1. Concept Brief MORS Analytic Agenda Conference

2. Purpose/Agenda
Purpose: Describe the concept for a MORS conference on the Analytic Agenda
Agenda:
Conference overview
Opening plenary
Analytic Agenda Deep Dives
Special topics
Closing plenary

3. Analytic Agenda Deep Dives
Conference Overview
Title: Analytic Agenda Way Ahead
Date: Early 2010 (after QDR), tentatively March 1-4
Location: JHU/APL is confirmed; concerns about room availability in the late afternoon
Objectives:
Broaden understanding of attendees on Analytic Agenda processes & products
Develop recommendations for improvement
Classification: SECRET REL ACGU (all sessions); an unclassified report will be produced
Schedule:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday PM AM
Tutorials
Analytic Agenda Overview
Policy
Joint Staff
PA&E
JDS user’s guide
Plenary
Policy/JS/ PA&E panel
Service panel
COCOM panel
Analytic Agenda Deep Dives
Study admin
Warfight DPS/MSFD
SSSP/ISP Analysis
Homeland Defense Tools
IW Metrics
Data
Special Topics
Data/Tools mgmt/VV&A
C4ISR/IO/EW analysis
Analytic Agenda support of QDR and PB 11-15
Interagency collaboration
Outbriefs
Deep Dive WGs
Special topic WGs
Synthesis WG

4. Opening Plenary Sponsor’s welcome (PA&E and Joint Staff)
Panel discussions
Policy/Joint Staff/PA&E perspective
Service/SOCOM perspective
COCOM perspective
Perspectives of other DoD communities: training, acquisition, test & evaluation, experimentation, planning
Each panel begins with presenter highlighting:
How does my organization participate in the Analytic Agenda?
How does my organization use Analytic Agenda products?
What are my recommendations to improve Analytic Agenda processes and products?
Q&A follows each group of presenters

5. Analytic Agenda Deep Dives
Timing: end of opening plenary to mid-day Wed
Topics/leads
Warfight (CC-3); lead J8 WAD, co-lead COCOM rep
SSSP/ISP; lead J8 FD, co-lead JFCOM rep
Homeland Defense; lead PA&E SAC, co-lead NORTHCOM
Irregular Warfare; lead PA&E SAC, co-lead COCOM rep
Agenda
Review DPS: what were the DPS challenges? Was the range of military options explored within the DPS? How can this be addressed? Were significant risks to the defense strategy omitted when a single challenge was selected for MSFD development? How can that risk be mitigated?
Review MSFD: describe red/blue/green forces & CONOPS; were there strategy gaps in the DPS that had to be addressed in the MSFD or could not be addressed in the MSFD development? What were they? How do we preclude that from happening?
Review Analytical Baseline: were there gaps in the MSFD that had to be addressed in the study? What were they? Were there data sets that were missing that should/could have been included? What were the tools & metrics used? What was the review process? What insights were obtained? What excursions were assessed & why? How could the analysis have been improved?
Downstream use: present examples of the subsequent use of this DPS/MSFD/Analytical Baseline; how well did the Analytic Agenda process support CONOPS and capabilities development or programming? How can we improve the feedback mechanism of the Analytic Agenda

6. Special Topics Timing: mid-day Wed to mid-day Thurs
Topics/leads/agendas
Data/Tools mgmt/VV&A/phenomenology: lead JDS
How can JDS improve support to the Analytic Agenda and DoD?
C4ISR/IO/EW analysis: lead J8 WAD; co-lead NII
How can studies better incorporate these capabilities and their effects into analysis?
Analytic Agenda Support of QDR and PB 11-15: lead OSD Policy; co-lead PAE
How were Analytic Agenda products use to support the QDR and PB 11-15?
How could the Analytic Agenda process and products be improved to better support future QDRs and programming?
Interagency collaboration: Lead OSD Policy; co-lead DHS
How can interagency participation in Analytic Agenda processes be improved?
How can representation of interagency capabilities be improved?
Should there be an interagency Analytic Agenda?

7. Synthesis Group Focus What are common themes across the conference:
Opening plenary?
Deep dives?
Special topics?
How should the Analytic Agenda change as we go forward:
Scenarios?
MSFDs?
Analytic Baselines?
Tools/methods/data?
Product management?
How should leaders in the analytic community focus investments in increased capability?
What did the conference miss?

8. Closing Plenary Timing: Thurs pm Topics: Deep dive outbriefs
Special topics outbrief
Synthesis group outbrief