All Speakers

Speaker Alec CRAWFORD
Alec CRAWFORD

Director, Nature for Resilience

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Alec Crawford is the Director of Nature for Resilience at IISD. Within this role, he oversees the Resilience Program’s work on nature, undertaking and supervising research, policy, and practice that…
Speaker Daouda SEMBENE
Daouda SEMBENE

Founder and CEO

AfriCatalyst

Daouda Sembene is the CEO of AfriCatalyst, a global development advisory firm headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. He also serves as a Distinguished Non-resident Fellow at the Washington-based Center for…
Speaker INDRA MANI PANDEY
INDRA MANI PANDEY

BIMSTEC Secretary General

BIMSTEC

Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey is a distinguished diplomat who joined Indian Foreign Service in 1990. He currently serves as  BIMSTEC Secretary General. Earlier, Ambassador Pandey had served as…
Speaker RIA DAS
RIA DAS

Lawyer

Supreme court of India

Ria Das is a human rights lawyer and early career researcher based in India. Her work areas are anti corruption, human rights, illegal detention, juvenile justice, and environmental crimes. She is…
Speaker Allen CEDRAS
Allen CEDRAS

Chief Executive Officer

Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority, (SPGA)

Allen Vosrie Cedras serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a board director of the Seychelles Protected Areas Authority (SPGA). With over 15 years of experience at the Seychelles National Parks…
Speaker Sonja KAULBARSCH
Sonja KAULBARSCH

Eni

Sonja Kaulbarsch is a Biodiversity Specialist in the Environment Department of the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Unit at Eni Global Natural Resources (formerly Eni Upstream), based at the…
Speaker Carlos Mauricio HERRERA
Carlos Mauricio HERRERA

Director de Conservación y Gobernanza

WWF Colombia

Ecólogo profesional y Magister en manejo y conservación de bosques tropicales y biodiversidad con sólidos conocimientos en biología y ecología de la conservación, así como en dinámicas ecosistémicas…
Speaker Nicholas LING
Nicholas LING

Associate Professor

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

I have been a faculty member of the School of Science at the University of Waikato since 1992. My specialist areas are the ecophysiology, ecotoxicology and behaviour of fish. Much of my recent…
Speaker JUDITH OCHIENG
JUDITH OCHIENG

PROJECT& FUNDRAISING MANAGER

A Rocha Kenya

Judith is a conservation practitioner with more than six years of experience working alongside communities, governments, and NGOs to protect coastal Kenya’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems. She is…
Speaker Jennifer DUNN
Jennifer DUNN

Green Cities Associate

AIPH

Jennifer Dunn is Green City Associate at AIPH. She manages the AIPH Green City Standard and the World Green Cities Award. In 2024, she was the Urban ReLeaf Research Officer at Dundee City Council.…
Speaker Rohitesh DHAWAN
Rohitesh DHAWAN

President and CEO

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Rohitesh “Ro” Dhawan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). He leads the Council of 26 CEOs of the world’s largest mining & metals…
Speaker Emmanuelle Matras-Swynghedauw
Emmanuelle Matras-Swynghedauw

Adjointe de l’Ambassadrice pour l’environnement

Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Speaker Evan FREUND
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,…
Speaker Boris ERG
Boris ERG

Director, European Regional Office

IUCN

Boris Erg is Director of the IUCN European Regional Office (EURO) based in Bonn. Boris’ professional career spans 25 years focusing on environmental policy, biodiversity conservation, governance and…
Speaker Erik BERGLOF
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…
Speaker Alexandre DAH
Alexandre DAH

Président of NGO-CEM

ONG Conservation des Espèces Marines

Speaker Gloria Amor Paredes
Gloria Amor Paredes
Gloria Amor Paredes is an environmental education and community development specialist with over a decade of experience in forest and water restoration, Indigenous knowledge systems, and climate…
Speaker Wei Hsien LEE
Wei Hsien LEE

Senior Technical Officer, Finance and Economics for Nature

IUCN

Lee Wei Hsien holds the position of Senior Technical Officer, Finance and Economics for Nature at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).  In this role, Lee Wei Hsien is…
Speaker Sylvie GUSTAVE DIT DUFLO
Sylvie GUSTAVE DIT DUFLO

Assistant professor

Region Guadeloupe

I am currently  an assistant professor at the University of the Antilles and hold a PhD in neurobiology. I am also Vice President of the Guadeloupe Region, responsible for the environment, and…
Speaker Jennifer KELLEHER
Jennifer KELLEHER

Programme Lead, Governance, Equity and Rights

IUCN Secretariat

Jennifer leads the programme on governance, equity and rights in IUCN's protected and conserved areas team. 
Speaker Christel DELMAS
Christel DELMAS

Director Environmental Services

CLS

Working togehter with engineers, scientists, institutions to think, create and deploy space based solutions to monitor, understand, protect and sustainably manage our planet resources
Speaker Elisa HARLEY
Elisa HARLEY

CEO / Founder / Student

Enivo NZ

Planting trees shouldn’t create plastic waste - right? That's why, when 19-year-old Elisa Harley fell in love with the beauty of nature, she founded the Aotearoa-New Zealand business, Enivo Pots.…
Speaker Christelle SALAME
Christelle SALAME

Managing Partner

Artefact

Christelle Salame is a Managing Partner at Artefact MENA and serves as the Global Industry Lead for Real Estate. She has over 14 years of consulting experience in MENA and S.E. Asia and has led large…
Speaker Emina KARALIC
Emina KARALIC
Despite a medical background, I turned my strongest passion into a profession when I moved to Albania to dedicate myself full-time to research and conservation of threatened elasmobranchs, working…
Speaker Janice CHANSON
Janice CHANSON

Species Assessment and Australasia Manager

Re:wild

Speaker Iben MUNCK
Iben MUNCK

Executive Operations Manager

Conservation International

Executive OfficerIben Munck is the Executive Officer for IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, as well as Executive Operations Manager for Conservation International’s…
Speaker Shupai Stephen MAJEE
Shupai Stephen MAJEE

Head of Programs

TSURO Trust

Majee Shupai Stephen (MSc, BSc Hons) is currently the Head of Programs for TSURO Trust, a local community-based organisation supporting farmer-level efforts to realise both biodiversity conservation…