CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:

EXPERT SPEAKER LINE-UP INCLUDES:

Brigadier General Tony Aguto, Commanding General 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Europe

Brigadier General Ralf Lungershausen, Commander, Training Center Technology Landsysteme, German Armed Forces

Colonel Alistair Rodgers, Assistant Head for Training Capability Development, UK MoD

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Harman, SO1 CATT, UK MoD

Commander Christopher Dobson, Director, NATO JEWCS

Wing Commadner Martin Rendall, Air Battlespace Training Center, UK MoD

Lieutenant Colonel Marco Biagini, CD&E Branch Chief, NATO Modelling & Simulation Center of Excellence

Lieutenant Colonel Jiri Simmer, CSTT Commander, Czech Armed Forces

Commander Federico Perez Duenas, Head of Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office, NATO Science and Technology Organisation

Major Jan Vandamme, Simulation Center Chief, Belgium Armed Forces

Major Marcin Bielewicz, Lecturer, Military Academy of Land Forces

Dr. Laurel Allender, Director, Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, U.S. Army

NCI Agency

Wim Huiskamp, Chief Scientist, M&S Simulation and Gaming, TNO

Dr Randall Hill, Executive Director, Institute for Creative Technologies

Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Ormerod, SO1 Simulation, Training Branch, UK MoD

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

• Learn how land forces are ensuring they are mission ready for future

combat demands

• Discover how future capabilities will be implemented and the benefits

for military simulation & training

• Hear cutting edge presentations from key decision makers involved in

training and simulation from across the globe

• Meet and network with programme managers and peers throughout

the two day conference

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2017

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SMi’s present’s its 8th annual conference on

Land Forces Simulation & Training

Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, United KingdomProviding Comprehensive Training Solutions for Land Forces through Advanced Strategies and Technologies

Jean-Paul Massart, Chief, Education and Training, NATO

LAND FORCES SIMULATION & TRAINING Day One | 13th February 2017 www.landforcestraining.co.uk

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Ormerod, SO1 Simulation,

Training Branch Field Army, UK Armed Forces

9.10 UK MoD Host Nation Address

Colonel Alistair Rodgers, Assistant Head for Training Capability

Development, UK MoD

9.50 Ensuring Operational Overmatch through Effective Simulation and

Training at the 7th Army Training Command

• An overview of the 7th Army Training Command and its role as

the U.S Army’s largest overseas training command

• Providing realistic, tailor-made training solutions, live-fire ranges,

combat manoeuvres and simulation centers to the US and its

allies

• The importance of joint allied training and feedback from

recent exercises

• 7th Army success at Europe’s Best Warrior

Brigadier General Tony Aguto, Commanding Officer,

7th Army Training Command, U.S Army Europe

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 Providing Effective, Strategic, and Proven Training for the

German Land Forces

• An overview of the key role and focuses of the Training Center

Technology Landsysteme

• Optimising technology on land systems through tehnological

enhancements and acquisitions across the land forces

• Enhancing training through comprehensive evaluation and

continuous further development of technology and training

land systems

Brigadier General Ralf Lungershausen, Commander Training

Center Technology Landsysteme, German Armed Forces

11.40 Utilising a Synthetic Training Facility through an Immersive,

Computer Generated Environment to Train up to 250 Military

Personnel

• An overview of CATT’s mission and its importance to the UK

MoD

• Working with Lockheed Martin to create the most demanding

and intensive ground training system to ensure personnel are

mission-ready

• Fulfilling its role as a high-intensity battlefield manoeuvre

warfare trainer whilst adapting to the changing nature of

operational needs

• Amalgamating CATT with the Command and Staff Trainer

(CAST) and Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) assets

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Harman, SO1 CATT, UK MoD

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.20 Optimising Future Soldier Performance Through Advanced and

