The Conference Committee is responsible for planning and managing the Simulation Innovation Workshop (SIW) and the SIMposium, as well as all related conference activities. Those activities include: inviting speakers, implementers, demonstrations and vendor booths; developing a SISO education program; and issuing a call for papers based on the current SISO vision document, current community priorities, and unresolved M&S interoperability issues, including potential SISO products. The CC directs the overall planning, preparation, publicity, paper selection, registration, scheduling, presentation, and follow-up process for each SISO event.

The SISO CC is the workshop management body of the organization. Its major areas of responsibility include:

• Organizing and managing the Simulation Innovation Workshops (SIWs) and SIMposiums.
• Promoting the standardization of interoperable simulations across the M&S community.
• Supporting the SAC in the development of SISO products (Standards Products, Guidance Products, Reference Products, and Administrative Products) for various elements of the M&S community.
• Identifying new and improved methods for supporting simulation interoperability and promulgating them throughout SISO.
• Conducting educational activities regarding simulation interoperability and reuse across the broad-based M&S community.
• Providing oversight of SISO Study Groups as directed by the EXCOM.

Members and Officers

The members of the CC are elected by eligible voters of SISO. Members of the CC shall maintain membership in SISO through the entire term of their membership on the CC. There are 11 elected members of the CC, 10 elected at-large, plus the elected Vice Chair of the SAC. The Chair of the CC may, with the approval of the other elected CC members, appoint up to two additional SISO members, should such appointment be considered in the best interest of SISO. Both elected and appointed members of the CC are voting members. The ten at-large members are elected to two-year staggered terms, with approximately one-half of these terms expiring each year.

Current Members of the Conference Committee

Chair: Dr. Chuck Sanders, Trideum Corporation (Feb 2027)

Vice Chair: Vacant

Secretary: Tom Gray, Pitch Technologies (Feb 2027)

Jordan Dauble, SImBlocks, LLC (Feb 2026+)

Kenneth "Crash" Konwin, Booz Allen Hamilton (Feb 2026+)

Lana McGlynn, MCG (Feb 2026+)

Stefan Sandberg (Feb 2027+)

SAC Vice Chair: Vacant

Vacant (Feb 2027)

Vacant (Feb 2027)
Vacant (Feb 2026)

Vacant (Feb 2026)

(+ indicates that the member is eligible to run for an additional term.)
(A = one-year Appointment)