Clive Bates has had a diverse career in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Starting out with IBM, he then switched career to work in the environment movement. From 1997-2003 he was Director of Action on Smoking and Health (UK), campaigning to reduce the harms caused by tobacco. In 2003 he joined Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Strategy Unit as a civil servant and worked in senior roles in the public sector and for the United Nations in Sudan. He is now Director of The Counterfactual, a consulting and advocacy practice focussed on a pragmatic approach to sustainability and public health.

Norbert is a software developer in Germany. Master in computer science (Dipl.-Inform.). He enjoyed smoking for 30+ years. Became an accidental quitter in 2012, when curiosity lead to experimenting with vaping. The growing variety of flavours was pivotal for enjoying vaping more than smoking. Later joined the German vaping consumers organization IG-ED. Now a member of the board and liaison to INNCO and ETHRA.

Lindsey Stroud is a Senior Fellow at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, which provides data and analysis to inform and assist policymakers when addressing consumer products. Her main areas of focus are goods including alcohol, tobacco and vapor products, and regulatory policies that affect adult access, including harm reduction, technology, innovation, antitrust and privacy. At The Heartland Institute, she authored policy resources and hosted a podcast on tobacco harm reduction, and has also worked for state lawmakers in two states. Creator and manager of Tobacco Harm Reduction 101 (thr101.org), she holds senior positions at the American Vapor Manufacturers Association and the Independent Women's Forum.

Federico N. Fernández is Executive Director at Somos Innovación (a Latin American pro-innovation alliance) and CEO at We Are Innovation (Somos Innovación’s sister organization for Europe). Federico is Founder and President of Fundación Internacional Bases (Rosario, Argentina) and also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century.”  Under Federico's leadership, in less than two years, the Somos Innovación Network published the largest innovation opinion survey conducted in LatAm, a sharing economy index, and the documentary “Behind the Cloud,” of which he was Executive Producer. 

Agnieszka Wyszyńka-Szulc is the Global Head of Regulatory Policy in the External Affairs team at Philip Morris International (PMI), an international tobacco company working to deliver a smoke-free future and evolving its portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. Agnieszka joined the Corporate Affairs Team in the Polish affiliate of PMI in 2004, and since then she has held various roles in the organisation, including as Director of Regulatory Strategy in the EU Region External Affairs Team. Agnieszka holds a Masters degree in Management and Administration and a postgraduate degree in Public Affairs, both from Warsaw University, Poland, as well as an Executive MBA from the Warsaw University of Technology Business School, Poland.