SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES:Why attend this event...

• HEAR cutting edge presentations from

the key decision makers driving training

and simulation.

• COMMUNICATE directly with top-level

military operators and ideas-share with

the personnel defining the requirements

of simulation and training.

• LEARN about the latest developments

available in synthetic training; within

aviation, land and sea warfare.

• ANALYSE the advantages of

multinational training and build

relationships with allied counterparts.

PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 5th February 2014 I Marriott Regents Park I London, UK

The Forward Air Controller – a case study into the use of Immersive Simulation toaugment the existing training model

Hosted by: Tom Ball, Technical Director, Close Air Solutions Ltd

9.00am -12.30pm

General (Retd.) Thierry Cambournac, former InspectorGeneral of the Armed Forces (2011-2013), French Army

Lt General Mark Schissler, Deputy Chairman, NATO MilitaryCommittee, NATO

Air Vice Marshal Bob Judson, Director Joint Warfare, UK JointForces Command

Major General Serronha, Commander, Madeira IslandsMilitary Operational Command, Portuguese Armed Forces

Brigadier General Boni, Commander Italian Joint ForceHeadquarters, Italian Ministry of Defence

Colonel Chris Dimopoulos, AH-64 Course Director, NATOSchool

Colonel Simon Diggins, DACOS Mission Support & Training,UK Joint Forces Command

Colonel W.S. Rietdijk, Commanding Officer Land TrainingCentre, Netherlands Ministry of Defence

Colonel Jon Lowrey, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Operationsand G-5 Plans, Marine Forces Europe, United States MarineCorps

Colonel (Retd.) Arnt Lund, A.S. Lund Consulting, visitinglecturer at the Swedish National Defence College

Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Hegele, Senior S3-Officer,German Army Aviation School, German Armed Forces

Lieutenant Colonel G P Maple, SO1 Training Support, HQRoyal School of Artillery, British Army

SMi Presents the 5th Annual Conference on...

3rd - 4th

FEBRUARY

20143-4 FEBRUARY 2014| MARRIOTT REGENTS PARK | LONDON, UK

Joint Forces Simulation& Training 2014

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Joint Forces Simulation & Training 2014Day One | Monday 3rd February www.jointforce

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksAndy Fawkes, Director,Thinke Company Ltd

CASE STUDIES

OPENING ADDRESS9.10 French Forces after the 2013 White Paper

• New operational contract of the forces• Main lines of the equipment and financial law for the next

6 yearsGeneral (Retd.) Thierry Cambournac, former InspectorGeneral of the Armed Forces (2011-2013), French Army

9.50 The Portuguese Armed Forces experiences in Joint Operations, training and simulation• Portuguese Joint Forces organization and doctrine• Lessons learned from joint operations (NEO in Africa)• Joint training, simulation and Exercises• Experiences from Inter agency co-operation in Joint

OperationsMajor General Serronha, Commander, Madeira IslandsMilitary Operational Command, Portuguese Armed Forces

10.30 Morning Coffee

HOST-NATION JOINT FORCES COMMAND

10.50 Development of the UK’s Joint Force• Joint Expeditionary Force & Combined Joint Expeditionary

Force        • The Contingent Capability and Risk Reporting process• Risk identification• Gap analysis• Force GenerationAir Vice Marshal Bob Judson, Director Joint Warfare,UK Joint Forces Command

11.30 Training requirements the for UK Joint Force• Defence Exercises Programme• Simulation training• Dispelling the myths in synthetic trainingColonel Simon Diggins, DACOS Mission Support & Training,UK Joint Forces CommandSquadron Leader James Hamilton, Joint Warfare SO2 EW &Synthetics, UK Joint Forces Command

12.10 NATO Combined Force Initiative - leveraging simulation for effect• NATO Transformation pursuing Smart Training Initiatives• Building on Synergies with EU and other Multinational

Organizations• Future of NATO depends on Cross-Spectrum CooperationLt General Mark Schissler, Deputy Chairman, NATO MilitaryCommittee, NATO

12.50 Networking lunch

AVIATION TRAINING

1.50 Joint NH90 Training Programme (JNTP)• NLMOD training requirements• The JNTP Initiative• The NH90 Training Media• The virtual world and entities• Mission rehearsal• Security issuesLt. Commander Frank Muller, Program Manager TrainingMedia, NH90 Project Office, Netherlands MoD Directorate ofMateriel

