All Speakers
Rosanne CASIMIR
Kukwpi7 Chief
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations
Kúkwpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir, O.B.C. is an eminent and respected leader of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS), a principal community within the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN). The SSN, which…
R. S. RAWAT
Scientist-E
Indian Council of Forestry Resaerch and Education, Dehradun
Dr. R. S. Rawat is a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun (INDIA), currently serving the Biodiversity and Climate Change Division of ICFRE. With…
Lou ROE
Hi, I'm Lou. I'm from Austin, Texas and work in food security, translation, and the service industry. I've been studying Spanish for about 10 years and have dabbled in some German and Portuguese. I'm…
Jane GLAVAN
Andrew MALHERBE
Andrew MALHERBE
Matthew COLLIS
Senior Director, Policy
IFAW
Matt Collis is IFAW’s Senior Director for Policy. Matt has been with IFAW for 20 years in a number of different roles, first joining IFAW’s London office to lead IFAW’s engagement with the UK…
Nicholas MURRAY
Associate Professor
James Cook University
Dr Nicholas Murray is Associate Professor in Global Ecology and Conservation at James Cook University. Nick's research focuses on delivering the science necessary to inform local-to-global scale…
Myrna SEMAAN
President
Friends of Nature
MYRNA SEMAAN PhD Brief summaryA- Project Management and Consultancy (over 15 years):International organizations: 7 topics for IUCN, EU Commission, GEFGovernment: - ecological studies to the…
Andrew TILKER
Species Conservation Coordinator
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Ian HARRISON
Freshwater Conservation Committee Co-Chair
IUCN Species Survival Commission
Ian Harrison obtained his Ph.D. in systematic ichthyology at the University of Bristol, UK. He has conducted research on marine and freshwater fishes from several parts of the world, including…
saeed ALZAABI
Senior Animal Keeper
ALAINZOO
My name is Saeed Al Zaabi, I’m 31 years old, and I’ve been working in the zoo industry for the past 10 years. My passion for animals started when I was a child, I’ve always been curious about their…
Mark VAN DER WAL
Senior Ecologist - Focal point Extractives
IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Tropical ecologist by training. I have worked the 1st 14 year of my career in, mostly very remote settings, in S.America, East Indonesia and Central Africa. Since 2004, based in Amsterdam and working…
Fatima EL-AARABY
Phd student
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Fatima El-Aaraby is a Moroccan researcher, biodiversity advocate, and PhD candidate at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan. Her doctoral research focuses on the distribution and conservation…
Youssouph DIEDHIOU
Chef de Programme UICN-Sénégal
IUCN Secretariat
Je suis tiltulaire d'un doctorat en Médecin vétérinaire et d'un Master spécialisé en Gestion des Aires Protégées.
J'ai 22 d'expérience professionnel dans le domaine de la conservation dont 14 ans…
AYESHA AL DHAHERI
Advisor
United Arab Emirates University
Professor Ayesha Al Dhaheri serves as an Advisor to the Vice Chancellor's Office at the United Arab Emirates University. Her previous roles include Associate Provost for Student Affairs (2020-2022),…
Carlos Manuel RODRIGUEZ
CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Lawyer by profession, politician by choice, and conservationist at heart, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez was elected as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility by its governing body, the GEF…
Francesca RIDLEY
Research Associate
Newcastle University, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher specialising in Area of Habitat (AOH) for terrestrial and freshwater systems, geospatial analysis of threats to species and metrics of species' threats to inform conservation…
Milcah MACHUA
Regional Communications Officer
IUCN
I am a communications professional with over 15 years of experience turning complex ideas into clear and impactful messages. My career started in advertising and marketing, where I built a foundation…
Evan FREUND
Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure
WWF
Evan Freund is a senior director for sustainable infrastructure and finance on the WWF-US Forest team. In this role, he manages programming around infrastructure design, finance, and development,…
Helen TUGENDHAT
co-Executive Director
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Helen Tugendhat is the co-Executive Director of Synchronicity Earth, a conservation funder based in the United Kingdom that works to support under-funded and over-looked ecosystems and species and…
Rabab AL LAWATI
Conservation Outreach Coordinator
Environment Society of Oman
Rabab Al Lawati is an early-career wildlife and conservation biologist and, until June 2025, served as the Conservation Outreach Coordinator at the Environment Society of Oman (ESO), Oman's first and…
Paul Bunje
President
Conservation X Labs
Paul Bunje is the co-founder and President of Conservation X Labs, a leading organization bringing innovation to global conservation threats. Conservation X Labs harnesses technology and…
Lina OSMAN
Head, Sustainable Finance - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan
Standard Chartered Bank
Lina is the Regional Head of Sustainable Finance, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan at Standard Chartered Bank. She has over 19 years of banking experience across Sustainable Finance, Corporate…
Mohammed SHOBRAK
Consultant, member of the Board of Director
National Center for Wildlife
Bachelor’s degree from King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia PhD in Ecology of birds from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1996. thesis title "The Ecology of the…
Sarah ROBERTS
Senior Policy Advisor, Conservation Finance
The Nature Conservancy
Sarah L. Roberts is an accomplished policy and external affairs advisor with over two decades of experience advancing environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience…
Prisca MUGABE
Associate Professor
PREZODE
Name: Prisca Hazvinei MUGABEPosition: Associate ProfessorInstitution: University of Zimbabwe , ZimbabweEducationDPhil: 1996, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas…
Lewis Cocks COCKS
Aquarium Curator
The National Aquarium
Working with aquatics since the age of 15, i have steadily been involved with aquariums, conservation and fieldwork for 20 years and have spent the last 13 years in the GCC. Currently the Curator of…
Salwa AL MAFLAHI