Connections NL 2022 will be held on Monday 28th November 2022 in the Trip van Zoutland barracks of the Netherlands Defence Academy in the city of Breda.

 

In the morning there will be several keynote speakers, after lunch followed by a number of wargaming tracks in which participants can experience different forms of war- and serious gaming. We conclude the day by a recap and drinks. The whole program will be in English.

 

Program (pending):

 

10:00  Start

10:30  Sebastian J. Bae - wargame designer, former Marine -  Georgetown University

11:00   LCol Marcel Wassenaar - CO of RNl-Army SIMCENTER on wargaming and simulation

11:30   A major representative of the Dutch dairy industry on their use of wargaming

 

12:00   Lunch

 

13:00   Wargaming tracks:

 

- NavTrain - naval training using Command Modern Operations-Pro PC wargame

- Bello Ludi - professional use of WW2 miniatures

- Murphy's Heroes - wargaming as a hobby, the Dutch army in the year 1672

- NATO CCOE unit & Finnish researchers - cooperative wargaming & desinformation

- Flaspoint Southern Storm - land wargaming using PC wargame pro-version

 

1600  Wrap up

16:30  Drinks

 

More information will follow. If you have any questions or want to add to the program, please contact Bas Kreuger.

 

Registration - Want to attent Connections NL 2022? Send an email to the organisation at bas@kreugerinkultuur.nl or contact us through the contact page.

The fee for Connections NL 2022 is 10 euro, payable cash or by QR code at the reception desk in Breda on the day itself. Working at the Dutch Ministry of Defence or being a member of SAGANET, participation is free.

 

NB: As the Trip van Zoudtlandt barracks is a Dutch MoD location, all participants need to have

• a Dutch Defence ID or
• provide the following details:
• • Full name as on passport or ID
  • Date of birth and place
  • Current home address
  • ID type (ie passport or drivers licence) plus number
  • Model of car and registration number

Without this information no admittance is possible.

Parking: parking space at the Trip van Zoudtlandt barracks is very limited. We urge participants to travel to Connections NL by public transport.

 

Option are:

• a walk from Breda station (2km - 25 minutes)
• rent an OV bike: NS OV fiets Breda
• parking at the Chasé parking garage - a 15 minute walk: https://www.breda.nl/parkeergarage-chasse-parking
• parking at the Chaséveld - a 16 minute walk: Chasséveld 5-13, 4811 DH Breda, Nederland