4th MOUNTAIN WARFARE CONGRESS

7 Nov 2022, 07:00 → 10 Nov 2022, 16:00 Europe/Ljubljana

Kranjska gora

Dear Madam/Sir,

It is our pleasure to inform you that the NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence will conduct the 4th Mountain Warfare Congress at the Ramada Resort Hotel, Borovška cesta 99, 4280 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, taking place from 7 to 10 November 2022. The topic of the 4th MW Congress in 2022 is “Physical and Psychological Performance of Mountain Warfare Soldiers, Followers and Leaders“.

The congress will focus on the fundamental premise that soldiers are the centre of warfighting in mountainous environment. It should also stimulate decision makers to take advantage of science and application of physical and mental fitness as well as injury prevention research inside their area of responsibility. In addition to this, useful industrial developments will be shown.

The target audience is primarly composed of leaders in the area of Mountain Warfare at the level of senior NCO up to brigade commander. In general, the congress addresses the community of interest in Mountain Warfare.

The participants are kindly asked to arrange and book their own accommodation. Recommended options are Ramada Resort Hotel, where the congress will take place, or the nearby Kompas Hotel, both located in the beautiful surrounding of Kranjska Gora. Further details can be found in Annex B – Administrative Instructions & Registration.

We are looking forward to receiving your responses.    

 

Monday, 7 November

17:00 → 19:00 Arrival and accommodation: In-processing

Meet and Greet

19:00 → 21:00 Ice-breaker

Tuesday, 8 November

07:30 → 08:30 Arrival and accommodation: Late in-processing

Meet and Greet

08:30 → 09:00 Welcome speeches

DIR / TRADOC / CDR / DEAN

09:00 → 10:00 PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE THE SOLDIERS STANDARD

speaker: prof. dr. Anton UŠAJ, SVN Faculty of Sport

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

All participants

10:30 → 11:00 THE SPECIFICITY OF MOUNTAIN WARFARE IN THIS FIELD (A Train P)

Speaker: OF-4 Dennis JAHN, MW COE DSB

11:00 → 11:50 INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE

speaker: OF-3 Jacopo FRASSINI, MIL MED COE

11:50 → 12:00 Q&A session

Moderator

12:00 → 13:00 Working Lunch

All participants

13:00 → 14:00 Transport to Planica and group photo

All participants

14:00 → 17:00 PRESENTATION OF JOSEPH STEPHAN INSTITUTE

Representers from Institute

17:00 → 17:10 FOGO SPEACH

Via VTC

17:10 → 17:30 Coffee Break

All participants

17:30 → 18:00 Transport to Kranjska Gora

All participants

Wednesday, 9 November

08:30 → 09:15 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNTAIN SOLDIERS IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMED FORCES

speaker: dr. Thomas HOELZL, AUT Armed Forces

09:15 → 10:00 PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF HIGH ALTITUDE - HYPOXIA

speaker: dr. Martin HELD, AUT Armed Forces

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

All participants

10:30 → 11:15 COGNITIVE TRAINING IN MOUNTAIN WARFARE

OF-4 Daniel MARKERT, USA (R) via VTC

11:15 → 11:30 Q&A session

Moderator

11:30 → 12:30 Working Lunch: Lunch

All participants

12:30 → 13:00 Transport to Kranjska Gora

All participants

13:00 → 14:00 DEMO PRESENTATION

MW COE E&T BRANCH & SVN Faculty of Sport

14:00 → 16:30 Industry day: INDUSTRY DAY in PLANICA NORDIC CENTRE

MW COE CD&E and Support Branch
Physical presentations / Static Display / New developments

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee Break

All participants

17:00 → 17:30 Transport to Kranjska Gora

All participants

19:00 → 21:00 Hosted Dinner

All participants

Thursday, 10 November

08:30 → 10:30 INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRAINING MW TTP'S

speakers:
OF-2 Mariusz DOLINSKI, POL Armed Forces
OF-3 Jernej ALIČ, SVN Armed Forces
OF-3 Andreas MULLER - ROMMINGER, DEU Armed Forces

10:30 → 11:00 PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS / ESP ARMED FORCES EXPERIENCES

speaker: OF-5 Mariano J. ALONSO, ESP Armed Forces

11:00 → 11:10 Coffee Break

All participants

11:10 → 11:50 CASE STUDY - Over the top 1-2 Alpini participation to Tor des Giants race

speaker: OF-3 Giorgio FANELLI, ITA Armed Forces

11:50 → 12:30 CASE STUDY - The experiences of SVN top alpinist: Searching for balance

Mr. Luka STRAŽAR, SVN

12:30 → 12:40 Q&A session

Moderator

12:40 → 13:00 Conclusion & Farewell

Director MW COE, MW COE COS

13:00 → 14:00 Working Lunch

All participants