Theme: Enhancing Wargame Support to Planning, Programing and Budgeting
Note: Elements of the agenda planned to be made available virtually are in italics
Day 1, Monday, 22 July 13
1200 - 1545 Wargaming 101, Mr. Matt Caffrey, Col USAF (ret), AFMC
1600- 1700 Wargaming 201, applying wargaming, CDR Phil Pournelle, OSD
1200 - 1700 Self-Guided Tour of the Museum of the United States Air Force
Ice Breaker
1730-1930 Milano's, Beavercreek, no host
1900-2200 The Caffrey's, Hosted by Matt and Gail Caffrey
Day 2, Tuesday, 23 July 13
0830 Welcome
0840 Keynote 1 Col Chris Froehlich, Chief Strategic Planning Division, AFMC
0905 Keynote 2 Dr Peter Perla, Author The Art of Wargaming, Lead wargaming, CNA
0930 Break
0950 Keynote 3 Dr Thomas Allen, Dep Director, Studies & Analysis, Joint Staff (via VTC)
1015 Panel Q&A
1040 Intro to Demos & the Mini-Workshops
1100 Demos & Lunch
1120 Optional Talk: Most of DOD's Past Assumptions About The
Future Were Entirely Wrong, CDR Phil Pournelle, OSD
1250 Mini-Workshop - Preparing participants for wargames
Facilitator: Mr. Matt Caffrey
1330 Mini-Workshop - Preparing material concepts for wargaming
Facilitator: Lt Col Havlicek
1420 Break
1440 Intro to Game Lab & first wargame: Col Heilmann
1500 Begin first wargames
1700 Conclude first wargame
1900 - 2200 Evening Wargames, location: Jimmie’s Ladder 11, Dayton
Day 3, Wednesday, 24 July 13
0800 Panel: Toward Wargaming The Deep Future
Co-chairs: Dr. Steven Downes-Martin & Dr Peter Perla
Speakers:
Albert Nofi, Historian: "Lessons from the past: Historical efforts at gaming
the far future"
Paul Vebber, Professional Gamer: "Launch from the present: Yellow Star
Rising - 50 year DIME strategic gaming"
Alfred Elkins, Applied Strategist: "Back-plan from the future: Reverse
evolution strategy game"
0930 Break
0950 Panel: Wargaming in Support of Planning, Programing and Budgeting
Co-chairs: Gordon Bliss & Tim Smith
Speakers:
CDR Phil Pournelle, What Net Assessment does/how to do one
CDR Paul Vebber, Gamming the Navy's long-range Shipbuilding plan
Christopher Kona, Wargaming & the CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell
1120 Intro to Game Lab Part 2, wargame 2: Col Heilmann
1130 Working lunch - learn and mod budget wargame
1230 Begin second wargame
1440 Hot wash of second wargame
1500 Break
1520 Working Groups:
Group #1: Enhancing Wargames Support to Planning, Programing & Budgeting
Co-chairs: Gordon Bliss & Merle Robinson
Group #2: Creating an Online Resource for Wargamers
Co-chairs: Chris Weuve & Paul Vebber
Group #3: Building a Wargame Profession
Co-chairs: Mike Garrambone & Tim Wilkie
1700 Optional Dinner by Working Group
Day 4, Thursday, 25 July 13
0800 Out brief Introductions
0810 Report on Mini-workshops
0830 Game Lab groups presentations
0910 Group #1: Enhancing Wargames Support to Planning, Programing
& Budgeting
0940 Break
1000 Group #2: Facilitating Wargaming Through Online
1030 Group #3: Forming a Wargaming Profession
1100 Connections "Hot Wash"
1130 Connections 13 ends
Key:
AFMC Air Force Material Command
CNA Center for Naval Analysis
OSD Office of Secretary of Defense
