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Chairman:Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd

Key Speakers Include:Brigadier General Dzintars Roga, Assistant Chief ofStaff, Joint Education, Training and Exercises, JointForce Trainer, Allied Command Transformation, NATO Brigadier General Recep Unal, Commander, AirTraining, Turkish Air ForceWing Commander Matt J Grafton BEng RAF, OfficerCommanding Air Battlespace Training Centre, RAFWaddingtonMajor Roar Wold, Head of Educational Support andSims, Norwegian Army Military Academy,Norwegian ArmyCaptain Bjorn Persson, Head of EducationProgrammes, Air Combat Training School, SwedishArmed ForcesColonel Andrew Cuthbert, Commander, BritishMilitary Advisory Training Team (Czech Republic),BMATT (CZ) (Vyskov)Colonel Uwe L. Heilmann, German Air Force,Branch Head, C4ISTAR, NATO Joint Air PowerCompetence Centre Jonathan Read, Head of UK, Bohemia InteractiveSimulations

PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPWednesday 4th February 2015, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury Hotel, London UK

eLearning revisited A practical, wide-ranging review of the techniques, tools and strategies essential for delivering successful eLearning

Workshop Leader: Tim Neill, Independent eLearning Consultant08.30am – 12.30pm

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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:• New for 2015 – Presentations from Estonia, Turkey and

Czech Republic• Learn how to create a warfighting capability that

can rapidly react as a collective force• Examine the impact of utilising virtual training

programs in a single environment to maximizebenefits and keep costs down

• Discover how future capabilities will be implementedand how military simulation & training will beaffected

• Hear cutting edge presentations spotlightingoperational experiences from militaries across theglobe

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Joint Forces Simulation & Training Day One | Monday 2nd February 2015

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08.30 Registration & Coffee

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

TRAINING TOOLS

OPENING ADDRESS09.10 5th generation Aircraft and the digital era students: do we

have to change the training methods?• The Swedish experience and concept for training fighter pilots

- Are we doing it right? – 10 years of experience of basic flighttraining for 4th gen fighter pilot

• Future requirements• Downloading or not (from 4/5th gen fighter to phase 3/4)Captain Bjorn Persson, Head of Education Programmes, AirCombat Training School, Swedish Armed Forces

09.50 Virtual training tools for the human domain• Gaps and needs in the human dimension• Virtual role players: uses and possibilities• Architecture of a virtual human• Rapid avatar capture for virtual worlds• Tools for building interactive characters• Future vision of interaction with virtual humans Randall Hill, Ph.D., Executive Director, USC Institute for CreativeTechnologies

10.30 Morning Coffee

10.50 Implementing air-ground simulation to enable effectivecross-training• Exploring the concept of introducing cross-training in a

Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) environment as aneffective training tool

• Analysing how cross training enables hands-on experienceand increases insight into the needs and requirements ofothers

• Exploring the value of this method to aide militarypersonnel to perform efficiently in dynamic team settings

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

11.30 Virtual training in a world of uncertainty - why we need to get smarterJonathan Read, Head of UK, Bohemia Interactive Simulations

12.10 Networking Lunch

13.10 Introducing modelling and simulation for autonomous systems• Reviewing how more autonomous and robotic

military systems will effect training• Rules of engagement…understanding what steps are required

to train people to work and use these systems… what are therules of engagement?

Major Roar Wold, Head of Educational Support and Sims,Norwegian Army Military Academy, Norwegian ArmyRandall Hill, Ph.D., Executive Director, USC Institute for CreativeTechnologiesCaptain Meelis Sõukand, Teacher of Modeling and SimulationSystems, Estonian Defence Forces, Estonian National DefenceCollege/ Simulation Center

13.50 To foster enduring self-reliance• The inherent power and potential of games; the value of

playing games• Wargaming and the command & control / leadership

competence• A viable education and training model• To establish a prudential mind-setColonel Uwe L. Heilmann, German Air Force, Branch Head,C4ISTAR, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre

LAND TRAINING INITIATIVES

14.30 Discovering how Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) ischanging education in the Norwegian Armed Forces• Evaluating the success of ADL in terms of efficacy,

sustainability and ROI• Analysing the challenges of implementing ADL and

assessing how these obstacles can be overcome• Setting out future plans & strategies for ADL in NorwayMajor Roar Wold, Head of Educational Support and Sims, NorwegianArmy Military Academy, Norwegian Army

