All Speakers
Ghadeir MOHAMED ALZEYOUDI
Ghadeer Alzeyoudi is a civil engineering student and President of the ASCE Student Chapter at Khalifa University. Her work focuses on sustainable pavement design and infrastructure management in the...
Geert Jan HEUSINKVELD
Sustainability Manager
Volcafe / Kyagalanyi Coffee Uganda
Geert Jan Heusinkveld is the Sustainability Manager at Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd, Uganda’s leading coffee exporter and a key member of the Swiss based Volcafe group. With a strong foundation in...
Peter James STEPHENSON
Chair, IUCN SSC Species Monitoring SG
IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group
PJ is an independent conservation consultant based in Switzerland. He has been involved in species research and conservation for over 30 years. His monitoring-related work started in 1985-6 when he...
Stewart MAGINNIS
Deputy Director General Programme
IUCN
Stewart Maginnis has worked in sustainable development and biodiversity conservation for over 35 years. He has lived for extensive periods in Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana and Costa Rica, undertaking...
Jo Ann Guillao
Coordinator
IPRI
Jo Ann L. Guillao is a dedicated Indigenous researcher and IP advocate with extensive experience in working with indigenous communities defending their rights, intercultural education and governance...
Loreley Picourt
Directrice Générale
Ocean and Climate Platform
Loreley Picourt is the Executive Director of the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) – an international network from civil society mobilised for “a healthy ocean, a protected climate”. As a strong...
Laureen Calcat
Biodiversity Policy Officer
France - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Barbara LANG LENTON
Director Jumeirah Burj Al Arab Aquariums and Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project
JUMEIRAH
Mohamed ALJABERI
Regional Customer Experience
IKEA - Al Futtaim
A logistic engineer and passionate Customer Experience Leader with regional expertise across UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Egypt.Throughout my career at IKEA Al Futtaim Group and multi sectors, I have been...
Anton Willems Delanoy
Director Ejecutivo
Fondo Nacional para Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado
Manuel PULGAR-VIDAL
Climate Crisis Commission Chairman
Council 2021-2025
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal has been appointed by the IUCN Council as the Interim Chair of IUCN’s recently established Climate Crisis Commission (CCC). IUCN Members decided to create the new expert...
Oluwasooto AJAYI
Africa Lead
Business for Nature
Oluwasooto Ajayi is the Africa Lead at Business for Nature, where she works with governments, businesses, and partner organizations to advance ambitious action on nature across the continent. Her...
Alister Scott
Executive Director
Global Rewilding Alliance
40 year career making big change happen with sustainability as the driving purpose. Doctorate in Science Policy from the University of SussexHonorary Professor of Practice at UCL Institute for...
Marc FOGGIN
Director
Plateau Perspectives
Marc Foggin is a conservation biologist specialised in mountain environments of China and Central Asia, with a focus on complex human dimensions of environmental management and community development...
Hariharan JANARDHANAN
NYUAD
Sonya BENJAMIN
I moved to the Middle East over a decade ago, when opportunities for actual biodiversity work were few. In 2020, a global and regional shift took place in which the importance of ecosystem...
Paula BUENO
Regional Vice Chair
IUCN WCPA
Regional Vice Chair, South America. M.Sc. in Sustainability Science, Resilience and Global Change. With over 18 years of experience and an on-going career in biodiversity conservation at the...
Erustus KANGA
Director General
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Prof. Kanga has over twenty (20) years of experience in biodiversity conservation, climate change vulnerability assessment and mapping, bio-enterprises, and community livelihood support. He has a...
Andre MADER
Environmental management and policy professional with over two decades of international experience across research, programme management, and science-policy interfaces. Currently Principal Policy...
Jacinta ABALAKA
National Programme Coordinator
Society for Sustainability and Conservation Education for Rural Areas (SCERA)
Jacinta Abalaka is a conservation biologist with over 20 years experience in capacity building in conservation and ecology, and 10 years experience in grant and resource management. She has worked...
Tunga RAI
Director of the Climate Change Program
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN)
Tunga Bhadra RaiTunga Bhadra Rai is an Indigenous researcher and anthropologist from Nepal, belonging to the Rai Indigenous Nationality. He is Director of the Climate Change Program at the Nepal...
Rinah RAZAFINDRABE
Directeur Général de la Gouvernance Environnementale
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable Madagascar
Mr. Rinah Razafindrabe is the Director General of Environmental Governance within the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. He has 20 years of experience in the field of natural...
Julie MELBOURNE
Manager Environmental Services Unit
Nyamba Buru Yawuru
Julie Melbourne holds a Bachelor of Laws and brings more than 30 years’ experience working alongside Indigenous communities in the Kimberley. Her work has spanned native title claims, negotiations...
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...
Xiandong JING
Chairman
Ant Group
Mr. Eric Jing is the Chairman of Ant Group. He joined Alibaba Group in 2007 and was appointed President of Ant Group in June 2015. Eric served as the Chairman and CEO of Ant Group from April 2018 to...
Dhun DAVAR
Deputy CEO and Chief of Programs
AVPN
Dhun is Chief of Programmes and Deputy CEO. She leads AVPN’s Thematic Platforms (Climate, Gender, Health and Nutrition) and Capital Mobilisation functions providing strategic and operational...
Maja VASILIJEVIC
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Maja Vasilijević is a Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), where she works on European projects with a strong focus on the science-policy interface under the...
Ferdinando DIDONNA
MSC
SOCIETA' SPELEOLOGICA ITALIANA ETS
Having graduated in forestry sciences in Bari in 1998, today I work in cooperation with Latin America countries as a consultant for a European technical assistance company in the fields of rural and...