
SPEAKERS
Dr. Cary Adams
Union for International Cancer Control
Ms. Peyman Altan
WHO FCTC Europe
Dr. Pilar Aparicio
Ministry of Health, Spain
Ms. Emmanuelle Béguinot
Comité National Contre le Tabagisme
Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo
World Health Organization
Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo is the Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control since March 2020. She is a medical doctor with a master’s degree in Policies to Prevent Addictions in Children and Adolescents from the Latin American Centre of Human Economy (CLAEH). Over the past two decades, Dr Blanco Marquizo has worked in the region of the Americas, supporting tobacco control activities in many countries of the Region, including her home country, Uruguay.
Dr. James Robert Branston
University of Bath
Ms. Marion Catellin
Alliance Contre le Tabac
Dr. Magdalena Cedzynska
Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Prof. Luke Clancy
Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland
Mr. Roland Driece
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports in the Netherlands
Dr. Kira Fortune
World Health Organization
Kira Fortune is responsible for Healthy Cities, Health Promotion and Well-being in the Regional WHO Office of Europe. Kira has spent the last 25 years specializing in public health, equity, community engagement and the social determinants of health in various international organizations across the globe. Kira has extensive experience working across the international stage from global NGOs, academia as well as with inter-governmental organizations.
Dr. Manuel Franco
Johns Hopkins
Dr. Allen Gallagher
University of Bath
Mr. Silvano Gallus
Mario Negri Institute
Dr. José Miguel Gaona
Drug and Tobacco Rehabilitation Center
Mr. Christian Gil-Borrelli
ISOSCELES
Ms. Laura Graen
German Cancer Research Center
Mr. Laurent Huber
Action on Smoking and Health
Dr. Dolores Isla
Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
Mr. Luk Joossens
Association of European Cancer Leagues
Dr. Paul Kavanagh
HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme
Dr. Rüdiger Krech
World Health Organization
Prof. Anton Kunst
Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Dr. Daniel La Parra
Spanish State Council of Roma People
Dr. María-José López
Public Health Agency of Barcelona
Dr. Ángel López Nicolás
Grupo I+D
Dr. Alessandra Lugo
Istituto Mario Negri
Dr. Cristina Martínez
Catalan Institute of Oncology
Dr. María Neira
World Health Organization
Dr. Isabel Nerín
University of Zaragoza
Dr. Haik Nikogosian
The Graduate Institute Geneva
Ms. Frances O'Donovan
Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2
Frances O’Donovan is the Head Coordinator for the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC2) project. She graduated from The University of Southern Denmark in 2018 with a Masters in political science, specialising in public policy. Ms. O’Donovan has a background in local politics as a town councillor for the municipal of Fredericia. From her time as a local politician she has obtained a lot of experience in policy and organizational development, public affairs, implementation of initiatives and dissemination of policies. Ms. O’Donovan is currently employed at the Ministry of Interior and Health as a Special Advisor working on the Joint Action on Tobacco Control Project.