15.10 Afternoon Tea

15.30 Evolution of OneSAF to provide next generation simulationservices• Highlighting a series of deliberate OneSAF investments to

enable turnkey simulation services for:- testing- training- experimentation

• Discussion on new opportunities with embedded simulations aligned to larger army common operatingenvironment architectures

Amit Kapadia, OneSAF Lead Systems Engineer, U.S. Army PEO STRI

SEA TRAINING INITIATIVES

16.10 Training in the U.S. Marine Air Ground Task Force; fire supportstructure and training • An overview of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training

Command, from company to battalion level and how theyare dealing with training

• Combined arms live fire• Exercise design• Trends• Future outlookColonel Andrew Kennedy, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, MarineAir Ground Task Force Training Command Marine Corps AirGround Combat Center

16.50 Rapid Authoring Tools – are suppliers’ claims too good to be true?• Why you can’t de-skill eLearning program development• Review of the major eLearning project development stages• Where in the process can these ‘rapid authoring tools’

bring savings? • A case study (using articulate ‘storyline’) with time savings

quantified· • Summary and Q&A

Tim Neil, Independent eLearning Consultant

17.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

17.40 Drinks Reception sponsored by Bohemia Interactive Simulations

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Day Two | Tuesday 3rd February 2015

08.30 Registration & Coffee

09.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd

CASE STUDIES

OPENING ADDRESS09.10 An assessment of the Connected Forces Initiative (CFI)

• What are the goals of the CFI• How are NATO and the nations implementing the Connected

Forces Initiative• Introduction to NATO's expanded education and training by

utilizing improved technology • Improved Industry involvement in exercisesBrigadier General Dzintars Roga, Assistant Chief of Staff, JointEducation, Training and Exercises, Joint Force Trainer, AlliedCommand Transformation, NATO

09.50 Utilising Simulation to support NATO education and trainingunder the Smart Defence Programme• How NATO is adopting simulation for Education and

Training• Current projects and national co-operations• Immersive training - Where can we go with it?Paul Thurkettle, Education & Training Technologies Manager,Education & Individual Training, Allied CommandTransformation, NATO

10.30 Morning Coffee

10.50 British Military Advisory Training Team (Czech Republic)[BMATT(CZ)] and Simulation in Multinational Training • Overview of the role and mission of BMATT(CZ)• The advantages and disadvantages of multinational

training• Balancing Live and Simulation TrainingColonel Andrew Cuthbert Commander, British Military AdvisoryTraining Team (Czech Republic), BMATT (CZ) (Vyskov)

11.30 Virtual humans and virtual reality for cultural awarenesstraining in a simulated Afghan village• Designing ‘virtual Afghans’ with complex behaviours for an

authentic and interactive cultural experience • Developing training scenarios in accordance with learning

goals• Creating an immersive and user-friendly simulation by using

low-cost VR and gaming components such as Oculus Rift andKinect

Dr Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology

12.10 Networking Lunch

13.10 How simulation training supports leaner motivation, based onthe experience of the Estonian Defence Forces • Learning by playing is the best choice• New generations of leaners are different• Variety and wow emotion is important in the training

process• Our plans for the future, how to support motivation with

simulationCaptain Meelis Sõukand, Teacher of Modeling and Simulation Systems, Estonian Defence Forces, Estonian National Defence College/Simulation Center

13.50 What are the current issues for delivering training for contingency in a joint environment?• Where are we likely to deploy? What challenges

do these theatres present?• What challenges do these theatres present and what Mission

Specific Training (MST) is needed to tackle those challenges?• What are the issues for getting this MST? Routes to

procurement – flexibility, speed and cost• Industry and Customer collaboration – Innovation

in both campsChair: Tess Butler, PR Director, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, CEO, Ruddy Nice Ltd

AIR TRAINING INITIATIVES

14.30 Cost-effective ways for the military flight training • Training concept • Selection of nominees for high success rates• Adaptation of technology like simulator/synthetic systems to

flight training • International cooperation in trainingBrigadier General Recep Unal, Commander, Air Training,Turkish Air Force

