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Connections UK 2017 Programme and Speaker Bios. The final programme and consolidated speaker bios are available here BBC Report. For a short article about the Megagame on Day One of the conference: Please click here. Conference Report. The PAXsims Blog about the conference is here, and the Wargaming Miscellany Blog report is here , here and here. Podcast. The KCL Podcast about the conference is here. WATU Follow-up. A follow-up report on the Western Approaches Tactical Unit is here. Day 1. Tuesday 5 September 2017: Wargaming 101 and Dire Straits Megagame. Wargaming 101. A presentation for newcomers complemented by the on-line reading pack. Megagame. DIRE STRAITS: A megagame designed by Jim Wallman and Rex Brynen to explore a potential crisis involving China, Taiwan, and beyond. Player Handbook. The Player Handbook, which should give you a flavour of the overall game. Introduction. The Introductory Video provided before the game start. Game Report. You will find a comprehensive game report at the PAXsims blog from one of the designers. Game Twitter Stream The Press Team did a fantastic job - you can follow the events on the Twitter Stream here. Immediate AAR. Click here for the immediate post-game comments by the designers: (Audio). Post-Game Analysis. The Paxsims report is available here and the Analytical Team reports are available here. Day 2. Wednesday 6 September 2017. Plenary 1. UK military Tri-Service wargaming. Standing Joint Force Headquarters wargaming by Lt Col Jordan-Barber. Audio. Royal Navy Wargaming by Cdr Matt Payne. Audio. Wargaming at the Air Warfare Centre by Flt Lt Colin Bell. Audio. Plenary 2. US and UK military and Foreign & Commonwealth Office wargaming initiatives. US ongoing wargaming initiatives by Cmdr Phil Pournelle (Retd). Audio. Long term wargaming lessons learned by Col Matt Caffrey (Retd). Audio. Gaming in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Owen Elliot (there is no audio for this presentation). The Defence Wargaming Handbook by Col George Wilson. Audio. A copy of the Handbook is available here. Keynote Speaker. As is customary for Senior Officers, there are no slides or audio. Plenary 3. Broader perspectives on wargaming. Unprofessional Wargaming by Charles Vasey. Audio. The Western Approaches Tactical Unit by Paul Strong. Audio. Possibly one of the most important and impactful wargames of all time. Games Fair. The rest of the day was taken up with the Games Fair allowing participants to experience a number of games intended for a professional audience, for Training, Education or Professional Development. The descriptions of the games and reports are contained here. Day 3. Thursday 7 September 2017. Plenary 4. Wargaming in Education. Wargaming in Education by Mauro Faina. Audio. Wargames and Education by Paul Howarth. Audio. Wargaming in Education by Dr Nick Bradbeer and Dave Manley. Audio. A version of the slides with speaking notes is here. Class Wargames by Prof Richard Barbrook. Audio. Plenary 5. Wargaming the Intangible: Human Terrain, Matrix and Seminar Games. Modelling the Human Terrain by Drs Jeff Appleget and Rob Burks. Audio. Matrix Gaming by Anja van der Hulst. Audio. Plenary 6. Wargame Design and Analysis: Megagaming, Swedish Wargaming and Missile Defence Wargaming. Dire Straits Megagame Design by Prof Rex Brynen and Jim Wallman. Audio. Swedish Wargaming by Erik Nordstrand. Audio. Designing a Missile Defence Wargame by Ivanka Barzashka. Audio. A report on the proposed wargame from last year's conference. Breakout Workshop: 'Skinning the Cat'. Wargaming issues in the High North. Introduction from the UK Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. Audio. A version with speakers notes is here. Instructions to Participants by Tom Mouat. This includes some post session observations. Game Ideas produced by the participants. Audio. A very useful map of the North Pole is here and here as SVG maps suitable for editing. More details are in the "Polar Regions" section of: Global Strategic Trends - Out to 2045