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We open with a look at how the ambulance service is preparing itself to operate in a climate of extremes. How well do ambulances cope with extreme weather when it comes to fleet, equipment, staff and operational capability?
What can we do to ensure paramedics wellbeing is taken care of when the sun is beating down and shelter is at a premium? Be part of the discussion about what’s working, what needs more thought and how well the ambulance service of the future is resilient to climate threats. -
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Take a wander through the history of crisis management, as we explore how the voluntary, community and faith sectors have influenced the work of emergency responder organisations
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After the devastating terrorist attacks in the US on September 11 2001, the UK reviewed its response and invested in the New Dimension Programme. 25 years on, that kit is being replaced with modern approaches that reflect modern risks. National Resilience is leading the way and in this session, you’ll learn about how the fire and rescue service fleet is changing to support a national response.
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Mental capacity is often tested in the most complex, high-pressure moments of frontline care, where legal, ethical, and operational decisions must be made quickly and confidently. This session explores mental capacity assessment in practice through a case-based approach, examining the real-world challenges faced by emergency service professionals.
Drawing on specialist expertise in mental health law, the session highlights how clinicians can navigate uncertainty, apply legislation effectively, and make defensible decisions in the field. It also considers the wider implications for practice, education, and co-production, linking these insights back to current research in out-of-hospital care.
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It took decades to get Crossrail finished; renamed the Elizabeth Line, it’s now used by thousands of travellers every day from one side of London to the other, buried deep under the capital, its risks change along with the terrain. Learn from our experts how they have developed the training and exercising programme that reflects the modern rolling stock, the tracks and all the mysteries of a modern railway. It all takes place in Ilford, find out how in this great session.
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A pilot exploring a whole of society response to extreme weather.
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When disaster strikes, communities come together to respond and they also have a role in the prevention and mitigation space too. In this short ‘heads-up’ session, find out about the National Preparedness Commission report on Faith and Resilience and take the learning back your community.
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Kicking off Resilience360, Roger Hargreaves from COBR will provide a unique insight into how the UK prepares for, responds to and recovers from major crises. Exploring the vital role of a whole-of-society approach, this keynote will examine how government, emergency services, businesses and communities must work together to build a more resilient nation.
A major keynote to open the conference, this is a must-attend session for anyone involved in preparing for the next major national or international crisis.
The COBR Directorate brings together the UK’s crisis management and resilience capabilities, strengthening the nation’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to and recover from major crises. It leads on national crisis response, risk reduction and building a skilled, coordinated crisis management profession across government and beyond.
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In this session, Joe Dent explores stroke recognition from the traditional FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) assessment through to the subtle and posterior presentations it can miss. The session opens with FAST as a simple, rapid screening tool for identifying facial droop, arm weakness and speech difficulty, and emphasises the critical importance of time in initiating urgent care and supporting early decision-making in out-of-hospital environments.
It then builds on these principles to examine atypical stroke presentations, particularly posterior circulation strokes, where symptoms such as balance disturbance, visual changes and non-specific neurological deficits may go undetected by FAST alone. Through a clinically focused, practical lens, the session equips clinicians with a broader awareness of both common and overlooked stroke presentations, strengthening clinical judgement and improving early recognition across the full spectrum of time-critical neurological emergencies.
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This session will be brought to you by our stage sponsor, YPO.
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The journey to net zero is a tough one with emergency services taking different routes and having difference challenges. But, along the way there might be an alternative way to fuel existing fleet without swapping them out for new electric vehicles. Find out how two fire services are using biofuels – called HVO – to power their fleets. They’ll share their experience, the challenges and the benefits of adopting greener fuel.
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In the first of this two-part special session, former BBC Environment Editor, David Shukman leads the discussion how how well the emergency services are prepared to respond to climate threats. Starting with heat and wildfires, he draws on his latest book The Response, to frame a discussion with those leading the response to see what it’s really like to be at the frontline of climate change.
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When should the voluntary and faith sector become part of the response?
