DUBLIN, IRELAND

23 - 25 JUNE 2025

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Calling all Volunteers to Support the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025

We are looking for committed and enthusiastic VOLUNTEERS to support the World Conference on Tobacco Control which will be held in Dublin from 23-25 June 2025.

Our volunteers benefit from networking opportunities and will have access to key learnings as well as best practices in tobacco control/lung health.

This opportunity is open to students, civil society workers, community activists and people who are interested in public health.

Key Information:

Full event name: The World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025

Venue: The Convention Centre Dublin

Official Dates: 23-25 June 2025

Pre-Conference: 22 June 2025

Participants: 2000+

Countries represented: Delegates from over 80 countries to be represented

Full Programme available here

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM
What are the requirements?
  • Volunteers must be over 18 years old and available to commit to at least three full shifts (6-7 hours each) of volunteering during the Conference.
  • Volunteers must attend training and orientation sessions planned by the organizer – Virtual Training: 18 June (duration: 1 hour); Orientation Programme Onsite: 22 June (duration: 2,5 hours). Full details shared on selection.
  • Volunteers must be fluent in English and those with additional language skills (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic) will be desirable.
  • Strong work ethic, computer fluency (Microsoft Office), ability to multi-task and be proactive, good communication and customer service skills
  • Applicants will be invited to detail their availability and activity preferences when completing the Volunteer Application Form. Volunteers, when not on assignment, may attend the other activities/ programme of the Conference.
  • You will receive:
    • Access to all Conference sessions and activities when not on duty
    • A lunch box (one per shift)
    • Two T-shirts
    • General Conference insurance
    • A certificate of attendance and volunteering
    • Our sincere appreciation
  • We need you to commit to volunteering for 6-7 hours a day and you may spend the rest of your time attending Conference sessions, meeting peers and leaders, networking, and experiencing an international Conference.

Please note that transport and accommodation are not covered. All arrangements related to travel and stay in Dublin are the responsibility of the participant.”

  • Unique opportunity to contribute to the tobacco control community
  • Get an insider’s view on being part of a high-profile international event, meet the international experts and leaders in a filed from governments, academia, WHO and NGOs.
  • Gain useful job experience and satisfaction
  • Meet like-minded people and build connections which will last beyond the Conference dates
  • Identify possibilities for personal skills development
  • Strengthen your CV

Volunteer roles are required for Registration, Wayfinding, Session and Workshop Rooms, Speakers Room, Exhibition, E-poster stations, Youth Campfire area, Media Room, Runners, and Leaders.

How to Apply & Recruitment Process:

  • The Volunteer Application Form must be completed before 9 June 2025. The earlier, the better for the organisers to confirm your participation*.
  • Applicants are encouraged to indicate their availability and preferred areas of activity when completing the form.
  • Selection will follow a “first-come, first-served” approach, with priority given to applicants who:
    • Demonstrate maximum availability during the Conference period;
    • Presents skills and experience aligned with the required volunteer roles.
  • Selected applicants will receive a proposed schedule and role assignment, which they will be asked to confirm. Depending on the date the application form is submitted, candidates will be contacted within a maximum of three days after the application deadline, by 13 June 2025 at the latest.
  • If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Zuzanna Marszewska, at: Volunteers.WCTC@theunion.org

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WORLD CONFERENCE ON TOBACCO CONTROL 2025

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Dr. Fenton Howell

Advisory Board Member, local liaison

Dr. Fenton Howell is medical graduate of University College Dublin, Ireland, and completed higher specialist training in Public Health Medicine in 1991. He is the former National Tobacco Control Adviser to the Department of Health, is a Clinical Associate Professor in Public Health in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at Trinity College Dublin, and is a board member of the National Cancer Registry Ireland. Dr. Fenton Howell is a Fellow of both the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He is a past Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland, and past President of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, the All Ireland Social Medicine Group and the Irish Medical Organization. He has previously served on the boards of ASH Ireland, the Tobacco Free Research Institute, the European Network on Smoking Prevention, the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, and he chaired the Prevention Working Group for the Ireland–Northern Ireland–United States National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium.

Dr. Gan Quan

Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Gan Quan, PhD, is Senior Vice President at Vital Strategies, where he leads the Tobacco Control Division, comprising a global team working with governments and civil society partners around the world to reduce tobacco use, the leading preventive cause of deaths worldwide. The Division has supported work in more than 50 low- and middle-income countries with a focus on evidence-based tobacco control policies and implementation, capacity building, and countering interference from the tobacco industry.

Dr. Gan Quan has more than 15 years of international experience in health system building, policy implementation, government partnership, and policy research. Prior to joining Vital Strategies, Dr. Gan Quan spent 14 years with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), first as Technical Advisor, then Director of China Office, and most recently as Director of Tobacco Control Department. Before joining The Union, Dr. Gan Quan was a research fellow at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at University of California, San Francisco.