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AttendResilient Medicine 2026 is a high-level strategic forum dedicated to bridging the gap between national defense planning and healthcare execution, transforming medical services into a cornerstone of national security.
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Adapt Real-World Lessons.
Gain direct insights from frontline experts in Ukraine, Israel, and Finland on hospital transformation, decentralized logistics, and the "Total Defence" model. This is a unique opportunity to learn how to rapidly scale surgical capacity, manage critical supplies in contested environments, and adapt international best practices to regional realities.
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Define the National Architecture.
Move beyond institutional silos and participate in defining a unified command-and-control framework for health emergencies. Understand decision-rights models, resource allocation priorities, and how the national health system integrates with broader crisis management structures to ensure operational continuity under extreme pressure.
03
Build a Ready Medical Reserve.
Address the critical gap in personnel readiness by defining the structure of a deployable medical reserve and a national clinical readiness baseline. Explore solutions for civilian mobilization, legal protection through the "Good Samaritan" principle, and the psychological resilience required for professionals working in high-threat environments.
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Shape Policy and Strategic Partnerships.
Connect with senior leadership from the Ministries of Health, Defence, and Interior, as well as international strategic planners and industry leaders. By attending, you will directly contribute to the "Resilient Medicine 2026 Communiqué"—a high-level policy document that will serve as a roadmap for legislative changes and national resilience investments.
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Speakers
Ihor Perehinets
Health Security and Regional Emergency Director, Regional Office for Europe
World Health Organization
Col. Anatolii Kovalchuk
Deputy Commander for Logistics
Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region, Ukraine
Marius Česnulevičius
Adviser to the President
National Security Group, Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Almantas Maleckas
Chairman of the Committee for the Governance of Integrated Trauma Care
Lithuanian Ministry of Health
Prof. Karolis Ažukaitis
Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation
Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
Maj. Tomas Kaminskas
Chief of Land Operations Medical Support Units
Dr. Jonas Basanavičius Military Medical Service
Capt. Illia Humenchuk
Trauma Surgeon
Surgical Infection Department (with burn wards), Trauma Clinic of the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region, Ukraine
Prof. Denys Surkov
Chief of service for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
St Nicholas Children’s Hospital, First Lviv Medical Union
Audronė Sviklaitė
Director
Health Emergency Situations Centre, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
Krystyna Sikorska
Acting Head of International Projects Division
Crisis Management and Civil Protection OfficeManagement and Civil Protection Office, Republic of Poland
Raimonda Klimašauskaitė
Project Manager
RescEU, Health Emergency Situation Centre, Ministry of Health, Republic of Lithuania
Martynas Banys
Emergency medicine doctor
Emergency Medicine Department, Republican Šiauliai Hospital
Darija Platukytė
Acting Head of Emergency Coordination Division
Health Emergency Situation Centre, Ministry of Health of Lithuania
Dr. Andrej Slavuckij
OCB Senior Medical Adviser and Medical Coordinator for Baltics and Moldova
Médecins Sans Frontières
Tomas Steponkus
Deputy Director for Management and Development and Head of the Occupational Safety and Health Department
Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos
Laura Naidunaitė
Advisor
Total Defence and Crisis Management Group Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Dr. Dinas Vaitkaitis
Head of the Department of Extreme Medicine
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Andrius Klimašauskas
Head of the Emergency Preparedness Service
Vilnius university hospital Santaros clinics
Gabija Tomkutė
Anaesthesiologist, resuscitation doctor, Chairwoman
Santaras Clinic Doctors' Trade Union
Vilma Traškaitė
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Stabilisation point and critical care MedEvac
LSMUL Kaunas clinics, NGO TacMed
Vaiva Jankienė
Project Coordinator
Health Emergency Situation Centre, Ministry of Health, Republic of Lithuania
Conference
ScheduleDay 1
Day 2
Day 1
2026-05-05
System Architecture, War Lessons, and National Choices
08:30
Registration
5
gegužės
09:10
Opening remarks
5
gegužės
09:25
Beyond Institutional Silos: How a National Health System Operates in War and Crisis
Panel
Skirmantas Krunkaitis
Vice Minister Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
Vilmantas Vitkauskas
Head of the Center National Crisis Management Center
Marius Česnulevičius
Adviser to the President National Security Group, Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Renaldas Jurkevičius
Director general Kaunas Clinics
5
gegužės
10:05
Coffee break
5
gegužės
10:25
Ukraine Lessons: What Breaks First in the First 72 Hours. What Keeps the System Running?
