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Enduring Mission: Advance and Preserve the Art, Science and Application of
Wargaming
2015 Theme: Reinvigorating Wargaming for Innovation
2015 Objective: Identify opportunities to enhance the ability of wargaming to serve as a catalyst developing and exploring innovative options for future strategic security problems and opportunities, through improved methodologies and enhanced education of wargame practitioners and sponsors.
Day 1, Monday, 27 July 2015
1100 – 1245 History of Wargaming, Mr. Matt Caffrey, Col USAF (ret), (bring lunch)
1300 – 1345 Wargame Terminology, Cmdr Phil Pournelle,
1400 – 1445 Either;
Overview of Wargame Applications, Mr. Matt Caffrey, Col USAF (ret)
Implementing Wargaming, Shawn Burns, NWC
1500 – 1545 Either;
How Leaders can receive more value form Wargaming, Caffrey,
Wargaming Best Practices, Cmdr Phil Pournelle
1600 - 1645 Either;
Wargaming as a catalyst or Innovation, Dr. Steven Downs-Martin
Wargaming Worst Practices, Chris Weave
1700 - 1745 Learning Wargaming Panel
Panelists: Dr. Peter Perla, CNA
Ed McGrady, CNA
Dr. Una Wong, RAND
Dr. Sara Cobb,
1200 – 1700 Self-Guided Tour of the Fort McNair
Ice Breaker
1745-2200 no host
Day 2, Tuesday, 28 July 2015
0830 Welcome
0840 Keynote 1: Wargaming - catalyst for innovation
0950 Break
1010 Speaker Panel 1: Wargaming
Objective: Examine wargaming and innovation across the Defense
Enterprise with the goal of encouraging more effective innovation through
wargaming.
Chair: Tim Moench
Speakers: Col John Price, 305th Air Mobility Wing Commander
Col Burton Catledge, Chief Space Control Division for the
Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics
Mr. Paul Works, Analysis Development Group Director,
US Army Training and Doctrine Command
Mr. Elbridge Colby, Center for New American Security
1140 Intro to Demos + Dr. Rita Bush, on SIRIUS
1200 Demos/Poster Session & Lunch
Dr. Rex Brynen - HADR game final version, from 2012 game lab
Paul Vebber - US Navy Strategic Studies Group innovation wargame
name - Syrian Civil War wargame
name - GWU Strategic Crisis Sim Group - Insight Simulation Engine
Major Tom M - Matrix Wargaming
Dr. Rita Bush - SIRIUS: Combating cognitive biases in intell analysis
RAND
Center For Naval Analysis
1330 Special Speaker Panel: Wargaming Organizations
Objective: Inform participants on breath and scope of wargame
organizations, providing specifics on participating organizations
Chair: Matt Caffrey
Speaker: LCWI,
Panelists: British Wargame organizations, Tom M, British Army
SAGD, Adam Frost
Center for Naval Analysis, Ed Mc Grady
RAND
1440 Break
1500 Game Lab Phase 1: Wargaming As A Catalyst For Innovation
Objective: Demonstrate the use of wargaming in exploring potential
innovations
Co-Chairs: Paul Vebber, Dave R & Brian T
1630 Break
1650 Speaker Panel 2: Reinvigorating wargaming through education
Objective: Explore educational techniques that enable improved
generation, exploration and application of wargame facilitated insights
into future strategic security problems and opportunities.
Co-Chairs: Peter Perla & Stephen Downes-Martin
Speakers: Shawn Burns, Naval War College
Ed McGrady, CNA
Jonathan Compton, BAH
1800 Break
1830 Evening Wargames
Co-Chairs: Marc Gacy & Paul Vebber
2200 End Day 2
Day 3, Wednesday, 29 July 2015
0830 Keynote: Dean Robert “Barney” Rubel, former Dean of the US Naval War
College, Education on wargaming as an enabler for more effective wargaming.
0930 Break
0950 Speaker Panel 3:Using educational wargames to develop innovators
Objective: Explore the use of educational wargames to develop the
recipient's ability to produce and assess innovative concepts that
effectively address future strategic security problems and opportunities.
Co-Chairs: Rex Brynen & Tim Smith
Speakers: Alan Emerich
Kris Wheaton/Melonie Rich
James
1120 Lunch
1130 Featured Talk, Dr. Peter P. Perla, Author, The Art of Wargaming
1230 Game Lab Phase 2: Wargaming as a catalyst for innovation
Objective: demonstrate the use of wargaming in exploring potential
innovations
Co-Chairs: Paul Vebber, Dave R & Brian T
1540 Break
1600 Working Groups:
Group #1: Identify methods and applications of educational wargaming to best
develop innovators
Co-Chairs: Rex Brynen & Tim Smith
Group #2: Identify student sets, topics and delivery options to reinvigorate
wargaming through education
Co-Chairs: Ed McGrady & Shawn Burns
Group #3: Identify actionable initiatives to increasing the effectiveness and breath
of use of wargaming as a catalyst for innovation
Co-Chairs: Tim Moench & Phil Parnelle
1800 Adjourn - Optional Dinner by Working Group
Day 4, Thursday, 30 July 2015
0830 Out brief Introductions
0840 Reports on Game Lab
0855 Upcoming Connections; US, UK, Australia, Holland
0910 Group #1: Identify methods and applications of educational wargaming to
best develop innovators
0950 Break
1010 Group #2: identify types of students, topics and delivery options to
reinvigorate wargaming through education
1040 Group #3: Identify actionable initiatives to increasing the effectiveness and
breath of use of wargaming as a catalyst for innovation
1110 Connections "Hot Wash"
1140 Connections 15 ends
Key:
AFGSC Air Force Global Strike Command
AFMC Air Force Material Command
CNA Center for Naval Analysis
GAF German Air Force
OSD Office of Secretary of Defense
* Individual has not confirmed
