All Speakers
Kundan Kumar BURNWAL
Deputy Project Director
GIZ India
Kundan Burnwal is a Senior Advisor and Deputy Project Director for the Indo-German bilateral cooperation project RECAP4NDC, which aims to restore, conserve, and protect forest and tree...
Matthew LEWIS
Great Apes & Gibbons Program Officer
Arcus Foundation
Matthew has served as a Program Officer with the Arcus Foundation’s Great Apes & Gibbons Program since 2023, bringing extensive experience in wildlife research and conservation, particularly in...
Anthony GIORDANO
Executive Director/Chief Conservation Scientist
S.P.E.C.I.E.S.
Only June 17th of 2025, Dr. Anthony J. Giordano, Executive Director of S.P.E.C.I.E.S. and affiliate faculty at the CSU’s Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence and Center for Collaborative...
John SIMAIKA
Senior Researcher - Aquatic Ecology
International Water Mangement Institute (IWMI)
John Simaika has expertise in both aquatic and landscape ecology and restoration. He has more than a decade of experience working in African rivers, lakes, wetlands and artificial ponds. Simaika is...
Susan CHEYNE
Vice-Chair
Borneo Nature Foundation International
Originally from Scotland, I have worked in Asia since 1997 and in Indonesia since 2002. My PhD at Cambridge was focused on the scientific assessment of gibbon rehabilitation – can gibbons raised as...
Kevin CORREIA
Junior Project Officer
BIOFUND
Kevin Correia (born 2000) is a Mozambican-Portuguese Environmental Engineer passionate about biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, and innovative finance. Currently works as a Junior Project...
Lasse Gustavsson
President and CEO
Ocean Wise
Lasse Gustavsson is an international environmentalist, championing nature conservation and sustainable development worldwide. With decades of international executive leadership experience from...
Armia Fahmi
Aceh Tamiang District
Irjen. Pol. (Ret.) Armia Fahmi (born October 12, 1966) is the Regent of Aceh Tamiang for the 2025–2030 period. A retired two-star general of the Indonesian National Police (Polri), his last...
Imen MELIANE
Senior Adviser- Climate Finance
Africa Adaptation Initiative
Imèn Meliane is a global leader, with more than 20 years of experience advancing conservation, climate adaptation, and sustainable development. Born in Tunisia, she has worked across Africa,...
Jorge Liber Saltijeral Giles
Asesor
Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de la Ciudad de México
Jorge Liber Saltijeral is a biologist. He currently serves as an advisor at the Ministry of the Environment of Mexico City, where he coordinates the Environmental Information System and contributes...
Todd Miller
Director of Conservation Programs
The Nature Conservancy
As the Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia, Todd oversees the land protection, stewardship, forest carbon, ecosystem restoration and conservation planning...
Mary BLAIR
Associate Director
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
Mary E. Blair, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History. She leads an interdisciplinary research program on...
Daniele BAISERO
Data Scientist
KBA Secretariat
Daniele Baisero is a Data Scientist at the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, specialising in systematic spatial approaches and habitat modelling. He developed the “Scoping Tool,” a scalable...
Mohammed SHOBRAK
Consultant, member of the Board of Director
National Center for Wildlife
Bachelor’s degree from King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia PhD in Ecology of birds from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1996. thesis title "The Ecology of the...
John PEREIRA
Head of Operations - RER
APRIL
John Pereira has over 20 years of international experience in environmental management, ecology, and operational leadership within conservation. As acting Head of Operations for Restorasi Ekosistem...
Busheska ANGELA
Founder
EnRoute
Angela Busheska, 24, is a climate-tech innovator and AI researcher based in New York City. Motivated by losing her aunt to toxic air pollution in North Macedonia, she combines engineering, research,...
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Rene BEYERS
Researcher
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Rene is a conservation biologist at the University of British Columbia with extensive international experience in wildlife management, ecological monitoring, and ecosystem recovery. He has a broad...
Andrés RODRÍGUEZ ZUMBADO
Scientific Associate
IUCN
Tropical biologist and natural resource management specialist with over a decade of experience in research, project management, and international cooperation. Currently, as a Scientific Associate...
Annie Mark
Senior Director, Global Partnerships
Environmental Defense Fund
Annie Mark is the Senior Director of Global Partnerships in the executive office programs at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a leading international NGO dedicated to climate and environmental...
Kelvin Geovanni Criollo Merino
Youth Representative
Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance
Kelvin Geovanni Criollo Merino is a 25-year-old Indigenous leader from the Siona nationality of Ecuador. He is currently pursuing two bachelor’s degrees, in Law and Business Administration. As an...
ANUKRITI SHARMA
Special Projects Director and Environmental Scientist
CitizenScience.Asia
Anukriti Sharma is an environmental scientist and geographer whose work centers on citizen science, nature education, and climate action. She directs the Asia Nature Challenge, Asia’s first large-...
George STIRRETT
George STIRRETT
María Teresa VARGAS RÍOS
Fundación Natura Bolivia
Maria Teresa Vargas is a force of nature — a journalist by training, a conservationist by passion, and a strategist by necessity. Based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, she stands at the intersection of...
Mohamed AL MARZOOQI
Natalia NILES ARGUELLO
Intern
Families In Nature
Natalia Niles Arguello (Lexi) is a high school Senior in McCallum High School's Fine Arts Academy in Austin, Texas. Lexi has a passion for environmental climate justice and international...
Magda ZACHARA
Programme Officer
IUCN
Magda Zachara is an educator and advocate for nature conservation with a strong scientific background. She holds a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Geneva and a PhD in Molecular...
FADI GHANEM
President
GHADI
Fadi Ghanem is the founder and President of Ghadi Environmental Association, a Lebanese national organization dedicated to protecting the environment, preserving natural diversity and preventing...