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Fly from any airport in the UK and feel safe knowing that there is an airport fire service trained, equipped and ready to respond. But what happens when the risk changes? Join Simon and Graeme for an insider view on what’s changing on the ground and in the air that means the responders need to be looking at the future and preparing for it today.
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On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, we examine how preparedness, intelligence-sharing, hostile vehicle mitigation, crowded place security and emergency response have evolved in the decades since.
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Integrating the voluntary sector into incident command from the outset.
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The second part of our sessions where we frame this discussion around David Shukman’s book, The Response, sees the panel focused on flooding. David describes in breathtaking detail the impact of flooding on the residents of a north London suburb and the urban fire response, but what about those working in mountain and lowland rescue teams? What have we learned so far and how can we improve the response to what seems to be an increasing trend?
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When you think about a multi-agency exercise you probably think it lasts a day, maybe two. But in the North East last year, Exercise Cerberus lasted over six months, involved organisations from across the region and tested how to respond to a marauding terrorist attack in a major sports venue. The MTA scenario is being tested across the country in different ways but for this session, our panel will share how they approached it and ended up winning an award too.
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This session explores physiology-guided resuscitation and its growing role in improving outcomes from cardiac arrest. Physiology-guided approaches allow clinicians to tailor resuscitation in real time based on the patient's own physiological response, rather than relying on a fixed protocol alone. Underpinning this shift, however, remains the fundamental requirement for high-quality CPR: adapting care in response to physiology is only possible when that care, and its effect, can first be accurately measured.
This session examines how CPR feedback technology supports that measurement, enabling clinicians to monitor performance, make informed adjustments during resuscitation and move towards a more responsive, data-informed approach to cardiac arrest management. Through a practical, clinically grounded discussion, delegates will gain insight into how combining high-performance CPR with physiology-guided decision-making can enhance the quality and effectiveness of resuscitation in the out-of-hospital setting.
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With thefts of valuable life-saving RTC equipment from emergency service vehicles on the rise, what can services do to protect their assets? In this masterclass from Weber Rescue UK, find out how the team is using innovative tech to track, trace and shut down equipment rendering it unusable. It’s your chance to get close to their rescue equipment and see how this company is keeping the fleet of the future safe from theft.
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How do emergency services, the voluntary and faith sector, and private sector partners build trusted relationships before an incident to enable an effective whole community response?
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Across the emergency services, the ambition to decarbonise is clear, but the challenge is knowing where to start. Join UK Power Networks as they share the The Blue Light Tool, designed with emergency service organisations to plan their transition to low-carbon technologies with confidence. Concerned about capacity constraints or how to model future demand? Adam and Charlie will show how The Blue Light Tool helps you to understand options earlier and support smarter investment decisions across emergency service estates.
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From the war in Ukraine to escalating tensions in the Middle East, geopolitical shocks are exposing the fragility of the systems that underpin modern economies. Energy, fuel, food, critical minerals and manufactured goods all rely on complex global supply chains that can be disrupted by conflict, sanctions, cyber attacks and political instability.
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Police Scotland is transforming its critical communications infrastructure, moving away from legacy telephony towards a resilient, cloud-based approach.
In this session, Police Scotland and Cinos will explore what drove the transformation, how it was delivered at national scale and what the organisation’s experience can teach other emergency services looking to modernise critical communications.
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The first masterclass of the day is your chance to focus in on what makes a good exercise and reflect on what your organisation does and get some ideas about doing things differently. Drop in and get some great tips to take back to your service.
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Stepping onto the road as a newly qualified paramedic is one of the most exciting, and challenging, moments in a clinician’s career. This session, delivered by Paramedic Mentor Harry Vines, explores the transition from Newly Qualified Paramedic through to Band 6, focusing on the practical realities of developing confidence and clinical autonomy on the frontline. Through a supportive, experience-led approach, the session examines key challenges, expectations, and opportunities encountered during this progression, highlighting how clinicians can consolidate foundational skills, adapt to increasing responsibility, and grow into autonomous practitioners within the out-of-hospital environment.
