Shane Gries

Author

Shane Gries is a career soldier, student of history and writer. He spent over seventeen years serving overseas. He’s a graduate of Airborne School, Ranger School, earned his Expert Infantryman Badge and did some time in combat. Now he writes books about zombies and stuff that blows up.

Day	Start	Rooms	Name of Event	Description Small Text
Fri	1:00 PM	CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming)	Weapons Systems Development Velocity – A Not So Secret Weapon	Travelocity updates it’s software hourly, your connected EV does it daily. Weapons systems get updates annually, if that. How often do Weber’s ships of the wall, and Ringo’s battle orbs get updated? James Copley moderator.
Fri	3:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	What's New from Cannon Publishing	Publisher John Holmes will moderate this panel discussion of what's new and upcoming from Cannon Publishing.
Fri	5:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Opening Ceremonies	Come one, come all to Opening Ceremonies!
Fri	9:00 PM	CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming)	Sci-Fi Combined Arms: Armor, Infantry, Artillery, Cyber… and AI?	Sci-Fi Combined Arms: Armor, Infantry, Artillery, Cyber… and AI? Is AI an effector or an enabler, and how does this change future representations of battle? Is the practical definition of AI for military use Synthetic sentience versus expert systems? What are the differences and what’s achievable at scale and low cost? Is AI an effector or an enabler, and how does this change future representations of battle? Shane Gries, moderator.
Sat	8:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors/Artists Alley	Authors/Artist Alley: D.S. Watson, Wayland Smith, Shane Gries, Kevin Steverson, M.D. Boncher, Joe Salem	Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!
Sat	9:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors/Artists Alley	Authors/Artist Alley: Wayland Smith, Shane Gries, Kevin Steverson, M.D. Boncher, Julie Frost, Nic Plume	Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!
Sat	10:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors/Artists Alley	Authors/Artist Alley: Wayland Smith, Shane Gries, Kevin Steverson, M.D. Boncher, Marina Fontaine, Tamara Lowery	Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!
Sun	10:00 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Kaffeeklatsch	Come out for a cup of coffee with the pros!j
Sun	2:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Two and a Half Years On: Ukraine/Russian War Lessons Learned	Two and a Half Years On: URK/RU War Newest Lessons Learned - Number One Source of Casualties Is Unmanned Systems. Air mobility and Air Defense Artillery drive changes in logistics and support. Rick Partlow moderates.