Presentation
Svitlana Berezhna
Director Dergachi Central Hospital, Ukraine
Viktoriia Koldunenko
Deputy Mayor Dergachi City, Ukraine
5
gegužės
10:50
Hospital Transformation at Scale: Minimum Standards at 72 Hours, 2 Weeks, and 2 Months
Presentation
5
gegužės
11:15
Blood Supply Resilience: From Donation to Transfusion
Presentation
5
gegužės
11:40
WHO support to the countries: how to be prepared to manage multi-hazard emergencies
Presentation
5
gegužės
12:00
Lunch break
5
gegužės
13:15
Health Security is Our Shared Security: Three Calls to Action for a Region in Permanent Crisis
Speech
5
gegužės
13:25
Interoperability and Mutual Support in War and Crisis
High-Level Regional Panel
Marija Jakubauskienė
Minister Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
Karmen Joller
Minister Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Hosams Abu Meri
Minister Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia
5
gegužės
14:05
Signing of the joint declaration on strengthening resilient civilian healthcare systems
5
gegužės
14:15
Lithuania’s Design Choices: What Must Change in 12 Months
Panel
Prof. Tomas Jovaiša
Chief Executive Officer Vilnius University Hospital Santaras Clinics
Prof. Kęstutis Stašaitis
Head Kaunas Clinics Emergency Medicine Clinic
Gediminas Ramanauskas
President Lithuanian Hospitals Association
5
gegužės
14:50
Coffee break
5
gegužės
15:10
Hospital as a Fortress: Infrastructure Resilience and Operational Continuity in Border Conflict Zones
Presentation
5
gegužės
15:35
International Models Keynote – Israel: Rapid Activation, Integrated Response, and Standardised Training
Presentation
5
gegužės
15:55
Critical Medical Logistics as a State Capability: Medicines, Strategic Reserves, and Private Supply Chain Integration
Panel
Krystyna Sikorska
Acting Head of International Projects Division Crisis Management and Civil Protection OfficeManagement and Civil Protection Office, Republic of Poland
Raimonda Klimašauskaitė
Project Manager RescEU, Health Emergency Situation Centre, Ministry of Health, Republic of Lithuania
5
gegužės
16:40
LithuaniaBio panel: From pandemics to biological threats: how to identify and enable dual-use life science innovations?
Panel
Daniel Naumov
Vice-Minister Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Tomas Lapinskas
Director for Public Health, Science and Studies Kaunas Clinics
Justinas Taruška
Board Member LihuaniaBIO
Moderator:
5
gegužės
17:30
Conclusion of day one
Speech
5
gegužės
Day 2
2026-05-06
Workforce, Civil–Military Integration, and Readiness
09:00
Introduction of Day Two
6
gegužės
09:10
Preparing Medical Professionals for Crisis and War as a National Security Capability
Panel
Peter Maximilian Bahr
Stabilisation Point and Intensive Care MedEvac NGO TacMed
Tomas Steponkus
Deputy Director for Management and Development and Head of the Occupational Safety and Health Department Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos
Prof. Almantas Maleckas
Chairman of the Committee for the Governance of Integrated Trauma Care Lithuanian Ministry of Health
6
gegužės
09:55
Strategic Patient Evacuation & The Unbroken Chain: Managing Distribution Hubs in High-Intensity Conflict.