2.30 Filling the European gap in multinational airlift and helicoptertraining• How EDA coordinates and facilitates European training

events• Pooling resources & Sharing knowledge to increase

interoperability• Develop and consolidate best practices to meet the

current and future challenges • Train as you operate, operate as you train… in a

multinational environment• Distributed training• Live / Synthetic mixPeter Round, Capabilities Director, European DefenceAgency

3.10 Air Manoeuvre Tactical Leadership Training - a new platform for training and exercise• History/development• The training Network• Case Study: AMC courseLieutenant Colonel Christoph Hegele, Senior S3-Officer,German Army Aviation School, German Armed Forces

3.50 Afternoon Tea

4.10 Simulation value in army aviation training: NATO and national approaches• Joint operations environment-cost effective and mission

tailored training concept• Training aspects  in NATO-Training aspects in Hellenic Army

Aviation• Simulation contribuitionColonel Chris Dimopoulos, AH-64 Course Director,NATO School*

4.50 AWACS Mission Crew personnel training• Challenges of procedure`s employment in simulations in

international (NATO) environment; • Simulation design and execution for NATO AWACS Mission

Crew for training support; • How to replace real flights with simulations from NATO

AWACS Mission Crew's perspective; Cost vs. trainingeffectiveness; Challenges, considerations

Major (reserve) Antal Felfoldi, NATO Mission SimulatorOperator, Training Wing; Simulator; Mission Simulator, NATO E-3A Component

5.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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Day Two | Tuesday 4th February estraining.com

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksAndy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd

MAINTAINING CAPABILITY

OPENING ADDRESS9.10 Maintaining a Joint High Readiness and Deployment

Capability•ITA JFHQ's Mission and Capacities•The International Training Network•Simulation Systems in Joint Exercises•C4I Challenges•ConclusionsBrigadier General Boni, Commander Italian Joint ForceHeadquarters, Italian Ministry of Defence

9.50 Joint Exercises in continuously shrinking Northern European Armed Forces• Why exercise Joint Operations with Component

Commands (CC) in continuously shrinking European ArmedForces where the CC-level often is missing?

• How is the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) dealing with thisproblem, and what part of SwAF is affected (participating)

• The interaction between Swedish Armed Forces and someNorthern European Staff Colleges.

• The focus on Comprehensive Approach and the use ofFolke Bernadotte academy

Colonel (Retd.) Arnt Lund, A.S. Lund Consulting, visitinglecturer at the Swedish National Defence College

10.30 Morning Coffee

10.50 Wargaming Under Pressure• In the post-Iraq and Afghanistan landscape, against a

background of budget cuts and resource constraints thereare greater than ever pressures on Simulation and Training.

• With the withdrawal from a decade of fighting, where arewe going to learn the lessons that keep our military worldclass?

• This presentation will offer some simple, proven and cost-effective solutions to these problems.

• It will also discuss whether we are brave enough to followthem...

Major Tom Mouat, SO2 DS Simulation and Modelling, Centreof Defence Acquisition and Training, The Defence Academyof the UK

SEA TRAINING

11.30 Operational Submarine Training in the 21st century• Overview of the system of operational training employed by

the Royal Navy SSN Flotilla• Use of simulators to support submarine training• Operational Sea Training. How we develop capabilities in

the shore-side simulators and deliver Operational Capabilityto the SSN Flotilla

Lt Commander Gareth Jenkins, SSN Command Rider, FlagOfficer Sea Training (North), Naval Training Command, Royal NavyLt Commander Jim McGuire, Head of Training, Shore CommandTeam Training, Flag Officer Sea Training (North), Royal Navy

12.10 Networking lunch

LAND TRAINING

1.10 Royal Artillery Simulation• Current Training Delivery Methods and Capabilities.• Health Warnings - The Pit Falls and Frustrations.• Best Practices - Innovations and Good Ideas.• Look Forward - The future path & RA Sim DevelopmentsLieutenant Colonel G P Maple, SO1 Training Support, HQRoyal School of Artillery, British Army

1.50 Introduction to the focused training concept of the RNLA’s Land Training Centre for 2014• Current challenges faced by the RNLA• Training an army in a budget unfriendly environment• An experiment in training effectiveness, utilising a

compendium of tasks, knowledge management and insertsat company level and above

• CAX supported HQ training• Field exercises, simulation and a constant evaluation to

increase training effectivenessColonel W.S. Rietdijk, Commanding Officer Land TrainingCentre, Netherlands Ministry of Defence

2.30 U.S. Marine Corps' perspective on simulation and training• Internal Requirement focused on USMC Corps, Division, and

