IT²EC 2021 Conference

Take a look at the below revised conference agenda which addresses the Digital Twin theme and offers delegates a choice of two concurrent sessions across three core pillars.

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Opening Remarks

Theatre 1

15 mins

09:30 – 09:45
- Plenary Keynote
Rusmat Ahmed, SVP Sales, EMEA - Bohemia Interactive Simulations

Keynote Address

Theatre 1

15 mins

09:45 – 10:00
- Plenary Keynote

Keynote Panel

Theatre 1

60 mins

10:00 – 11:00
- Plenary Keynote

Morning Break & Exhibition

30 mins

11:00 – 11:30

Constructive Digital Twins Coming Alive

Theatre 1

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Intelligent Terrain & Maneuver Training: Digital Twin Peaks

Udo Keuter, Head of Combat Aircraft Training Delivery & Operational Support - Airbus Defence and Space

Keith Brawner, Senior Engineer - US Army Futures Command - CCDC-SC
Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy and Human Robotic Interaction in Defence at the Times of the Digital Twins

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Experiencing Tomorrow Today

DeLloyd Voorhees, President - VCA, LLC

Walter David, Senior Modelling & Simulation Expert - Italian Army

Alexandra Stefanova, Head of Research - United Drone Community

Intelligent operational decision support for the military engineer

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Intelligent Terrain & Maneuver Training: Digital Twin Peaks

Udo Keuter, Head of Combat Aircraft Training Delivery & Operational Support - Airbus Defence and Space

Maarten Schadd, Researcher - TNO
Raising a Digital Twin, Avoiding the “Terrible Twos”

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Experiencing Tomorrow Today

DeLloyd Voorhees, President - VCA, LLC

Michael Merritt, Deputy Technical Director - Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Lunch Break & Exhibition

60 mins

12:30 – 13:30

Creating Game Based Synthetic Task Environments for Research and Practice

Theatre 1

30 mins

13:30 – 14:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Digital Twins for Analog Pilots

Michael Merritt, Deputy Technical Director - Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Kyle Bucklew, Program Manager - 711 HPW/RHAS
Digital Twin Design for Physical Security Systems

30 mins

13:30 – 14:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Digital Twin Design for Systems of Systems

Elaine Raybourn, ITEC 2019 Committee Chair, and Principal Member of the Technical Staff - Sandia National Laboratories Center for Computing Research, Cognitive Science & Systems

Ray Trechter, Manager - Sandia National Laboratories

Digital Twin-Inspired Models of Socio-Technical systems

30 mins

14:00 – 14:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Digital Twins for Analog Pilots

Michael Merritt, Deputy Technical Director - Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

Benjamin Bell, President - Eduworks Corporation
Digital Training Support for Global Combat Ships

30 mins

14:00 – 14:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Digital Twin Design for Systems of Systems

Elaine Raybourn, ITEC 2019 Committee Chair, and Principal Member of the Technical Staff - Sandia National Laboratories Center for Computing Research, Cognitive Science & Systems

Graham Fletcher, Customer Solutions Manager - BAE Systems

Flying the Unfriendly Skies: Overcoming Obstacles in Legacy Simulations to Improve Training

30 mins

14:30 – 15:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Digital Twins for Analog Pilots

Michael Merritt, Deputy Technical Director - Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

John Williamson, AR/VR Designer - SAIC
My Digital Sibling

30 mins

14:30 – 15:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Digital Twin Design for Systems of Systems

Elaine Raybourn, ITEC 2019 Committee Chair, and Principal Member of the Technical Staff - Sandia National Laboratories Center for Computing Research, Cognitive Science & Systems

Andy Fawkes, Consultant - Thinke Company Ltd

Afternoon Break & Exhibition

30 mins

15:00 – 15:30

Modelling & Simulation for Threats and Environments

30 mins

15:30 – 16:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Simulation for Better Operational Decisions: Game of Drones

Aida Matta, Director, International Programs - NAWCTSD

Dustin Clark, Chief Engineer, Threats & Environments Branch - US Army
Simulator-based Military Training and Education

30 mins

15:30 – 16:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
The Influence of Technology on Training Effectiveness

Enrico Mollenhauer, Programme Manager New Training Solutions - Airbus Defence & Space

Timo Harkonen, Researcher - The Finnish Defence Forces

Antti Pyykönen, Chief of Simulator Centre of Excellence, Army Academy - Finnish Defence Forces

