Workshop #1 – Project Opportunities
Cunningham Center
July 16, 2008
Project Opportunities:
Alliances and Partnerships
1. Other Universities
2. Fort Benning
3. Other CSU Schools and Departments
4. Georgia Strategic Centers of Innovation
5. Cunningham Center for Leadership Development
6. Muscogee County School District
7. Columbus Regional Healthcare
8. Defense and Homeland Security Companies
9. Columbus Technical College in Workforce Development
10. Regional Companies
11. US Army and DOD
Other Universities
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Old Dominion University (ODU) and VMASC
University of Central Florida (UCF) and TSI
Johns Hopkins
University of Alabama at Huntsville
Naval Post Graduate School in Monterrey, CA
Fort Benning
• Providing modeling and simulation consultative
support to MCOE Battle Lab
• Providing Modeling and Simulation training support
for Army Interns
• Conducting Modeling, Simulation and Gaming
Research in support of MCOE and US Army
• Establishing Internship / Co-OpProgram with the
MCOE Battle Lab and Other USAIS Organizations
• Seek Government Grant Opportunities
• Look for ways to partner with ARL, ARI, TRADOC
Systems Managers, and Allied LNOs
Other CSU
Schools and Departments
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Business
Nursing
Education
Psychology
Math
Georgia Centers of Innovation
• Aerospace
• Logistics and Transportation
Warner Robbins
Savannah
Cunningham Center for
Leadership Development
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Seek Joint, Collaborative Effort with Fort Benning—a ready made “Petri Dish”
of leadership data in multiple areas:
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Officer Candidate School
Basic Officer Leader Course
Ranger School
MCOE Advanced Course
NCO Academy Courses
Build Leadership:
– Simulations
– Models
– Games
In support of CCLD to meet MCSD, Regional Healthcare and Fort
Benning Leadership Requirements
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Build a leadership data base second to none
Begin publishing original research
Defense and Homeland
Security Companies
• CSU to provide modeling, simulation and gaming
programmatic expertise to help companies secure
government contracts
• Provide local defense contractors with a quality
source of modeling, simulation and gaming
contractors
• Offer modeling, simulation and gaming consultative
services to local contractors and their companies
Economic Development Partners:
To Meet
Workforce Development Needs
• Work with economic development partners to attract
new and small business to region in modeling,
simulation and gaming industry
• Work with CTC to meet total workforce development
needs within region
• Help identify future programmatic needs of companies
now located or anticipated to locate in region
Project STEADI and Beyond
If Project STEADI only takes through September 30,
2008, how do we get to September 2011?
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Project STEADI
Project STEADIE (Extended)
Project STEADI Final
M&S Track Base Complete
M&S Curriculum Expanded
The Next Workshop
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Date: August 27th
More a Symposium than a Workshop
Exhibits by Major Defense Contractors
Key Speakers Invited:
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Dr. Robert Bauer, Fort Knox
Mr. Don Sando, Fort Benning
Dr. Randall Shumaker, Director UCF Simulation and Training Institute
Dr. Michael McGinnis, Executive Director - VMASC
Colonel (RET) Paul Hanover, SAIC
Randall Hill, Jr., Executive Director-USC’s Institute for Creative
Technology
– Mr. James Cooke, Director, Army Modeling and Simulation Directorate
Wrap Up
• We learned more about Modeling and
Simulation
• We know the status of Project STEADI
• We have a vision for the future and we see that
opportunity abounds – “Carpe Diem”
• Everyone benefits from Project STEADI
• Thanks for coming and block August 27th on
your calendar for the Project STEADI
Symposium.
Modeling, Simulation
and Gaming