John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

He is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the vaping.com group, which also holds the largest vaping community in the world, e-cigarette-forum.com, together with being the Policy Director for the Independent European Vape Alliance.

Dustin Dahlmann from Hamburg, Germany is the president of the Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA), the German vaping industry association BfTG (Bündnis für Tabakfreien Genuss e.V.) and owner of the successful e-cigarette wholesale InnoCigs. He fights for an autonomous regulation of vaping products as a means to harm reduction independent from tobacco industries throughout Europe.

RegulationStrategy was founded by Patricia Kovacevic, a global legal and compliance FDA-regulated industry expert. With twenty years of experience, Patricia’s track record comprises past leading senior legal and regulatory positions at, among other, Philip Morris International, Lorillard and vaping company Nicopure Labs. While at Lorillard, she led the team that obtained the first ever premarket authorization for a tobacco product issued by the FDA under the Tobacco Control Act (in 2013) and was instrumental in the acquisition of blu™ and Skycig by Lorillard. At Nicopure Labs she spearheaded the litigation against the FDA challenging the so-called “deeming rule”. Prior to joining Lorillard she was a partner at Patton Boggs. Her expertise includes successful premarket tobacco applications, global nicotine, ENDS and tobacco regulation, TPD, cannabis regulation, compliance, M&A and all regulatory aspects of marketing/media communications, corporate affairs, criminal investigations, FCPA, trade sanctions, privacy, product development and launch.

Patricia served on the board of directors of the Vapor Technology Association, on the advisory board of the Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum and is a member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). She authored several articles on nicotine regulation, and is often invited as a keynote speaker and presenter before global conferences and government agencies. In the past she was a United Nations staff member, and she served on the U.N.’s Public-Private Partnership Commission focusing on transportation infrastructure. Patricia is an attorney admitted to practice in New York and before the Supreme Court of the United States. She holds a Juris Doctor (doctor of law) degree from Columbia Law School in New York, an M.A. in Philology and has completed the Harvard Business School “Corporate Leader” executive education program. Patricia speaks Italian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Spanish, and German.

Ao Weinuo is the Secretary-General of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce; he is also one of the main founders of ECCC. ECCC is the only influential and represent the E-Cigarette industry association in China. ECCC has established since January 2017, Ao Weinuo as the key person to draft the “E-Cigarette Standards” into T/CECC 1-2017 and the T/CECC 2-2017 of the "Specification of E-cigarette Liquid " in which ECCC has formally released this implementation on the 20th December 2017. In the past 4 years, Ao Weinuo has often conducted active dialogue and communication with government departments such as State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Commerce, the China Customs. He has accepted interviews with major media such as CCTV and People’s Daily. In addition, Mr. Ao is the most important planner for the International E-cigarette Industry Summit Forum which held in Shen Zhen every year, giving much time and efforts on promoting the E-cigarette industry in which prospering standard development and maintaining interests among the industry. Ao Weinuo has a senior background in electronics industry for 15 years, once served as Shen Zhen Baoan SEG Electronic Company General Manager, with a wealth of experience in electronic market management and sales of electronic components, mobile phones, digital products, e-cigarettes. As a representative of the electronic cigarette industry, Mr. Ao often provides professional consulting for financial companies and investment institutions. The annual release of electronic cigarette market data has become the authoritative information adopted by the official and media.

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

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Mark serves on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee which scrutinises the work of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Mark was also elected by his Conservative colleagues to the 1922 Executive Committee, a a prestigious role within the Parliamentary Conservative Party.

Mark is also a member of the All Party Groups on Manufacturing, Micro-Businesses, Packaging, Small Business, Cycling, Speedway and Rugby Union and founded the All Party Group for Vaping and the All Party Parliamentary Group for District Councils.

Mark is passionate about the game of rugby and has done a great deal to ensure that the town receives the recognition it deserves as the birthplace of the game. He also played a key role in the town’s preparations for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and helped to organise local celebrations and events as well as helping to promote the town as a tourist destination for rugby fans from across the world.

Ignacio Gonzalez Suarez, Spanish by origin, holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Oviedo (Spain).