Presentation
Col. Serhii Pashkovskyi
Commander Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region, Ukraine
Col. Anatolii Kovalchuk
Deputy Commander for Logistics Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region, Ukraine
6
gegužės
10:15
Coffee break
6
gegužės
10:35
Civil–Military Integration in Case of Crisis
Presentation
6
gegužės
11:00
One Medical System in Crisis: How Civilian and Military Healthcare Must Work Together
Panel
Col. Yurii Podolian
Deputy commander Medical Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lt. Col. Valdas Meškauskas
Chief of JMED Defence Staff of Lithuanian Armed Forces
Martynas Banys
Emergency medicine doctor Emergency Medicine Department, Republican Šiauliai Hospital
6
gegužės
11:45
Civil "Collateral" Damage
Presentation
6
gegužės
12:10
Coffee break
6
gegužės
12:40
War as an Epidemic of Trauma
Presentation
6
gegužės
13:00
National Training & Exercise Cycle as a State Capability
Panel
Audronė Sviklaitė
Director Health Emergency Situations Centre, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
Laura Naidunaitė
Advisor Total Defence and Crisis Management Group Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
Giedrius Meškauskas
Mobile Emergency Medical Team Administrator Ambulance Service
6
gegužės
13:45
How Do We Train Doctors for War?
Presentation
Vaiva Jankienė
Project Coordinator Health Emergency Situation Centre, Ministry of Health, Republic of Lithuania
Vytenis Bertašius
Doctor, thoracic surgeon Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics
6
gegužės
14:10
Coffee break
6
gegužės
14:30
Mass Bleeding Control Preparedness as a National Readiness Capability
Remote presentation
6
gegužės
15:05
Closing reflections
Conference communiqué
6
gegužės
The "Resilient Medicine" conference practically connects medicine, civil protection, and state resilience. Such platforms help not only to talk about preparedness, but also to actually build competencies and promote collaboration.
Skirmantas Krunkaitis
Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
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FAQ
General
When is the conference taking place?
The conference will be held on May 5–6, 2026.
Where will the conference be held?
The event will take place at the Park Plaza Hotel, M. K. Čiurlionio g. 84, Vilnius, Lithuania.
I would like to sponsor the conference. How can I do that?
We welcome strategic partners who contribute to national resilience. Please contact our Director, Paulius Stonys, at info@parakomanai.lt to receive the formal Sponsorship Prospectus and discuss partnership opportunities.
I would like to exhibit military or medical production of my business at the conference. Will it be possible?
Yes. The conference features a dedicated EXPO area for medical logistics, autonomous infrastructure, dual-use technologies, and tactical medicine solutions. Please contact the organizing committee to book your exhibition space.
Who are the conference organizers?
The conference is organized by the NGO „Locked N Loaded” in official partnership with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania.
Registration
How do I register for the conference?
Registration can be completed via the official conference website: www.resilientmedicine.lt
Can I register online?
Yes, registration is strictly online. Due to the high-level nature of the event and security protocols, on-site registration will not be available.
When does the registration start?
Registration is scheduled to open on February 26, 2026. We recommend registering early as the number of seats is limited.
I have not received a registration confirmation. What should I do?
Please check your „Spam” or „Promotions” folder first. If you still cannot find the confirmation email, please contact us at info@parakomanai.lt with your full name and organization details.
I would like to speak at the conference. Where can I register?
The core agenda is formed by invitation to ensure high-level strategic alignment. However, we are open to expert case studies (especially regarding Ukraine, Israel, or Finland lessons). Please send your proposal to info@parakomanai.lt.
I would like to volunteer at the conference. Where can I register?
Volunteer applications will open in April 2026. Information regarding volunteer roles and requirements will be posted on our website.
Attending
How do I get to the venue?
Park Plaza Hotel is easily accessible by taxi (approx. 15 minutes from Vilnius International Airport) or public transport. Detailed directions can be found on the hotel’s website.
Will there be parking at the premises?
Limited parking is available at the hotel. We highly recommend using ride-sharing services or taxis to ensure a smooth arrival.
Is there a possibility for people with disabilities to take part in the conference?
Yes, the venue is fully accessible. If you require specific assistance, please indicate this in your registration form or contact us in advance.
Will there be catering services provided?
Yes. All registered participants will be provided with coffee breaks and snacks on both days of the conference.
Is there a possibility to book a meeting room?
For private high-level meetings, rooms can be booked directly through the organizing committee for dedicated partner spaces.
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