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Special Events
This is the listing of previous Special Events. The upcoming Program will be defined by early Fall.
Each year I/ITSEC hosts a series of special events that reflect topical areas in the world of Modeling, Simulation and training. From looking into the future of medical simulation to seeing what Hollywood's most cutting edge effects wizards can bring to the industry, I/ITSEC's Special Events are always innovative and informative.
For even more detailed information see the  Special Events section of the Program Guide for 2012.
You may also be interested in the Conference Agenda.
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Modeling and Simulation Caucus |
| Monday |
1030-1200 |
Room W208 |
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The impact of the Congressional Modeling & Simulation Caucus panel event increases its significance to the M&S Community as the national interest in the benefits of simulation are realized across a broader boundary of applications. This opportunity to join in a conversation with Congressional leaders is a unique feature of I/ITSEC, continually energizing the dialogue dedicated to training and education. The annual Capitol Hill M&S Caucus Expo on June 23, 2011 further demonstrated the high level of interest and support realized from Congressional Members and their staffs. |
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Doing Business with Big Business |
| Monday |
1230-1400 |
Room W306A |
| If you are a Small Business owner or manager who would like to learn more about doing business with the largest companies in the Training & Simulation industry, then this session is for you! The session has been scheduled during pre-show hours on Monday so that you can benefit from what you learn and the connections you make during the rest of your week at I/ITSEC. This interactive session will give attendees the opportunity to hear from, and ask questions of, representatives from some of the largest corporations in the industry. |
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Warfighters' Corner: Booth 3181 |
| Monday |
1500-1630 |
Tuesday |
1400-1530 |
| Wednesday |
1030-1200 |
Thursday |
1030-1200 |
Warfighters’ Corner provides a forum for hearing the personal experiences of those individuals who ultimately derive the greatest benefit from I/ITSEC and the organizations that support this significant event. Each session will feature veterans recently returned from the combat zones. Service representatives will tell their stories, their personal experiences, and present their views of what has or has not been effective in terms of tactics, techniques and equipment related to their day-to-day operations and training. Many of the speakers have served multiple tours in theater and have a sense of perspective of important issues over time. All Warfighters’ Corner sessions will have representatives of each of the Services at each session.
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General/Flag Officer Panel |
| Tuesday |
1030 |
Auditorium/W320 |
The I/ITSEC 2011 theme, “Prepare the Force; Secure the Future” brings into sharp focus critical thinking for the way ahead in light of the national conversation about budgets and debt. The Department of Defense is receiving and will receive its share of scrutiny in the overall review of national needs and available resources. Certainly, the ongoing economic realities cannot be ignored in the decision process of cost-effective training support. The advantages of modeling and simulation, therefore, increase in significance, elevating the importance of the I/ITSEC discussions for future preparedness in light of the threat. Insight will be gained from these panelists in the manner with which they are dealing with the demands even as they face resource uncertainties. They will present issues of concern and resolutions realized, reflecting training developments at the particular command level.
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Fellows Program: General Paul Gorman "Learning to Learn: The Future of Training with Modeling and Simulation" |
| Tuesday |
1400-1530 |
Room 304A |
General Gorman has long been recognized as the leading technical innovator within the U.S. Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has championed technological progress for training development while personally advising the President, the United States Congress, and Force Commanders. He originated the “Live, Virtual, Constructive” descriptor of simulation types. He was the first to note that “all tactical training short of combat itself is a simulation”. In this presentation, GEN Gorman draws on his wealth of experience that spans high level command of active forces (8th Infantry Division, U.S. Southern Command) to functional design for emerging technologies (SIMNET, Command Post of the Future) to develop lessons learned for training development. He blends these lessons with awareness of near-term technological capability to postulate an ideal M&S enabled training strategy for the years ahead. This special event provides a rare opportunity to interact with a visionary leader as he describes necessary developments supporting a new training strategy to ensure we will prepare our forces to secure the future.
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Aristotle Meets the 21st Century: A Creative Discussion |
| Tuesday |
1600-1730 |
Room W307AB |
With leadership from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Project Aristotle is a joint effort by the Department of Defense and the Department of Education to provide students with personal intelligent tutors. Project Aristotle will leverage networking and computing technologies to produce a personal learning environment that will anticipate the needs of the learner and adapt the delivery of information based on the individual’s learning strengths, weaknesses, learning style, and proficiency level. Each panel member is a leader and innovator. They represent the offices and organizations that are cooperating to create this revolutionary teaching and training capability.
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Coherent Joint Training Perspective |
| Wednesday |
0830-1000 |
Room W307AB |
| Today’s force has been forged by ten-plus years of challenging combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. These conflicts have resulted in a significant shift toward joint and integrated operations that are characterized by ground maneuver elements supported by joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, joint fires, and other key mission enablers. This operational focus will require an increasingly adaptive force, and no Service can go it alone; future plans will integrate joint, interagency, and international partners to maximize effectiveness, capitalize on joint synergies, take advantage of multiple operational perspectives, and foster increased teamwork. At this special event, senior leaders will present various Service and combatant command perspectives on the future of joint training. |
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Medical Simulation: A Vision for the Future |
| Wednesday |
1030-1200 |
Room 307CD |
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Medical simulation facilitates training that addresses experiential gaps, demonstrated competencies, and “lessons to learn” for healthcare teams in a risk free environment. Healthcare leaders see this type of training as an answer to improving patient safety and outcomes. However there still remain issues related to the use of medical simulation for training, perceived use of medical simulation throughout healthcare organizations, criteria used to determine the use of medical simulation for training, the required realism, and the required financial investment. The audience will have a unique opportunity to shape this event by presenting questions as the event begins. |
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Starfish Leadership |
| Wednesday |
1400-1530 |
Room W3307AB |
If you cut the head off a spider, it dies. If you cut the arm of a starfish, however, the starfish grows a new arm. Not only that, but the severed arm can grow an entirely new starfish. How can we become adaptable like the starfish? New York Times bestselling author, Ori Brafman, has been trying to answer this exact question with the U.S. Army. In this presentation, Brafman will describe the Army’s starfish program, and will share how leaders can build trust-based networks that make organizations more agile and effective. Ori’s first book, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations (Penguin Portfolio) was released in October 2006, and is currently in its 16th printing. Ori has appeared on BBC, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch video, Fox News, and CSPAN among others. He has presented before diverse audiences at Microsoft, Amazon, and Harvard Business School. Ori holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Best Papers from Around the Globe:
A Collection of Best Papers from SimTecT and ITEC |
| Wednesday |
1400-1530 |
Room W304F |
Bringing together the Best Papers from other premier simulation and training conferences around the world, the Best from Around the Globe session highlights work recognized in I/ITSEC’s sister conferences abroad. This year we feature Best Papers from our sister conferences SimTecT, held annually in Australia and ITEC, held this year in Germany.
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Ignite at I/ITSEC2011 |
| Wednesday |
1600-1730 |
Room W307AB |
Ignite got its start in Seattle in December 2006, showing once again that there is more to that town than Starbucks. No caffeine jolt here, but you will be jolted!
So what is Ignite?
It is fast-paced. It is a high-energy event of 5-minute presentations that has proven hugely successful with today’s social media-immersed generation. It is local, but also global; it stimulates and invigorates. Ignite is a force for raising the collective IQ and to build connections. Ignite presenters share their thoughts, passion, and professional experiences in 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds, creating a fun and thought-provoking event. |
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Dec 2 - 5, 2013
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