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.

Hotel group booking information can be found here: Embassy Suites Info

Register for the IUWG here: Register


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, Valkyrie Business Development
0930 JS/J7 Status of JTLS-GO JS/J7 Program Manager / COR
0945 Current Status of JTLS-GO Releases Mr. Eric McDonald, Director of Development
1010 Conference Picture and Morning Break Mr. Mugur Georgescu
1030 JTLS-GO 6.5 Summary Mr. Eric McDonald
1100 JSIL and JTLS-GO DIS Interface Effort 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
1330 Use of JTLS-GO, Hellenic Modeling And Simulation Centre Col. (rtd) Konstantinos Tsiakalos, MSETT - DEFFINTECH
1400 M&S Decision Support to NATO SHAPE Mr. Steffano Izzo
1420 JTLS-GO Support for Cold Response Seargent 1st Class Arne Eriksen, CAX J7 Branch, Norwegian Joint Headquarters
1450 Afternoon Break
1500 JTLS-GO at the War Studies University, Poland Col. Marek Soloducha, PhD.
1530 JTLS-GO IRAD and Roadmap Discussion Mr. Ty Cook & Mr. Eric McDonald
1600 Japan JSJ7 / MELCO Col. Takeshi Kamisako
1630 Taiwan JOESC Mr. Jared Hsiao
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 Ukranian NDU M&S Support Col. Oleg Sova
0930 Ukranian Operational Wargame Workshop & Tech Seminar Summary Mr. Vance Southern
1000 JTLS-GO at NATO JWC, Stavanger, Norway Mr. Ivan Vianello
1030 Morning Break
1100 National Defense University Romania - Planned use of JTLS-GO Col. Cucu
1130 Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters Capt. Samart
1200 Lunch: Embassy Suites Seaside Ballroom
1300 Canadian Joint Warfare Centre Use of JTLS-GO Maj. William Rassenti
1330 Swedish Modeling and Simulation Capabilities LTC Ulf Hassgard, Chief Exercise Support, Swedish Armed Forces
1400 Demonstration Overview Mr. Eric McDonald
1430 Demonstrations at the JTLS-GO Simulation Center

Meetings

JTLS-GO Simulation Center

Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time Topic Attendee
1430 NextStep Technology Mr. Samford Anderson
1500 Japan MELCO Mr. Naoki Shinohara
1600 Accenture / FDF Mr. Anssi Munkki
1700 NATO JWC Mr. Ivan Vianello
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time Topic Attendee
0800 Taiwan JOESC LtCol. Chenfu Hsiao
0800 Canadian JWC Maj. William Rassenti
0900 Japan MELCO Mr. Naoki Shinohara
0900 Poland Inspectorate of Armed Forces Support Ltc. Kamila Sulek
1000 Romanian MoD Col. Viorel Cucu