Plenary Sessions

Day One

Developing a Human Capital Plan for the Total Force
Ms. Anita K. Blair, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (M&RA), Acting

Keynote Address
RADM William E. Landay III, Chief of Naval Research/Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements, N091

Videos referenced in Keynote Address

• Dogfight with EEG video
• IIT video
• JFETS video
• MDS Robot video

The Role of Research and Analysis in Achieving FIT
VADM Mark E. Ferguson III, Chief of Naval Personnel

Last Year’s Challenge from Chief of Naval Personnel
CDR James Dick, N1Z

Day Three

Charge to the Research Community
Mr. Patrick M. McLaughlin, Assistant Deputy, Chief of Naval Operations & Chief Operating Officer (N1B)

Brainstorming Sessions: “Research Ideas to Address N1’s Top Issues”
CDR James Dick, N1Z

Three brainstorming sessions were held on the following topics:

• Defining & Measuring FIT
• Barriers to Achieving FIT
• Innovation and Pilot Programs

Breakout Sessions

Session One

Capability-Based Competencies
Chair: Mr. Robert Hausmann, CNAC

• Professor Rich Suttie, Dean of Academics, NWC; Mr. Nicholas Potter, NWC, CAPT Rick Henry, NWC
  Capability-Driven Requirements & Resourcing / Navy Workforce Development & Shaping
• Mr. Mark Tregar, CNAC
  Managing and Development Competencies for the AT&L Workforce (Currently not available)
• Dr. David Olwell, NPS
  Workforce Analysis for an M&S Educational Program
• Ms. Lisa Gabel, HPC; Dr. Burt Krain, HPC
  Advances in the Collection and Utilization of Total Force Competency Data
• Dr. Carl Dahlman, DHCS PEO
  Competency-Based Workforce Management

Manning Requirements / Strategies
Chair: Mr. Bob Bost, Serco Opening Remarks

• Dr. Don Birchler, CNA
  Navy Manpower Studies - A Methodology for Determining Navy Shore Manning Requirements
• Mr. Steve Belcher, CNA
  Update on Billet Analysis Tool Development
• Mr. Steve Bills, Serco
  Alternative Manning Strategies
• Mr. Charles Gowen, Cape Henry Associates; Mr. Charles Arrants, Cape Henry Associates
  Has Optimized Manning Strangled Fleet Manpower?
  

Manning to the Edge
Chair: Dr. David Alderton, NPRST

• Dr. Jackie Mottern, NPRST
  PISCES
• Dr. Randy Brou, NPRST
  Predict 21
• Ms. Zannette Uriell, NPRST; Ms. Evangeline Clewis, NPRST; Dr. Paul Rosenfeld, NPRST
  Lightning Poll
• Mr. Dave Cashbaugh, NPRST
  FUTURE
• CDR Thomas Jones, NPRST
  Simulation Toolset for Experimental Environment Research (STEER)
• Dr. Janet Spoonamore, NPRST
  Optimized Skills Bank

Manpower & Personnel Policy Analysis
Chair: Dr. Carla Tighe Murray, CBO

• Dr. Martha Koopman, CNA
  Sea Tour Completion
• Dr. David Rodney, CNA
  Measuring "Fit"
• CDR Linda Houde, Nurse Corps, USN; LT Kathleen Cooperman, Medical Service Corps, USN
  A Strategic Approach to Humanitarian Medical Manpower Planning
• Dr. Stephen Mehay, NPS; Ms. Elda Pema, NPS
  The Impact of the Navy's Tuition Assistance Program on First-Term Retention & Promotion
• Dr. Ann Parcell, CNA
  Officer Off / On Ramps

Session Two

Community Requirements and Manning
Chair: Dr. Jason DePasquale, LMI

• Mr. Chris Brose, CACI, Inc.
  Supply Chain Analysis - SEAL/SWCC Community Management Models
• Dr. Albert Monroe, CNA
  The Effects of Shore Assignments on Aegis Fire Controlman Retention and Promotion
• Dr. Pat Mackin, SAG Corp; Mr. Steve Cylke, N104
  Optimizing Manning for the IT Community
• Dr. Bob Levy, CNAC; Dr. Jim Grefer, CNA     
  Determining USMC Wartime Medical Requirements

Officer Analysis
Chair: Dr. Harry Thie, RAND

• Mr. Paul Hogan, Lewin Group; Ms. Ellen Bouchery, Lewin Group           
  Retention and Contract Choice of Nuclear Power Officers (Currently not available)
• Mr. Blair Duncan, LMI; Ms. Sue Tardif, LMI
  Navy Strategic Workforce Analysis - Office Personnel
• Dr. Rick Butterworth, Peak Software; Mr. Sanjay Nayar, CSC; Ms. Angela Cho, CSC; Mr. Rodney Myers, NPRST OPIS and WebWOLF - Supporting Officer Community Management

