Submission Guidelines

As a prospective presenter, your chances of having an abstract accepted are significantly greater if you send your abstract to the appropriate technology committee to be reviewed by the MS&A Technical Review Board, so please read the information carefully and use the process provided on the submission website to aid in making your selection.

Abstracts should be unclassified summary of the final presentation, should discuss the background and motivations for the selected topic, explain the abstract’s main contributions and select the list of keywords and include examples of results if available. Authors submitting abstracts are encouraged to include as many details about their work as possible to help reviewers make informed evaluations. It is also vital that you submit your abstract on time. Please note! Sales pitches, product demonstrations, or marketing-oriented presentations are not approved in the technical program.

Information you will provide includes:

• Unclassified Abstract Text (300-word limit)
• Up to five Key Words
• Abstract Title (10 words or fewer)
• Biography for Primary (and Secondary) Authors (200-word limit)
• Contact information for Primary (and Secondary)

Submission Portal Schedule & Deadlines Download Sample Abstracts

Authors will receive an email confirmation for receipt of the abstract from the submission system, please be sure to whitelist @xcdsystem.com. If you do not receive this confirmation, please contact DAFMSS@NTSA.org or Caitlyn Langelier at celangelier@NTSA.org.

Authors are highly encouraged to begin reviewing their organization’s public release and security protocols / timelines needed to gain appropriate approvals for presentation classification.

Once the abstract is accepted, we highly recommend authors begin drafting a conference PowerPoint presentation and follow their organization public release and/or security process.

Schedule & Deadlines

If your abstract is selected for expansion into a presentation, you will submit the following materials for the Stage Two submission via the same portal as your Stage One submission, using the same login and password.

• A set of presentation slides labeled Distribution Statement A (if government) or releasable to public (if industry).
• Government submissions will require a signed DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A memo (Approved for public release, distribution unlimited) from their home organization’s security and public affairs officer.
• Industry submissions should review their organizations release/security protocols and must submit clearance form for presentations as releasable to public.**
• Update submission system with a brief biography and picture of the author.
• All presentations will be displayed with 1024x768 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio, please organize your presentations to accommodate these details.
• There is no slide template for briefings. Industry Presentations: company logo is allowed on first page of the PowerPoint presentation only.

**Once logged into the Submission site during this stage, you will see a red box labeled Clearance Form. This will enable you to upload a Distribution Statement A memo or your internal company document agreeing that the presentation will be approved for public release; distribution unlimited to include foreign nationals. You may also download a release form for your command/company to sign and approve. This alternate form will be via PDF and then submitted through the submission site after completion, or you may submit online digitally. Clearance Forms are due 3 April.

Schedule & Deadlines

To submit the final version of the conference PowerPoint presentation, follow the steps as outlined in Stage Two for Presentation Classification. Distro A/Industry Releasable: Government submissions should be released as DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. Industry submissions should review their organizations release/security protocols and must submit presentations as releasable to public. CUI: You must adhere to all federal CUI handling requirements. Presenters are responsible for properly marking all CUI material in accordance with 32 CFR Part 2002 and their agency’s CUI policy.

If authors are unable to present their presentations in person, we request they designate an alternate briefer to present their brief.

All presentations will be displayed with 1024x768 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio, please organize your presentations to accommodate these details.

Reference Stage Two details for previous instructions on presentation submissions.

You are putting in a lot of hard work to prepare for your session, and we encourage you to help spread the word about your session and the great work you are doing. Social media is a helpful tool for promoting your presentation. Learn how to do so — simply — before, during, and after the summit.

• Update Your Email Signature & Bio in Submission Portal
• Before the Meeting: Start using the DAFMSAS hashtag #dafmsas26, send personal invitations, post teasers
• During the Meeting: Amplify other presenters, connect on social media, post an hour before your session, live tweet your presentation
• Interact and Keep Participating: Every interaction counts! Collect any social media posts, connect with people, keep participating in the conference, continue posting after the meeting, all abstracts will be posted after DAFMSAS in the repository

DAFMSAS abstracts are routed to a variety of subcommittees for evaluation. Please review the subcommittee descriptions below to be able to choose the one most appropriate. DAFMSAS technical board maintains the right to move abstracts to topic areas other than those selected by authors after review.

• Cross Cutting Topics:  This subcommittee invites abstracts which focus on technological and analytic innovations that reshape disciplinary boundaries, influence methodological processes, and impact various industries. Interest Areas: Joint Coalition, NATO/International Partners, Healthcare Simulations, 3D printing, Joint Operations.
• Emerging Technologies: This subcommittee invites abstracts that engage with emerging technologies, methodological and analytic innovations or conceptual frameworks in simulation or operations research with an emphasis on advancing support to government, industry, academia, and international domains. Interest Areas: AI, ML & the Cloud, Emerging M&S Technologies, Emerging Operation Research Programs.
• Simulation: This subcommittee invites abstracts to focus on modeling and simulation and operations analysis, including the design and evaluation of simulation and analytic architectures or techniques, as well as the exploration of synthetic entities or environments. Submissions should analyze how these innovations advance training, mission rehearsal, analytics, experimentation and research focusing on understanding the operational effectiveness and cross-domain applicability. Interest Areas: Wargaming, Digital Engineering, Multi-Domain Environments, LVC (Blended) Synthetic Environments.
• Training/Testing:  This subcommittee invites abstracts that discuss the application of innovative concepts, methods, analysis, and technologies to create effective training solutions. Interest Areas: M&S Analysis Tools and Infrastructure, Test Evaluation and Experimentation, Advanced Training.
• Policy, Standards, Data, Analytics: This subcommittee invites abstracts that analyze and discuss policy and standards frameworks governing the acquisition, implementation, and maintenance of education, training, and operation research and simulation capabilities. Interest Areas: M&S Policy & Standards, Data Analysis, Data Management, Operation Research Training, Operations Research Policy.

• Decision Support: This subcommittee invites abstracts to focus operations analysis, data analysis, and modeling and simulation that affects decisions, provides insights to leadership, and impacts operational actions. Interest Areas: Wargaming, Architecture/Force structure, Multi-Domain Environments, Joint Operations, Operational Effectiveness and Suitability.