Upcoming Events

March 23, 2026

23

–

25 March 2026

Speakers at

WNC Brussels 2026

The Hotel Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

A three-day forum bringing together senior leaders from industry, politics, finance, and public health to explore the evolving world of nicotine.

Alessia Centioni

Co-founder and President of the European Women Alliance (EWA)

Anthony Paliouras

General Manager of Honeywell’s Connected Logistics and Managing Director of Movilizer GmbH

Axel Klein

Director, People and Psychoactive Drugs

Beatrice Timgren MEP

Member of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Brady Brim-DeForest

CEO & Co-Founder, Secundo

Brett O'Donnell

President, O'Donnell and Associates, Ltd.

Brindusa Taranu

Head Product Safety Surveillance, PMI

Carolyn Beaumont

General Practitioner & THR educator, NicotineFacts

Charlie Weimers MEP

Vice Chairman, ECR Group

Cheryl K. Olson

Regulatory Scientist, Womble Bond Dickinson

Chris Gemmell

Chief Product & Innovation Officer, Greentank Technologies

Chris Junker

Group Head of Life Sciences, BAT

Christa Pelsers

as EU Head of Fiscal Affairs and International Trade at British American Tobacco

Christopher Snowdon

Head of Lifestyle Economics, Institute of Economic Affairs

Clarisse Yvette P. Virgino

Philippine Representative, Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA)

Clive Bates

Director, Counterfactual

Colin Brazier

Broadcaster and Journalist

Danielle Tower

BAT Group Head of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, BAT

David Bass

Master of Ceremonies

David Duncan

Director, Silver Dene Consulting

Delon Human

Specialist Family Physician and President of Health Diplomats

Derek Yach

Global Health Advocate and Independent Consultant

Donato Raponi

Owner, D.Raponi Consulting

Douglas Ming Deng

Professor, Yunnan University

Ehsan Latif

Director, Centre for Integrative Public Health Management

Elaine Round

Senior Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Reynolds American

Eve Wang

Executive Director of Smoore International and VP of Shenzhen Smoore Technology Co. Ltd

Flora Okereke

Group Head of Global Policy, Insights & Foresights, BAT

Francesco Gaglioppa

EU Affairs Director, JTI

George Adams

Associate Professor of Medicine

Giovanni Li Volti

Director of the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR).

Grant Churchill

Professor of Pharmacology and Tutorial Fellow in Medicine, University of Oxford

Haley XU

Vice President, Zinwi Bio-tech Co., Ltd

Hayley Van Loon

CEO at Crime Stoppers International

Helena Digard

Head of Analytical Services, BAT; President, CORESTA

Howard Pugh

International crime and anti-illicit trade consultant at Howard Pugh Consulting

Hugo Azinheira

Executive Director, Global Research & Innovation, Filtrona

Jana Siouzou

Senior Vice President EMEA at Körber Technologies

Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Jason Carignan

Chief Commercial Officer, Chemular

Jeffrey Zamora

Creative Producer & Communications Strategist, Asovape Costa Rica

John Clayton

External Affairs Vice President, JTI

Jon Nash

Co-founder, Prime Radiant

Jonathan Fell

Head of Research & Engagement, Hexis Capital Management

Joseph Thompson

Group Science & Regulatory Affairs Director, Imperial Brands

Karin Jacobson

Science Advocacy & Engagement Director at Japan Tobacco International (JTI)

Karina McQuillan

Global Head of Toxicology, BAT

Kellsi Booth

Chief Legal Officer, Black Buffalo Inc.

Konstantinos Farsalinos

Researcher-Physician-Public Health Expert, University of West Attica, Greece

Marco Falcone MEP

Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Maria Papaioannoy Duic

Founder, R4V (Rights4Vapers)

Marina Murphy

Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, HAYPP GROUP

Mark Tyndall

Public Health Expert, Author and Independent Consultant

Martin Cullip

International Fellow, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Michiel Reerink

International Corporate Affairs Director, Alliance One International (AOI)

Mihaela Raescu

Faculty of Dental Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University

Miranda Kinney

SVP, Global Head of Corporate Affairs & Impact, Pyxus International, Inc.

Nancy Loucas

Executive Coordinator, CAPHRA

Nathalie Darge

Director General, Tobacco Europe

Nermeen Varawalla

Chief Medical Officer, Scancell

Paola Pocci

Chief Consumer Officer, Imperial Brands

Patricia Kovacevic

General Counsel, Global Regulatory Expert, RegulationStrategy / CryoMass Technologies Inc

Peter Beckett

Co-founder, Clearing the Air

Pietro Fiocchi MEP

Vice-Chair, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Rhodri James

Chief Sales Officer, Yoti

Roger Bate

President of the Center for Global Health Accountability and a Fellow at the International Center for Law & Economics

Rohan Andrade de Sequeira

Consultant in Cardio-Endocrinology, The Revival Clinic

Rupert Wilson

Owner and Managing Director, Strategic Business Consulting

Ryan Selby

Inventor & Entrepreneur, Emerald Innovations Ltd.

Shaun Murray

Head of Scientific Regulatory Affairs, Imperial Brands

Simon Clark

Director, FOREST

Sinclair Davidson

Steffy Thevar

Journalist, Times of India

Sudhanshu Patwardhan

Director, Centre for Health Research and Education

Summer Hanna

Global Head of Scientific Regulation, BAT

Tadas Lisauskas

Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Greenbutts

Tikki Pang

Former Director of Research Policy and Co-operation World Health Organization

Tim Phillips

Founder, Tamarind Intelligence

Tom Hirons

External Affairs Director, JTI

Tony Dunnage

Global ESG Director, Imperial Brands

Vincent Byrne

Global Anti-Illicit Trade Operations (AITO) Director JTI

Vincent Keaveny

Senior Adviser, DLA Piper; Lord Mayor of London 2021/22, DLA Piper

Waqas Khan

Chief Executive Officer, CLEW

Willie McKinney

Founder and CEO, McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors, LLC.; CEO of McKinney Specialty Labs, LLC

Xavier Kris

Growth Capitalist, IMX Funds Limited (Abu Dhabi)

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi

Director of Research and Thought Leadership, Global Health Focus

23 March 2026

23

–

25 March 2026

The Hotel Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

WNC Brussels 2026

A three-day forum bringing together senior leaders from industry, politics, finance, and public health to explore the evolving world of nicotine.