Quality of Life
Chair: Mr. Tom Yavorski, N135, Dr. Paul Rosenfeld, NPRST

• Dr. Dave Westhuis, Indiana University, Ms. Joanne Marshall-Mies, Swan Research Inc., Ms. Amy Turner, Swan Research Inc., Dr. Richard Fafara, Army FMWRC & Mr. Carleton Sea, Army FMWRC
  US Army Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Program Links to Readiness: The Army Spouse Perspective
• Dr. Rachel Lipari, DMDC; Ms. Kelly Sand, DMDC; Mr. Jason Smith, DMDC
  2006 Active Duty Spouses: Member and Family Readiness and Support
• Dr. Rosemary Schultz, NPRST
  2006 Survey for Spouses of Navy Individual Augmentees (IAs)
• Dr. Kimberly Whittam, NPRST, Dr. Paul Rosenfeld, NPRST
  Results of the Navy Exceptional Family Member Program Quick Poll
• LT Stephanie Miller, N134; LT Hope Brill, N134; LT Rugaba Kanani, N134
  Navy Task Force Life Work (TFLW)
  

Session Three

Compensation: Retention Bonus
Chair: Dr. Pat Macking, SAG Corp

• Dr. Peter Coughlan, NPS; Dr. Bill Gates, NPS
  Monetary and Nonmonetary Junior SWO Retention Bonuses Using a Combinatorial Second-Price Auction Mechanism
• Mr. Rick Loffredo, CSC; Dr. Chariya Punyanitya, CSC; Dr. Tanja Blackstone, NPRST; Dr. Colin Osterman, NPRST SRB Allocation Model
• Dr. Peter Coughlan, NPS; Dr. Bill Gates, NPS; Capt Benjamin Cook, Australian Army
  Selective Reenlistment Bonuses: An Experimental Analysis of the Sequential Self-Selecting Auction Mechanism (S3AM)

Individual Characteristics that Inluence Performance
Chair: Dr. Seema Sayala, CNA

• Ms. Donna Roland, University of Memphis; Mr. Ronald Bearden, NPRST; Mr. Hubert Chen, NPRST
  Relationships between Personality Dimensions Assessed by the Navy Computer Adaptive Personality cales and the Big Five
• Ms. Sara Russell, CNA
  An Empirical Method for Determining DESRON Team-Based Proficiencies from Task Analysis (Currently not available)
• Mr. Hubert Chen, NPRST; Mr. Ronald Bearden, NPRST; Dr. Frederick Oswald, Michigan State University; Dr. David Hambrick, Michigan State University; Ms. Donna Roland, University of Memphis
  SYRUS: Individual Differences in Multitasking Ability
• CDR James Pfautz, USNR
  SMARTS 360: Leadership Development, Mission Accomplishment, and Retention

Enlisted Accession Supply Chain
Chair: Dr. Stephen Watson, Navy Selection & Classification Office

• Mr. George Taylor, PMO
  Navy Enlisted Accession Supply Chain (NEASC) Management
• Dr. Mehdi Amini, eSOL; Dr. Mike Racer, eSOL; CDR Thomas Jones, NPRST; Mr. Rodney Myers; NPRST; Mr. Dave Cashbaugh, NPRST; Dr. Tanja Blackstone, NPRST
  Simulation Modeling and Analysis of the Navy Street-to-First-Contract-Renewal Supply Chain: The AMEK Job Family
• Mr. Mike Sumrall, BearingPoint
  Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) Cost Model Using Process Based Costing (PBC) Methodology and Costperform Software
• Ms. Valerie Hall, SPAWAR
  MILITAPS

Session Four

Compensation: Assignment & Performance Incentives
Chair: Dr. Bill Ferree, NWC

• Mr. David Breslin, NAVSEA
  Pay for Performance & Game Theory
• Mr. Kenneth Robinson, Serco; Mr. John Durgala, Serco; Mr. James Simien, NPRST
  One-to-One Negotiation of Assignment Incentives for Sailors and Commands
• Dr. Peter Coughlan, NPS; Dr. Bill Gates, NPS; CDR Nils Resare, USN
  An Alternative Assignment Incentive Pay Auction Mechanism: An Experimental Analysis
• Mr. Tony Cunningham, N104; Mr. Gary Grice, N126D
  Sea Duty Incentive Pay Program

Recruiting Issues
Chair: Mr. Ed Kearl, CNA

• Dr. Jeremy Arkes, NPS
  Does the Strength of the Economy Impact Not Just the Quantity of Recruits, but the Quality of Recruits Also?
• Dr. Ed Schmitz, CNA
  Performance Based Enlistment Policies
• Mr. Michael Evans, CNRC
  Results of Initiatives to Increase Naval Special Warfare/Operations Accessions
• Ms. Ruby Demesme, Bearingpoint; Ms. Andrea Nagy, Bearingpoint
  Gen Y and Navy Recruiting: Targeting the Next Generation of Navy Civilians

