All Speakers

Alessandra Guzmán Sanchez
Alessandra Guzmán Sanchez
Speaker Alessandro BADALOTTI
Alessandro BADALOTTI

General Manager

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Conservationist with 20+ years of experience in project and programme planning, implementation and monitoring. More than 15 years working on grant-making with global portfolios in support of...
Speaker Alex BOWMER
Alex BOWMER

Director of Natural History

On the EDGE Conservation

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 Alex Dehgan
Alex Dehgan

CEO & Co-Founder

Conservation X Labs, Inc.

Dr. Dehgan is the CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, an innovation and technology startup focused ending the Sixth Mass Extinction.  Conservation X Labs both builds new technologies...
Speaker Alex Hai ZHANG
Alex Hai ZHANG

Secretary General

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Speaker Alex MCWILLIAM
Alex MCWILLIAM

Regional Coordinator, Species and Habitats

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Alex McWilliam is the Regional Coordinator, Species and Habitats, for the Science and Strategy Group at the IUCN Asia Regional Office. He plays a leading role in delivering IUCN’s species...
Speaker Alex ROGERS
Alex ROGERS

Deputy Director of Strategic Science Programmes and Partnerships

National Oceanography Centre UK

Professor Alex Rogers is a marine ecologist of more than 30 years’ experience who is interested in how biodiversity is distributed in the ocean, especially in the deep sea and on mesophotic tropical...
Speaker Alex ROSS
Alex ROSS

Senior Programme Officer

UNEP-WCMC

Alex is a Senior Programme Officer in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) Nature Economy team. His work focuses on integrating biodiversity into corporate...
Speaker Alex TOTH
Alex TOTH

Founder

MycoNest

Alex Tóth (Hungary) is passionate about restoring ecosystems through bio-based, circular, and regenerative design. With a background in EU environmental policy and circular economy, he works at the...
Speaker Alexandra ALVES
Alexandra ALVES

Senior Researcher

Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center

Dr. Alexandra Alves is a marine biologist and research scientist specializing in aquaculture, comparative endocrinology, and physiology. With over ten years of experience in animal research and...
Speaker Alexandra HARRINGTON
Alexandra HARRINGTON

Chair, Plastic Pollution Task Force

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Dr. Alexandra R. Harrington is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Agreement on Plastic Pollution Task Force, a  Researcher at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Scholar...
Speaker Alexandra KALANDARISHVILI
Alexandra KALANDARISHVILI

Senior Policy Coordinator

The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)

Speaker Alexandra LOCQUET
Alexandra LOCQUET

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

As a geographer, her work focuses on environmental conservation, and more specifically on strategies and methods for protecting the wilderness in France and Europe. After her PhD thesis on the...
Speaker Alexandra SWANSON
Alexandra SWANSON

Nature Tech & Innovation Director

Conservation International

Dr Alexandra (Ali) Swanson is a conservation ecologist with 20 years international experience at the intersection of community and population ecology, technology, and international policy. As the...
Speaker Alexandra ZIMMERMANN
Alexandra ZIMMERMANN

Chair, IUCN SSC HWCCSG

IUCN SSC & Oxford University

Speaker Alexandre DAH
Alexandre DAH

Président of NGO-CEM

ONG Conservation des Espèces Marines

Speaker Alexandre RUTIKANGA
Alexandre RUTIKANGA

Chief Technical Advisor

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Dr. Alexandre Rutikanga is the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) . He was previously appointed as the Director General of the Rwanda...
Speaker Alexis GROSSKOPF
Alexis GROSSKOPF

Director and Founder

African Hub for Ocean Impact NPC (OceanHub Africa)

 Alexis Grosskopf is the Founder and CEO of African Hub for Ocean Impact (trading as OceanHub Africa), an ocean-impact entrepreneurship support organisation focusing on strengthening the...
Speaker Alexis KOVACH
Alexis KOVACH

Technical Lead

Conservation International

Speaker Alexis NIKIZA
Alexis NIKIZA

Directeur Général

Comité national des Membres de l'UICN du Burundi

Alexis Nikiza is a biologist by training, with a Master's degree in Sciences and Integrated Environmental Management and several certificates of on-the-job training. Director General of APRN/BEPB and...
Speaker Alfred DEGEMMIS
Alfred DEGEMMIS

Director, International Policy

Wildlife Conservation Society

Thematic Vice Chair, World HeritageAlfred is the Director of International Policy at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). He has worked in conservation for more than 14 years, and currently...
Speaker Alfred KUKE
Alfred KUKE

Governance and Engagement Manager

Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program

Alfred Kuke is a social worker by profession. Alfred worked in number of development NGOs in Papua New Guinea for over a decade. However, his passion for rural development, inclusive governance...
Speaker Alfredo CORO
Alfredo CORO

Mayor

Municipality of Del Carmen

Mayor Alfredo Coro served as the Municipal Mayor of Del Carmen in Siargao Islands for 9 years, 3 years as Vice Mayor and now back as Municipal Mayor. The transformation of the Municipality of Del...
Speaker Alfredo Daniel REDONDO
Alfredo Daniel REDONDO

Nature Team Lead

Climate Champions Team

Before joining the Climate Champions as the Nature Team Lead, Alfredo was a Senior Advisor for Strategic Engagement and Partnerships at the World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable...
Speaker Alfredo Vargas Pio
Alfredo Vargas Pio

Independiente

Federación Nativa del Río Madre De Dios y Afluentes

Ali AL SHEHHI
Ali AL SHEHHI
Speaker ALI HAYAJNEH
ALI HAYAJNEH

Program Manager - Water and Climate Change Program

IUCN Secretariat

Ali has worked for more than 13 years on the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Jordan as hydrology-water Engineer, Head of water master plan division and the director of water policies and...