ENDS is Europe’s leading ENDS conference to look at scientific, commercial and regulatory aspects; covering everything from the latest regulations (including TPD3) and the latest research to testing methods, concerns and standards, products design, potential harm reduction and much more.
Previous delegates attended from testing companies, Big Tobacco, ENDS/ELiquid manufacturers, ingredients manufactures, regulatory and legislatory bodies, law firms and more were in attendance. So this conference was truly a must attend for the industry. Just some of the attendee's included representatives from British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, Japan Tobacco International, Nicopure Labs, CORESTA, FDA MHRA, UKVIA, Totally Wicked, INNCO, Imperial Brands, IBVTA and more.
An experienced legal, regulatory & compliance department leader, Patricia I. Kovacevic’s career comprises leading senior legal & regulatory positions with tobacco & cannabis corporations, including Philip Morris International & Lorillard, as well as partner roles with premier global law firms. Her expertise includes senior management roles & leading multinational, cross-disciplinary teams, with focus on corporate law, FDA & EU regulatory, compliance, M&A, US & global food, drug, nicotine & consumer goods regulation, cannabis/CBD regulation, external affairs & the legal framework applicable to marketing, media communications, investigations, FCPA, trade sanctions, privacy, intellectual property, product development & launch. She also led cross-disciplinary teams engaged in scientific research efforts. Kovacevic served on various trade association bodies & conference advisory boards. She authored several articles on nicotine regulation, co-authored an academic treatise, “The Regulation of E-Cigarettes” & is often invited as a keynote speaker or panelist before global conferences & government agencies public hearings. Kovacevic is an attorney admitted to practice in New York, before the U.S. Tax Court, before the U.S. Court of International Trade & before the Supreme Court of the United States. She holds a Juris Doctor (doctor of law) degree from Columbia Law School in New York & completed the Harvard Business School “Corporate Leader” executive education program.
Nigel R Quine
Founder of Cuts Ice Limited.
Co-Founder of Flavour Core Limited.
Co-Founder of IBVTA (Independent British Vape Trade Association).
Co-Founder of IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance).
10 years working in the vape industry, developing standards and a sensible regulatory framework for the sector.
Pioneering the development of ‘vape grade’ products and the safety of flavours in ENDS.
Investor in the independent vape channel, promoting specialist retail as the most effective provider of smoking cessation services which keep smokers off harmful combustible products.
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. He advises many leading industry analysts, financial institutions and media organisations looking at the vaping and CBD sectors. John is also one of the founders of the 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 is a regular guest speaker at many of the worlds leading conventions. John regularly appears on national and international television stations and print media to discuss vaping related matters.
Ian Tindall is the Innovation and Marketing Director of Cerulean, a respected manufacturer of laboratory test equipment for the vaping industry. Ian is responsible for defining the new products that Cerulean brings to market and has been instrumental in expanding the Cerulean portfolio to ENDS testing. His working life has been concerned with the design of scientific and industrial instrumentation, firstly for VG Scientific then for Zellweger Analytics (now part of Honeywell) before joining Cerulean in 2004. He has presented scientific papers at CORESTA, TSRC and ACS on subjects concerned with tobacco testing. He has had numerous articles published in trade journals and holds patents in topics as diverse as x-ray source design and electrodes for gas detection. Ian graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology with a degree in Analytical Chemistry and has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Manchester University in the UK.
Robert has considerable cross spectrum experience in the vape and CBD sectors he is highly regarded for the knowledge & support that he provides into the industries and the advice and guidance he gives to group and independent retailers. Robert is the group Managing Director (MD) for Eco Vape and is also a non-executive director (NED) for Arcus Compliance who are rapidly becoming the ‘go to’ vape and CBD compliance agency in Europe. Robert has an additional directorship with Dushey Med Ltd, who cultivate hemp/cannabis in Colombia, selling bulk derived products (CBD) across Europe. You may have seen Robert speak at the Hemp and CBD Expo held at the NEC in Birmingham where he facilitated the subject presenters. Robert has authored several articles in retail magazines, he works closely with regional Trading Standards officers and the MHRA regarding vape compliance and CBD product safety.
Jeannie Cameron is a Public Affairs & Regulatory professional with over 25 years’ experience & is currently CEO of JCIC International, a UK based strategic advocacy consultancy focused on bespoke advice & engagement. She is a leading expert on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control FCTC, including attending its development in Geneva & the development of its subsequent Protocol on Illicit Trade. She provides advice on national implementation & matters relating to the FCTC COP. She founded JCIC in 2011 but took an 18 month break in January 2020 to work as Vice President, International at Juul Labs. Before JCIC she headed BAT’s Int’l Political & Regulatory Affairs Division focusing on int’l public health & anti-illicit trade advocacy. JCIC’s clients have included multi-nationals & start-ups. She has an LLM in international law; a degree in politics /communications & a graduate diploma in finance & economics. She earned a distinction from King’s College University London for a dissertation on Emerging International Public Health Issues – Human Rights, Harm Reduction & the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). She has been a parliamentary advisor & chief of staff as well as a civil servant in the International Legal Section of the Australian Cabinet. She has served as Co-Chair of OECD’s Charting Illicit Trade Taskforce. She has been an active commentator in the public health policy area of harm reduction, as well as public admin & governance reform.