Community Requirements and Manning
Chair: Mr. Ed Bres, Serco

• Dr. Steve Wilcox, Serco
  Evolution of the Navy's Strategic Strength Forecasting Model
• Dr. Chariya Punyanitya, CSC; Mr. Sanjay Nayar, CSC; Ms. Angela Cho, CSC; Mr. Rick Loffredo, CSC; Dr. Colin Osterman, NPRST
  SKIPPER A-School Optimization by Pay Grade

Session 5

Benefits as Part of Compensation
Chair: Dr. Jeremy Arkes, NPS

• Dr. Jim Grefer, CNA
  Comparing Military and Civilian Compensation Packages
• Mr. Paul Hogan, Lewin Group; Ms. Rita Furst Seifert, Lewin Group
  Marriage Rates of Junior Military Members Compared to Rates for Otherwise Similar Civilians, with Implications for Compensation Policy
• Dr. Diana Lien, CNA
  Perceptions and Influence of Quality of Life and Retirement Benefits (Currently not available)

Manpower Planning – Modeling & Simulation
Chair: Mr. Ilia Christman, Deputy, N1 Modeling & Analysis Branch

• Dr. Paul Thornton, Serco
  Using Optimization in Manpower Planning
• Dr. Douglas Samuelson, Serco; Dr. Steven Wilcox, Serco; Dr. Paul Thornton, Serco
  Hybrid Simulation and Optimization for Navy Manpower Planning
• Mr. Rodney Myers, NPRST
  COMPASS
• Mr. John Schmid, CSC; Mr. John Sauter, New Vectors/TechTeam; Mr. Sanjay Nayar, CSC; Mr. Rick Loffredo, CSC; Dr. Colin Osterman, NPRST; Mr. Rodney Myers, NPRST; Ms. Kimberly Crayton, NPRST
  Validation of an Agent-based Enterprise Simulation

Diversity
Chair: Dr. Paul Rosenfeld, NPRST; Ms. Shirley Copeland, N134 Opening Remarks

• CAPT Ken Barrett, Head of Navy’s Diversity Directorate, N134
  The Navy's Strategic Diversity Effort: An Update
• Ms. Anita Hattiangadi, CNA; Dr. Aline Quester, CNA; SgtMajMC (Ret) Gary Lee, CNA
  Black and Hispanic Marines: Their Accession, Representation, Success and Retention in the Corps
• Dr. Amanda Kraus, CNA; Dr. Ann Parcell, CNA
  CNA Research on Diversity and Demographic Representation in the Armed Services
• Ms. Alice M. Crawford, NPS
  Why do Male and Female Surface Warfare Officers Leave the Navy? An Analysis of the Individual Ready Reserve
• Dr. Paul Rosenfeld, NPRST; Ms. Carol Newell, NPRST
  Assessing Diversity, Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Navy: Results of the Navy Climate Survey
• Ms. Yueh-Chun (Anita) Kang, University of Memphis; Ms. Carol Newell, NPRST
  Diversity Attitudes and Organizational Outcomes: Are There Group Differences?

Session Six

Stress on the Force
Chair: Dr. Heidi Golding, CBO

• Dr. Ron Fricker, NPS
  Assessing the Effects of Individual Augmentation on the Retention of Navy Personnel
• Mr. Steve Belcher, CNA; Dr. Peggy Golfin, CNA
  Career Impact of Active Duty Individual Augmentation
• Dr. Peggy Golfin, CNA
  SELRES Manning in Limited-Supply/High-Demand Skills
• Dr. Colin Doyle, IDA
  Effects of Reserve Component Mobilizations on Employers: Evidence from Employers Economic Impact (Currently not available)

Enterprise-Wide & Cross-Enterprise Modeling
Chair: Dr. David Rodney, CNA

• Mr. Tony Cunningham, N104
  Integrated Operating Picture
• Mr. Frank Vona, Serco
  Enterprise Data Broker
• Mr. Frank Vona, Serco; Mr. Charles Barry, CNIC
  Programming Requirement Evaluation Process / Programming Data Call

Safety
Chair: Mr. Alan Marcus, CNA

• Mr. Mark Geiger, OPNAV Safety Liaison Office
  Analytical Tools Describing Life-Cycle Costs of Hazardous Exposures and Benefits of Risk Reduction
• Ms. Laury Hamilton, HGW & Associates, LLC
  Enterprise Safety Application Management System (ESAMS)
• Dr. Robert Trost, CNA; Mr. Geoffrey Shaw, CNA
  Update on Analysis of Hearing Loss (Currently not available)
• Mr. Mark Geiger, OPNAV Safety Liaison Office
  Safety Capabilities that Support Efficiency and Reduced Life-Cycle Costs

FINAL BREAKOUT SCHEDULE.pdf

FINAL AGENDA.pdf