Agostino G. Bruzzone, Full Professor in Genoa University. He is President of Simulation Team, Council Chair of the International MSc Engineering Technology for Strategy & Security, Director of the International Master Program MIPET at Genoa University, he served as Directors -at-Large for the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Director of M&S Net,  Professor of M&S, HLA, VV&A within the Genoa University PhD program on Modeling&Simulation, President of the Liophant Simulation. He served as M&S Responsible in NATO STO CMRE, Director of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Science, VicePresident of the Board of MIMOS (Movimento Italiano di Simulazione) Italian Point of Contact for the ISAG (International Simulation Advisory Group) and Sim-Serv. Prof.Bruzzone’s research focuses on Interoperability, Virtual Reality, SG, DSS, HBM. Prof.Bruzzone was involved in defence research projects in cooperation among  EDA, Italian and French MoD, NATO M&S CoE. He has published over 200 journal and conference papers.  He was cadet for the Naval Academy of the Italian Navy and his  interests include regattas