All Speakers
Alejandra BOWLES
Global Policy Events Manager
The Nature Conservancy
SETH KEN APPIAH-KUBI
National Director
A ROCHA GHANA
Profile: Dr Seth Appiah-KubiSeth is a passionate advocate for and contributor to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Through his work, he has gained extensive knowledge and experience…
Laura GRUBER
Senior Programs Manager
Wildlife Conservation Network
Laura Gruber is a Senior Programs Manager at the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), where she leads the development and expansion of WCN’s Rising Wildlife Leaders conservation and leadership…
Axel MOEHRENSCHLAGER
Panthera Director of Small Cat Program; Conservation Translocations; Chair IUCN
Panthera; IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
Director of the Small Cats Program and Conservation Translocation Panthera; Chair IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist GroupAxel Moehrenschlager, Ph.D., serves as Director of the Small Cats…
Juan Carlos NAVARRO
Ministro de Medio Ambiente
Panama
BA in Geography and Government, Dartmouth College; Master's in Public Administration, Harvard University. 1985, Member of the Board of Trustees and Founding Director, Ancon Foundation, an…
Lorraine SCOTSON
CEO
Saola Foundation for Annamite Mountains Conservation
Dr. Lorraine Scotson is a wildlife researcher and conservationist with a specialization in Southeast Asia. Her work has focused on wildlife monitoring, research, and conservation for over a decade.…
Healy HAMILTON
Chief Scientist
Sustainable Forestry Initiative`
Dr. Healy Hamilton is Chief Scientist at the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), a forest sustainability organization operating in the U.S. and Canada. She is a biodiversity scientist…
PARANY LILIANE
Program Coordinator
Madagascar National Parks
Liliane Parany is Head of the Department of Quality, Resource Mobilization, and Monitoring & Evaluation at Madagascar National Parks, the institution responsible for managing 43 protected areas…
Nikolay LARIONOV
Conservation Action Project Officer
IUCN
Born and raised in the Nort-Western Russia, next to the polar circle where boreal forests turn into arctic desert (tundra) along the shores of the high latitude Barents Sea. I have graduated…
Georgina PEREIRA
Species Survival Manager
Terra, Expo City Dubai
Georgie is a desert ecologist based out of the United Arab Emirates. She specializes in mycology, fungal conservation, and environmental education. She leads the IUCN SSC Centre for Species…
Amna AL DHOORI
Wasit Wetland Center Guide
ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTED AREAS AUTHORITY
Amna ALdhoori – Environmental Guide and Safety LeaderWith over a decade of experience in environmental guidance, Amna ALdhoori stands out as a dedicated professional committed to ecological…
Silvana BALDOVINO
Directora
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
SILVANA BALDOVINO BEASLawyer and currently serves as director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program of the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law since 2006.Silvana has more than 20 years…
Louise HOBIN
Programme Officer - GAA Coordinator for Africa, Europe and Asia
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
I am coordinating the global amphibian Red List efforts for Africa, Europe and Asia for the third Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA3). I have been involved in GAA work since 2015, where I led on the…
Paige ROBERTS
Maritime Analyst
Allen Institute for AI
Paige is a fisheries ecologist and geographic information systems (GIS) expert with a passion for environmental conservation and resilient, inclusive fisheries management. Her work combines research…
Rich BEILFUSS
President & CEO
International Crane Foundation
Dr. Richard Beilfuss has served as the International Crane Foundation’s President & CEO and ex-officio member of the Board of Directors since 2010. He helped launch many of the Foundation’s…
Vikram AGRAWAL
Managing Director
EarthX / Trammell S. Crow Family Office
Vikram is a mission-driven, operationally-focused investment and management professional based in Dallas, Texas. Vikram is collaborating with Texan environmentalist, businessman, and…
Poovalingum MOODLEY
Defending Territories of Life
ICCA Consortium
Poovalingum (Pooven) Moodley is an international human rights and environmental lawyer from South Africa and a social justice activist. Pooven co-founded the Earthrise Collective which weaves ancient…
Michael EDMONDSTONE
Communications and Engagement Lead
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Communications and Engagement Lead at SHOAL.Michael works to raise awareness about the freshwater biodiversity crisis and the conservation work being done to solve it, and to inspire about the world…
Bianca LA PLACA
Executive manager
WEEC World Environmental Education Congress Network
Focused on international events industry - meetings, conventions, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, in Europe and Worldwide – I have worked in a variety of operational and marketing roles,…
Helge Mahne
Director of Innovative Nature Finance
African Parks
Helge is the Director of Innovative Nature Finance for African Parks, leading the development of new income streams from nature-based solutions. Prior to African Parks, Helge was a Director and…
Amaël BORZÉE
Professor
Nanjing Forestry University
I am the co-chair of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. I am also a professor at Nanjing Forestry University, and my principal research interest is behavioural ecology and wildlife conservation…
Florence CURET
Senior Programme Manager
IUCN
Florence joined IUCN in 2018 after a 20-year career in the consumer goods sector. Since September 2023, she has been part of the Business & Nature team, working with global companies to…
Akshay VISHWANATH
Akshay Vishwanath has wide-ranging, international experience in the fields of water resource management, landscape and wildlife conservation, community participatory approaches, advocacy and lobbying…
Ayshka NAJIB
Campaign Coordinator and Just Transition Lead
People's Climate Diplomacy Program
Ayshka Najib is a climate justice activist based in the UAE. She co-founded Fridays For Future MAPA and the People's Climate Diplomacy Program where she acts as the Campaign Coordinator and Just…
Moritz FEGERT
Programme Manager
Biovision Foundation
Moritz is a Programme Manager within Biovision's Policy & Advocacy Department. He notably co-authored the Guidance Tool "Boosting Biodiversity Action Through Agroecology" and is supporting…
Noor ANWAR ALBASTAKI
Noor Anwar Albastaki is a Biochemistry student at UAE University and a youth leader in sustainability and innovation. She has published scientific research, won awards for developing solutions such…
Yolanda RAMIREZ VILLACORTA
Directora de Gestión del Conocimiento
AIDER
Anthropologist with academic training in Sociology, Amazonian Studies, Audiovisual Pedagogy, Gender, and Conservation.Extensive experience in: socioeconomic and cultural research of rural and…
Thani MOHAMED-SOILIHI
Ministre délégué
France
Married and father of three children, Thani Mohamed-Soilihi was born on June 20, 1972 in Sada, Mayotte. A graduate of the École du Centre Ouest des Avocats de Poitiers, he has been practicing as a…