All Speakers

Speaker Alison Barnes
Alison Barnes

Chief Executive

New Forest National Park Authority

Alison is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Forest National Park Authority and a Founding Trustee of the National Park City Foundation. For over 25 years, her professional roles have focused on...
Speaker Shanna CHALLENGER
Shanna CHALLENGER

Offshore Islands Conservation Programme Coordinator`

Environmental Awareness Group

Shanna Challenger is a wildlife conservationist from Antigua and Barbuda, known for leading endangered species recovery and island restoration in the Caribbean. With nearly a decade of experience,...
Speaker Theresa SOWRY
Theresa SOWRY

Chief Executive Officer

SAWC

Ms Theresa Sowry, CEO of the Southern African Wildlife College, holds a Master of Science Degree in Botany from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.  She gained conservation...
Speaker Michelle BENDER
Michelle BENDER

Legal Counsel and Head of Ocean Rights

Ocean Vision Legal

Michelle is the creator and leading expert in the movement towards "Ocean Rights," the application of Rights of Nature in the ocean policy seascape. She has provided her expertise to Rights of Nature...
Speaker Borja DE LA PEñA ESCARDó
Borja DE LA PEñA ESCARDó

Global Policy Officer

International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR)

Partnership Development Specialist with 10+ years of experience in developing and managing partnership and institutional engagements with bilateral and multilateral agencies. including the three...
Speaker Jim BRENNAN
Jim BRENNAN

National Director, Industry & Government Relations

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Jim is the National Director of Industry & Government Relations for Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and has been with the organization since 2008.  He previously served as DUC’s  Director...
Speaker Marco BAROTTI
Marco BAROTTI

Artist

Studio Marco Barotti

Marco Barotti is a media artist. After music studies at the Siena Jazz Academy, he began merging sound with visual art. His work is driven by a desire to invent an artistic language in which a...
Speaker Rodrigo FLORES-GUTIERREZ
Rodrigo FLORES-GUTIERREZ

Regional Programme Manager

IUCN Secretariat

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....
Speaker Archana GODBOLE
Archana GODBOLE

Director

Applied Environmental Research Foundation

Dr. Archana Godboleis the Founder Director of the Pune based NGO- Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF).A Plant Taxonomist and Ethnobiologist by training, she has developed various...
Speaker Harrison AJEBENNOKO
Harrison AJEBENNOKO

CEO

AJESH

Biodiversity and forest Conservation and Social Forester, Forest regeneration and restoration, Community Participatory Mapping and Land Use Planning, Livelihood development for communities, Zero...
Speaker Eduardo CHANKIN CHANCAYUN
Eduardo CHANKIN CHANCAYUN

Licenciatura

KENATBI A. C.

Eduardo Chankin Chancayun is a descendant of the Lacandon Maya culture, known for maintaining a deep connection with nature. This heritage inspired him to found and lead Kenatbi AC, an organization...
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 Peeranuch Dulkul KAPPELLE
Peeranuch Dulkul KAPPELLE

Forest Technical Officer

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Peeranuch Dulkul Kappelle (Pat) With over 30 years of experience as a technical forest officer within Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Pat has dedicated her career to advancing both...
Speaker Marconi MADAI
Marconi MADAI

Senior Vice President, HSSE

Sarawak Energy Berhad

Marconi Madai is the Senior Vice President of Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) at Sarawak Energy. He leads a multi-disciplinary team in strengthening health, safety, environment, and...
Savina CARLUCCIO
Savina CARLUCCIO
Speaker Yijie Peng
Yijie Peng

Senior Vice President&Chief Sustainability Officer

Ant Group

Ms.PengjoinedAlipayinNovember2012andhadservedasvicepresidentandgeneralmanageroftheinternationalbusinessgroup,whereshelaidthefoundationsofAlipay'sinternationalbusinesses....
Speaker Rita BENTO
Rita BENTO

Research Associate

NYUAD

Rita Bento is a Marine Biologist and Research Associate at New York University Abu Dhabi. With nearly two decades of monitoring experience, her research focuses on the resilience of coral reef...
Speaker Katalin CZIPPAN
Katalin CZIPPAN

nature education expert

Blue Planet Foundation

Strategic Advisor & Nature Education for Sustainability Co-Chair Katalin Czippan is an educator with experience in the field of environmental and sustainability education and communication...
Speaker Nur Febriani
Nur Febriani

Director of Resource Mobilization

Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI)

Nur Febriani Wardi is a planetary health advocate from Indonesia.She is the Resource Mobilization Director and the former Executive Director of Alam Sehat Lestari (2018-2023), a planetary health...
Speaker Jules RUTEBUKA
Jules RUTEBUKA

Regional Programme Officer-Sustainable Agriculture

IUCN

Dr. Jules Rutebuka is an agri-environmental scientist passionate about sustainable landscape management and environmentally friendly agriculture. For more than sixteen years, he has designed and...
Speaker Samuel de Carvalho
Samuel de Carvalho

GCELS Staff Intern

Center for Environmental Legal Studies

Samuel Fonseca de Carvalho is a Brazilian attorney and legal consultant who completed his LL.M. in Environmental Law with a specialization in Energy and Climate Change Law at the...
Speaker Juliana CORTES RINCON
Juliana CORTES RINCON

Investigadora adjunta

Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

Juliana is an ecologist with a master's degree in Biodiversity. She focuses on the conservation of Neotropical primates, area-based conservation, biodiversity assessment and monitoring, land...
Speaker Michelle ANAGNOSTOU
Michelle ANAGNOSTOU

Banting Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Oxford

Michelle Anagnostou is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford researching how to better leverage anti-money laundering interventions to tackle illegal wildlife trade. Collaborating...
Speaker EMILY MCKENZIE
EMILY MCKENZIE

Technical Director

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Emily McKenzie is the Technical Director at the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). She has worked for 20 years integrating nature in policy, finance, economics and decision-...
Speaker Jonas GELDMANN
Jonas GELDMANN

Dr

University of Copenhagen

I am an Associate Professor at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen. My research focuses on understanding and assessing the impact of conservation...
Speaker Francesca VITALI
Francesca VITALI

Wildlife veterinarian

Smithsonian Institution

Dr. Francesca Vitali, a wildlife veterinarian and research associate at the Smithsonian's Global Health Program in Kenya, is dedicated to advancing wildlife medicine within the conservation and One...
Speaker Fatima ABDULRAB ALI ALHEMEIRI
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...