All Speakers

Speaker Nicolas SALAUN
Nicolas SALAUN

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 Nicole CAVENDER
Nicole CAVENDER

Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens

The Huntington

Dr. Nicole Cavender is the Director of the Botanical Gardens and serves on the executive team at The Huntington in San Marino, California. She manages 207 acres of gardens and grounds and one of the...
Speaker Nidia Mildred CRASBORN OJEDA
Nidia Mildred CRASBORN OJEDA
Nidia is a member of Cooperativa Carmelita, one of the two community concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve with a live-in community. Her ancestors migrated to the Petén forest to tap gum. ...
Speaker Nigel DUDLEY
Nigel DUDLEY

Consultant

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

 Nigel Dudley is a consultant ecologist. His work focuses particularly on ecosystem services, broad-scale approaches to conservation, planning and management of protected and conserved areas and...
Speaker Nihel CHABRAK
Nihel CHABRAK

Founder & CEO

Vision Nest Consultancy

Prof. Dr. Nihel Chabrak is CEO and founder of VisionNest, a strategic advisory firm championing a "Regenerative Anthropocene for All Forms of Life." With over 25 years of transformative...
Niila-Juhán Valkeapää
Niila-Juhán Valkeapää
Speaker Nikhil ADVANI
Nikhil ADVANI

Senior Director - Wildlife and Climate Resilience

World Wildlife Fund - US

Dr. Nikhil Advani's role at WWF is at the intersection of wildlife, rural communities, and climate change. Projects under Nikhil's portfolio focus on better understanding how wildlife and rural...
Speaker Nikhil SEKHRAN
Nikhil SEKHRAN

Chief Conservation Officer

WWF US

Nik Sekhran is the Chief Conservation Officer at the World Wildlife Fund- US, overseeing WWF’s global work on nature conservation and climate change. He earlier served at the United Nations...
Speaker Nikolay LARIONOV
Nikolay LARIONOV

Conservation Action Project Officer

IUCN Secretariat

Born and raised in the Nort-Western Russia, next to the polar circle where boreal forests turn into arctic desert (tundra) along the shores of the high latitude Barents Sea.  I have graduated...
Speaker Niladri GUPTA
Niladri GUPTA

Regional Coordinator Water and Wetlands Asia

IUCN Secretariat

I work as the Regional Coordinator Water and Wetlands, IUCN-Asia Regional Office. My professional journey includes design and implementation of climate resilient water resources project in South Asia...
Speaker Nina ATTIAS
Nina ATTIAS

Project mmanager

Wildlife Conservation Network

Nina is a Program Manager at the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), where she leads the Rising Wildlife Leaders Amazonia Program. She is passionate about animal conservation, with a special...
Speaker Nirmala SÉON-MASSIN
Nirmala SÉON-MASSIN

Director of Expertise

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Speaker Nishanie JAYAMAHA
Nishanie JAYAMAHA

Co-Coordinator, Secretariat

Secretariat, Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations

Nishanie has over 20 years of experience working in the United Nations, International Organisations, Government institutions, NGO, and private sectors in a variety of roles with expertise...
Speaker Nishant JAIN
Nishant JAIN

Senior Program Officer

IUCN Secretariat

Nishant Jain is conservation professional with over 12 years of work experience. He currently serves as a Senior Programme Officer at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in New...
Speaker Nisreen ELSAIM
Nisreen ELSAIM

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Youth Alliance for Local Adaptation and Peace (YALAP)

Nisreen Elsaim is an accomplished environmental and climate activist with a Bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. She furthered her academic pursuits by obtaining a...
Speaker Nizar HANI
Nizar HANI

Minister of Agriculture

Lebanon National Committee of IUCN Members

Dr. Nizar Hani has been serving as Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Lebanon since February 8, 2025. He brings extensive experience in the fields of environmental protection, protected areas...
Speaker Noel OETTLE
Noel OETTLE

Network Coordinator

Indigo development & change

Noel Oettlé holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Development from the University of London. He worked as an organic farmer before serving for 8 years as the founding Director of the Farmer...
Speaker Noelle KUMPEL
Noelle KUMPEL

Senior Policy Advisor

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Noëlle has over 25 years’ experience in conservation research, project/programme management and policy, including five years in the field in Africa and Asia and doctoral/postdoctoral research on the...
Speaker Nomindari ENKHTUR
Nomindari ENKHTUR

Mongolian Nature's Legacy Foundation

Ms. Nomindari Enkhtur currently serves as CEO of the Mongolian Nature’s Legacy Foundation (MNLF), an environmental trust fund established in 2024 with the mission to provide...
Speaker Noor BADER
Noor BADER

Student

Ecoherence New York University Abu Dhabi

Nour Bader is a biology undergraduate at New York University Abu Dhabi, specializing in Brain and Cognitive Sciences with minors in Psychology and Anthropology. Passionate about neuroscience and...
Speaker Norbert BAERLOCHER
Norbert BAERLOCHER

Head International Climate and Biodiversity Policy

Office fédéral de l'environnement

Speaker Noura ALMANSOORI
Noura ALMANSOORI

Research Assistant (Conservation Genetics)

Reneco International Wildlife Consultants LLC

Noura Almansoori is a conservation genetics researcher from the UAE who applies DNA-based barcoding and metabarcoding methods to study arthropods, birds, and pathogens. Her research spans population...
Speaker Nugkui Teresa NONINGO MAURICIO
Nugkui Teresa NONINGO MAURICIO

Apoyo técnico externo

Wampis indigenous peoples

Nugkui is a biologist and member of the Wampís indigenous community, with experience in scientific research, socio-environmental project management, and intercultural environmental education. From a...
Speaker Nujoud ALHAMMADI
Nujoud ALHAMMADI

Head of Environmental Awareness Section

Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority

Nujoud Alhammadi is the Head of the Environmental Awareness Section at the Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority (DECCA). With a background in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s degree in...
Speaker NUKLU PHOM
NUKLU PHOM

TEAM LEADER

LEMSACHENLOK

Nuklu Phom is a Social worker from the state of Nagaland, India, engaged in biodiversity conservation. Presently engaged in: Conservation & Preservation of Biodiversity Creating an Improved...