At Philip Morris International, he is responsible for engaging and sharing the science behind PMI’s smoke-free products to increase awareness and understanding of tobacco harm reduction for the Middle East and Africa countries.

He has more than 15 years of experience in preclinical models of disease. Throughout his career he has published over 40 scientific publications and book chapters, and participated in numerous national and international scientific congresses.

Professor Imad Lahoud is the Chief Technology Officer at Medad Technology, heading their R&D and manufacturing. Under his leadership, a team of scientists and engineers are spearheading disruptive innovations in HealthTech, BioTech and Power Management.

Professor Lahoud has dedicated 20 years to the aerospace industry and has co-headed the R&D and Innovations Department for industry giants such as Airbus.

He holds a PhD in Computer Science and a Professorship in Mathematics and has taught in the French Elite system of “Preparation aux Granges Ecoles” and at the University of Denis Diderot.

Colin is a medical practitioner who works in Sydney, Australia exclusively in tobacco treatment, with a special interest in harm reduction. He is also the author of a recently published book, Stop Smoking Start Vaping - The Healthy Truth about Vaping.

He is a member of the expert advisory group that develops the Australian national smoking cessation guidelines. He is the Founding Chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association, a health promotion charity established to raise awareness of tobacco harm reduction.

Colin was previously a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales.

He is currently an investigator on a government-funded clinical trial on vaping at the National Drug and Alcohol Centre.

For more information, www.colinmendelsohn.com.au

Dr Hugo is a trained medical physician and is registered with the Malaysia Medical Council. He practiced general community medicine in both major government and private hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before moving into multinational pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and AstraZeneca.

In these positions, he led and managed large teams of medical advisors and regulatory affairs associates for 14 years, in local as well as regional roles as a medical affairs expert. He also worked with leading researchers in late phase clinical trials and partnered with start-ups to bring innovative medicine from early development to commercialisation.

Hugo joined BAT in February 2022 as the Head of Scientific Engagement for the Asia Pacific and Middle East region, encompassing more than 13 countries. In this role, Hugo is responsible for collaborating with regional and local public health advocates to advance understanding and research in Tobacco Harm Reduction.

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

Rebecca Haining is part of the BAT group, a global, multi-category consumers goods business. She has over twenty years of public affairs experience, working internationally for major brands in the FMCG and aviation sectors.

As a key member of the BAT’s Middle East, South Asia and North Africa Area team, Rebecca manages government relations, corporate affairs and ESG integration. In her current role, she is working on engagement campaigns to inform the regulatory environment, establishing a media framework to amplify the company’s activities and ambition, and executing BAT’s sustainability agenda in the region. Drawing on seven years’ experience in the Middle East, Rebecca leads a team across the GCC, Levant, North Africa and South Asia to develop BAT’s cross-functional advocacy strategies on issues such as anti-illicit trade, tobacco harm reduction, excise policy and regulatory frameworks.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, and a Master of Business Administration.

Before Becoming the Co-Founder and President of ANDS, Fadi has reached many milestones in his career, most notably as the GM and Chairman of Philip Morris in Jordan and PAA, global sales strategy at PMI HQ in Switzerland, and the head of commercial deployment in KSA. He also earned well-deserved coveted positions in JUUL labs as the Head of Middle East, Africa & Turkey and the Head of EU Travel Retail.

Omar Abdellatif is the General Manager of Lower Gulf countries at Philip Morris International affiliate based in Dubai, UAE and overseeing the markets of UAE, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. In his capacity, held since 2021, Omar plays a vital role in driving the transformation of the Philip Morris business in the region towards a smoke-free future and strengthening the commercial activities of PMI’s innovative scientifically substantiated smoke-free products where commercialised.

Since joining PMI in 2009, Omar has held leadership positions within Markets & Consumer Research in both Switzerland and the UAE as well as Marketing and strategy in Iraq. He has previous experience in large FMCG companies where consumer insight was his main area of focus.

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

Atif Amin began with MyVapery in 2020 as Marketing Manager, with 10 year’s experience working in the United Arab Emirates. Previously he had been the Marketing Director at the agency where he managed strategic partnerships with Standard Chartered, Etisalat, General Motors, Mubadala to name but a few, with a big focus on social media, productions and corporate events.

