SimTecT 2009 Simulation Conference and Exhibition

INVITATION TO SPONSOR

Sponsors

State Sponsor

South Australia the place to be

South Australia is the centre of the nation’s defence industry, with several multi-billion dollar projects underway or in the pipeline, including the contract to build the Navy’s air warfare destroyer fleet.

The State is also currently ranked as the world’s fourth most prospective jurisdiction for mining exploration.

Growth in South Australia’s defence and aerospace industries has provided a platform for further innovation and expansion in ICT and electronics. And even though it is a long way from Hollywood, the State now punches well above its weight in the global creative services industry.

Together, South Australia’s rapidly expanding mining, defence and ICT industries are creating new opportunities for simulation specialists.

South Australia is a hotspot for simulation … there's no more exciting place to be for simulation opportunities!

Principal Sponsor

CAE Training within Your Reach: Our Global Training Network

CAE is a world leader in providing simulation and modelling technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation industry and defence forces around the globe. With annual revenues exceeding C$1.4 billion, CAE employs approximately 7,000 people at more than 75 sites and training locations in 20 countries. We have the largest installed base of civil and military full-flight simulators and training devices. Through our global network of 27 civil aviation and military training centres, we train more than 75,000 crewmembers yearly. We also offer modelling and simulation software to various market segments and, through CAE’s professional services division, we assist customers with a wide range of simulation-based needs.

CAE is a major provider of advanced simulation equipment for military markets, having supplied military training simulators to defence forces of more than 30 nations, with the broadest airlift and rotary wing simulation expertise of any simulation and training company. CAE is also the world’s leading provider of civil flight simulators with more than 65% of the global competed market. The company designed and built the world’s first FAA Level D full flight simulator, the highest level of certification a flight simulator can achieve. In Australia, CAE has recently delivered an A380 simulator to Qantas and a Boeing 777-300 simulator for V-Australia which operates in CAE’s first Australian Training Centre in Sydney. CAE is also contracted to deliver several other simulators to Qantas, Ansett Training Centre and Air New Zealand in the near future, including Boeing 787 simulators for the Qantas and Air New Zealand training centres, and a B777-300ER for Air New Zealand.

CAE has been delivering successful programs in the flight simulation and service markets to the Australian military and civil aviation industry since 1994. The company continues to expand its offering to include the full suite of CAE capabilities around the world, leveraging our capabilities and experiences in other nations and continually growing a stronger domestic capability within the CAE Australia organization. In addition to the successful delivery and ongoing support of C-130H and C-130J simulators at RAAF Richmond, the Black Hawk at AAvnTC Oakey, and a number of CAE Simfinity Virtual Maintenance Trainers, CAE Australia’s simulator instructors also deliver training and training support to our Airlift and Black Hawk customers.

In the military sector, CAE is contracted to supply the RAAF with an A330 MRTT full-flight and mission simulator and related services to be located in a new facility at RAAF Amberley. More recently, CAE has been awarded the prime contract to deliver MRH 90 helicopter turnkey training systems to the Australian Defence Forces, including two Full Flight & Mission Simulators in purpose-built facilities at both Oakey and Townsville.

CAE’s Melbourne-based Professional Services group specialises in modelling, simulation, and decision support products and services, building on CAE’s strong simulation heritage and offering support for capability development, analysis and experimentation. The CAE Professional Services group works across Program Management, Modelling & Simulation and Emergency Management and Human Factors to provide defence with an Integrated Capability Engineering function.

Major Sponsor

Cubic Defence Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB), provides live combat training systems and integration services for the Australian Defence Force. It is a segment of Cubic Defense Applications, based in San Diego, Calif.

A global leader in instrumented air and land-based training systems, Cubic supports single service, joint, combined and multinational missions. Cubic's readiness systems support any mission - from section level to formation HQ training - in integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) environments.

Cubic has delivered the majority of Combat Training Centers (CTCs) and air combat training systems throughout the world. The company is also a major provider of engagement simulation systems and virtual small arms training systems.

In Australia, Cubic provides operation and support services for two live training programs: the Land 134 Combat Training Centre - Live Instrumentation System (CTC-LIS) at Townsville; and the Australian Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation (ACMI) system for F/A-18s at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales.

The CTC-LIS - a fully relocatable range instrumentation system - has been deployed to other military and urban areas, giving hundreds of Australian military personnel a chance to experience the benefits of training with its eye-safe laser and radio engagement systems with realistic audio and visual effects.

The CTC-LIS can track up to 480 exercise participants by GPS, display their location in near real time on electronic maps, and capture training events to enable replay, analysis and objective performance feedback. It is highly interoperable with other live, virtual and constructive simulation systems, including the RAAF's Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation System (ACMI) for F/A-18's. It can also be configured to provide battlefield effects in complex urban environments.

In addition to supporting the live training systems in Australia, Cubic has provided key integration services for the Joint Combined Training Capability (JCTC) program - a major U.S.-Australia initiative to enhance joint and bilateral training. The JCTC concept was demonstrated during Exercise Talisman Sabre, which involved approximately 17,000 Australian and U.S. armed forces.

Cubic used its expertise in complex systems integration and common architectures - including the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) - to link U.S. and Australian forces in an integrated LVC environment. The TENA architecture enabled U.S.-based live training systems to interoperate with Australian training systems during TS'07. Live aircraft participated, providing close air support in a high threat, ground-based air defence environment.