15.10 Afternoon Tea

15.30 UK Forward Air Control - operating and training challenges• New operating environment (transition from Afghanistan to

Contingent Operations)• Resource realities and implications• New ways of operating• New ways of trainingWing Commander Andy Eccleston, SO1 Equipment Capability, Joint Air Land Organisation (JALO), Joint Forces Command, Royal Air Force High WycombeSquadron Leader Joseph Doyle, SO2 Synthetic Training Delivery,Air Capability (Air Enablers), Air Command, RAF High Wycombe

16.10 Synthetic Warfighting at the RAF Air Battlespace TrainingCentre• A focus on aspects of the training centre • How does it work• Highlighting the successes and lessons learned from training Wing Commander Matt J Grafton BEng RAF, OfficerCommanding Air Battlespace Training Centre, Royal Air ForceWaddington

16.50 Inducing a state of flow in simulator training - achievingmaximum learning transfer• What is ‘flow’?• Scenario based training – the key to learning transfer• Can we achieve full immersion? If so what should be

considered as a consequence• Facilitated training – how to maximise capability in a cost

effective mannerTom Ball, Technical Director, Close Air Solutions

17.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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PANELDISCUSSION

HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPWednesday 4th February 2015

08.30 - 12.30pmHoliday Inn Bloomsbury Hotel, London UK

eLearning revisitedA practical, wide-ranging review of the techniques,

tools and strategies essential for deliveringsuccessful eLearning

Workshop Leader: Tim Neill, Independent eLearning Consultant

Overview of Workshop:This workshop will explore and suggest solutions to some of themost crucial topics facing any organisation planning orexpanding its use of eLearning material. The session will bepacked with working examples illustrating proven and effectivetechniques for learning and assessment, devised by industryexpert Tim Neill and his development team over the past 25years.

Why should you attend this workshop:Genuinely unbiased guidance and opinion is hard to find, sincemost individuals have a product or a philosophy to sell.

Tim Neill is a totally independent eLearning consultant with aworldwide reputation for delivering engaging, candid guidancebased on his years as a practitioner. Attendees will receivestraight answers and practical suggestions for any queries orspecific challenges they wish to bring and raise during theworkshop. This will be an active, participative session in which allattendees will benefit from discussion of the topics raised. Theworkshop will not rely on PowerPoint slides...

Programme:

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Opening remarks

09.05 Session 1 – a brief history of eLearning• Technologies – the ‘enablers’• The shift from ‘Training’ to ‘Learning’• Contemporary eLearning – personal, accessible,

tracked, easily updated

09.30 Session 2 – The importance of defining achievable‘Learning Objectives’• Why people get them wrong• How to make them relevant, measurable and tied

to the content• Working examples

10.00 Session 3 – Designing effective content• Analysing what staff really need to do their jobs• Separating ‘underpinning’ material from ‘job aids’ • Working examples

10.30 Coffee break

10.45 Session 4 – What can you really expect fromeLearning?• Designing material that builds understanding as well

as knowledge• How far can eLearning develop and measure

competence, skill and even ‘sound judgement’?• The importance of challenging and engaging the

learner and how to achieve it• Working examples

11.40 Session 5 – eLearning development tools andapproaches• A brief history (1984 – 2015)• Benefits and drawbacks of contemporary tools• ‘In-house’ versus sub-contracted development –

pros and cons• Rapid Development software for non-programmers

– benefits and pitfalls• Working demo of a low cost tool – with critical

commentary

12.15 Closing discussion and final remarks

12.30 End of workshop

About the workshop hostTim Neill has held positions in the UK and USA inengineering computer sales and sales management,software product management and corporatetraining. For 24 years his company (TNA Ltd) wasresponsible for the design and delivery of hundreds of

bespoke eLearning courses and assessments, including the 3Dgame-based ‘Fire Safety’ project developed for BskyB. His clientsincluded National Grid, Nestle, London Underground, AnglianWater, Deutsche Bank, Nokia, Police Service of Northern Irelandand Vodafone.

Now an independent eLearning consultant, he is the author ofnumerous articles on eLearning technologies andimplementation and has presented many entertaining andthought-provoking papers on eLearning topics at conferencesworldwide. www.timneill.org.uk.

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