All Speakers
Kamal BOU ASSI
Projects Development Unit Coordinator
Al Shouf Cedar Society - Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Kamal Bou Assi, member of Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR), Lebanon. Since 2008, part of a team of 70 full timer and more than 150 seasonal staff. Kamal coordinated the Biosphere Reserve's...
Jennifer George
Chief Executive
EAAFP
Jennifer George is an accomplished cross-sector leader with a background spanning government, law, education, Indigenous partnerships, corporate development, and the non-profit sector. As Chief...
Maria Jovita LAMBERT
Associate Director of International Affairs and Graduate Admissions; Adjunct Pro
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Maria Jovita Lambert is the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and International Affairs and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Her work...
Mehdi BALAMISSA
Réalisateur de documentaires
Documentary Filmmaker
Mehdi Balamissa is a Montreal-based documentary filmmaker dedicated to nature conservation. With a notable experience in the Pacific, including collaborations with Blue Cradle Foundation and IUCN, he...
Christopher Dickinson
Asian Development Bank
Chris Dickinson is a Senior Specialist in Climate Change (Adaptation) at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), bringing extensive expertise from his previous role as a Senior Specialist and Lead in...
José COURRAU
Oficial Senior (Áreas Protegidas)
IUCN
His career has been dedicated to the planning, management, monitoring, teaching, and study of biodiversity conservation in the developing world. I believe that biodiversity can achieve its...
shamma alkhoori
Specialist - Youth and Community
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
Shamma Alkhoori is a highly motivated and experienced Specialist – Youth and Community at the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), with a proven track record of success in developing and...
Nadine BITAR
Vice President Middle East
International Federation of Landscape Architects
Nadine Bitar Chahine, managing partner of Baladiya Catalyst and secretary general of IFLA Middle East , MENA native woman leader that was involved in the planning process of more than 45...
Maria Juliana PEDRAZA
Associate Attorney
Interamerican Institute on Justice and Sustainability
International lawyer specialized in business, government, contract, and environmental law. She currently serves as an Associate Attorney at the Inter-American Institute for Justice and Sustainability...
Adonai HERRERA-MARTINEZ
Director, Environment and Sustainability
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Adonai Herrera-Martínez is the EBRD Director, Environment and Sustainability. He manages the team responsible for the Bank’s environmental and social safeguards, the green finance attribution of...
Remmy Safari SHOKA
Co-Management Development Manager
Oceans Alive
I am an aquatic scientist and marine conservationist with over a decade of dedicated experience in fisheries management, community empowerment, and sustainable marine resource governance. Driven by...
Fatima ABDULRAB ALI ALHEMEIRI
I work at the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi in the outreach team, leading programs that connect communities with nature through education, technology, and citizen science. I manage initiatives such...
Carolynne WHEELER
Head of communications, BBC Media Action
BBC Media Action
Carolynne Wheeler is head of communications at BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity. She began her career in daily newspaper journalism in Canada and spent more than a decade as a...
Rocio Andrea BARRERO RAMÍREZ
Especialista Efectividad del Manejo
Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia
An economist and specialist in social project evaluation, he has 15 years of experience in planning and managing protected areas within the National Park System. He is a member of the Implementation...
Dan BROCKINGTON
Luis Alberto CAMARGO
Founder & Director
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025
Nature Education for Sustainability Co-Chair & South America Regional Vice Chair
Luis Alberto Camargo is the founder and Director of the Organization for Environmental Education and...
Karimah HUDDA
Founder and Chief Catalyst
illumine.earth
Karimah Hudda is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of illumine.earth. From roots in small-town India, Karimah became a global citizen, living, working, and traveling across nearly 50 countries.For over...
David MEYERS
Executive Director
Conservation Finance Alliance
David Meyers is the Executive Director of the Conservation Finance Alliance. He is an environmental finance expert and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in sustainability, business...
Gemma PARKES
Head of Communications
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025
With over 20 years’ experience as a global strategic communications leader across the non-profit, public and private sectors in organizations both large and small, Gemma is Head of Communications...
Oliver DAUERT
Founder
Wildya
Biodiversity builder and founder of Wildya, Oliver Dauert is 34, born in Berlin and now based in Biarritz, France. He’s created +20M impressions for nature, built a community of 42,000+ on LinkedIn,...
Mohammed ALKHALID
Mohammed Alkhalid is the founder and CEO of netzero, a Saudi-based climate tech startup pioneering ecosystem restoration through data, AI, and smart infrastructure.A mechanical engineer by training,...
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...
María Belén MONCAYO
Abogada
IUCN ORMACC
María Belén Moncayo Benalcázar is Ecuadorian and has been living in Central America for seven years. She holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and a master's degree in...
Arthur Tuda
Executive Director
Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association
Ana NUNES
Senior Programme Officer (Invasive Species)
IUCN
I am a biologist with over 17 years of experience working on invasive alien species, mainly in freshwater ecosystems. At IUCN I work on policy support and implementation, primarily in projects...
Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY
Scientist
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Deborah BRADY
Lead Ecologist
The Lifescape Project
Deborah Brady is an experienced ecologist specialising in mammals and the use of species reintroductions as a tool to address biodiversity loss at a landscape scale. As a founding director and now...
Nomindari ENKHTUR
CEO
Mongolian Nature's Legacy Foundation
Ms. Nomindari Enkhtur currently serves as CEO of the Mongolian Nature’s Legacy Foundation (MNLF), an environmental trust fund established in 2024 with the mission to provide...