M&S and Wargaming to Support Harbour Defence

30 mins

16:00 – 16:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Simulation for Better Operational Decisions: Game of Drones

Aida Matta, Director, International Programs - NAWCTSD

Pilar Caamaño Sobrino, M&S Scientist - NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
Levels of assessment and implications for assessing training: Results from the Secure LVC Advanced Training Environment Demonstration

30 mins

16:00 – 16:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
The Influence of Technology on Training Effectiveness

Enrico Mollenhauer, Programme Manager New Training Solutions - Airbus Defence & Space

Wink Bennett, Warfighter Readiness Research Division 711 HPW/RHA - Air Force Research Laboratory, Airman Systems Directorate

Jessica Cortez, Researcher - AFRL / Cubic Corporation

War of the Drones

30 mins

16:30 – 17:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Simulation for Better Operational Decisions: Game of Drones

Aida Matta, Director, International Programs - NAWCTSD

Agostino Bruzzone, President - Simulation Team - DIME University of Genoa

Paolo Di Bella, Officer & Scientist - Italian Army
Smart Simulation for Enhanced Situation Awareness and Better Decision Making

30 mins

16:30 – 17:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
The Influence of Technology on Training Effectiveness

Enrico Mollenhauer, Programme Manager New Training Solutions - Airbus Defence & Space

Hans Ten Bergen, New Markets Development Manager - MASA Group

Host Nation Armed Forces Keynote

Theatre 1

90 mins

09:30 – 11:00
- Plenary Keynote

Morning Break & Exhibition

30 mins

11:00 – 11:30

Stronger threads: The critical requirement for enabling the Competency-Based Workforce

60 mins

11:30 – 12:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Enabling the Competency-Based Workforce

Robby Robson, CEO - Eduworks Corporation

Frank DiGiovanni, Deputy Director Expeditionary Warfare Division - United States Navy

Brian Moon, Chief Technology Officer - Perigean Technologies LLC

Gina Grosso, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services - USAF
DDS for Secure Cloud Simulations

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Architecture & Cloud Security

Pascal Peyronnet, Advanced Studies Project Manager - Thales AVS France - Training & Simulation

Andre Odermatt, Technical Marketing Engineer Manager - Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Sonia van der Lippe, Systems Engineer M&S - AFAMS (Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation)

Stronger threads: The critical requirement for enabling the Competency-Based Workforce

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Continued
Lessons learned implementing the C2Sim standard in 2019 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Architecture & Cloud Security

Pascal Peyronnet, Advanced Studies Project Manager - Thales AVS France - Training & Simulation

Edwin Bearss, Software Engineer - Trideum

Lunch Break & Exhibition

60 mins

12:30 – 13:30

The Mobile Augmented Reality Framework

30 mins

13:30 – 14:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Enhancing Training Through xR

Dale Whittaker, Program Manager Foreign Military Sales - US Army, PEO STRI

Cristiano Miani, Senior Electrical Engineer - Ravenswood Solutions
Blending Cyber into Live, Virtual and Constructive

30 mins

13:30 – 14:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Cyber Training

Wolfhard Schmidt, Senior Manager Strategy and Products - Antycip Simulation

Daniel Lacks, Chief Scientist - Cole Engineering Services, Inc.

Stephen Lopez, Senior Program Manager - Cole Engineering Services

Trouble implementing your VR training innovation?

30 mins

14:00 – 14:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Enhancing Training Through xR

Dale Whittaker, Program Manager Foreign Military Sales - US Army, PEO STRI

Rudi Dullens, CEO - BlueTea BV
Digital Twin for Cyber Testing

30 mins

14:00 – 14:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Cyber Training

Wolfhard Schmidt, Senior Manager Strategy and Products - Antycip Simulation

Michael O'Connor, Chief Technologist - Trideum

HoloRange AR Sandtable Prototype Lessons Learned

30 mins

14:30 – 15:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Enhancing Training Through xR

Dale Whittaker, Program Manager Foreign Military Sales - US Army, PEO STRI

Daniel Lacks, Chief Scientist - Cole Engineering Services, Inc.

