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Speaker BERTA MEDRANO
BERTA MEDRANO

Arquitecta ecológa

Asociación GAIA El Salvador

Founder and Director of the Gaia Association of El Salvador, an architect with a postgraduate degree in landscape analysis and territorial planning, specializing in executive and managerial...
Speaker Man Jing KONG
Man Jing KONG

Co-founder

Just Keep Thinking

MJ is the co-founder of Just Keep Thinking, Singapore’s largest environmental education platform that merges education and entertainment to make science accessible and engaging for all. Reaching 3 to...
Speaker Tatyana Feiner
Tatyana Feiner

Land and Freshwater Program Coordinator

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Tatyana Feiner is the National Coordinator for the Land and Freshwater Program at the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. As a young professional, she brings over three years of experience in...
Speaker Tia STEVENS
Tia STEVENS

Branch Head

Australian Government. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Tia Stevens, Branch Head – Strategy and Indigenous Protected Areas Parks Australia – Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Tia is an experienced Senior...
Speaker Ralf SEPPELT
Ralf SEPPELT

Director

Luxembourg Centre fro Socio-Environmental Systems

Ralf Seppelt is a German mathematician, academic and author. He is a professor of Landscape Ecology and Renewable Resource Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and was heading of...
Speaker Seungcheol CHOI
Seungcheol CHOI

manager

Korea National Park Service

I received my Ph.D. in 2005 and joined the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) in 2006. I am currently serving at the National Park Academy of Korea, where I focus on disaster prevention, safety...
Speaker Asri DWIYAHRENI
Asri DWIYAHRENI

Senior Researcher

Research Center for Climate Change ISER FMIPA Universitas Indonesia

Asri A. Dwiyahreni (Diah) is a senior scientist and Head of Training and Education in the Research Center for Climate Change, Universitas Indonesia. Her research interests focus on mammal ecology,...
Speaker Ajanta DEY
Ajanta DEY

Joint Secretary & Programme Director

NATURE ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE SOCIETY

Ms. Ajanta Dey, is a conservation practitioner and has been working on ecological restoration of landscapes with an ecosystem-based approach for over two decades. She is the Joint Secretary &...
Speaker Umberto GALLO ORSI
Umberto GALLO ORSI

Head , Coordinating Unit, Raptors MOU

CMS

Dr Gallo-Orsi holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a PhD obtained from Torino University (Italy) having studied the wild boar (Sus scrofa) in NE Italy. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at...
Speaker Alys YOUNG
Alys YOUNG

Post-doctoral research fellow

James Cook University

I am a quantitative ecology researcher passionate about conserving biodiversity. I employ quantitative tools and data-driven approaches to understand and protect ecosystems and species at broad...
Speaker Aibat MUZBAY
Aibat MUZBAY

Wildlife biologist

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

I am Aibat Muzbay, a biodiversity and sustainable use expert with more than six years of experience in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Currently, I lead the environmental NGO Tabigi Orta and coordinate...
Speaker Anne MEADEB
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...
Speaker Silvia MUSEIYA
Silvia MUSEIYA

Principal Secretary

State Department for Wildlife

A young woman who comes from a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural background; born to a small hunter-gatherer indigenous community of Mukogodo forest in Laikipia, Kenya called the Yiaku in the late 80s...
Speaker Lesley DICKIE
Lesley DICKIE

Executive Vice President for Conservation and the Regions

BirdLife International

Dr Lesley Dickie is the Executive Vice President of BirdLife International (BLI), the largest civil society partnership for nature and the global Red List authority for birds.  At BLI she has...
Speaker Kristin KLEISNER
Kristin KLEISNER

Associate Vice President, Ocean Science

Environmental Defense Fund

Dr. Kristin Kleisner, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist and the Associate Vice President for Oceans Science at EDF. Her work is focused on understanding the multiple benefits generated by...
Speaker Sukhyun PARK
Sukhyun PARK

International Coordinator

Sustainable Systems Research Institute

Sukhyun Park is the Director and Head Researcher at the Sustainable Systems Research Institute, with extensive expertise in environmental policy and sustainable development. Her career bridges both...
Speaker Rabab AL LAWATI
Rabab AL LAWATI

Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Environment Society of Oman

Rabab Al Lawati is an early-career wildlife and conservation biologist and, until June 2025, served as the Conservation Outreach Coordinator at the Environment Society of Oman (ESO), Oman's first and...
Speaker ISMAILI ALAOUI HASSANA
ISMAILI ALAOUI HASSANA

Directrice du Parc National d'Ifrane

Association Marocaine pour le Développement des Aires Protégées

Speaker Ante MANDIĆ
Ante MANDIĆ

Associate Professor

University of Split, Split, Croatia

Dr. Ante Mandić is Associate Professor of Sustainable Tourism at the University of Split, Croatia, and Affiliate Faculty at Colorado State University, USA. An internationally recognized expert in...
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 Gabriel QUIJANDRIA
Gabriel QUIJANDRIA

Regional Director for South America

IUCN

A seasoned professional in environmental and natural resource management with 20 years of experience in the Latin American region. Expert in environmental policy formulation, implementation, and...
Speaker Hanna HADDAD
Hanna HADDAD

Programme Assistant-Protected Areas & Biodiversity

IUCN Regional Office for West Asia

Eng. Hanna Haddad is a motivated conservationist and a detail-oriented problem-solver. He is currently the Programme Assistant for the Protected Areas & Biodiversity, World Heritage Programme at...
Speaker Alex Bowmer
Alex Bowmer

Director of Natural History

On the Edge

Dr Alex Bowmer is Director of Natural History at On the Edge (OtE), a media and conservation organisation, whose vision it is to bring nature back into our everyday lives. They do this by using pop...
Speaker Rachael BARZA
Rachael BARZA

Associate Director, Lead Climate Adaptation and Nature Finance

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Dr Rachael Barza is an economist specialising in systemic resilience, including both human system resilience to climate change and nature and biodiversity decline, and natural system resilience to...
Speaker M. Purificació CANALS
M. Purificació CANALS

Global Network of MPA Manager Networks- Coordinator

Global Network of MPA Manager Networks/Underwater Gardens International

Purificació Canals has a BSc and a PhD in Biological Sciences from Barcelona University (1986 and 1996). She works as international consultant on marine and coastal conservation and is the...
Speaker Faridah IBRAHIM
Faridah IBRAHIM

Head, Business Engagement Unit

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Tobias GARSTECKI
Tobias GARSTECKI

Director of Protected Area Planning and Management, Re:wild

Re:wild

Tobias Garstecki supports Re:wild’s partners to manage and govern protected and conserved areas effectively. This involves facilitating the development of management strategies and plans, helping to...
Speaker Neovitus SIANGA
Neovitus SIANGA

Director of Community Conservation and Environment

Tanzania People & Wildlife

Neovitus is an esteemed Director of Community Conservation and Environment for African People & Wildlife, known for his unwavering commitment to preserving our natural world and empowering local...