Immersive Simulation

• The unique focus of NSRDEC’s treatment of the war fighter as a

system

• The role of RD&E in soldier simulation and training to optimise

soldier readiness and preparation for future combat

• Overcoming challenges in soldier systems technology

integration and transition

Dr Laurel Allender, Director, Natick Soldier Research,

Development & Engineering Center, U.S. Army Research

Laboratory

2.00 The Challenges of Simulation Supporting Army Digitization

Experiments and Operational Integration

• Setting objectives to effectively acquire and utilise the correct

tools of simulation

• The importance of developing and maintaining skilled

personnel

• Looking ahead: achieving a complete immersive virtual

environment for the dismounted soldier

Lieutenant Colonel Marco Biagini, CD&E Branch Chief,

NATO Modelling & Simulation Center of Excellence

2.40 Afternoon Tea

3.10 Modelling and Simulation in Support of Training in NATO

• STO organisation

• Areas of research

• NMSG activities related to training

Commander Federico Perez Duenas, Head Modelling and

Simulation Coordination, NATO Science and Technology

Organisation

3.50 Enhancing Training for the Czech Armed Forces at the Center

of Simulation and Training Technologies (CSTT), Brno, The Czech

Republic

• CSTT introduction

• CAX preparation and conduct on the Brigade / Battalion level

of the land forces

• Tactical training and exercise with the support of the Simulation

and Simulators on the company / platoon level

• CSTT connectivity in 2019 and beyond – distributed exercises

Lieutenant Colonel Jiri Simmer, Commander of the Centre of

the Simulation and Training Technologies, Army of the Czech

Republic

4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Ormerod, SO1 Simulation, Training

Branch Field Army, UK Armed Forces

9.10 DSALT2 Targeting Immersion- Training Royal Artillery Battery

Commanders in a Synthetic Air Land Environment

• The advantages of creating virtual battlespaces and training

environments not feasible in the real peace time world

• Ensuring a cost efficient centre with QinetiQ’s off-the-shelf-

equipment

• The importance of the after action review capability

• Looking ahead: goals for DSALT2, its successor, and the

increasing importance of simulation

Wing Commander Martin Rendall, Officer Commanding Air

Battlespace Training Centre, Royal Air Force, UK MoD

9.50 Providing the NATO Alliance with Effective Electronic Warfare

Expertise and Training

• An overview of the current and future goals of NATO JEWCS

• Challenges facing EW simulation and training for land forces

• Providing a realistic hostile electro-magnetic environment for

contingency planning, force integration and exercises at NATO

JEWCS

Commander Christopher Dobson, Commanding Officer,

NATO JEWCS

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 Enhancing Tactical Training and Education at the Center for

Simulation Land (CSim)

• Convincing senior leadership on the need for simulation in a

time of limited budgetary means

• Implementing a simulation center in a budget friendly way:

benefits versus risks

• Increasing training and education efficiency by the use of

Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) and SPIKE Anti-Tank simulators

Major Jan Vandamme, Head of Implementation Team Land

Simulations, Belgium Army

11.40 Providing the NATO Alliance with Effective Electronic Warfare

Expertise and Training

• The benefits of moving away from traditional platforms to a

service orientated IT structure

• Ensuring agility in order to adapt to NATO’s changing mission

• The importance of interoperability between NATO nations

achieved through collective training

Jean-Paul Massart, Chief, Training and Education,

NATO NCI Agency

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.20 Overcoming Training Limitations for Drivers and Gunners of

Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) at the Polish Military

Academy of Land Forces

• The challenges of rehearsing coordinated manoeuvres and

using live training scenarios

• Effectively utilising the VBS3, VBS3FIRES and FIRES FST to improve

coordinated and realistic simulation scenarios

• Encouraging flexibility and creativity in training scenarios that

are not limited to the terms and conditions of safety through

the built in scenario editor

Major Marcin Bielewicz, Lecturer, Polish Land Forces Military

Academy

2.00 Preparing for Future Combat in the Urban Environment at the TNO

• An overview of the TNO’S programme on Live, Virtual and

Constructive Simulation with a focus on land forces

• Developing a hybrid approach to warfare training and

simulation

• Focusing on enhancing the realism of simulation to prepare

land forces for future combat

Wim Huiskamp, Chief Scientist Modelling, Simulation and Gaming,

TNO

2.40 Afternoon Tea

3.10 Immersive Technologies & Learning Science: Making the Future

Force Effective

• Introduction: The Human Dimension- optimizing human

performance in the future force

• The Virtual/Augmented Reality revolution: opportunities and

pitfalls

• The rise of intelligence machines and their role in training and

operations

• Immersive technology is not enough: designing immersive

experiences that maximize learning

• This talk will include real examples of emerging technologies

and applications that are in use or on the horizon

Dr Randall Hill, Executive Director, Institute for Creative

Technologies

3.50 Simulation - Are We There Yet?

• What does success look like in exploiting simulation? What

might land training look like if we realised the full potential of

simulation

• How far have we come and how far is there to go? A review of

the land training journey in the use of simulation

• Move faster? Should we be advancing more quickly and if so

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4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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