Rodney Choi, USMC Wargaming PM - Cole Engineering Services
Cyber Training Architecture, Enabling Digital Twin Environments

30 mins

14:30 – 15:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Cyber Training

Wolfhard Schmidt, Senior Manager Strategy and Products - Antycip Simulation

Amit Kapadia, PdM CRT Chief Engineer - U.S. Army PEO STRI

Rick Osborne - The MITRE Corporation

Afternoon Break & Exhibition

30 mins

15:00 – 15:30

VR Training Simulations for Conduct After Capture

30 mins

15:30 – 16:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Enhancing Training Through xR

Benjamin Bell, President - Eduworks Corporation

Peter Moore, IT Consultant - Former Iraq hostage

John Cole - BC Global
Creating a Digital Thread with Competencies

30 mins

15:30 – 16:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Training Performance Analysis

Sanjay Khetia, Director, Strategic Alliances - PLEXSYS

Robby Robson, CEO - Eduworks Corporation

AI: The Future is Now. Or Pretty Soon. Probably.

30 mins

16:00 – 16:30
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Keith Brawner, Senior Engineer - US Army Futures Command - CCDC-SC

Diarmuid Cahalane, Research Principal, AI R&D Group - Accenture Labs, Dublin

Wink Bennett, Warfighter Readiness Research Division 711 HPW/RHA - Air Force Research Laboratory, Airman Systems Directorate
Improving cyber survivability in acquisitions with certified blue teams

30 mins

16:00 – 16:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Training Performance Analysis

Sanjay Khetia, Director, Strategic Alliances - PLEXSYS

Sharmila Vaswani-Bowles, Cyber Acquisition Blue Team Management Office Lead and Persistent Training Environment Information Systems Security Manager - US Army

Rolando Lopez, PM ITTS CRT - U.S. Army PEO STRI

AI: The Future is Now. Or Pretty Soon. Probably.

30 mins

16:30 – 17:00
- Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age
Continued
DAAPR: The Dapper Way to Debrief Together

30 mins

16:30 – 17:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Training Performance Analysis

Sanjay Khetia, Director, Strategic Alliances - PLEXSYS

Alex Streit, Director - PLEXSYS Interface Products, Inc

Impact of AR on Cognitive Performance

30 mins

09:30 – 10:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
(Augmented) Reality Check on Human Performance

Paul Diver, Training Solutions Lead Engineer and T26 Frigate Training Technical Authority - BAE Systems Maritime Services

Elaine Raybourn, ITEC 2019 Committee Chair, and Principal Member of the Technical Staff - Sandia National Laboratories Center for Computing Research, Cognitive Science & Systems
A Digital Ready Workforce with Industry 4.0 Technology

60 mins

09:30 – 10:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Industry 4.0 in Practice

Wim Huiskamp, Chief Scientist, Modelling, Simulation and Gaming - TNO - Defence, Security and Safety

Eric Weisel, Executive Director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center and Associate Vice President for Applied Research - Old Dominion University

Analytics as a Service

30 mins

10:00 – 10:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
(Augmented) Reality Check on Human Performance

Paul Diver, Training Solutions Lead Engineer and T26 Frigate Training Technical Authority - BAE Systems Maritime Services

Paddy Little, Director - Cervus Defence & Security Ltd

Alan Roan, Managing Director - Cervus Defence and Security Ltd
A Digital Ready Workforce with Industry 4.0 Technology

30 mins

10:00 – 10:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Continued

Morning Break & Exhibition

30 mins

10:30 – 11:00

Political Military Strategic Decision Making and its M&S support

30 mins

11:00 – 11:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Serious Games to Improve Serious Decision Making

Steve Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer - ETSA

Eliska Filova, Intern - NATO ACT

Jan Hodicky, M&S Specialist - NATO HQ SACT
NATO Panel: The Future Battlespace and its Training Challenges

90 mins

11:00 – 12:30
- Technologies and Architectures
The Future Battlespace

Wim Huiskamp, Chief Scientist, Modelling, Simulation and Gaming - TNO - Defence, Security and Safety

Paolo Di Bella, Officer & Scientist - Italian Army

Topic TBC

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Steve Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer - ETSA
NATO Panel: The Future Battlespace and its Training Challenges

30 mins

11:30 – 12:00
- Technologies and Architectures
Continued

Topic TBC

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Human Factors and Performance in a Digital Twin Age
Steve Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer - ETSA
NATO Panel: The Future Battlespace and its Training Challenges

30 mins

12:00 – 12:30
- Technologies and Architectures
Continued

Lunch Break & Exhibition

60 mins

12:30 – 13:30

Closing Keynote

Theatre 1

75 mins

13:30 – 14:45
- Plenary Keynote

Closing Remarks

Theatre 1

15 mins

14:45 – 15:00
- Plenary Keynote

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