Training Forum

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Training Forum

• Chair Chris Wertman
• Vice Chair Dave McKeeby
• Secretary Scott Johnston (Acting)

Total attendance 50 (Mean) 70
(Max) (Attendance went down in 1030-1200
section) Number of Papers presented 14 Invited
Presentation 1 Discussion on Future Focus of
Training Forum
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Training Forum
Chris Wertman, Chair BoozAllen Hamilton David
McKeeby, Vice Chair IITRI David Wells,
Secretary AFAMS Francis Bowers MITRE Patricia
Devine Digital Sys Resources Annette
Janett Lockheed Martin Mike Niven QinetiQ Mik
e Proctor Univ of Central Florida Rick
Severinghaus Dynamic Animation Sys Maj
Scott Johnston, Secretary AFRL James
Perneski Lockheed Martin Outgoing
member Incoming member
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Goals for this Workshop

• Address interoperability between simulations and
  C4I systems used in support of staff level
  training.
• Integrate issues associated with Advanced
  Distributed Learning and Distributed Mission
  Training fully into the Training Forum
• Assess the return on investment (ROI)and the
  impact on readiness of simulation-supported
  training.

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Key Points

• The Training Forum held a discussion on the
  future of the training forum. The key points
  were
• Users (in particular, Warfighters) are staying
  away from the SIW in droves
• Training membership endorses changes to current
  SIW practices.
• Trainings role in SIWs is to identify issues for
  resolution by the technical forums.
• Training agreed to changes in conducting the
  Training Forum.

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Key Point 1 Users (in particular, Warfighters)
are still staying away from the SIW in droves.

• Explanation The SIW in past years had
  significant attendance by military personnel
  involved in and interested in modeling and
  simulation.
• Attendance by this community has been reduced to
  a mere handful at any particular workshop. In
  fact, it is difficult to find a uniformed member
  in our audience.
• The using community, which includes simulation
  centers, training centers, training commands, and
  combatant commands seldom attend our workshops.
• Senior leaders from these communities not only do
  not attend, but often have never heard of our
  organization and our workshops.

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Key Point 2 Training membership endorses
changes to current SIW practices.
Two U.S. SIWs, one Euro-SIW, and one CGFBF is
too many events for 1 year.

• Too many events, and reduced budgets, have led to
  declining SIW attendance.
• Too many events have reduced the quality of
  papers.

Recommend US SIWs change to one workshop then one
conference sequence, continue Euro-SIW
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Key Point 3 Trainings role in SIWs is to
identify issues for resolution by the technical
forums.

• Discussion identified the following options
• Provide the forum for Warfighters to present
  their requirements and be the Interface between
  user requirements and standards development
• Contribute to Warrens request for use and
  fitness metrics for simulation fidelity (use
  is both a warfighter issue and a technical
  issue)
• Start with existing requirements lists (e.g. LTG
  Kenneys, DMSO sponsored Warfighter MS Needs
  Assessment, etc.)
• Conclusion Trainings role is to bring users,
  both Warfighters and MS operators, to SIW to
  present their requirements.

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Key Point 4Training agreed to changes in
conducting the Training Forum.
The Training Forum will

• Invite the user community to present their MS
  requirements.
• Invite the technical community to provide
  proposed solutions (at subsequent workshops).
• Accept only those papers that are clearly focused
  on the training community.

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Recommendations (Recap)

• Focus the workshop to become a forum for the
  exchange of information, rather than a conference
  for the presentation of papers. ( reduce
  frequency)
• Invite user community representative to present
  and describe their MS problem statements
  (requirements)
• Insure attendance by technical community (Wed
  Thur Groups)
• Technical community provides proposed solutions
  at subsequent workshops
• Papers accepted for presentation at Training
  Forum MUST be clearly focused to the user
  training community or they will not be presented
  there -- we can sponsor them in joint sessions
  with other forums.