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1. 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 - 4th
FEB
2016
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK
Joint Forces
Simulation &Training
PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Tuesday 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 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
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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 and
simulation from across the globe
• Network with your peers and build lasting
relationships

2. Joint Forces Simulation & Training
Day One | Wednesday 3rd February 2016
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, European
Defence Agency
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
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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
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
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3. Joint Forces Simulation & Training
Day Two | Thursday 4th February 2016
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, European
Defence Agency
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?
Andrew Gray, Helicopter Programme Manager, European
Defence 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
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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4. 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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