All Speakers

Speaker Amy COLES
Amy COLES

Media and Communications Officer

IUCN

Speaker Willow MCGRATH
Willow MCGRATH

Student

Center for Global Education

I’ve represented Canadian youth on matters of environmental education, human rights and the SDGs at; the National Forum for Environmental Learning, the AP Nature Ed conference, the CCUNESCO...
Speaker Christopher DUNN
Christopher DUNN

Executive Director

Cornell Botanic Gardenws

Christopher is the Elizabeth N. Wilds Executive Director of Cornell Botanic Gardens of Cornell University and is Chair of the IUCN National Committee for the USA. He is a botanist and conservation...
Speaker Tekau FRERE
Tekau FRERE
Tekau Frere, a French Polynesian consultant, serves as the coordinator of the Marine Protected Areas working group of the High Seas Alliance, a network of over 70 international non governmental...
Speaker Ellora-Julie PAREKH
Ellora-Julie PAREKH

Chief Sustainability Officer

Al-Futtaim

Ellora-Julie Parekh, is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Al Futtaim Group, a leading family-owned conglomerate with headquarters in Dubai, UAE and operating in over 30 markets in...
Speaker Ly NGUYEN
Ly NGUYEN

Chair of Management Board

Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR)

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ly is the founder and developer of Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) in 2009.She holds a diploma in Food Chemistry from the Technical University of Prague, Czech...
Speaker Atef OUERGHI
Atef OUERGHI

Programme Officer

UNEP-MAP-SPA/RAC

Speaker AYESHA AL DHAHERI
AYESHA AL DHAHERI

Advisor

United Arab Emirates University

Professor Ayesha Al Dhaheri serves as an Advisor to the Vice Chancellor's Office at the United Arab Emirates University. Her previous roles include Associate Provost for Student Affairs (2020-2022),...
Speaker pauli merriman
pauli merriman

Interim Senior Director, Oceans

WWF International

Pauli is a committed global leader in ocean conservation, policy, and advocacy, dedicated to driving transformative solutions for people and nature. As Interim Senior Director of Oceans for WWF...
Speaker José Luis Chicoma
José Luis Chicoma

Program Chair of The Future of Food

THE NEW INSTITUTE

José Luis Chicoma is the Program Chair of The Future of Food at THE NEW INSTITUTE. He has served as Minister of Production in Peru, overseeing the fishing, aquaculture, and food market sectors. He...
Speaker Anil KUMAR
Anil KUMAR

Advisor, Environment Information Management

Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi

Anil Kumar is an expert in environmental data and information management with over three decades of experience advancing geospatial technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital strategies for...
Speaker Liam FLOCKHART FORD
Liam FLOCKHART FORD

Humboldt Project Scientist

Families In Nature

Liam Flockhart Ford actively brings both scientific knowledge and a passion for conservation and sustainability to his work. He is the Program Coordinator of Blue Carbon Plus (BC+), a first-of-its-...
Speaker Pauline KALUNDA
Pauline KALUNDA

Executive Director

The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

Pauline Nantongo Kalunda is the Executive Director of ECOTRUST - the Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda, a local conservation financing organisation. Pauline is an expert in establishing...
Speaker Sylvia Gan
Sylvia Gan
Sylvia is the Learning Manager at the Youth Climate Justice Fund (YCJF), where she leads the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems that generate evidence-based insights to...
Speaker Leonie MEIER
Leonie MEIER

Global Lead Ecosystem Restoration and Grasslands and Savannahs

WWF Germany

Leonie Meier is the Global Lead for Ecosystem Restoration and Grasslands & Savannahs at WWF, where she drives initiatives to restore degraded ecosystems and protect biodiversity. With over a...
Speaker Louisa RICHMOND-COGGAN
Louisa RICHMOND-COGGAN

Principal Consultant

LRC Wildlife Conservation Consulting

Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan is a Principal Consultant with 20 years of experience in conservation, specialising in landscape-scale initiatives in the Global South. She takes a multidisciplinary,...
Speaker Evan FREUND
Evan FREUND

Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure

WWF

Evan Freund is a senior director for sustainable infrastructure and finance on the WWF-US Forest team. In this role, he manages programming around infrastructure design, finance, and development,...
Speaker Eric SCHMIDT
Eric SCHMIDT

Executive Director

Wildlife Protection Solutions

Combining a deep understanding of technology with a passion for wildlife allows Eric Schmidt to approach conservation issues from multiple perspectives.  With a Master’s degree in conservation...
Speaker seokwoo LEE
seokwoo LEE

director general

Korea Arboreta and Gardens Institute

Angelito TENORIO
Angelito TENORIO
Speaker Aurora FERNANDEZ
Aurora FERNANDEZ

Arquitecta

ASÍ Conserva Chile

Aurora Fernández Durán is the Executive Director of the King Penguin Nature Reserve and a board member of ASÍ Conserva Chile. She is an architect from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso...
Speaker VANIA RAMIREZ
VANIA RAMIREZ

Local leader

Cooperatv

Vania is third generation inhabitant of cooperativa La Técnica, one of the cooperatives created in the 1970s along the Usumacinta River, on the border with Mexico. Her grandparents and parents...
Mariana Rodrigues
Mariana Rodrigues

Marketing Director

L`Occitane Middle East

Speaker Padu FRANCO
Padu FRANCO

Senior Program Manager

Bezos Earth Fund

Evolutionary and conservation biologist with more than 20 years of experience designing, coordinating, and implementing basic and applied research studies and projects. Over 15 years of...
Speaker Sue Miller
Sue Miller

Head of Global Networks

Stop Ecocide International

Working to protect the Earth by making ecocide an International crime.  Former lawyer, marketing director and business founder/owner.
Speaker carolina HAZIN
carolina HAZIN

Senior Policy Advisor, area-based conservation measures

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

I'm a Brazilian biologist with postgraduate studies in ecology, public policy and international relations. I have more than 20 years of experience in marine and wetlands conservation and protection....
Speaker Pedro MENEZES
Pedro MENEZES

National Director of Protected Areas

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Pedro da Cunha e Menezes is Brazil´s National Director of Protected Areas. Pedo is one of the founding members of the Transcarioca Trail and is currently a Director of the Brazilian Trails Network....