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AI is dominating conversations across policing, but many organisations risk overlooking the foundations needed to make it successful.
In this session, Carl Drinkwater, National RPA Programme Director and Jenny Rostron from Morson Group explore how intelligent automation is already transforming policing through the National RPA Programme, reducing administrative burden, improving consistency and creating more time for frontline policing.
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AI is dominating conversations across policing, but many organisations risk overlooking the foundations needed to make it successful.
In this session, Carl Drinkwater, National RPA Programme Director and Jenny Rostron from Morson Group explore how intelligent automation is already transforming policing through the National RPA Programme, reducing administrative burden, improving consistency and creating more time for frontline policing.
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We encourage attendees to come and sit and eat lunch with us, meet CoP colleagues, hear about the benefits of our RTB programme
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Is your organisation looking at greening its fleet but uncertain where to start or has taken the first steps but finds it all daunting when I comes to the trickier vehicles? This then is the place for you to bring your sandwiches and hear from our experts who will be reporting back on findings from a series of webinars where they dug into the detail about the decarbonisation journey and have top tips and practical advice for you to take away.
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This interactive session will challenge how confident you are in your organisation’s preparedness. It explores how the National Occupational Standards for Resilience and Emergencies support workforce development, and how a scenario-informed approach assesses preparedness in practice. It will explore how decision-making, coordination and workforce sustainability are tested under pressure - and what organisations can do to strengthen capability when it matters most.
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A personal reflection of over 40 years of planning, response and community resilience.
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As geopolitical tensions continue to reshape Europe's security landscape, the Nordic countries have emerged as global leaders in national preparedness and societal resilience. Faced with an increasingly assertive Russia and a rapidly evolving threat environment, the region has adopted a 'whole-of-society' approach to resilience, integrating government, critical infrastructure operators, businesses and citizens into national preparedness planning.
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Looking after those who respond to traumatic incidents is critical for a well-functioning emergency service. National bodies have recently introduced new guidance and process, including mandatory reporting of police officer suicides and a new suicide prevention and postvention toolkit for fire and rescue services. It’s a sensitive topic but important, so join our expert panel who will share the work taking place at a national level and how your service can benefit.
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You may have seen someone have their phone stolen outside a train station with the thief making off on a souped-up e-bike. Those bikes are often illegally converted to go at faster speeds making pursuit hard. The Met Police has invested in Su-Ron electric bikes and is now using them across the capital to fight crime and get ahead of the criminals. Hear from our experts about this capability and how this part of the Met’s fleet is making a massive difference to outcomes.
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This session explores the shift from protocol-driven cardiac arrest management to physiologically guided resuscitation, where treatment is adapted in real time based on patient response. Focusing on the integration of monitoring, mechanical chest compressions, synchronised ventilation, and point-of-care ultrasound, the discussion will highlight how a connected approach can support more informed decision-making during resuscitation.
Particular attention will be given to the value of coordinating compressions and ventilation, maintaining high-quality CPR, and using imaging to identify reversible causes. Through practical insight and clinical context, the session will examine how combining these elements can reduce interruptions, improve team coordination, and support a more personalised, physiology-led approach to resuscitation.
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Returning to The Emergency Services Show for a second time, Lucy Easthope shares poignant stories that provide a ‘roadmap for resilience in the face of adversity.’ Armed with two decades of experience and her latest book, Come What May, Lucy brings her insights to this valuable fireside chat where she shows she is the perfect person to provide life-changing lessons for coping with crisis.
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Are we engaging the right partners early enough to build a whole community recovery?
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Stay current with crucial updates in clinical practice, covering advancements in diagnosis, treatment modalities, and guideline revisions in just 30 minutes. This session will equip you with essential knowledge to enhance patient care and streamline decision-making processes.