Vincent has been engaged in sales in the vape industry for 10 years. Eight of those years at Heaven Gifts company. Vincent is loyal, but not rigid. He has served markets in many regions, south as Southeast Asia, North America and Europe and travelled to more than 10 countries.

Formally, because of his rich experience and enthusiastic work, the ELFBAR brand has become the most popular brand under the team’s efforts.

Old people in this industry, but still young, continue to bring more vitality to the vape industry.

Jason is the Global Channel Director for Ignite International, managing Nicotine Vapes, CBD, Spirits & Energy Drink categories since 2019. He has the pleasure of building relationships and managing partnerships all over the globe, bringing Ignite premium consumer goods to market in all countries. Since joining Ignite International, he has experienced growth in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Russia, Asia, Australia, and many more countries. Prior to Ignite, Jason worked as VP of Sales for Purus Labs, an international sports nutrition supplement line.

Robert Naouss is an experienced multilingual communications & advocacy strategist with 17+ years of progressive experience in public and corporate communications, government affairs, media planning, and advocacy strategies, in addition to engagement campaign planning and execution, across the MENA region.

Rebecca Haining is part of the BAT group, a global, multi-category consumers goods business. She has over twenty years of public affairs experience, working internationally for major brands in the FMCG and aviation sectors.

As a key member of the BAT’s Middle East, South Asia and North Africa Area team, Rebecca manages government relations, corporate affairs and ESG integration. In her current role, she is working on engagement campaigns to inform the regulatory environment, establishing a media framework to amplify the company’s activities and ambition, and executing BAT’s sustainability agenda in the region. Drawing on seven years’ experience in the Middle East, Rebecca leads a team across the GCC, Levant, North Africa and South Asia to develop BAT’s cross-functional advocacy strategies on issues such as anti-illicit trade, tobacco harm reduction, excise policy and regulatory frameworks.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, and a Master of Business Administration.

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

Lic. Rafael Alvarez is a specialist in Social Development of Vaping in Latin America.

Bachelor of Music. Current user coordinator AsoVapeVzla and international advisor to the Venezuelan Vaping Association for policies on Social Development of Vaping in Latin America.

Clarinetist, Master of Music and professional musician. He stands out as principal clarinet of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas and head of the clarinet chair in Caracas Venezuela.

Vaper activist since 2015; host and director of the vaping program called la Resistencia that is broadcast by ivaap from Facebook.

Currently creator of the first Environmental ProVapeo project in the world; underway in the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Specialist for AsoVapeVzla procedures before PAHO and the Ministry of Health, on:

- Social importance of having a legal regulation for vaping in Venezuela and its impact on the region.

- Protection of consumers, producers and entrepreneurs in Venezuela.

- Free trade in Latin America.

- Social and legal situation of vaping in Latin America challenges and challenges and how Venezuela becomes a mandatory point of reference for other countries.

- Vaping as a mechanism for environmental aid and its waste management in Venezuela to contribute to the fight against climate change; which is part of the current initiative requested by the National Assembly of Deputies of Venezuela.

Lawyer with Phd in Legal Sciences for Education and Public Policies, University Professor, Broadcaster, Animator, Editor, Content Creator, Activist for the defence of Regulations of Nicotine and Similar Administration Systems (Sean and Sssn), current creator and founder of the existing differentiating regulation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela around the Venezuelan Vaping Association (AsoVapeVzla), which she chairs for the last 3 consecutive years and registered as the main representative before the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, oldest in Venezuela .

Trademark consultant, regulations and advice on the creation of new public and private legal aspects SEAN-SSSN. Currently technical expert of the protocols of the Venezuelan Sanitary Resolution, published in the Official Gazette of the Republic, number 025 published on March 26, 2021. And creator of the most innovative project of AsoVapeVzla, known as the Environmental ProVapeo Law, in conjunction with the deputy of the National Assembly Rubén Melean and Rafael Álvarez, who directs the commercial vape legalization, with recycling in the country.

She is a university professor at the Santa María de Caracas University, in addition to the Faculty of Social Sciences of Social Communication, participating for her artistic career and global marketing through her company.

