All Speakers
EDOUARD CLAUDE JEAN
Directeur
CAPTE
EdouardJEAN is the co-founder of the CAPTE project. An agroforestry consultant, he is the director of the association Les Amis de CAPTE Tunisie and President of CAPTE SAS in France. He has…
Brahim HADDANE
President
National committee Morocco
Has been working in Forest département morocca ministry of Agriculture for 30 years on wildlife management and conservation in situ and ex situ Dealing with environment health preventing…
Erik BERGLOF
Chief Economist
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Erik Berglof sets the vision and strategy for the Economics Department and leads the planning, implementation and supervision of its work plan in support of the Bank’s mandate as AIIB’s inaugural…
Azza AHMED ALRAISI
Azza AHMED ALRAISI
Sebastien TURBOT
Director
Earthna - Qatar Foundation
Sebastien guides governments, cities, businesses, and civil society in creating content and community-driven platforms that turn ideas into action. In his Earthna role, he develops the center’s…
Edgar RIBEIRO
Programme Officer
IUCN SSC CEC Behaviour Change Task Force
B.Sc. in Biology and Geology, with a specialization in Environmental Education, Edgar has 15 years of experience at Zoomarine Portugal, where he has developed expertise across multiple disciplines…
Elise MARQUIS
Senior Director
The Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center
Elise is a marine ecologist with a deep passion for studying coastal and pelagic ecosystems, as well as the dynamics of marine food web, with a particular focus on planktonic communities. For more…
Alexandra SWANSON
Nature Tech & Innovation Director
Conservation International
Dr Alexandra (Ali) Swanson is a conservation ecologist with 20 years international experience at the intersection of community and population ecology, technology, and international policy. As the…
Najla MOHAMED ALNAQBI
Executive Director
Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities
Dynamic and visionary academic leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education, educational technology, and strategic academic planning. Served as academic leader in several institutional…
Mark DAY
Head of Kazakh Steppe Programme
Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative
A biologist by training, my biodiversity conservation, strategic communications, and organisational development work since the 1990s have enabled me to lead the design and delivery of a range of…
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change
Uzbekistan
Aziz Abdukhakimov currently serves as the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a position he has held since December 30, 2022. Born in 1974…
Gerry CREIGHTON
Curator of Elephant Care and Conservation
Al Ain Zoo
Gerry Creighton has spent over 25 years working with elephants and has nearly 40 years of experience in a professional zoo environment. Gerry started work in Dublin Zoo in 1983 as a trainee keeper,…
Megan Bryce
Responsable de Plaidoyer
UNDER THE POLE
Megan Bryce is a French-Scottish Advocacy Manager at Under The Pole, where she translates scientific research into policy initiatives to advance the protection of the mesophotic zone (30–200 m). She…
Paula BUENO
Regional Vice Chair
IUCN WCPA
Regional Vice Chair, South America. M.Sc. in Sustainability Science, Resilience and Global Change. With over 18 years of experience and an on-going career in biodiversity conservation at the…
Duc Hieu BUI
Deputy Director General - ICD
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
Dr. Bui Duc Hieu is an expert in environmental health and climate change, currently serving as Deputy Head of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture and…
Safira Warili Hawari DJOHANI
Executive Director
Coral Triangle Center (CTC)
Safira Warili Hawari Djohani or Rili Djohani (short name) has over 30 years of experience in marine protected and conserved areas, and sustainable fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region. She co-…
Kushagra MESHRAM
Doctoral Fellow
North Carolina State University
Kushagra hails from a remote region of Chhattisgarh in India. With his bachelor’s in Forestry and training as a wildlife biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India, he studied satellite…
Nathalie BRUNELLE
SVP Health Safety Environment
TOTALENERGIES SE
Biography - Nathalie Brunelle - 2025Nathalie BRUNELLE is Senior Vice President Health Safety & Environment Unit at TotalEnergies. She began her career in 1995 as process engineer, then…
Razan AL MUBARAK
IUCN President
IUCN
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is a global leader in nature conservation and climate action, serving as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and previously as UN Climate…
Benjamin FITZPATRICK
Marine Ecologist
IUCN CEM
Ben is a Marine Ecologist and Director of Oceanwise Australia. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Leads the Coastal and Marine Specialist…
Sari SHAWASH
Projects Director
The Hashemite Fund for Development of Jordan Badia
Agricultural Engineer specializing in the application of remote sensing and GIS for land resources management, climate change adaptation, and desertification control. Possesses over 10 years of…
Gina DELLA TOGNA
Executive Director
The Amphibian Survival Alliance / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dr. Gina Della Togna is a conservationist and researcher currently serving as the Executive Director of the Amphibian Survival Alliance and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research…
Andrea CARMEN
Executive Director
International Indian Treaty Council
Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, became a staff member of the International Indian Treaty Council in 1983 and its Executive Director in 1992. Andrea was IITC’s team leader for work on the UN Declaration…
Anne MEADEB
Directrice
Play for Nature
Anne Meadeb has been leading the endowment fund Play for Nature since early 2025. She holds an MBA in Management and Business Administration from the Sorbonne and first built her career as an…
Arlie ENDONILA
Chief Operating Officer
Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc.
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Aziz Abdukhakimov currently serves as the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a position he has held since December 30, 2022. Born in 1974…
lefteris ARAPAKIS
Co-founder & Director
Enaleia
Lefteris Arapakis , Co-founder & director Enaleia Lefteris is the 5th generation of a family of fishermen from Greece, and has co-founded Enaleia, a social enterprise with a mission to…
Louisa CHAUBERT
CFO