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Did you know there are more than 10 different ways you can volunteer with your local ambulance service? Volunteers have a key role to play in community resilience, supporting ambulance services during critical incidents and civil emergencies. In this session we’ll hear from the national ambulance member organisation, the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, and ambulance volunteer service leads about some of the exciting new developments in ambulance volunteering. We will also hear from the volunteers themselves. Learn from them and be inspired to join your local ambulance service as a volunteer.
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With new helicopters becoming operational next year, NPAS is using the latest technology to support policing from the skies. NPAS crews operate helicopters and aeroplanes, work alongside local force drone teams, and are exploring how uncrewed aircraft could form part of a future blended fleet to help fight crime.
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From cyber attacks and online radicalisation to misinformation, digital activism and changing attitudes towards authority, technology is reshaping how societies respond to crises and disruption. As younger generations grow up entirely online, organisations, governments and emergency services face new challenges in maintaining trust, communicating effectively and building resilience.
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Cardiac emergencies demand rapid, informed decision-making where seconds can make a difference. Yet important diagnostic findings may not always be visible on a standard 12 lead ECG, and pauses in chest compressions during resuscitation can negatively impact patient outcomes. The Clinical advances in Emergency Care presentation focuses on technologies designed to help clinicians address both challenges.
In this session, Stryker explores how 15 lead ECG acquisition can support more comprehensive cardiac assessment by incorporating right-sided and posterior leads, helping clinicians identify information that may not be apparent on a conventional 12 lead ECG. We will also examine STJ Insight, a graphical approach to visualising ST-segment changes designed to support interpretation of ECG findings.
The session will also explore the importance of maintaining high-quality CPR and minimising interruptions during resuscitation. Attendees will learn how cprINSIGHT™ technology analyses ECG rhythms during ongoing chest compressions, supporting rhythm assessment while reducing pauses that can affect coronary perfusion and chest compression fraction.
Join us to discuss how advances in ECG assessment and resuscitation technology are helping emergency care professionals make more informed clinical decisions, maintain CPR quality and support patient care when every second counts.
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Delivered by Sam Thompson, this interactive session provides a rare opportunity to experience remote clinical decision-making from the clinician's perspective. Through an unfolding patient story, delegates will discover why the greatest challenge isn't making decisions without seeing the patient, it's knowing which questions still need to be asked. Drawing on the principles explored in Remote Triage and Consultations in Emergency and Primary Care, the session introduces the concept of calibrated curiosity, a practical approach to asking better questions, recognising and excluding red flags, and making confident, proportionate decisions in the face of uncertainty.
Rather than promoting defensive practice or unnecessary escalation, the session explores how structured clinical reasoning helps clinicians identify the patients who genuinely need emergency care while giving them the confidence to safely manage those who do not. Whether you work in ambulance services, urgent care, primary care or remote triage, this practical and thought-provoking session will challenge assumptions, provide a unique insight into the realities of remote clinical decision-making, and offer immediately applicable strategies for delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care.
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In a world where no conversation is complete without at least one reference to AI, how do those who are responding to crisis know what is true and what is not? Generating nonsense, hallucinating and responding to questions may all be in a day’s work for some AI applications but are we all critical enough of what we read and what we see – is that video authentic? Are those voices the people we think they are? It’s a moment at the show to reflect with our experts from the Emergency Planning Society on how to communicate the truth when all is not what it seems.Chairperson
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Join Catherine Levin as she chats on stage with Met Police Fleet director and NPCC fleet lead, Jason Powell. They talk about the future of fleet in policing and the challenges forces are facing with reduced budgets, the push to net zero and rising demand.
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Former police officer Ryan MacDonald leads this multi-agency panel where we dig into the detail about how emergency services are supporting the mental health of their staff. What innovation are we seeing and what works well? Come and join the discussion and see if you can take back some great ideas to your workplace.
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As emergency services fleet evolves through electrification, new technologies and changing workforce demands, there is growing recognition that the sector needs a wider range of voices and experiences. This panel brings together women working across blue light fleet to discuss careers, leadership, inclusion and the barriers that still exist within a traditionally male-dominated environment. The session will also explore how organisations can create clearer pathways into fleet and encourage the next generation of women into the profession.
