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Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Connections UK 2015: Day 1

The programme planned for the first day of the conference was as follows:
  • 9.00am to 9.30am: Arrivals and coffee
  • 9.30am to 9.40am: Welcome and introduction
  • 9.40am to 10.25am: Aim and Purpose of a Wargame
  • 10.25am to 11.10am: Designing a Wargame to meet a Requirement
  • 11.10am to 11.40am: Morning break
  • 11.40am to 12.20pm: How to Analyse Wargames
  • 12.20pm to 1.00pm: Using Data in Wargames
  • 1.00pm to 2.00pm: Lunch
  • 2.00pm to 4.15pm: Participation Game (adversarial)
  • 4.15pm to 4.45pm: Afternoon break
  • 4.45pm to 5.30pm: Participation Game After Action Review
  • 5.30pm to 6.15pm: Fully Engaging the Player; Drawing Insights from Wargaming; Wargaming ‘Effects’
  • 6.15pm to 7.00pm: Open Panel Discussion
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11 comments:

  1. Jonathan FreitagTuesday, September 08, 2015 7:54:00 pm

    This looks like an interesting conference.

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  2. Ray RousellTuesday, September 08, 2015 8:55:00 pm

    Sounds pretty cool!

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  3. Archduke PiccoloTuesday, September 08, 2015 10:18:00 pm

    It would be nice to see something of the sort in this country. It would be nice if could attend!

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  4. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, September 08, 2015 10:43:00 pm

    Jonathan Freitag,

    It was a very interesting day. Lots of informative and thought-provoking talks plus a wargame that involved about one hundred participants ... and there are two more days to come!

    All the best,

    Bob

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  5. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, September 08, 2015 10:45:00 pm

    Ray Rousell,

    It is a great way to spend three days ... and with luck it might lead to an even bigger event in the future!

    All the best,

    Bob

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  6. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, September 08, 2015 10:49:00 pm

    Archduke Piccolo,

    I understand that something similar is planned to take place in Australia ... and as we have found in Europe (where Connections UK has spawned similar events in other European countries), this might lead to an event in New Zealand.

    All the best,

    Bob

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    1. Robert (Bob) CorderyWednesday, September 09, 2015 1:10:00 pm

      Archduke Piccolo,

      The Connections AU website is at http://www.kriegspiek.com.au/connections.html . It might be worth looking at.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  7. GonsalvoWednesday, September 09, 2015 4:18:00 am

    Most interesting! Who were/are the "faculty"?

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  8. Robert (Bob) CorderyWednesday, September 09, 2015 7:25:00 am

    Gonsalvo,

    The conference is run under the auspices of KCL's War Studies Department (particularly the Wargaming Post-Grad course run by Professor Phil Sabin) with a large input from The Staff College. There are also lots of guest speakers from various UK establishments/organisations as well as some from the US.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  9. ChrisThursday, September 10, 2015 1:57:00 pm

    Bob,
    The link for the Connections AU website does not seem to work. I keep getting a "Page Not Found" message.

    I noticed on this post and on your next post (I'm lazy, so I'm commenting here rather than on the most recent post), that this conference has speakers. The topics sound interesting. Does anyone produce transcripts of these talks?

    Chris

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  10. Robert (Bob) CorderyThursday, September 10, 2015 5:19:00 pm

    Chris,

    Sorry about the faulty URL. It should be :

    http://www.kriegspiel.com.au/connections.html

    I managed to mistype a 'k' instead of an 'l'.

    Audio files of the talks will be available within a month or two on the Connections UK website.

    All the best,

    Vob

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