Conference Day One – 14th March 2012

8.30 Coffee & Registration

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Address

9.15 US Air Force Training and Simulation 2020+

Brigadier Mark Nowland
Director Plans, Programs and Assessment, Air Education Training Command
US Air Force

10.00 IDENTIFY THE CAPABILITIES DERIVED FROM THE TURKISH AIR FORCE’S RECENTLY ACQUIRED KT-1 TRAINER TO DETERMINE BEST PRACTICE ACQUISITION STRATEGIES

Brigadier General Atilla Darendeli
Chief of Training Branch
Turkish Air Force

Captain M. Mustafa Atesoglu
T-37 Instructor Pilot
Turkish Air Force

10.45 ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR ADVANCED PILOT AND TACTICAL FLIGHT TRAINING

Captain Kenneth Ginader (Rtd.)
Director, Business Development, Tactical Flight Training Systems
Environmental Tectonics Corporation

11.15 COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK

11.45 5th GENERATION FIGHTERS: TIME FOR A QUANTUM LEAP IN PILOT TRAINING

Mr Mike McClendon, BG USAF (ret)
BG USAF (ret), VP Customer Services
Elbit Systems of America

12.15 THE FUTURE OF COMBAT PILOT TRAINING, TODAY: THE HAWK T2 IN RAF SERVICE

Wing Commander Kevin Marsh
Operational Commander IV (R) Squadron
Royal Air Force

12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH

STREAM A - TRAINERS 2020+

STREAM B- SIMULATION 2020+

14.00 TRANSFORM YOUR FAST JET TRAINER REQUIREMENTS THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE CAPABILITIES TO GUARANTEE A REDUCTION IN THE TRAINING GAP

Brigadier General Silvano Frigerio
Deputy Chief of Air Training Policy
Italian Air Force

14.00 ESTABLISHING THE ROLE OF SIMULATORS IN 2020+ TO DETERMINE A SHARED END GOAL

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Merc
Head of Simulation
French Army

14.30 TRAINING THE DIGITAL NATIVE GENERATION

Mr Mark McGraw
Vice President, Training Systems & Services
The Boeing Company

14.30 ADVANCEMENT AND TRENDS IN ARMY AVIATION TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES

Mr John Daniele
Deputy Customer Support Executive, PEO Simulation Support Training
US Army

15.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW WILL INDUSTRY MEET AND PROVIDE THE DESIRED REQUIREMENTS AND CAPABILITIES FOR A 2020+ TRAINER

Brigadier Mark Nowland
Director Plans, Programs and Assessment, Air Education Training Command
US Air Force

Brigadier General Silvano Frigerio
Deputy Chief of Training Policy
Italian Air Force

Brigadier General Atilla Darendeli
Chief of Training Branch
Turkish Air Force

15.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: PROVIDING COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT MAINTAIN TRAINING EXCELLENCE

Captain Andrew Hartigan
Programme Manager
US Navy

Colonel Marc Bigaouette
Military Director, NATO Flying Training in Canada
Canadian Air Force

Brigadier General Rutkowski
Chief of Air Force Branches
Polish Air Force (Pending Final Confirmation)

15.30 COFFEE & NETWORKING

16.00 HIGH PERFORMANCE EFFECTIVE RADAR SOLUTIONS FOR TRAINERS & LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFTS

Mr Angelo Aprile
Head of Capability
Selex Galileo Radar & Advanced Targeting

16.30 OPEN ROUNDTABLES: OPTIMISING EQUIPMENT FOR 2020 TO PROFIT FROM EFFECTIVE AN EFFICIENT FLIGHT TRAINING

Chairmen include:

Brigadier General Atilla Darendeli
Turkish Air Force
Colonel Wolfgang Luttenberger
Austrian MoD
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Merck
French Army
Captain Andrew Hartigan
US Navy
Mr Lan Cawthon
US Air Force
Colonel Hans Peter Grathwol
German Armed Force
Brigadier Mark Nowland
US Air Force
Dr. VS Chandra Sekhar
ADE DRDO India

17.30 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS

 

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