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Full DSET 2023 Programme
Monday
| Times | HOPIN - Virtual Only | Heineken Lounge |
| 09:00 - 17:00 | DSET Exhibitor Virtual Showcase Streamed live through the virtual platform, hear from the DSET exhibitors with interactive presentations, demos and Q&A. Have your questions at the ready. | Wargaming Festival Wargaming Professionals delivering manual, hybrid and digital wargames for all-delegate participation. |
Tuesday
| Times | LANSDOWN 1 DSET Conference Day 1 - Live Streamed | Heineken Lounge Wargaming Conference |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration & Coffee | Connections UK & Fight Club International |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Keynote: Delivering training and education to match complex modern warfare Chair: Tess Butler (Welcome address) 1. Brig Gen Vahur Karus. Commandant, Estonian Military Academy 2. Maj Gen Darren Crook. DE&S, MoD, UK 3. Gen Div Eduardo Wolski. Chief of Systems Development Center, Brazil | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Morning Coffee Break 10:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Emergency Services and Urban Environment Operations Chair: Brig Caroline Woodbridge-Lewin, Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) 1. Maj Shaun Clarke, Land Warfare Centre, British Army 2. CC Andy Marsh QPM CEO College of Policing 3. Georgina Gilbert. South Wales Fire Service 4. Dominik Wellman. Managing Director, Fire Service College | Wargaming Keynote Chair: Tess Butler / Maj Scott Roach. Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office, Canadian Armed Forces 1. Heather Goldstraw. Cranfield Defence and Security 2. Jeremy Smith. Cranfield Defence and Security 3. Ornella Schavemaker-Piva, Hogeschool, Rotterdam (Student Showcase) 4. Prof. David Manley. Naval Architecture, University College London |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall 13:15 - Bohemia Interactive Simulations - Mantle ETM Demo 13:30 - Exhibitor Demos | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Training and Education Challenges Chair: Tess Butler 1. Brig John Wakelin. CTTP, British Army 2. Gp Capt Ryan Morris. No. 22 Gp, MOD Abbey Wood Bristol 3. Capt Charles Guy. JTEPS, Royal Navy 4. Capt Paul Brooks. DOTC(M), Royal Navy 5. Rusmat Ahmed. SVP Sales EMEA, Bohemia Interactive Simulations | Wargaming: From Research to Delivery Chair: Maj Scott Roach. Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office, Canadian Armed Forces 1. Paul Shott, Operational Advantage Centre, Royal Navy 2. Brunel University 3. Bath Spa University |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Afternoon Break Pitch Cafe - Mezzanine | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Future Innovation MS&T Research, Development & Experimentation Chair: Caroline Shawl. Dstl 1. Wg Cdr Ruari Henderson-Begg. DOT(C)Air, RAF 2. Lt Col Marcel Wassenaar and Maj Bernice de Bek. Netherlands Simulation Centre for Land Operations 3. Alex Smith. CTO, Omnia Training | Wargaming Design and Delivery: A Hybrid Future? Workshop Discussion Chair: Marryam Chaudhry. CEO& Founder, XR 2 Lead 1. Maj Tom Mouat. Head of Defence Modelling and Simulation School, Defence Academy UK 2. Hannah Smith. Defence Modelling & Simulation Office (DMSO), UK Strategic Command 3. Lt Col (RTD) Brendan B McBreen. Marine Corps Intelligence Schools 4. Maj Scott Roach. Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office, Canadian Armed Forces |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Exhibitor Demos | |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | DSET Awards & Hospitality Evening |
Wednesday
| Times | LANSDOWN 1 DSET Conference Day 2 - Live Streamed | Heineken Lounge |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration & Coffee | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Keynote Session Chair: Tess Butler 1. Brig James Cook. Project CASTLE, British Army 2. Dr Lydia Kostopoulos. Strategy and Emerging Technology Advisor 3. Jim Bennett. Programme & Technical Director, VULCAN Project, British Army 4. Cdr Morgan Long (RN). Senior Product Manager, Defence Digital Services | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Morning Coffee Break 10:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | AI opportunities and Data Challenges informing strategic planning Chair: Tess Butler 1. Robert Siegfried. Aditerna 2. Roa Powell. Research Assistant, Alan Turing Institute 3. Sean Litton. Enterprise Modeling and Simulation, USAF 4. Lockheed Martin | |
| 12:45 - 14:15 | Lunch Break Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall 13:30 - Bohemia Interactive Simulations - AI Demo 13:45 - Exhibitor Demos | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Technology into Education and Training Chair: Abbie Pierce 1. Jonathan Searle. MOD DMSO & Cranfield University 2. Brig Phil de ROUFFIGNAC. Commander 2 Medical Brigade, British Army 3. Maj Timothy Harcourt, Esports, British Army 4. Lt Cdr Michael Quinn (RN). Training Manager (Submarines), Future Training, Navy Command | |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Afternoon Break Pitch Cafe - Mezzanine | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Military & Industry Collaboration Chair: Major Charlotte Hayes. DE&S, UK 1. Grant Bailey. DMSO, UK Strategic Command 2. Felicity Brazington. Senior Project Manager, DE&S 3. Lt Col Trevor Bowman. Battle Lab, UK 4. Rick Smith. Head of Training Solutions, Babcock International Group | Warfighter Podcast Panel Live recording |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Defence Womens Social Heineken Lounge |
Thursday
| LANSDOWN 1 DSET Workshops - Live Streamed | LANSDOWN 2 DWAB Meeting | |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration & Coffee | |
| 09:00- 10:30 | Gladiator Programme Workshop | Defence Women’s Action Board Meeting |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Morning Coffee Break 10:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | NATO MSG Briefing - Bharat Patel & NATO Distributed Synthetic Training (DST) - Robert Siegfried | Defence Women’s Action Board Meeting |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break 13:15 & 13:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | SGSCE Awards Serious Games Panel Chair: Tess Butler 1. Adelle Adams. (Chair SGSC-USA) 2. Nick Brown. Head of Defence, Hadean. Student Award Sponsor 3. Jez Whitworth. CEO, First Coding. Schools Lead for SGSCE 4. Major Ffreuer H Masheder RA and WO Ian Ferguson, Royal School of Artillery SGSCE Awards Presentations DSET Closing Speech | |
| Heineken Lounge Defence Stakeholder Day | Mezzanine | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | DSTL Learning Futures Scenarios | Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation (SISO) Workshop 1 |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Morning Coffee Break 10:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | DSTL XR Concepts | Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation (SISO) Workshop 2 |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break 13:15 & 13:45 - Exhibitor Demos - Expo Hall | |
| 14:00 - 15:15 | MoD, NATO and Dstl Programmes Convention | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Coffee and Networking | |
| 16:30 | Conference End |
