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• Ladies and Gentlemen - may I have your attention please.
• If you will take your seats and come to order, we will begin the SimSummit Workshop. 
• Before we launch into the substantive content of the workshop, we have a very few introductory comments. 
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•These include:
–… a statement of welcome from the Executive Committee
–… comments from the three coordinating organizations
–… and the apparently obligatory administrative announcements. 
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•SimSummit exists because, by some accounts, simulation technology is mature and robust, but the modeling and simulation profession, industry, and marketplace are not.
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•By executing this Workshop, we hope to build consensus on the ‘way forward’ for the modeling and simulation industry.  We intend to hear your interests, and facilitate your identifying what can be done by the community for the collective good. 
•SimSummit has been coordinated through the efforts of three professional societies, whose Senior Executives constitute the SimSummit Executive Committee.   These Executives will comment briefly on their Organization’s interests in SimSummit and on their expectations for SimSummit’s influencing the future of modeling and simulation.
•To speak on behalf of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International [SCS], I’d like to introduce the Society’s Former President, Dr. Roy Crosbie. 
•The Simulation Interoperability and Standards Organization (SISO) is represented by the Chairman of it’s Executive Committee, Warren Katz.  Trained as an Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Warren has experience with Bolt, Beranek, and Newman on the SIMDET Program, and co-founded Mak Technologies.  An author, inventor and businessman, Warren has served with considerable patience and effectiveness as Chairman of the SISO Executive committee.
•Finally, we have RADM Retired, Fred Lewis, Director of the National Training Systems Association.  Fred is a proud Graduate of the US Naval Academy.  A naval aviator, test and combat pilot, Fred advanced to Commander, Carrier Group FOUR and Commander, Carrier Striking Forces Atlantic.  He has accumulated over 1,200 carrier landings and he’s still tall. 
•The SCS is pleased to host the SimSummit Workshop subsequent to our SCSC and SPECTS Conferences here at the U. S. Grant Hotel.  We have tried to leverage arrangements made for those events to the benefit of SimSummit, and we sincerely hope that the accommodations provided for SimSummit are adequate.
•There are a few administrative announcements pertaining to arrangements that are intended to make your participation in SimSummit more convenient, effective, and ultimately valuable to yourselves, your organizations, and the community. 
•Reference Materials – Reference materials have been prepared for your information and are contained in the binders at your table settings.  The contents of that information package will be included, together with material generated during the Workshop, in the proceedings to be published in soft copy.  Other materials intended to facilitate your participation will be provided during the meeting.
•Facilities and Equipment – SimSummit will occupy this area – the Pavilion Room – throughout the workshop.  Audio visual equipment is provided, the discussions will be recorded for posterity, and power outlets are provided at your table settings for your convenience.  No web access is provided, however, except in Guest rooms.  Nevertheless, if anyone has need of web access during the meeting, or need for any other facilities support arise, please register your need with a member of the Floor Team. .
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•Health and Safety – If anybody has any health and safety concerns, dietary preferences, etc., please notify the Floor Team likewise.
•Meals and Breaks – Break-time drinks and snacks will be available during the working sessions.  All meals are provided to Delegates through Friday afternoon
•Communications Support – If anyone has a cell phone, please disable the audible ring.  Anybody who’s phone plays Yankee Doodle during the Meeting will be given a wedgie by the Floor Team.  The phone number for messages – that will be posted to the message board at the rear of the room - is: (619) 744-2080
•SimSummit Floor Team – Members of the Floor Team this morning are:
•… the inimitable Charlotte Sallas
•… Peggy Gravitz
•… Bob Gravitz, and
•… Frank Acampora
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