Focus Days

The below is just a summary of sessions, for full details, please download the Event Brochure

Pre-Conference Focus Day: Monday 1st February, 2010
Post-Conference Focus Day: Thursday 4th February, 2010
Technology Focus Day: Friday 5th February 2010

Pre-Conference Focus Day: Monday 1st February, 2010

hosted by:

Armoured Fighting Vehicle Training & Simulation: Examining International Training, Simulation and Mission Rehearsal Programmes & Systems

Your workshop facilitators for the day are:

• Paul Wade, CEO and President, Training and Simulation Dynamics Group (on behalf of SAIC)
• Dutch Sley, Director, Product Line for Operational Training, SAIC

09:30 Chairman's Welcome & Introduction

Paul Wade
CEO and President, Training & Simulation Dynamics Group
SAIC

09.45 Opening Keynote: Using Simulation To Advance Training With The Common Driver Trainer (CDT)

• Examine the use of simulation in all LVC (live, virtual and constructive) environments
• Find out how to take existing technology and integrate it into expanding requirements
• Assess a range of examples where CDT has been used and evaluate its impact on advancing training capabilities

Mike Kerrigan
Product Line Manager, Common Driver Trainer
SAIC

10.15 Incorporating Lessons From Operations In Afghanistan To Enhance Training For The British Army

Brigadier Piers Hankinson
Commander, Land Warfare Development Group, Land Warfare Centre
British Army

10.45 Q&A Panel Discussion

11.45 Delivering Training to UK Land Forces through the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT)

Colonel Tim Hyams
Commander, Command, Staff and Tactical Training Group, Land Warfare Centre
British Army

12.15 Supporting Joint Operations with Gaming Technology: The US Army Europe’s Approach

Thomas Lasch
Chief, Models & Simulation Branch, Joint Multinational Simulation Centre
US Army Europe

12.45 Q&A Panel Discussion

14.15 Game Technology In Tactical And AFV Crew Procedure Training

Nils Hinrichsen
Director Marketing
eSim Games

14.45 Delivering Low Cost And Flexible Training For The Danish Army With Steel Beast

Major Henrik Kolding Kristensen
Chief, Research & Development Branch
Danish Army Combat Centre

15.15 Q&A Panel Discussion

16.15 Closing Interactive Discussion Session: The Future Of Vehicle Training

17.00 Chairman's Summary & End Of Focus Day

Post-Conference Focus Day: Thursday 4th February, 2010

Capability Integration Enhancing Current and Future Operations through System, Platform and Force Level Integration

09.30 Chairman's Welcome & Introduction

Colonel Crispian Beattie
Commander, Command and Control Development Centre (C2DC), Land Warfare Centre
British Army

MEETING OPERATIONAL NEEDS

09.45 Meeting The Challenges Of Technical And Human Factors Integration In The Digitized Manoeuvre Battlespace

Colonel Crispian Beattie
Commander, Command and Control Development Centre (C2DC), Land Warfare Centre
British Army

10.15 The Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) Programme: Maximising Force Capability, Now And Into The Future

Merfyn Lloyd
Scientific Advisor to Chief of Materiel (Land), Defence Equipment & Support
UK MoD

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

11.15 Enhancing Operational Effect For The BOXER: Integrating Capability At The Production Phase

Andreas Zekorn
Engineering and Trials Sub Section Leader, Boxer Programme Division
OCCAR

11.45 Integrating Remote Weapon Systems For The Danish Army

Major Henrik Kolding Kristensen
Chief, Research & Development Branch
Danish Army Combat Centre

12.15 Q&A Panel Discussion

SURVIVABILITY

13.45 Examining The Impact Of Effective Systems Integration On Increasing Survivability

Jeremy Smith
Head of Future Combat Systems, Cranfield Defence & Security
UK

14.15 Determining The Optimum Level Of Integrated Survivability

William Suttie
Capability Advisor, Mounted Close Combat
DTSL

14.45 Q&A Panel Discussion

15.45 Closing Interactive Discussion Session: The Impact Of Systems Integration On Current And Future Operations

16.30 Chairman's Summary & End Of Focus Day

Technology Focus Day: Friday 5th February 2010

Following in the success of 2009's inaugural visit to the Defence Academy we've incorporated this Technology Focus Day again for 2010. Designed to provide you with more choice and more focus in your top areas of interest, this is the ideal opportunity for you to:

• Develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of technologies used to enhance combat operations now and into the future
• Enter into lively discussions with the UK's leading academic and military defence experts to challenge their theories and test your own
• Examine the range of vehicles on display including the Piranha, Challenger 2, T72, S-Tank, CVR(T), Warrior, BMP 1&2, Buffel and Meerkat

08:30 Depart The ExCel Centre

10:30 Arrive At Defence Academy, Shrivenham

11:30 Choose One Or More Of The Following To Attend:

• Live demonstrations at the Indoor Ballistics Range and Small Arms Experimental Range
• The Simulation and Synthetic Environment Laboratory (SSEL) - Take part in a practical exercise to test the synergy between combat vehicles and ISTAR assets in a battlefield scenario
• Briefings and discussions on Capability Integration including integrated survivability, Human Factors Integration (HFI), technology insertion and interoperability

14:30 Guided Tour Of The Defence Capability Centre & Insights Into Vehicles On Display

15:15 Depart Defence Academy, Shrivenham