Federal agencies face a crisis of imagination, and 19th-century wargaming won’t solve it. Costly. Analog. One-and-done. Today’s formats don’t scale, the data disappears, and participants forget. Meanwhile, China runs massive public tournaments, capturing every move to refine doctrine faster than we can book a conference room.

To prepare for the next disruption, join Dr. Anders Gronstedt for a forward-looking session on the transformation from centralized events to continuous readiness through distributed online tournaments and self-paced play.

In this session, we will explore:
AI Superhuman: AI opponents evolve with every match, preparing teams for the next war, not the last. Like AlphaGo’s “Move 37,” they surface unexpected strategies and emergent behaviors.
Immersive 3D Visualization: High-fidelity game engines let teams "live" a scenario, strengthening recall compared to abstract exercises.
Democratizing Access: Self-paced training on laptops or handheld devices makes it easy to get reps in the field, utilizing spaced repetition to slow skill decay.
System Learning: Adaptive systems capture every decision, building a growing repository of institutional memory instead of losing insights after each event.

Live Demonstration: Battleline: Taiwan Defense
We will demonstrate these capabilities using Battleline (coming soon to Steam). You’ll see a high-stakes scenario where players command forces during a simulated invasion of Taiwan, with modern game engines modeling complex decisions, from target motion analysis to sonar operations. Then we’ll open it up for a lively discussion, so bring your questions and comments.

Presenters: Anders Gronstedt, Ph.D. — President of The Gronstedt Group, an industry-leading developer of simulations that accelerate learning at scale for the world's largest employers, including the U.S. Navy, Walmart, Pfizer, and Daikin. He is a frequent industry speaker and writer with articles appearing in the Harvard Business Review.

All FGDLA members are invited to meet with the board members to hear a review of the year and find out ways to get involved!