24 - 25 March, 2025 I Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre, London
Conference Day Two
PREPARING FORCES FOR TOMORROWS BATTLES
Welcome
8:15 am - 8:50 am
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
8:50 am - 9:00 am
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Upscaling Support and Resilience to Deployed Medical Facilities
9:00 am - 9:30 am
SUSTAINED BLOOD SUPPLY DURING CONFLICT
Surgeon Commodore Jason Smith -
Medical Director to the Surgeon General,
Defence Medical Services
Surgeon Commander Professor Matt O'Shea - Defence Consultant Advisor - Pathology, Royal Navy
· Continuing research and innovation to advance blood capabilities
· Addressing the challenges of blood supply during conflict and the need to build supplies
· Improving logistics for the transportation and warming of blood products
Surgeon Commodore Jason Smith
Medical Director to the Surgeon GeneralDefence Medical Services
9:30 am - 10:00 am
DELIVERING MEDICAL LOGISTICS AT SCALE
Major General Philip McNee -
Surgeon General,
Defence Medical Services
· Progress of the Medical Operational Capability Improvement Programme (MOCIP)
· Working with allies and civilian stakeholders to optimise logistics for medical care
· Planning logistics requirements for future conflict scenarios
10:00 am - 10:15 am
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS WITH SPEED CARE MINERAL
10:15 am - 10:45 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
Response to Sustained Casualties At Scale
10:45 am - 11:15 am
REACTING TO A MASS CASUALTY SCENARIO IN EUROPE
Major General Dr Almut Nolte -
Deputy Surgeon General,
Bundeswehr Joint Support Command HQ
· Working with allies to train and prepare for mass casualties in Europe
· Germany’s medical support to Ukraine throughout the conflict
· Developing capabilities for future medical operations in challenging environments
11:15 am - 11:45 am
PREPARING A CLINICAL RESPONSE TO MAJOR INCIDENTS
· Considering current capacities for treating mass casualties in case of conflict
· Delivering scalable RAMP in coordination with civilian stakeholders
· Exploring new capabilities and technologies to enhance preparedness
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS WITH KALÉO
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
Multi-Domain Integration of Healthcare: A Global Perspective
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
ESTONIAN PERSPECTIVES ON RESPONSES TO MASS CASUALTIES
· Preparing for near-peer conflict and the associated medical considerations
· Rethinking relationships with civilian counterparts to strengthen responses
· Observations from Estonia’s revised approach to civ/mil cooperation
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
INNOVATING FOR THE FRONTLINES: FINDING SOLUTIONS TO MILITARY MEDICAL CHALLENGES
Colonel Harvey Pynn -
Head, jHub Med,
UK Strategic Command
· Overview of jHub Med’s successful projects and current work
· Driving innovation within the medical space by leveraging commercial technologies
· Applying new technologies to medical capabilities, logistics, and planning
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
LITHUANIA’S PERSPECTIVE ON PLANNING FOR CONFLICT
Colonel Inga Jancevicienė -
Chief of Joint Medical Department,
Lithuanian Armed Forces
· Lithuania’s preparation and planning for mass casualties
· Optimising logistics to treat patients more efficiently during conflict
· Improving civilian/military cooperation to prepare for war and strengthen systems
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS WITH KINDEVA
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
Rehabilitation At Scale
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
RENOVATOR: PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AT SCALE
Brigadier Phil de Rouffignac -
SRO RENOVATOR,
Defence Medical Services
· Progress and observations from RENOVATOR since the evasion of Ukraine
· Challenges associated with providing physical rehabilitation at scale in complex environments
· Integrating new technologies to offer improved rehabilitation with NATO assistance
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION
· Wider implications for civilian and military mental health following conflict
· Working with public health providers to sustain assistance post-conflict
· Steps towards rehabilitation and continued support
