Announcing the 26thannual
JTLS-GO International User Working Group
19 to 21 May, 2026
Monterey, CA


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This year's International User Working Group will preview features of JTLS-GO 6.5, anticipated for release in June of 2026.

JTLS-GO user organizations are invited to request a briefing slot. An overview of how your organization uses JTLS-GO, future plans for JTLS-GO, and the improvements desired for the system would all be of interest to the working group participants.


2026 IUWG Schedule

Embassy Suites Seaside

Monday, 18 May 2026
1800-2000 Meet and Greet, Badge Pickup, Late Registration Embassy Suites Seaside Ballroom
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time Topic Presenter
0900 Welcome and Introduction Mr. Ty Cook, Vice President JTLS-GO Support
0915 Valkyrie Enterprises LLC Overview Mr. Joyner Livingston, SVP, Mission Solutions
0930 JS/J7 Status of JTLS-GO Mr. Doug Failor, JS/J7 Program Manager
0945 Current Status of JTLS-GO Releases (download) Mr. Eric McDonald, Director of Development
1010 Conference Picture and Morning Break (download) Mr. Mugur Georgescu
1030 JTLS-GO 6.5 Summary (download) Mr. Eric McDonald, Director of Development
1100 JSIL and JTLS-GO DIS Interface Effort (download) Mr. Joe Reis, MUSE/AFSERS Government Product Lead, JSIL
1130 Finnish Defence Forces Modeling and Simulation Mr. Anssi Munkki
1200 Lunch: Embassy Suites Seaside Ballroom
1300 Use of JTLS-GO at the Hellenic Modeling And Simulation Centre Col. (rtd) Konstantinos Tsiakalos, MSETT - DEFFINTECH
1340 M&S Decision Support to NATO SHAPE (download) Mr. Steffano Izzo
1410 JTLS-GO Support for Cold Response Sergeant 1. Class Arne Eriksen, CAX J7 Branch, Norwegian Joint Headquarters
1440 Afternoon Break
1500 JTLS-GO at the War Studies University, Poland Col. Jaroslaw Czapla, LTC Miroslaw Kedzierski
1530 JTLS-GO IRAD and Roadmap Discussion (download) Mr. Ty Cook & Mr. Eric McDonald
1600 NATO JFTC (download) Mr. Ioannis Papanikolau
1630 Adjourn
1815 Reception Dinner - 🪼 Monterey Bay Aquarium All registered conference attendees and guests invited Directions from Embassy Suites Seaside to the Aquarium
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time Topic Presenter
0900 JTLS-GO at the National Defence University of Ukraine Colonel (OF-5) Oleg Sova, Chief of Simulation Center, National Defense University of Ukraine
0930 Ukranian Operational Wargame Workshop & Tech Seminar Summary (download) Mr. Vance Southern
1000 JTLS-GO at NATO JWC, Stavanger, Norway Mr. Ivan Vianello
1030 National Defense University Romania - Planned use of JTLS-GO Col. Viorel Cucu
1100 Morning Break
1115 Swedish Modeling and Simulation Capabilities (download) LTC Ulf Hassgard, Chief Exercise Support, Swedish Armed Forces
1145 Lunch: Embassy Suites Seaside Ballroom
1245 Taiwan JOESC Mr. Jared Hsiao
1315 Japan JSJ3 / MELCO Col. Takeshi Kamisako
1340 Demonstration Overview Mr. Eric McDonald
1430 Demonstrations at the JTLS-GO Simulation Center

Meetings

JTLS-GO Simulation Center

Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time Topic Attendees
1400-1430 Swedish Armed Forces LtCol Ulf Hassgard, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Ms. Wendy Young, Mr. Matthew Guckin
1430-1500 NextStep Technology Mr. Samford Anderson, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Ms. Wendy Young, and Mr. Eric McDonald
1500-1600 Japan MELCO Mr. Naoki Shinohara and team, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Ms. Wendy Young
1600-1630 Accenture / FDF Mr. Anssi Munkki and team, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Ms. Wendy Young
1630-1700 Greece / MSETT Mr Konstantinos Tsiakalos, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Ms. Wendy Young
1700-1730 NATO JWC Mr. Ivan Vianello, Mr. Ty Cook, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Mr. Eric McDonald
1730-1800 Canadian JWC Maj Will Rassenti, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Mr. Vance Southern, Ms. Wendy Young
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time Topic Attendees
0800-0830 Taiwan JOESC LtCol Chenfu Hsiao and team, Mr. Eric McDonald, Dr. Donna Womble, and team
0900-1200 Japan MELCO, MoD Mr. Naoki Shinohara and team, Mr. Eric McDonald and team
0900-0930 Poland Inspectorate of Armed Forces Support Ltc Kamila Sulek and team, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Ms. Wendy Young
1000-1030 Romanian MoD Col Viorel Cucu and team, Mr. Mugur Georgescu, Ms. Wendy Young