Currently CEO of BesoVape, C.A. company dedicated in Venezuela to the distribution and vaper activities, creation of web pages and global marketing. Additionally, he directs events and radio programs on national radio circuits.

In recent years he has represented the Venezuelan guild and actively participates in international conferences and events such as Neblina Festival 2018, Medellín 2019 with Vapeo Sur Americano, Steam Show México 2019, Expo Vaper Venezuela edition Guayana 2019, Lima Peru with Vapeo Sur Americano 2019, Vsa Expo Medellín 2020, Jury of the MiniMissVenezuela 2018-2019-2020, among others.

She known under the pseudonym Kiss, creating initiatives and awareness every day.

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Lic. Patricia Lozano is currently Director and Technical Coordinator of the Tobacco Program of the Ministry of Popular Power for Health MPPS; Representative of Venezuela at COP9 and Focal Point of Representation before the Conference of the Parties of the Tobacco Control Agreement). Patricia is attending the conference as a specialist, under the authorisation of the MPPS.

Participation in the preparation of resolutions on anti-tobacco matters in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:

• 030 Environments 100% Free of Tobacco Smoke.

• 004 Update of the new images of the warnings on the packs. Now with warnings on both sides, one at 100% and the other at 30% text.

• 071 Total Prohibition of Advertising Promotion and Sponsorship of Tobacco Products

• 025 Resolution Regulating Import, Export, Manufacturing, Distribution, Marketing, Use, Advertising and Promotion of Electronic Nicotine Administration Systems (SEAN), Similar Systems Without Nicotine (SSSN), Consumables and other Accessories.

• Expert for tobacco matters before the Venezuelan entities and PAHO Venezuela.

Experience in the design and preparation of projects and programs for the prevention of drug use.

Implementation of public policies in the area of tobacco.

Coordinator of the surveillance system for tobacco products in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Participation in international meetings on the consumption of alcohol, drugs and tobacco.

INVESTIGATION WORK

- Analysis of the Impact of the Public Policy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on Tobacco Control and Lung Cancer 2017

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

Henna is a qualified chemical product specialist at SGS Gulf Limited with a professional work experience of 8 years working in the field of Regulatory Affairs of various chemical portfolios.

She is competent in handling conformity assessment in line with UAE federal Authority (MOIAT) regulation for various chemical products like Tobacco, Electronic cigarettes, Petroleum, Paints, Cosmetics, etc. and she is also a technical expert on product standards, product classification, certification & import eligibility.

She is a lead Auditor for ISO 9001 and internal auditor for ISO 17065, ISO 17020.

Ekaterina is a veteran marketeer with more than 20 years of experience in the dynamic industry of nicotine-containing products. She has held multiple roles in managing and building strong New Category brands for BAT across European markets.

In her current role, she formulates the strategy and oversees implementation of BAT new category brands within the region. She specialises in building strong brands with ownable and compelling identities, seeing each one through from conception to launch. Having lived through multiple transformations in the sector, Ekaterina has established herself as a highly dynamic professional in the industry. She is a pivotal member of BAT’s transformational journey in the region to progress its vision of building A Better Tomorrow™.

Ekaterina holds a Bachelor in Marketing and a Master in Economics.

Entrepreneur , Pharmacist with MBA degree.

A business developer investing in pharmaceuticals, coffee and vape with a vision to develop the Middle East vape market and improve the quality of consumable vape products imported to these territories, by regulating the markets.

John has a strong background and reputation in the European e-cigarette industry, having held senior executive positions in some of the US and Europe’s biggest companies. As Managing Director of Dyflin Group Consulting, he advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also Director-General and one of the founders of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the UK’s largest vaping Industry association and has advised the UK governments All Party Parliamentary Group on Vaping as well as giving evidence before the UK Science & Technology Committee investigation into the Vaping industry and the Australian Parliaments review on vaping.

John regularly appears on national television, radio as well as national and international print media. John is a popular guest speaker at many of the world’s leading conventions.

Jamal is an expert in new generation products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, with over a decade of experience in Philip Morris and Juul Labs. As the Managing Director of ANDS, he is currently leading the deployment of a diversified portfolio of potentially reduced-risk products in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

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