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Partners in Learning - Agenda*

Serious Games Summit - October 30-31
Partnering Forum - November 1-2

*Please check back regularly for updates. Also, all agenda events will be conducted in English.

**Monday, October 30**
SERIOUS GAMES SUMMIT
Venue: Courtyard Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia - (703) 920-3230
Metro: Crystal City (Yellow and Blue line)
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 4:30 pm	Exhibit Open
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Welcome and Opening Keynote
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Breakout Sessions by Industry: Education, Government Military, Health and more
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Opening NIght Reception

**Tuesday, October 31**
SERIOUS GAMES SUMMIT
Venue: Courtyard Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia - (703) 920-3230
Metro: Crystal City (Yellow and Blue line)
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Opening Keynote
9:30 am - 3:00 pm	Exhibit Open
9:45 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary Sessions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Breakout Sessions by Industry: Education, Government Military, Health and more
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Developer Showcase Reception

**Wednesday, November 1**
PARTNERS IN LEARNING FORUM
Venue: Various
8:30 am - 10:15 am Canadian Embassy 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW	Industry Roundtable Breakfast Learning industry experts will be at the Embassy for an informal breakfast discussion with participating Canadian companies. This program will involve an exchange of information about industry trends and developments, and an exploration of ways Canadian and American companies can partner together for enhanced business opportunities. Confirmed speakers: Richard Burke, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, D.C. Government Pava Cohen, VP Sales, ENC Marketing (Marketing to federal government clients) Bob Lalonde, VP Business Development, Bluedrop (Canadian company doing business in this sector and region)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm SRA International (Transportation provided)	Site Visit to SRA International SRA International provides strategic consulting, systems design, development and integration, and outsourcing and managed services to a number of key U.S. government clients, including the EPA, Air Force, Department of Defence, and Health and Human Services Department. SRA has 3,400 employees and over $500 million in revenue in 2004.
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm Tower Club* (Transportation provided) *Jackets required	Luncheon with Systems Integrators Hear from representatives of two local companies active in the government training and simulation market. Learn where they see opportunities arising in coming months, what business they are pursuing, and what kind of capabilities they are looking for in a partner. Confirmed speakers: Dr. Gerald Gordon, Luncheon host and President and CEO, Fairfax County Economic Development Agency, Brief introduction and overview of region Ludmilla Parnell, Marketing Director, General Dynamics IT (formerly Anteon) on How to do Business with Systems Integrators Speaker from BreakAway Games, TBD
2:45 pm - 4:30 pm Command Information (Transportation provided)	Site Visit to Command Information Command Information is America’s largest and fastest growing solutions provider of Internet Protocol Version 6 ("IPv6" or "Next Generation Internet"). Command Information offers strategy, tactical direction and application development services for Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations seeking to move to this fast-emerging new version of Internet protocol. In September 2006, Command Information created a new division, Command Federal, to service the net-centric computing demands of the U.S. government, which has mandated that all federal departments and agencies must make a transition to IPv6 by mid-2008.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Canadian Embassy 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW	Partners in Learning Networking Reception Join members of local technology councils and other contacts for a chance to build your Washington DC contact network. Participating Canadian companies will be provided table-top space for exhibit of brochures and other company information.

**Thursday, November 2**
PARTNERS IN LEARNING FORUM
Venue: Various
8:30 am - 9:45 am Canadian Embassy 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW	Roundtable Breakfast with Virginia Economic Develpment Partnership This program will involve an exchange of information about the modeling and simulation industry in the Commonwealth of Virginia, new trends and developments, and an exploration of ways Canadian and American companies can partner together for enhanced business opportunities. Kim Weir, International Investment Manager David Enghauser, Project Manager for the VEDP Modeling & Simulation Initiative Thomas Osha, Old Dominion University and Contact for the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, Simulation Center Len Capelli, Federal Government Project Manager
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (Transportation provided)	Site Visit to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) SAIC, a Fortune 500® company, ranks as the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States. SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 43,000 employees with offices in over 150 cities worldwide. The company is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and products to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. SAIC offers a broad range of services and products to address its customers' most complex and critical technology-related needs.
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Special Events (meetings, etc.) organized by individual partners (TBC)