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Contacts:
Guy Dancause (613) 592-4878 ext. 221
guy.dancause@proteuscanada.org

James Lévêque(623) 797-5706
james.leveque@proteuscanada.org

Proteus Canada
A new not-for-profit Institute with an extensive genealogy is now being set up in Canada. The Institute will strive to provide insight through training, forums and events that will contribute to the decision-making process of people who must tend to tasks in unfamiliar and multidimensional environments. Its aim is to help its members to:

Acquire a better understanding and respect for multidimensional human behaviours that are influenced by ideologies, perceptions, environment, inter-relationships, etc.
Operate in uncharted territory and recognize emerging patterns from resulting behaviours of various agents, however subtle, incremental or dramatic they may be.
Connect the dots between seemingly unrelated occurrences in multiple planes of influence which when combined can create change.

The Proteus Genealogy
In 2003-2004, the Naval Post Graduate School, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Research Council of Canada, the US Army War College and the National Reconnaissance Office formed the Proteus Consortium, a group dedicated to advancing the development and use of advanced “critical thinking” technologies in the assessment of national security intelligence. In the fall of 2004, a first computerized simulation game involving some 100 Canadian and American participants was held very successfully at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC. Proteus (the game and the concept) is the result of modeling and simulation work lead by Professor John Hiles of the (USA) Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). In August 2005. a series of games was held in Maryland to demonstrate the effects of bias for intelligence professionals from a number of agencies

Launch of the Institute in Canada
Recently, members of the consortium have determined that some type of permanent infrastructure had to be created to advance the goals of the original consortium. It thought that it was best if a not-for-profit institution was created. Since it would have no need to deal with confidential material or information to run simulation applications, it could work with the private sector, NGOs, academia as well as the public sector without restrictions.

The Canadian Institute is now being incorporated under Federal law. The Institute will be answerable only to its members and Board of Directors. A provisional Board is now being formed, it will be made of people recruited for their expertise, reputation, connections in the community and willingness to help.

Proteus Canada will be launched at a symposium to be held Nov 30^th to Dec 2^nd at the National Press Club in Ottawa


	Welcome to the Proteus Canada Institute

	Proteus Canada is a not-for-profit institute. Its aim is to bring together sector leaders and strategic foresight practitioners concerned with the challenges of anticipating and understanding global change, and with exploring the related implications for their surroundings. Proteus Canada is also the cross-border strategic conduit in the Canada-USA Proteus Consortium.

	Programs

	Training -- Our Core program is the Protean Critical Thinking Game, unique interactive simulation games. Forums -- seminars and discussion meetings with subject area experts from industry, academia, government and NGOs. Virtual Consulting in Protean Thinking – review apprehended situations; examine opportunities and vulnerabilities, identify potential scenarios and provide interactive simulation training to operational personnel. Virtual Conference Centre – live-online or on-demand participation to forums, discussion groups, consultancy.


	Events


	December 2005

		Globalization: The Survival Imperative -Finding ways to see over the horizon held at the National Press Club of Canada, Ottawa, Canada A conference that dealt with detecting the issues -- Participants have heard expert presentations from top leaders in the areas of policy, national security and science and technology foresight. These experts provided a conceptual framing of international and domestic issues that have important implications for Canada, for its leaders and for its policy advisors. Participants did participate in Protean Critical Thinking Games - an interactive simulation game aimed at helping participants develop greater awareness of “how collective and individual biases may influence operational thinking.” >more

	February 2006 dates 21-24

		Making Virtual ... a Training Reality: The Advanced Simulation Technologies Symposium held at the Combat Training Centre, CFB Gagetown, NB This Advanced Simulation Technologies Symposium is presented by LearnNB in partnership with The Canadian Army Individual Training Authority, The Office of the National Science Advisor and the Proteus Canada Institute. Concurrent to the speaker presentations on Day 2 and 3 of the Symposium, there will be a one-day exercise using Proteus, a critical-thinking game for training and collaborative efforts that explore the ability of individuals and groups to adapt to conflicting goals and to complex and ambiguous surprises. This particular demonstration will utilize a scenario of multi-agency interaction in a complex security environment (similar to that which may be seen at the Vancouver Olympics, for example). >more

	April 2006 date 12

		Effects-based Analysis of (Adversary) Systems and Decision Frameworks Organized by: Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre Conference is a bi-annual meeting of senior researchers from Australia, UK, New Zealand and Canada interested in the “effects-based operations”. Presentations will be delivered by representatives of the Proteus Canada Institute on Science and Technology Foresight as well as on the Protean Critical Thinking Simulation. >more

	August 2006 dates 22-24

		Analyzing Future complex National Security Challenges within the Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environment held at the Center for Strategic Leadership, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania The US Army War College, in collaboration with the Office of the Director National Intelligence (DNI) will conduct an academic workshop to explore the complexity of the future global security environment, its discrete threats and opportunities and examine new and emerging Proteus related strategies and processes to meet the 21st century U.S. national security needs. >more