Sea-Air-Space 2024 – Gaming to Win: Panels & Interactive Demonstration​

Join CMS at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2024 for the second annual Gaming to Win event, this year taking place on Tuesday, April 9 from 2:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

 

To view the event recording, please click here to see Panel 1 and here to see Panel 2.

 

2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.         Welcome & Introduction to Panel 1  

Dr. Steven Wills, Navalist, Center for Maritime Strategy

 

2:55 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.         Panel 1: “How Wargames Help Us Win”

Dr. Wills will introduce panelists from across the war colleges and academia and lead a discussion on how wargame impact senior military leaders’ thinking on the operational and strategic levels of war. Panelists include

Vice Admiral Anne Rondeau, USN (ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School

Rear Admiral Peter Garvin, USN, President, Naval War College

Mr. Tim Barrick, Director of Wargaming, Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare, Marine Corps University

 

3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.         Interactive Demonstration

Following Panel 1, Dr. Wills will invite guests and panelists to join him on the display floor to sample various wargames with their creators. Game displays will include

“Littoral Commander,” by Sebastian Bae

“Hedgemony,” by Dr. Yuna Wong

“At All Costs,” an Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated Fishing game by Dr. Jeremy Sepinsky

 

5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.         Panel 3: “What We Learn & How We Fight”

To round out the event, Dr. Wills will invite the wargame practitioners and creators to the stage and debrief the lessons learned from each and how the information can best be applied. Panelists include

Captain Mike O’Hara, USN, Naval War College, Chair of the Wargaming Department

Dr. Jeremy Sepinsky, Lead Wargame Designer, Center for Naval Analyses

Sebastian Bae, Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses

Dr. Karl Selke, Operational Vice President And Director, Group W

 

5:45 p.m.                               Event Concludes