All Speakers

Speaker Ted SCHMITT
Ted SCHMITT

Senior Director, OlmoEarth Partnerships

Allen Institute for AI

Ted Schmitt is the Senior Director of Conservation at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). He leads partner engagement for the OlmoEarth program, an open-source AI platform that...
Speaker Anabella PALACIOS
Anabella PALACIOS

Senior Programme Manager Ocean

IUCN

Anabella is a Senior Programme Manager at IUCN, based in Washington DC, with over a decade of experience managing transformative climate initiatives, with a particular focus on addressing the...
Speaker Jorge Alberto Oviedo Machuca
Jorge Alberto Oviedo Machuca

Director Ejecutivo

Environmental Investment Fund of El Salvador (FIAES)

Specialist in conservation finance and the development of financial architecture for plans, programs, and projects related to sustainable agriculture and livestock, protected natural areas and...
Speaker Michael EDMONDSTONE
Michael EDMONDSTONE

Communications and Engagement Lead

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Communications and Engagement Lead at SHOAL.Michael works to raise awareness about the freshwater biodiversity crisis and the conservation work being done to solve it, and to inspire about the world...
Speaker Tammy DAVIES
Tammy DAVIES

BirdLife International

Dr Tammy Davies is the Marine Science Coordinator at BirdLife International - a global Partnership of over 120 national conservation organisations. Tammy oversees the science work that underpins...
Speaker Nicolas SALAUN
Nicolas SALAUN

Responsable coopération internationale

IUCN French Committee

After studying international agricultural development engineering and completing a specialized master's degree in tropical forest management, Nicolas worked for two years at the French Development...
Speaker Sarah Amy WYATT
Sarah Amy WYATT

Sr. Biodiversity Specialist

GEF (Global Environment Facility)

Sarah Wyatt is a Senior Biodiversity Specialist at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). At the GEF, she leads work with Latin American and Pacific island countries to develop biodiversity...
Speaker Rodney van der Ree
Rodney van der Ree

National Technical Executive, Ecology and Adjunct Assoc Professor

WSP Australia and The University of Melbourne

Dr Rodney van der Ree is a National Technical Executive in Ecology at WSP Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne. He has international recognition for his...
Speaker STEPHANE PERRIER
STEPHANE PERRIER

Global Lead, Resilient Landscapes

CIFOR-ICRAF

Stephane Perrier has been involved in natural resource protection and management for the last 25 years, at the interface between science and business. He graduated as a veterinarian specialized in...
Speaker Ivan PASPALDZHIEV
Ivan PASPALDZHIEV

Senior Manager | Sustainability Services

EY denkstatt

Senior Manager at EY denkstatt with 10 years of experience in sustainability strategy, focusing on nature & climate strategy, environmental economics, and public policy consulting, advising...
Speaker Xiangying SHI
Xiangying SHI

Executive Director

Shan Shui Conservation Center

Xiangying Shi, executive director of Shan Shui Conservation Center, PhD of Environmental Science at Peking University. She is the chairperson of Shan Shui Foundation. She has been engaged in...
Speaker Eufemia Felisa PINTO
Eufemia Felisa PINTO

Executive Director

NTFP-EP Asia

Femy Pinto is an international development professional with more than 2 decades of field and management experience in integrated conservation and development, community-based natural resource/NTFP...
Speaker matthijs VAN RIJN
matthijs VAN RIJN

Founder

THE GREEN INTELLIGENCE B.V.

Matthijs van Rijn is the visionary founder of The Green Intelligence, an organization dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture, environmental conservation, and community empowerment. A nature...
Speaker Hambardzum Matevosyan
Hambardzum Matevosyan

Minister of Environment of the Republic of Armenia

The ministry of environment

Hambardzum Matevosyan was born on November 18, 1992, in Gyumri, Armenia.From 2009 to 2012, he studied at Grossmont College in California, USA, majoring in World Sciences. In 2012-2015, he continued...
Speaker Amena ALHOSANI
Amena ALHOSANI

Employee

Zayed Higher Organization for people of determination

I'm Amena Alhosani. I joined the Zayed Higher Organization for people of determination in sewing departmen for more than 15 years. A few years ago , I signed a contract to work with Al-Masoud under...
Speaker Ola DABABNEH
Ola DABABNEH

Gender Officer

IUCN ROWA

Ola Dababneh is the Gender Officer at IUCN ROWA, she works on integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into biodiversity conservation and climate resilience initiatives in Jordan, Iraq,...
Speaker Amanda BIRNBAUM
Amanda BIRNBAUM

Lead Scientist-Horticulture

Emirates Global Aluminum

Amanda is Lead Scientist for Horticulture at Emirates Global Aluminum, where she spearheads bauxite residue R&D focused on developing best management practices for manufactured soils derived from...
Speaker Jayant SARNAIK
Jayant SARNAIK

Joint Director

Applied Environmental Research Foundation(AERF)

A conservation and sustainability practitioner working on innovative solutions for biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems conservation in the Western Ghats of India. I am conservation entrepreneur...
Speaker Thiri Dawei Aung
Thiri Dawei Aung

Executive Director

Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association (BANCA)

Dr. Thiri Da Wei Aung serves as Executive Director. She received Ph.D (Ornithology) from University of Yangon in 2012. A large part of her work is to provide leadership to BANCA (internally and...
Speaker Samer AL CHIKHANI
Samer AL CHIKHANI

Partner

Strategy&

I'm a Partner at Strategy& Middle East. I specialise in developing nature-positive solutions for urban and conservation areas, and crafting strategies for the sustainable use of resources. I have...
Speaker Luis SÁNCHEZ
Luis SÁNCHEZ

Member

University of Sao Paulo

Luis E Sánchez is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he has been teaching environmental impact assessment since 1990. Trained as a mining engineer and a geographer, he...
Speaker Omaima AHMED
Omaima AHMED

Education and CSR Senior Manager

Goumbook FZCO

Speaker Armel MEWOUTH
Armel MEWOUTH

Regional Water Focal Point

IUCN Secretariat

De nationalité camerounaise, Armel est titulaire d’un Master en Gestion de l’Environnement obtenu à l'Université Senghor à Alexandrie.Il totalise 15 ans d'expériences dans l'exécution des projets...
Speaker Barbara POMPILI
Barbara POMPILI

Ambassadrice à l'Environnement

France

Barbara Pompili has been involved in environmental politics for over 20 years.As Secretary of State for Biodiversity from February 2016 to 2017, she led the adoption of the Law for the Restoration of...
Speaker José NIETO NAVARRETE
José NIETO NAVARRETE
Speaker Cyrille BARNERIAS
Cyrille BARNERIAS

Directeur des relations européennes et internationales

Office français de la biodiversité

Cyrille Barnérias is Director of european and international relations at the French biodiversity agency (OFB). Prior to joining OFB, he worked for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Washington...
Speaker Sergio EGUINO BUSTILLOS
Sergio EGUINO BUSTILLOS

Director Ejecutivo

FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SISTEMA NACIONAL DE AREAS PORTEGIDAS FUNDESNAP - BOLIVIA

Agricultural Engineer with specialised in Agroecology, Protected Areas, Nature Conservation, and financial mechanisms. Master's student in International Cooperation for the Development of Peoples....