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We wrap up the first day of the show by looking up and out beyond our borders. In this fascinating conversation brought to you by fire chiefs from Stockholm and London, they consider how the threat of war affects daily operations and why there is a continuum from emergency preparedness, civil defence to total defence.
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The 68-strong UK International Search and Rescue (UK ISAR) team flew to Venezuela in June to carry out systematic searches of collapsed structure using canine search teams and specialist equipment to locate survivors. Join this session to find out what it’s like to be a volunteer to deploy to the other side of the world at a moment’s notice and work in incredibly challenging conditions.
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NHS England committed to the delivery of 80 electric ambulances by March this year. How did that go? We look at the challenges of introducing electric ambulances into fleets and what’s been learned so far to smooth out the green transition in the future.
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Stay current with crucial updates in clinical practice, covering advancements in diagnosis, treatment modalities, and guideline revisions in just 30 minutes. This session will equip you with essential knowledge to enhance patient care and streamline decision-making processes.
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Taking a look at climate-driven emergencies such as floods, wildfires and heatwaves and the growing pressure on infrastructure, local authorities and emergency services.
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After years of campaigning, John Lord has increasingly influenced the way that firefighters think about the way they operate, how they view their health and, most importantly, how GPs view the risks they face and bring home to their families. He wants to move the conversation forward with this panel discussion on how to change behaviours and practice and what you can do to add your voice into one huge, unmissable bellow that can be heard by politicians, GPs and fire chiefs.
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In this session, Joe Dent explores stroke recognition from the traditional FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) assessment through to the subtle and posterior presentations it can miss. The session opens with FAST as a simple, rapid screening tool for identifying facial droop, arm weakness and speech difficulty, and emphasises the critical importance of time in initiating urgent care and supporting early decision-making in out-of-hospital environments.
It then builds on these principles to examine atypical stroke presentations, particularly posterior circulation strokes, where symptoms such as balance disturbance, visual changes and non-specific neurological deficits may go undetected by FAST alone. Through a clinically focused, practical lens, the session equips clinicians with a broader awareness of both common and overlooked stroke presentations, strengthening clinical judgement and improving early recognition across the full spectrum of time-critical neurological emergencies.
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The inside of an ambulance is complex and chock full of vital equipment needed to deal with the vast array of demand from the public who call on our paramedics in their hour of need. Converting an ambulance is an art but what happens when the supply chain jolts and the parts aren’t available or the convertor struggles to survive in a challenging economic climate? It’s a conversation that needs to be had, so join our panel to explore what ambulance services need to do be resilient in an unpredictable world.
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‘Cheap, uncomfortable and scruffy’ these are the words that delegates at a recent policing conference used to describe their own uniform. Last year we brought you the results of the Police Federation led uniform survey and now we bring you up to date with this NPCC led panel to share how they are taking a pragmatic, scientific approach to developing uniform and body armour that works for everyone. A single national policing catalogue could well be the answer – but do you agree? Join our panel to contribute to this discussion about uniform today and find out about the Future Uniform Project.
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Would the UK pass a national stress test? A provocative final discussion pulling together lessons from the previous two days.
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This practical panel discussion will explore how emergency services organisations can better support colleagues living with endometriosis. Contributors from across the blue light sector will share lived experience, workplace approaches and practical steps that can improve awareness, flexibility and support in operational environments. The session will focus on simple, actionable changes employers can take to create a more informed and supportive workplace culture.
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This session explores the shift from protocol-driven cardiac arrest management to physiologically guided resuscitation, where treatment is adapted in real time based on patient response. Focusing on the integration of monitoring, mechanical chest compressions, synchronised ventilation, and point-of-care ultrasound, the discussion will highlight how a connected approach can support more informed decision-making during resuscitation.
Particular attention will be given to the value of coordinating compressions and ventilation, maintaining high-quality CPR, and using imaging to identify reversible causes. Through practical insight and clinical context, the session will examine how combining these elements can reduce interruptions, improve team coordination, and support a more personalised, physiology-led approach to resuscitation.