Regimental level• External Requirement focused on Partner Nation BN and BDE

level• Simulation use in overseas locations supports both USMC

training requirements and partner nation capacity buildingrequirements

• Cost effective, straightforward, easy to use simulationpreferred over enhanced simulation that is too expensive,cumbersome and/or difficult to use

Colonel Jon Lowrey, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Operations andG-5 Plans, Marine Forces Europe, United States Marine Corps

3.10 Afternoon Tea

3.30 Urban operations training – battling challenges through innovation and technology• Royal Netherlands Army challenges and shortcomings in

current urban ops training;• Using virtual training to improve UO skills training and offer

challenging training to (SF) units;• The added value of inserting virtual character interaction into

the live environment;Captain Sander Cruiming, Staff Officer Advice & Assistance,Land Training Centre / Simulation Centre for Land Operations,Royal Netherlands Army

4.10 Interactive Digital Media Game Changers• Immersion for the masses: inexpensive head mounted display

devices• Mobile devices for training• Systems that sense the user: eye, face, body tracking, voice,

emotion• Proliferation of virtual humans for training: tutors, role players,

coaches• Implications for training, education and distance learningDr. Randall W. Hill, Jr., Executive Director, Institute for CreativeTechnologies, University of Southern California

4.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 5th February 2014

Marriott Regents Park, London, UK9.00-12.30pm

The Forward Air Controller – a case studyinto the use of Immersive Simulation toaugment the existing training model

HOSTED BY:

Overview:

The requirement for Forward Air Controllers (FAC) has beendefined over the past 10 years by Operational need and hasbeen specifically theatre focused. The FAC has proven to beone of the most expensive human assets to train and maintain inthe current Force Mix. We now are faced with a move from warfighting to contingent operations in an environment whereresources are scarce and procurement decisions face severescrutiny. How do we change our approach to training, meetingexisting needs whilst also addressing future requirements such asDigitally aided CAS, increased use of Full Motion Video,exploitation of Air Assets and non-permissive theatres ofoperation? How can simulation assist in delivering best of classFACs in an economic, efficient and effective manner to be fullyprepared for tomorrow’s battlefield?

Agenda:

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Introduction• Scope of the problem and an overview of Ab

initio FAC training• Current focus on Live training and the challenges

and costs associated with simulation systems• Accreditation issues and high overheads

associated with National FAC Schools• Maintenance and development of FAC post

Schoolhouse

09.45 Simulation vs Live Controls• The reluctance to increase use of simulation• Maturity of simulators, fidelity, form fit function kit,

wrap around domes and next generation VRheadsets

• Military / Commercial Pilots established model

10.30 Coffee

10.45 Training for Tomorrow’s Battlefield• Lessons learnt from History • Advancement in surface to air systems,

implementation of DACAS, exploitation of Net-Centric Warfare etc.

• Increased use of AH and UAV into training model.• Developing non-permissive tactics with limited

access to EW ranges and emulators

11.30 Commercial Model • Challenging the existing model and transferring

risk away from Military• Training at the point of need• Consistency of white force• Aircraft Simulator instructor model and the barriers

to this model• Maintaining the expertise and Meeting changing

training needs

12.00 Summary of Workshop - Q and A

12.30 End of Workshop

About the workshop hostTom Ball, Technical Director, Close Air Solutions Ltd After his operational tours as a Tornado GR4 pilot, TomBall was selected to become an instructor at the UK'sJoint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit(JFACTSU) where he trained most of the UKs currentserving FACs, Special Forces and foreign students and

has advised most of the UK's aircrew training establishments onbest practice close air support tactics. During his tenure as ChiefInstructor he was recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours forhis transformative work in Air-Land simulation and as the UK'ssubject matter expert in Air-Land simulation, he transitioned to theFlight Simulation and Synthetic Training (FSaST) team at UKDefence Equipment and Support. Tom left the RAF in 2013 to Co-found Close Air Solutions. His unique combination of first handtactical experience, instructional background, and simulationexpertise, make him a pivotal member of the team.

About Close Air Solutions Ltd We are a company that provides a single access point for end-to-end training and consultation in all fields of Air-Land Integration.We offer tailored training services to meet the specific trainingobjectives of the customer using adaptive, immersive andindividualised training technologies. These technologies arecombined with the best-proven effective training methodsdelivered by recognised training experts. We understand that ourcustomers have unique requirements; we do not employ a onesize fits all methodology. Our mission: To train the Forward AirControllers of tomorrow.

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