03 JUNE 2026
Wednesday (pre conference side events)
BallroomD
Doctors and tobacco harm reduction
09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
BallroomAB
Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) round table exchange
10:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
BallroomC
Spotlight Latin America, by ARDT Iberoamérica
11:00 - 12:40 (Europe/Warsaw)
Foyer
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
| Time | BallroomAB | BallroomC | BallroomD | Foyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 13:00 | ||||
| 09:30 - 13:00 | Doctors and tobacco harm reduction | |||
| 10:30 - 13:00 | Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) round table exchange | |||
| 11:00 - 12:40 | Spotlight Latin America, by ARDT Iberoamérica | |||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break |
03 JUNE 2026
Wednesday (main conference)
Ballroom
Opening and Michael Russell Oration (Keynote #1)
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Fiona Patten
Speaker
Alex Wodak
Respondent
Ethan Nadelmann
Foyer
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom
Panel Discussion 1 - Social impacts of prohibition
16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Reem Ibrahim
Presenter
Carissa Düring
Presenter
Jacob Grier
Presenter
Juan José Cirión Lee
Sphinx Restaurant
Conference party
19:30 - 23:59 (Europe/Warsaw)
| Time | Ballroom | Foyer | Sphinx Restaurant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Opening and Michael Russell Oration (Keynote #1) | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Panel Discussion 1 - Social impacts of prohibition | ||
| 19:30 - 23:59 | Conference party |
04 JUNE 2026
Thursday
Ballroom
Keynote 2 - Impact of prohibition on health and ethics
09:30 - 11:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Garrett McGovern
Presenter
Jean-François Etter
Presenter
Arielle Selya
Foyer
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom DEF
Marginalised, hard to reach, and incacerated populations
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
David MacKintosh
Presenter
Adriana Curado
WARS+SAWA
Consumer focussed session
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Maria Papaioannoy-Duic
Kometa
GFN Science Lab 1
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Carrie Wade
Ballroom ABC
Debunking the science used to push for prohibition
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Ian Fearon
Presenter
Arielle Selya
Presenter
Konstantinos Farsalinos
Presenter
Libby Clarke
Foyer
Luch break
13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom ABC
Spanish language session
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
WARS+SAWA
Supranational organisations' impact on national sovereignty
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Martin Cullip
Presenter
Jeannie Cameron
Presenter
Gabriel Oke
Presenter
Miguel Okumura
Ballroom DEF
Illicit trade
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Jonathan Fell
Presenter
Michael Ellis
Presenter
Dorrie Heemskerk
Presenter
Asa Saligupta
Kometa
GFN Science Lab 2
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Foyer
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom
Panel Discussion 2 - Dealing with the health, wellbeing and ethical impacts of prohibition
16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Presenter
Mark Tyndall
Presenter
Jagannath Sarangapani
Presenter
Joe Kosterich
| Time | Ballroom | Ballroom ABC | Ballroom DEF | Foyer | Kometa | WARS+SAWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Keynote 2 - Impact of prohibition on health and ethics | |||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Morning coffee break | |||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Debunking the science used to push for prohibition | Marginalised, hard to reach, and incacerated populations | GFN Science Lab 1 | Consumer focussed session | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Luch break | |||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Spanish language session | Illicit trade | GFN Science Lab 2 | Supranational organisations' impact on national sovereignty | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Afternoon coffee break | |||||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Panel Discussion 2 - Dealing with the health, wellbeing and ethical impacts of prohibition |
05 JUNE 2026
Friday
Ballroom
Keynote 3 - The economic impact of prohibition
09:30 - 11:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Sarah Cooney
Presenter
Tim Andrews
Presenter
Shane MacGuill
Foyer
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom ABC
TBA
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Kometa
GFN Science Lab 3
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Gizelle Baker
Ballroom DEF
The consequences of flavour bans
11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Mohamadi Sarkar
Foyer
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Ballroom
Panel Discussion 3 - The real costs of Prohibition
14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Clive Bates
Presenter
Zara Snapp
Presenter
Rohan Pike
Presenter
Joe Thompson
Presenter
Christopher Snowdon
Ballroom
Final words and closing
15:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
Host
Paddy Costall
Presenter
Gerry Stimson
| Time | Ballroom | Ballroom ABC | Ballroom DEF | Foyer | Kometa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Keynote 3 - The economic impact of prohibition | ||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | ||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | TBA | The consequences of flavour bans | GFN Science Lab 3 | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch break | ||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Panel Discussion 3 - The real costs of Prohibition | ||||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Final words and closing |