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If we want women to feel included and respected in the workplace, we must ensure that the equipment we give them is fit for purpose. We shouldn’t expect women to have to think about how they will remove it to go to the toilet, when they need to be laser focused on the job and its hazards. Join our panel to hear their experience but more importantly their advice on what needs to be done to change the design of kit. For anyone involved in women’s PPE, this is for you.
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In an industry where risk is part of the day to day, this session we look at health risk and how men need to understand their risks when it comes to prostate cancer. In a myth busting session led by Cheshire firefighter Matt Cullen and Prostate Cancer UK, you will find out about his experience and why he dropped a rank to focus on himself and his family after his diagnosis. Take time out of your busy show day to reflect and learn about taking a prevention first approach.
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Mental capacity is often tested in the most complex, high-pressure moments of frontline care, where legal, ethical, and operational decisions must be made quickly and confidently. This session explores mental capacity assessment in practice through a case-based approach, examining the real-world challenges faced by emergency service professionals.
Drawing on specialist expertise in mental health law, the session highlights how clinicians can navigate uncertainty, apply legislation effectively, and make defensible decisions in the field. It also considers the wider implications for practice, education, and co-production, linking these insights back to current research in out-of-hospital care.
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Ukraine has become one of the world's most important learning environments for emergency medicine, leadership and organisational resilience. As the nature of conflict, crisis and major incidents continues to evolve, so too must the way emergency services prepare, adapt and respond.
In this session, Professor Mark Hannaford, Founder & CEO of World Extreme Medicine and Co-Founder of the World Extreme Medicine Fund, joins Luca Alfatti, Co-Founder of the World Extreme Medicine Fund and Global Medical & Humanitarian Leader, to share lessons drawn from four years of delivering humanitarian aid, frontline medical capability and trauma training across Ukraine. Their work, alongside collaboration with NATO and international partners, has provided a unique perspective on how organisations perform and adapt under sustained operational pressure.
Richard Lewis, Chief Operating Officer of World Extreme Medicine, will then translate these frontline lessons into the UK emergency services context, exploring what they mean for organisational preparedness, leadership, interoperability and building capability before the next major incident.
Rather than simply presenting stories from the frontline, this session asks a more important question:
What is Ukraine teaching us about building organisations that can adapt, learn and perform under pressure?
Delegates will leave with practical insights, fresh perspectives and tangible actions to strengthen preparedness before the next major incident tests them.
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Is your organisation looking at greening its fleet but uncertain where to start or has taken the first steps but finds it all daunting when I comes to the trickier vehicles? This then is the place for you to bring your sandwiches and hear from our experts who will be reporting back on findings from a series of webinars where they dug into the detail about the decarbonisation journey and have top tips and practical advice for you to take away.
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We start the security sessions with a masterclass. Niki Boyce from Imperial College will introduce the concept of the zero bystander and show how through virtual reality training the general public can gain the skills to have the confidence to help someone injured at a scene before the first responders arrive. Martyn’s Law will help venues be ready in the event of an incident but what would you do if you were there first? Join Niki to find out more.
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We encourage attendees to come and sit and eat lunch with us, meet CoP colleagues, hear about the benefits of our RTB programme
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Exploring what major health crises have taught us and whether public systems and business continuity plans are more robust today.
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This session explores physiology-guided resuscitation and its growing role in improving outcomes from cardiac arrest. Physiology-guided approaches allow clinicians to tailor resuscitation in real time based on the patient's own physiological response, rather than relying on a fixed protocol alone. Underpinning this shift, however, remains the fundamental requirement for high-quality CPR: adapting care in response to physiology is only possible when that care, and its effect, can first be accurately measured.
This session examines how CPR feedback technology supports that measurement, enabling clinicians to monitor performance, make informed adjustments during resuscitation and move towards a more responsive, data-informed approach to cardiac arrest management. Through a practical, clinically grounded discussion, delegates will gain insight into how combining high-performance CPR with physiology-guided decision-making can enhance the quality and effectiveness of resuscitation in the out-of-hospital setting.
