9th Annual Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit

The Official Military Virtual Training and Simulation Event

Defense Strategies Institute’s 9th Annual Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit will convene leaders from the DoW, Military Services, Federal Government, industry, academia, and other stakeholders to discuss the evolving future of modeling, simulation, and synthetic training. The summit will provide a forum for advancing technologies and strategies that ensure Warfighters and decision-makers remain trained, ready, and lethal for the future fight. The 2026 VT&S Summit will aid in advancing the DoW’s ability to deliver synthetic environments that provide hyper-realistic training scenarios to enhance warfighter readiness, enable lethality, and enforce battlefield cohesion across the services at all echelons, in all domains.

Notice: No Press. No Recordings. Chatham House Rule.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Moderator:

BG (Ret) William Glaser, USA Former Director, Synthetic Training Environment CFT

Confirmed Speakers:

BG Christine Beeler, USA PEO, Simulation Training & Instrumentation

COL Ted L. Stokes, USA IncomingDirector, Synthetic Training Environment CFT

Col Anthony Graham, USAF Commander, Air Force Agency for Modeling & Simulation

Col Wynndee Young, USMC PM Training Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command

CAPT Aaron R. Kelley, USN Commanding Officer, Tactical Training Group Atlantic

COL Michael K. Stinchfield, USA Chief of Staff, U.S. Army War College

COL Christopher C. Johnes, USA Director, National Simulation Center

CSM Michael D. Dills, USA Command Sergeant Major, US Army Medical Research and Development Command

HMCM Christopher M. Cariss, USN Command Master Chief, Naval Medical Research Command

Dr. Ghaith Rabadi Director, School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, UCF

Dr. Haifa Maamar Executive Director of Emerging Technologies, Full Sail University

Dr. Richard Thomas Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Center, WVU

Dr. Benjamin D. Nye Director of Learning Sciences, USC ICT

Dr. Dirk Reiners Joint Faculty, VARLAB, UCF Institute for Simulation and Training

Dr. Doug Maxwell Former Chief Architect, Army Futures Command STE CFT

and more coming soon!

Expected Number of Attendees

150

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, DOD & Military, Coast Guard, National Guard Association

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When
Wed-Thu, Jan 28-29, 2026

Cost

Active Duty US Military & Government:	$0.00 (Until 01/29/2026)
Early Registration: Non-profit, Academia, FFRDC:	$690.00 (Until 12/19/2025)
Standard Registration: Non-profit, Academia, FFRDC:	$790.00 (Until 01/29/2026)
Advance Registration - Industry & Contractor:	$990.00 (Until 11/14/2025)
Early Registration - Industry & Contractor:	$1090.00 (Until 12/19/2025)
Standard Registration - Industry & Contractor:	$1290.00 (Until 01/29/2026)