All Speakers

Speaker Hermine KLEYMANN
Hermine KLEYMANN

Head of Policy, Forests

WWF International

Speaker Shahad ZUHAIR
Shahad ZUHAIR

Technical and Administrative Assistant

IUCN ROWA

Shahad Zuhair is an environmentalist conservationist and climate-justice advocate currently working with IUCN ROWA. With over six years of experience supporting environmental project management, she…
Speaker Nicolas HEARD
Nicolas HEARD

Acting Director General

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Nicolas Heard is currently the Acting Director General of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. This is a philanthropic organisation established in Abu Dhabi in 2008 to support species…
Speaker Priscilla YU
Priscilla YU

Program Officer, Forests

WWF

Speaker Nirmala SÉON-MASSIN
Nirmala SÉON-MASSIN

Director of Expertise

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Speaker Peregrine WOLFF
Peregrine WOLFF

PRAB member, WSF / Executive Manager, WDA

Wildlife Disease Association

Peregrine is the Executive Manager of the Wildlife Disease Association. A graduate from Cornell University, she has devoted her 40-year veterinary career to working in wildlife health, with…
Speaker Amy FRAENKEL
Amy FRAENKEL

Executive Secretary

Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals

Ms. Amy Fraenkel has over 30 years of experience in international environmental law and policy.She joined CMS after working for six years with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological…
Speaker Fatima EL-AARABY
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…
Speaker Maria FEDOROVA
Maria FEDOROVA

Strategic Partnerships and Projects

INSEAD Hoffmann institute

Maria Fedorova is a senior social impact and education professional with over 10 years of global experience in the education and sustainability sectors. Her work focuses on building strategic multi-…
Speaker Angus MIDDLETON
Angus MIDDLETON

Executive Director

Namibia Nature Foundation

Angus Middleton is the Executive Director of the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF). With 25 years in senior leadership, he has spent the last 15 years guiding NGOs through complex change to sharpen…
Speaker Gobind Sagar BHARDWAJ
Gobind Sagar BHARDWAJ

Director

Wildlife Institute of India

Dr Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj joined Indian Forest Service in 1994. He has done his Ph.D. from the University of Rajasthan on the topic entitled “Plant Resource Utilization by the avian fauna in Sitamata…
Speaker Soo Khiang BEY
Soo Khiang BEY

Vice Chairman

RGE Pte Ltd

Speaker Ena Lucia Suarez BOLANOS
Ena Lucia Suarez BOLANOS

Project officer

IUCN

Speaker Mohammed ALNAAFA
Mohammed ALNAAFA
Brief Introduction of Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdulaziz Al Naafa,Prof. Mohammed AlNaafa holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,…
Speaker Anne RUNDE
Anne RUNDE

Manager Strategy and Global Projects

Emirates Nature- WWF

Environmental management professional specialising in development cooperation, with a focus on environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation. Expertise in project management, field…
Speaker Tony NELLO
Tony NELLO

Senior program coordinator Urban

IUCN

Tony Nello is a French economist based in Costa Rica since 2013. He currently serves as Senior Programme Coordinator – Urban within IUCN’s global programme staff, leading international efforts to…
Speaker Alice PERETIE
Alice PERETIE

Chengeta Wildlife

Alice Péretié is a conservationist, photographer, and writer with a background in community-based conservation. With extensive experience across Africa, she has researched, documented, and supported…
Speaker yuyu YAN
yuyu YAN

NbS Shanghai Hub/Shanghai Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center

Engineer with Master's degree, primarily engaged in land resource management and ecological protection and restoration.
Speaker Denis MICHEZ
Denis MICHEZ

Professor

University of Mons

Denis Michez holds a degree in engineering from University of Liège (Belgium) and a Ph-D in Biological Sciences from the University of Mons (Belgium). He did a postdoc at Cornell University (USA) in…
Speaker Sebastian SCHMIDT ROACH
Sebastian SCHMIDT ROACH

CEO

Ocean Revive

Sebastian Schmidt-Roach began his coral reef research in 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago, later innovating coral recruitment methods in Indonesia. He earned his PhD on coral reproductive ecology at the…
Speaker Phyllis LEE
Phyllis LEE

Professor

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Evolutionary ecologist, working with wild non-human primates across the globe and with the long-term elephant field study in Amboseli, Kenya. Specific interests in life history evolution,…
Speaker Maximin DJONDO
Maximin DJONDO

Benin Environment and Education Society

Established in 2005, BEES ONG is committed to the protection and sustainable management of natural resources, with a particular focus on marine and coastal ecosystems. We implement participatory,…
Speaker Mahnaz KADHEMI
Mahnaz KADHEMI

Head, Environmental Citizenship Program of Bahrain Women Association

Bahrain Women Association – for Human Development

Regional Vice Chair, West AsiaMahnaz Kadhemi is a member of the Environmental Citizenship Program, one of Bahrain Women Association for Human Development’s programs. She joined IUCN in 2002.…
Speaker Nutdanai TRAKANSUPHAKON
Nutdanai TRAKANSUPHAKON

Social Enterprise del. & communication coordinator

Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development

Mr. Nutdanai Trakansuphakon has an academic background in law. He now actively runs his social enterprises while simultaneously working as a researcher. He is a co-founder of The Rotate (Digital…
Speaker Brett HILL
Brett HILL

Policy Advisor, Environment and Wildlife

Inuit Issittormiut Siunnersuisoqatigiifia

Brett Hill is from Kamloops B.C. and is of settler descent. Brett studied at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and completed his Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Political…
Speaker Aleksei ZAVARZIN
Aleksei ZAVARZIN

Director of AI in agrobiotechnology center / Biodiveristy projects leader

ITMO University / All_Russian Scoeity for Nature Protection

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Vice Chair Dr. Alex Zavarzin  is currently director of the AI in Agrobiotechnolgy center of the ITMO University (https://en.itmo.ru) combining this…
Speaker Zhicong ZHAO
Zhicong ZHAO

Associate Professor

Tsinghua University

Zhicong Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, and the Deputy Director of the Institute for National Parks, China.…