Conference
ScheduleDay 1
Day 2
Day 1
2026-05-05
System Architecture, War Lessons, and National Choices
08:30
Registration
5
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09:10
Opening remarks
5
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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
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10:05
Coffee break
5
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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
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11:40
WHO support to the countries: how to be prepared to manage multi-hazard emergencies
Presentation
5
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12:00
Lunch break
5
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13:15
Health Security is Our Shared Security: Three Calls to Action for a Region in Permanent Crisis
Speech
5
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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
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14:05
Signing of the joint declaration on strengthening resilient civilian healthcare systems
5
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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
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14:50
Coffee break
5
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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
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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
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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
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17:30
Conclusion of day one
Speech
5
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Day 2
2026-05-06
Workforce, Civil–Military Integration, and Readiness
09:00
Introduction of Day Two
6
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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
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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
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10:35
Civil–Military Integration in Case of Crisis
Presentation
6
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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
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11:45
Civil "Collateral" Damage
Presentation
6
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12:10
Coffee break
6
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12:40
War as an Epidemic of Trauma
Presentation
6
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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
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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
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14:10
Coffee break
6
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14:30
Mass Bleeding Control Preparedness as a National Readiness Capability
Remote presentation
6
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15:05
Closing reflections
Conference communiqué
6
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