Connections Australia 2014
Connections Australia was held in the
Steve Howard Lecture Theatre, Level 5, Doug McDonell Building, at the University of Melbourne 8-9 December 2014.
See
here
here for some details.
Program
Monday 8 December
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0900-1030
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Welcome and Introduction to Wargaming
| 0900 |
Introduction | Todd Mason
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Slides
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Video
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| 0930 |
Cartography and Wargames | Brian Quinn (RMIT University)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1000 | Open Discussion | |
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1030-1100
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Break
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|
1100-1230
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Wargaming for Intelligence Analysis
| 1100 |
Wargaming in Intelligence Analysis | Mariana Zafeirakopoulos (Australian Crime Commission)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1130 |
Exploring Possibility Space | Brett Peppler (Macquarie University)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1200 | Open Discussion | |
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|
1230-1330
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Lunch
|
|
1330-1500
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Wargaming for Individual and Collective Training
| 1330 |
Army Combined Arms Wargaming | Grant Chambers (Australian Army)
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Slides
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Video
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| Jeff Swain (Department of Defence)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1400 |
Wargaming Air Power | Michael Papasimeon (Defence Science and Technology Organisation)
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Unfortunately the slides and video for this presentation are not available.
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Video
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| 1430 | Open Discussion | |
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1500-1530
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Break
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1530-1700
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Wargaming for Course of Action Analysis
and Decision Support
| 1530 |
| Dave O'Connor (Panther Games)
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Information on Panther Games and the COA tools can be found
here,
here and
here
|
Video
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| 1600 |
| Tony Nolan (Australian Public Servant)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1630 | Open Discussion | |
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|
1830 for 1900 |
Dinner
Piccolo Mondo
240 Lygon St Carlton. 6:30pm for 7:pm.
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Tuesday 9 December
|
0900-1030
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Wargaming for Strategy Development, Capability Development and Experimentation
| 0930 |
Developing Strategic Thinking | COL Jack Pritchard
Director, Strategic Wargaming Division
Center for Strategic Leadership and Development
United States Army War College
|
Slides
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Video
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| 1000 |
War Gaming for Experimentation and Analysis | Marcus Tregenza & Lance Holden (Defence Science and Technology Organisation)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1030 | Open Discussion | |
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1030-1100
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Break
|
|
1100-1230
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Modelling Techniques
| 1100 |
Wargaming Information Deception and Cyber Attacks | Major David Ormrod (University of New South Wales)
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Slides
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Video
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| 1130 |
Modeling Tactical Decision Making | Rick Evertsz (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
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Slides
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Video not available.
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| 1200 | Open Discussion | |
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1230-1330
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Lunch
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1330-1500
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Game Demonstrations
A variety of war games will be available to try. Further details will be available soon.
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1500-1530
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Break
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1530-1700
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Wrap Up
The conference will close with a review facilitated by Marcus Carter from the University of Melbourne.
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Further Information and Links
Information on the US Connections conference can be found
here
and the UK conference
here
For more information please contact the organsisers
Todd Mason
,
Mariana Zafeirakopoulos
or
Marcus Carter
LinkedIn Group
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