Day 1, Monday, 23 July
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1200-1600 Optional
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Wargaming 101, Mr. Matt Caffrey, Col USAFR (ret), AFMC -
U.S. National Defense 101, John Gresham, author
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Wargame Design 101, Joseph Miranda, wargame designer, editor
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Self Guided Working Tour of Fort McNair
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1600-1800 Ice Breaker
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1800-2000 Optional, Hands on Introduction to Wargaming
WWII Kriegspiel, terrain table, German Army Wargame -
Ancients, map/board, commercial wargame
Day 2, Tuesday, 24 July
0800 - 0810 Welcome
TBD, National Defense University
Prof. L. Erik Kjonnerod, Center for Applied Strategic Learning, NDU
0810 - 0950 Keynotes Addresses,
Moderator: Mr. Matt Caffrey, Col USAF (ret), AF Material Command
Speakers:
Dean Robert Rubel, Dean of Naval Warfare Studies, Naval War College
Prof Phil Sabin, King’s College London, Wargame Designer, Author
Dr. William Lademan, Director, WGing Div, USMC Warfighting Lab
1010 – 1030 Intro to Connections Game Lab
Co-Chairs: Rex Brynen & Deirdre Hollingshed
1030 – 1200 Need pull, Defense Decision Support Wargaming Today
Co-chairs: Prof Stephen Downs-Martin & Col Westy Westenhoff
Speakers: Approaches to Title X Gaming: Concepts or Capabilities,
Doug Ducharme, Naval War College
Wargaming In Support of Science and Technology Decision
Making, Paul Vebber, Naval Underseas Warfare Center
Aids to Effective Contingency Planning,
Westy Westenhoff, Col USAF (ret) Checkmate
1200 - 1300 Lunch & Introduction to Wargame Demos
Co-chairs: Cecil “Chris” Fowler, Joe Saur, Lt Col Nick Kozdras, USAF
1300 - 1430 Wargame Demos
Brian Train; board games
Mike Priest; miniatures
BAE Systems; sandtable
Skip Cole; case study
Chris Fowler; JFSC; Advanced Joint Model
Phil Haussmann; CNA, IW Tactical game
1430 - 1600 Opportunities push, developments/potential of popular wargaming
Co-chairs: Chriss Carlson, Gordon Bliss
Speakers: Miniatures/Figure, Alan Zimm
Print/Board, John Prados, WG designer, historian
Computer, Paul Vabber
1620 - 1900 Connections Game Lab
Co-chairs: Rex Brynen, Deirdre Hollingshed
Practicum: Conference splits into groups and accomplishes initial
wargame design, while attendees who are not in a design group may
wander between groups.
1800 - 1900 Break for dinner/Overview of Evening Wargames
1900 – 2100 Evening Wargames
Day 3, Wednesday, 25 July
0800 - 0930 Methods and Application of Tomorrow's Wargames
Innovation from the Defense Wargame Community
Co-chairs: Margaret McCown & Yuna Wong
Speakers: Rebecca Goolsby, Ph.D. Office of Naval Research
Yuna Wong, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Zygmunt F. Dembek, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H., COL, AUS (Ret)
Learning From Other Game Design Communities
Moderator: Matthew Kirschenbaum
Speakers: Anchors in Time: Understanding Board Games in Historical
Context, Mr. Jeremy Antley, Independent Scholar
Alternate Reality Games: A new way of wARGaming?
Ms. Elizabeth Bonsignore, PhD Candidate, U of Maryland
Beyond Backstory: Rethinking Narrative in Games & Sims
Dr. Anastasia Salter, Assistant Professor, U of Baltimore
0950 - 1120 The Future of Wargaming
Future Security Challenges Wargaming Will Need to Depict
Chair: Jon Compton
Speakers: Simulating the Polarization of American Politics in Foreign
Policy Gaming, Robert Leonhard, Ph.D., LTC(R)
Emerging Changes in Warfare, T.X. Hammes
Overcoming the PolMil Prediction Addiction, Jon Compton
The Future of Wargaming's Past: Data, Documentation, Preservation
Moderator: Dr. Anastasia Salter
Speakers: Archives and Documentation of Military Simulations
Dr. Henry Lowood, Stanford University Library
Data Curation and Conflict Simulation: The Example of
Harpoon, Dr. Matthew Kirschenbaum, U of Maryland
Dr. Neil Randall, University of Waterloo
1120 - 1230 Lunch & optional Armed Conflict Year In Review, John Gresham
1240 – 1350 Overview of Game Lab/Methods for Tomorrow's Wargames
& Reports of standing Working Groups
1410 - 1700 Working Groups:
GROUP #1: Connections Game Lab/Tomorrow's Wargames
Co-chairs: Rex Brynen & Deirdre Hollingshed
GROUP #2: Creating an Online Resource for Wargamers
Co-chairs: Chris Weuve & Paul Vebber
GROUP #3: Building a Wargame Profession
Co-chairs: Mike Garrambone & Erik Kjonnerod
Day 4, Thursday, 26 July, Marshall Hall 155
0815-0900 CASL Lectures on Strategic Gaming
0900-0910 Introductions, Working Groups Out Briefs
0910-1000 Group #1: Connections Game Lab, Methods for Tomorrow's WGs
1020-1050 Group #2: Facilitating Wargaming Through Online
1050-1120 Group #3: Forming a Wargaming Profession
1120-1200 Connections “Hot Wash”
