At last year's Deployed Medical and Healthcare Delivery, Colonel Alan Chambers, EUCOM delivered a landmark presentation on EUCOM’s trauma and biodefense systems, offering a systems-based roadmap for medical readiness across Europe.

He unpacked lessons from Ukraine and historical conflicts, introduced the Combatant Command Trauma System (CTS) and Biodefense System (CBS), and emphasised “deterrence by resilience” through integrated care, logistics, and data. His insights on forward surgical care, civilian-military partnerships, and biosurveillance coordination set the tone for how NATO and partner nations prepare for large-scale conflict. It was a masterclass in operational clarity, strategic foresight, and coalition interoperability.

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The Deployed Medical and Healthcare Delivery (DMHD) 2025 Post Show Report captures the key discussions, insights, and outcomes from Europe’s leading conference on deployed medical care. Bringing together over 350 military, civilian, academic, and industry leaders from around the world, the event explored the urgent challenges of delivering integrated, high-quality healthcare in complex, high-casualty environments. Covering topics from strategic defence health planning and historical lessons learned to innovations in medical technology, logistics, and rehabilitation, DMHD 2025 provided a vital platform for collaboration between defence and civilian healthcare sectors. This report distils those discussions, offering valuable guidance for shaping future medical readiness and resilience in the face of evolving global threats.

Brigadier General (MC) Dr Stefan Kowitz, Director, MMCC/EMC, Bundeswehr presents on 'Medical Challenges for the European Theatre'.

The end of the Cold War and the invasion of Ukraine dramatically changed the European defence landscape in many respects. As a result, the European Medical Command (EMC) needed to adapt to the new threat environment. The Multinational Coordination Centre’s (MCC) Director Brigadier General (MC) Stefan Kowitz explores this topic in-depth, delivering the MCC/EMC’s response to the current situation in Ukraine.

This presentation covers:

• The most burning issues faced by the European Theatre
• How Europe is supporting the Ukrainian Medical Services
• How European Medical Command is developing its capability and capacity
  

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