All Speakers

Yan ZHANG

Country Coordinator

IUCN Secretariat

Barbara LASSEN

Senior Researcher

IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

Andrew TERRY

Director of Conservation and Policy

Zoological Society of London

Andrew Terry is Director of Conservation and Policy for the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a global science-led conservation organisation working to restore wildlife in the UK and round the…

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…

Karen KEENLEYSIDE

Global Co-Chair IUCN #NatureForAll

IUCN WCPA and CEC

Thematic Vice Chair, People and Parks/Nature for All. An ecologist by training, Karen has over thirty years’ professional experience in the environmental field in Canada and…

Lakeshia ANDERSON

Executive Director

Bahamas National Trust

Diana Gabriella BARONA FLORES

Ingeniera

Faunam, A.C.

She is a Sustainable Development Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) and is a member of Cohort 24 of the Leadership for Environment and…

Prescilia KAPUPU

Indigenous Expert

ANAPAC – DRC

Role: Community Facilitator and Program Officer, ANAPAC – DRC andFacilitator, COSPAB SecretariatFields of experience: Nature conservation and biodiversityPrescillia is an Indigenous woman from…

Jenny GRAY

Chief Executive Officer

Zoos Victoria

Jenny Gray has been Chief Executive Officer of Zoos Victoria since 2007, leading its transformation into one of the world’s most respected zoo-based conservation organisations. Under her leadership,…

Luther Bois ANUKUR

Regional Director, IUCN ESARO

IUCN Secretariat

Luther Anukur took up the position of Regional Director – Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on 1 August 2014. Luther has over 18 years’ experience in the development sector serving from…

Carl Gustaf LUNDIN

Advisory Board Member

MSC Foundation

Carl Gustaf specializes in ocean investment strategies for philanthropic organizations as well as equity funds. Carl Gustaf has worked with Mission Blue as Managing Director and CEO and Senior…

Galeo SAINTZ

Conservationist

Trails + Wanderlust, WTN Trails + Conservation

Co-Chair, IUCN CEESP Task Force on Migration, Environmental Change and ConflictGaleo Saintz is an international conservation, trails and environmental peace practitioner and consultant. He is founder…

Frederic LAUNAY

C.E.O

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Frederic is the actual CEO of Panthera and Senior Advisor to the IUCN President

ISMAILI ALAOUI HASSANA

Directrice du Parc National d'Ifrane

Association Marocaine pour le Développement des Aires Protégées

Bernal HERRERA-FERNÁNDEZ

Professor

National University

Vice Chair for Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Bernal Herrera-Fernández is an Associate Professor at the International Institute for Wildlife Conservation and Management, National…

Jerry MANG'ENA

Executive Director

Action For Ocean

Jerry Mang’ena is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Action For Ocean (AFO)—formerly Aqua-Farms Organization—a youth-led nonprofit headquartered in Dar es Salaam with regional offices in Kilwa…

Carlos SAMANIEGO

Oficial Técnico Programa EbA LAC

UICN Sur

Huo WANG

Linda Wong, member of IUCN WCPA's CCSG, and member of IUCN Intersessional Council Working Group on the Development of a new 20-year Strategic Vision for the Union. She closely follows cutting-…

Maud PITOISET

IUCN Secretariat

Maria PUCHALSKA

IUCN European Regional Office

Maria Puchalska is an intern with the Natural Resources Team at the IUCN European Regional Office in Brussels. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Environmental Policy at Sciences Po Paris and holds…

Alifireti TAWAKE

Executive Director

LMMA Network International Trust

Alifereti Tawake, an Indigenous Fijian leader, is the Executive Director and co-founder of the LMMA Network International Trust. For over two decades, he has pioneered LMMAs, community-based…

Michael APPLETON

Senior Adviser

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Thematic Vice Chair, Capacity Development. Mike’s work as a conservation practitioner focuses on applied, area-based conservation, working in more than 40 counties to help establish protected…

June RUBIS

Research Fellow

Macquarie University

Dr. June Rubis is a Bidayuh scholar and Indigenous strategist from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Trained as a conservation biologist with over a decade of big cats and primate fieldwork and conservation…

Liliana NÚÑEZ VELIS

Presidenta

Fundación Antonio Nuñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el hombre

Liliana Núñez Velis Born in Havana, she graduated in History. Currently, she is the president of the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Foundation (FANJ), which is based in Havana and has several…

Soledad Rocio GARCIA SOLCA

Tamer ISMAIL

Manager of Environmental Department

Tilad Holding Company

Tamer Saber Ismail is an environmental professional with extensive expertise in remote sensing, GIS, and environmental impact assessment. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Tour du Valat…

Susana FILIPE

Executive Director

CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute

Susana Filipe is the Executive Director of CHANGE – Institute for Global Changes and Sustainability, an organization with over 350 Researchers, that promotes scientific research to inform the design…

Eden SCHMITT

Business and Biodiversity Officer

IUCN French Committee