The Mining Industry Skills Centre is a not for profit organisation, formed as a collaborative venture between the mining industry and government, to establish a centre of excellence for the development and implementation of training initiatives in the industry.

In September 2009, the Skills Centre is holding its annual Conference and Training Awards, focusing on innovative approaches to skilling and training during this new economic era.

The 2009 Conference presents an unrivalled opportunity for members of the resources industry to exchange ideas and explore innovative solutions for our industry. The rules are changing. And attendance at the Mining Industry Skills Centre Conference has never been more important.

Welcome Reception

Thales is an international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace, ground transportation and security markets. Thales’s technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in developing and deploying field-proven mission-critical systems. To this end, the group’s civil, military and commercial businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations.

In Australia Thales is well established as a leading defence systems and engineering company with a significant presence in civil sectors and industry ranging from air traffic management to ground transportation and security systems.

Thales provides state-of-the art simulation solutions for civil and military applications, from computer based training systems and full-flight simulators to complete, networked synthetic environments for simulating large military operations.

Recent Achievements in Simulation

ASLAV simulators reach major milestones

Thales’s Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) Crew Procedural Trainers recently passed a series of major milestones. The nine Crew Procedural Trainers (CPT s) located at Army bases in Darwin, Puckapunyal and Brisbane have now notched up 10,000 hours of operational use. Training availability has hit 98.7%, while complete system availability stands at 98.4%. Overall, 1.2 million simulated rounds have been fired across the three sites – representing a massive cost saving compared to the price of real ammunition.

The ASLAV CPTs enhance cost effectiveness and deliver a safer, more efficient training environment. Housed in ISO standard transportable containers, they provide realistic training for ASLAV commanders and gunners in a fully immersive environment with a complete suite of simulated sights, periscope and out-of-turret visuals.

Combat helicopter simulator gains high-level accreditation

Thales’s Tiger ARH Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Crew Procedural Trainer (CPT) has been accredited at the Army Aviation Centre in Oakley, Queensland. It follows last year’s accreditation and delivery by Australian Aerospace Limited to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) of one of the world’s most sophisticated aircrew training systems – a twin-domed Full Flight & Mission Simulator (FFMS).

The Thales CPT completes a suite of sophisticated training devices incorporated in the AIR 87 acquisition programs under which the Army will receive 22 Tiger ARHs, and enlarges the Oakey Centre’s crew training capabilities. It is the first time a tactical trainer of this type has received such high-level accreditation, which covers flight and tactical functionalities, including weapons system with sensors, plus Night Vision Helmet capability.

Dinner Sponsor

CAE Professional Services

CAE Professional Services is a global services organisation committed to helping customers optimise the use of usercentred, simulation-based analysis, design and experimentation to support the entire capability life-cycle - from initial research and concept development through design, implementation, test, and evaluation to production, maintenance, upgrades and disposal. Our team specialises in providing solutions to the Defence, National Security, and civilian Emergency Management markets.

Wireless Internet Access Sponsor

Presagis is a world leader in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modelling, simulation, and embedded display graphics software, and is creator of a unified COT S modelling and simulation software portfolio for the global aerospace and defence markets. The Presagis software portfolio focuses on four key areas of application development:

Simulation (STA GE Scenario, AI.implant, SIM OneNet)
Visualization (Vega Prime, Lyra)
Content Creation (Terra Vista, Creator)
Human Machine Interface (VAP S XT)

Recently announcing Aeria, Presagis is creating an unprecedented technology vision for building modelling and simulation applications to meet the requirements of tomorrow’s most demanding projects. Based on open, commercial standards, Aeria brings together all Presagis software into a flexible, unified workflow for the creation of next-generation land, air, and sea applications.

With a foundation based on leading brands and development of industry standards such as Common Database (CDB), OpenFlight, and TerraPage, Presagis provides easy-to-use integrated solutions that meet the rigorous demands of customers’ complex applications.

Built on a combined legacy of innovation and service and delivering superior customer value through rapid technology advancement, the world-class solutions offered by Presagis are used by more than 1,000 customers worldwide, including industry leaders such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, SAAB, BAE Systems, DaimlerChrysler, CAE , Thales, Northrop Grumman, and Vivendi Games.

PC Serious Games Area

Xenon Systems are supplying high performance PC systems for the Wargames Cafe.

XENON Systems provides high performance computing solutions to technical, creative, and corporate users. The company does not aim to be the biggest player in the market, but to be the best.

We firmly believe that the core values that constitute our philosophy will continue to help us grow. Three consistent activities have driven our success to date: research, customer focus, and belief in our people.

Every year we spend more on research into our products and into the components we source from the world’s leading manufacturers. We continually test combinations of thermal efficiencies in chassis design, power supplies, drives, graphic cards, CPU’s, and RAM to optimise performance for specific client applications needs.

We see each customer as a long term partner requiring long term solutions. The performance of our products underpins this relationship and superior ongoing service maintains it. We hire people who will share this philosophy and encourage them to fulfil it.

XENON solutions and hardware are now being employed in a wide range of demanding environments and industries. Defence, manufacturing, meteorology, broadcasting, motor racing, telecommunications, the variety of high performance XENON technology solutions in use is growing monthly.

XENON also provides a rich resource for clients whose demands exceed the ordinary including Linux and UNIX support, network design, and high performance clustering. As a recognised leader, we feel a responsibility to ensure that our products will influence and advance the industry.