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The conference convenor was Iain Potter, Chief Executive of the Health Sponsorship Council in New Zealand.

Iain established two groups to guide the conference planning process.

The Steering Group was made up of senior people working in tobacco control from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. They provided guidance at a strategic level.

Steering group members:

Viki Briggs - Manager for the Centre of Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Professor Peter Crampton – Head of the Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, New Zealand 
Professor David Hill - Director of The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia 
Professor Janet Hoek – Professor in Marketing, Massey University, New Zealand 
Penny Marshall - Department of Health and Ageing, Australia 
Professor Norman Sharpe - Medical Director, the National Heart Foundation, New Zealand 
Professor Alistair Woodward – Head of the School of Population Health at Auckland University, New Zealand   

    The Steering Group was supported by the Executive committee whose role it was to undertake the detailed planning. Members of this group were:
    • Brendon Baker – Senior Analyst, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
    • Becky Freeman – Researcher - Future Tobacco Control, University of Sydney, Australia
    • Shane Kawenata Bradbrook – Director, Te Reo Marama, New Zealand       
    • Mary McCulloch – Executive Director, Te Hotu Manawa Māori, New Zealand
    • Mark Peck – Director, Smokefree Coalition, New Zealand                           
    • Iain Potter – Chief Executive, HSC, New Zealand
    • Ben Youdan - Director of ASH, New Zealand
    • Craig Tamblyn – General Manager, Cancer Control Council, New Zealand
    Catherine Clark – Policy Analyst, New Zealand Drug Foundation, New Zealand

    The conference coordinator was:

    • Jennifer Harris, Health Sponsorship Council, New Zealand

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