poland 12.20 Networking Lunch PROCUREMENT AND COST FACTORS 13.20 Procurement Innovation and best Practice within the Training 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 Training Acquisition, 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 styles Captain Bjorn Persson, Head of Education Programmes, Air Combat Training School, Swedish Armed Forces 14.40 Afternoon Tea PANEL DISCUSSION 15.10 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), Turkey Captain (ret.) Piotr Gawliczek, Associate Professor, National Defence Faculty, National Defence University, Poland Lieutenant Colonel John M. Ferrell, Deputy Director, NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence, Italy CASE STUDY 15.50 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 Work Colonel Jaroslav Kozůbek, Head of Department, Department of Tactics/ K-110, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic 16.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Register online at: www.jointforcestraining.com Alternatively fax SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company s marketing strategy. Prime networking opportunities exist to entertain, enhance and expand your client base within the context of an independent discussion specific to your industry. Should you wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from sponsoring our conferences please call: Sadia Malick on +44 (0) 20 7827 6748 or email: smalick@smi-online.co.uk
Joint Forces Simulation & Training Day Two Thursday 4th February 2016 08.30 Registration & Coffee 09.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks OPENING ADDRESS 09.10 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 era Major 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 NATO Lieutenant Colonel John M. Ferrell, Deputy Director, NATO Modelling & 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 Officer Polish Air Force Academy, Tactical Air Control Party Training 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? 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 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 your registration to +44 (0)870 9090 712 or call +44 (0)870 9090 711 Supported by Want to know how you can get involved? Interested in promoting your services to this market? Contact Ina Luft, SMi Marketing on +44 (0) 207 827 6732 or email iluft@smi-online.co.uk
HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE Tuesday 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 can learn from industry by meeting learner s expectations with effective blended training programmes, content and learner engagement. Andrew and Roy shall facilitate discussions around the key instructional technologies that defence organisations ought to consider within the contemporary environment Why you should attend: Via the use of relevant case studies and real time demonstration, a number of key areas shall be explored: Balancing complex performance and learning strategies 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 of communications, learning and technology since 1989. His career has evolved with the learning and technology industry since its inception and he has been critical in designing, developing and delivering many of the innovative learning and technological solutions that have come out of the UK in the last two decades. As director for innovative design at LEO, Andrew focuses on his passion: How innovative technology and media blends can genuinely transform learners learning and performance in global business today Mr Roy Evans is a Defence Learning Consultant who has been at LEO for 4 years. He is able to call upon 32 years of military service experience and domain knowledge to ensure the relevance of technology solutions to defence clients. He is a technological evangelist and an influential and passionate communicator, comfortable presenting to large or more intimate audiences. Roy is an innovator and early adopter who has conceived and overseen the introduction of many innovative solutions into defence and constantly monitors the technical environment to identify the next big thing About the organisation: LEO is a learning technologies firm focused on working with international organisations to help them transform their approach to learning. The pioneering nature of our people and their expertise enables us to focus our creativity on delivering business results. We are renowned for delivering training transformation to defence clients
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