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Connections UK 2021 Dates:Connections 2021 was held on 14 and 15 September 2021. Programme Tuesday 14 Sep 2021 Introduction by Graham Longley-Brown Introduction to Wargaming: Why Wargame?   Slides Types of Wargame   Slides Wargaming "Effects"   Slides Design, Dice and Adjudication   Slides Professional Wargaming Pitfalls and Dangers   Slides Sandhurst Kriegsspiel (Tom Mouat): Blue Team Briefing.  Blue Team editable map. Red Team Briefing.  Red Team editable map. Whole of Society Wargaming (Anja van der Hulst) Wargaming In Practice (Part One) COA Wargaming (Graham Longley-Brown) Facilitation (Jim Wallman) Wargaming In Practice (Part Two) Practical Problems in Wargaming (Dr Charlotte Peet) Wargame Design to a Purpose (Colin Marston, Graham Longley-Brown & Jim Wallman) DSTL Cyber Game (Tom Mouat) Educational Games Anti-Submarine Warfare (Nick Bradbeer & Dave Manley) Business 3D (Petra Wiesbrock) MonkeyPox: Russian Influence Wargaming (Rob Prattern) Make Me Dyslexic (Sally Davis) Plenary: Bringing on the Next Generation Workshop Session One WarPaths (Tom Nagle) Model Based Pandemic Response (Ben Taylor) Military Innovation & Crisis Wargaming (Stephen Webley & Tom Evans) Professional Distributed Gaming: Lessons from D&D (Tom Fisher) No Rules, No Dice Wargame (Wilf Owen) No Rules, No Dice Presentation No Rules, No Dice Wargame Adjudicating Influence Panel (Colin Marston, Devin Ellis, Peter Williams & Graham Longley-Brown) Adjudicating Influence (Graham Longley-Brown) Defining Influence for Wargaming (Peter Williams) The iWarrior Influence Model (Peter Williams) USMC Operational Wargame System Introduction (Tim Barrick) Designing a Digital Outbreak Simulation (Rex Brynen & Hanna Hamrick) Ukraine Wargame: Battle for the Dnieper (Diederik Stolk) Wednesday 15 Sep 2021 Workshop Session Two UK Fight Club Introduction The Craft of Scenario Writing (Hiro Akutsu & Fred Cameron) Lessons Learned from Zefra (Presentation) (Fred Cameron) Lessons Learned from Zefra (Video) (Fred Cameron) Academic Panel (Catherine Jones, Stephen Wagner, David Banks & Stephen Webley) How and why do you use wargaming in higher education to deliver learning objectives? (Catherine Jones) Using Wargames in the Classroom (David Banks) Senior Officer Plenary: Diverse Thinking (Brigadier Sara Sharkey CBE) Plenary Sessions: Improvised Adjudication Masterclass (Ed McGrady, Phil Pournell & Pete Pellegrino) Diverse Problem Solving (Yuna Wong, Ada Sayin, Vishalji Odedra, Rachael Worthington & Jennifer Hart) Yuna Wong Commander Jill Diversity and Inclusion in Wargaming (Rachael Worthington & Jennifer Hart) Connections: The Way Forward (Matt Caffrey) Workshop Session Three Combat Mission (UK Fight Club) WarPaths Gameplay (Tom Nagle) Model Based Pandemic Response Gameplay (Ben Taylor) The Itoora Peace Game (Tom Vielott) Arctic Futures (Anja van der Hulst) Crossfire (Nick Riggs) The British Way: Malaya (Vishalji Odedra). Game Designer Interview Nuclear War Simulator (Ivan Stepanov) Sweeping Satellites (Mark Flanagan & Ian Robinson) Time for Truth (Evan D'Alessandro) Woman in Command: Hybrid Threat Rising (Ada Sayin & Berke Capli) Combined Arms (Fire & Movement) (Phil Sabin) The Village (Jim Wallman & Rex Brynen)

Special Thank You!

Many thanks to NSC and QinetiQ for providing the Command Centre facilities. These allowed the conference coordinators to co-locate, which was essential to the successful delivery of the technical aspects of the conference.

Guidance for Attendees

Privacy/Security:  As part of the Connections UK conference proceedings, screenshots of the event may be put on the www.professionalwargaming.co.uk website. The assumption is that the minimal amount of data you choose to display on-line in the conference context, does not amount to the definition of "personal data" under GDPR. If you do not wish to have your photo used in this way, you MUST ensure you keep your camera off and change your display name appropriately. Naming.  Please ensure your Discord Username is appropriate for a professional context, so "Phil Sabin" or "Amanda D" are fine, but "OrkBossKillah" is probably not. You are also encouraged to add personal pronouns - this is totally voluntary but helps signal that you are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Guidance for Speakers

Guidelines: The aim and purpose of Connections UK is to help bring together two main audiences: People that have something to say about wargaming in order to help build / generate / broaden the community; and People that want to use wargaming to help understanding in order to find out if it is appropriate for their needs. You are therefore asked to note: Wargaming is mainstream.  To this end, we don't need to waste any time on justifying our existence or apologising for ourselves. All the delegates attending a "professional wargaming conference" will know what they are getting themselves into (and if they aren't, they should be). Let's just assume that they are and you can spend more time concentrating on your area of expertise. Timings are tight.  Please don't overrun as it simply messes up the programme for everyone else. Do not advertise.  It would be remiss to not mention that the cardinal sin for a presenter is to give a thinly veiled advertising slot for your sponsor's products or services. The delegates want to be informed and educated about Wargaming ways, means and methods - you are the expert so please concentrate on these. If any delegate wants more commercial information, they can contact you afterwards. Please include your sponsor's details in a slide at the beginning or the end, but no organisation diagrams or other company details that have nothing to do with the topic. Making Changes.  We understand that you are likely to have to make changes to your presentation. This is completely acceptable, and new versions can be sent at any time up to and including the event date. Conference Proceedings.  We will try to have an audio recording and a PDF copy of your presentation (but not questions) placed on the Connections UK website following the conference, except in the case of Senior Government Officials. You have been invited on the basis that this is acceptable - the clue is in the title "Connections" - we are trying to share information and best practice with each other. Presentation File Formats.  Please provide your presentation in PowerPoint or PDF format, but ODF is acceptable. If you have any questions, please contact the organisers here.