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With the long-awaited guidance for how to comply with Martyn’s Law published and the enforcement regime under the Security Industry Association out for consultation, this session is perfectly timed to consider what training and equipment venues should have in place should the worst happen. Our panel will talk about their preparations, the role of bleed kits, defibs and other healthcare equipment that are appropriate and proportionate to the risk. It’s a practical session and we are delighted that the Director of Security at the home of the show will share his experience with us too.
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In Wales, the ambulance service is working on new ways to build more resilient teams and involve them in shaping their culture. The Cultural Early Warning Score – CEWS - is part of the trust’s Working Well Together approach and is helping to make culture tangible. It supports managers and teams to talk openly about how work feels, identify what needs attention, and agree actions together. Join our panel to find out how this work is progressing and how you can adapt and adopt it in your organisation.Speakers
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You may associate search and rescue teams, whether in the mountains or lowland settings, with a fleet of Land Rovers on off road tracks, but the picture is much more varied today. Find out how these volunteer run teams extend the life of the vehicles to suit the terrain and how they are innovating for the future where the climate is no longer predictable and they need to be prepared for the extremes.
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Stepping onto the road as a newly qualified paramedic is one of the most exciting, and challenging, moments in a clinician’s career. This session, delivered by Paramedic Mentor Harry Vines, explores the transition from Newly Qualified Paramedic through to Band 6, focusing on the practical realities of developing confidence and clinical autonomy on the frontline. Through a supportive, experience-led approach, the session examines key challenges, expectations, and opportunities encountered during this progression, highlighting how clinicians can consolidate foundational skills, adapt to increasing responsibility, and grow into autonomous practitioners within the out-of-hospital environment.
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Figen Murray OBE is a formidable campaigner who has changed the way we see security in buildings long before the frontline responders arrive. We are honoured that Figen can join us at the show. She will be talking to Catherine Levin in an unmissable fireside chat, reflecting on the nine years since her son Martyn was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing and why April 2027 is such an important date for her and public safety in this country.
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What happens when transport systems fail and how operators coordinate during strikes, cyber incidents, fuel shortages or severe weather.
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In a show first, we have women-only panels on each of our stages, looking at different issues that affect women in the emergency services. In this session we look at leadership: what can women in leadership positions today tell us about their journey, the barriers they have overcome and the richness of their experience that will be an inspiration to women who are earlier in their careers. Chaired by EST Deputy Editor, Lanna Deamer, this is certain to be a fascinating session.
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You may think that the RNLI and Coastguard are all about the coastline, sea and boats, but far from it. Their fleets are diverse and they face the same challenges about moving to green fuels as the rest of the emergency services. How do you bring alternative power sources to remote places? What does a future fleet look like for them? Come and join the conversation as they do some horizon scanning on land at the NEC.
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Delivered by Sam Thompson, this interactive session provides a rare opportunity to experience remote clinical decision-making from the clinician's perspective. Through an unfolding patient story, delegates will discover why the greatest challenge isn't making decisions without seeing the patient, it's knowing which questions still need to be asked. Drawing on the principles explored in Remote Triage and Consultations in Emergency and Primary Care, the session introduces the concept of calibrated curiosity, a practical approach to asking better questions, recognising and excluding red flags, and making confident, proportionate decisions in the face of uncertainty. Rather than promoting defensive practice or unnecessary escalation, the session explores how structured clinical reasoning helps clinicians identify the patients who genuinely need emergency care while giving them the confidence to safely manage those who do not. Whether you work in ambulance services, urgent care, primary care or remote triage, this practical and thought-provoking session will challenge assumptions, provide a unique insight into the realities of remote clinical decision-making, and offer immediately applicable strategies for delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care.
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How does the UK approach homeland defence in a world of cyber attacks, hostile state activity, infrastructure sabotage and misinformation?