Theme
Improving the depiction of areas difficult to wargame well.
Dates
25-27 February
Location
Air Command and Staff College
225 Chennault Circle
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112
Participation
140
Innovation
First Game Night. Game Night was added in response to participant feedback asking to explore some of the wargames demoed in greater depth.
Agenda
Tuesday , 24 Feb
1200 Registration - DE Conference Room
1230 Welcome to Optional Intro Program - Barns Auditorium
Col David Stimpson, Director Air Force Wargaming Institute
1245 Democracy and Wargaming, Matt Caffrey, Connections Co-Chair
1340 Break
1400 DoD Wargaming 101, Major Don Hinton, Project Manager Prime Warrior
1450 Commercial Wargaming 101, Evan Brooks, wargame reviewer
1540 Break
1600 Airpower 101, John Warden, Col USAF (Ret.)
1710 Help With Wargame Research
AU Library Overview, Steve Chun, AU Library
Historical Research Agency Overview, Dr Johnson, Historical Research Agency
1750 Administrative Remarks, Major Doug Johnston
1800 Close Optional Intro Program
1800 Registration Opens - Course Clubhouse, Cypress Tree Golf
1855 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to Clubhouse
1830 Ice Breaker - Course Clubhouse, Cypress Tree Golf
1930 Heavy hors d'oeuvre
Wednesday, 25 Feb
0710 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to ACSC Lobby
0715 Morning Refreshments - Wood Lobby, ACSC
0745 Administrative Remarks - Wood Auditorium
Matt Caffrey, Connections Co-Chair
0755 Welcome as Co-host, Introduce AU/CC, Col Hylton, CADRE Commandant
0800 Welcome as Sponsor, Lt Gen Redden, Air University Commander
0820 Featured speaker, Innovation in AF WGing, Col Engle, Director, HQ AF/XPX
0900 Break
0920 Innovation in Defense Wargaming
LtC Lunsford - Army Command and General Staff College
Maj Cantwell -- US Army Aviation Maneuver Battle Lab
Cmd Lee Treitag -- US Navy War College
Bill Simpson - USMC Wargaming Activity
1040 Break
1100 Service Wargaming Q&A, Panel Moderator, Major "Red" Urband
1130 Lunch, Defense Contractors and Wargaming - O'Club
Mark Herman, Senior Analyst Boos Allen Hamilton
1300 Print & Computer WGs, A Critique of 1997 - Wood Auditorium
Evan Brooks
1400 Break
1420 Pushing the Envelope, WG Design Innovation,
Joe Marinda, Editor Stratigy & Tactics, Designer,"Arab Israli War"
Mark Herman, Senior Analyst BAH, Designer "We The People"
1530 Break
1550 WG Design Innovation Panel, Moderator, James Dunnigan
1630 Overview of Demo Night, Major "Red" Urband, Co-Chair Connections 98
1650 Close
1700 Transportation to Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419
1750 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to AFWI
1800 Demo Night - AFWI
1830 Dinner
2200 Demo Night Ends
2210 Transportation to Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419
Thursday, 26 Feb
0710 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to Jones Auditorium
0715 Morning Refreshments - ACSC Lobby
0800 Space Impacts on Joint Campaigns - Wood Auditorium
Blue Space - Campaign Impacts, Brig Gen John Boone, USAF Space Command
Gray Space, Capabilities and Prospects, John Gresham, Researcher
0940 Break
1010 Space Impacts Panel, Panel Moderator, Lt Col Clark
1050 Lunch - O'Club
Pre-briefs over lunch for Game Night Participants
1300 System Impacts of Airpower
Airpower and Economic Paralysis, Dr Alfred C. Mierzejewski, author of
The Fall of the German War Economy
Modeling System Impacts, Lt Col Steve Rinaldi, Office of the President's Science
Advisor
1440 Break
1510 System Effects Panel, Panel Moderator, Mr. Matt Caffrey
1550 Close
1600 Transportation to Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419
1650 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to AFWI
1700 Game Night - AFWI
1830 Dinner
2100 Game Night Closes
2110 Transportation to Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419
2115 Optional "hot wash" - Billiting Lobby
Friday, 27 Feb
0710 Transportation from Bldgs 1417, 1418, and 1419 to Billeting for Checkout
0715 Morning Refreshments - ACSC Lobby
0800 The Importance Of Wargaming, Matt Caffrey - Wood Auditorium
0850 Break
0910 Support for the Wargame Innovator
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office
AF/XOC
Historical Research Agency
Air University Library
1000 Break
1020 Government Industry Projects
Lt Col Caffrey, AF/XOOC (CHECKMATE)
Mr Joe Mason, Veda
Mike Ley, Tech Manager, Sensor Combat
Flint Dille, John Warden
1215 Closing Remarks, Gen Drennan, ACSC Commandant
1230 Dismiss
1330 Optional seminars
Wargame Design - Human Factors +, Mr Joseph Marinda
Wargame Development, Mr Gene Billingsley
1510 Break
1530 Optional seminars
Wargame Design - Human Factors +, Mr Joseph Marinda
Wargame Development, Mr Gene Billingsley
1700 Optional Seminars Concludes
