All Speakers

Liette VASSEUR

Professor/ UNESCO Chair

Brock University

Deputy Chair - Commission on Ecosystem Management. Dr. Vasseur is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock University. She is a member of the Environmental...

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Anabella PALACIOS

Senior Programme Manager Ocean

IUCN

Anabella is a Senior Programme Manager at IUCN, based in Washington DC, with over a decade of experience managing transformative climate initiatives, with a particular focus on addressing the...

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Thomas VIEGAS

Nature Strategy Lead

Aviva

Thomas Viegas is an experienced professional with deep expertise in environmental economics, finance, and policy making. He has worked for the Bank of England, HM Treasury, the Taskforce...

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Jatna SUPRIATNA

Chairman

Research Center for Climate Change ISER FMIPA UI

Prof. Jatna Supriatna is one of Indonesia’s foremost conservation biologists, with a distinguished academic and professional career spanning decades. He earned his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in...

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Miguel MORAES

Projects Director

re.green

Ecologist, specialist in biodiversity conservation, governance, public policies and sustainability. More than 20 years of experience with institutional partnerships, including 2 years as president of...

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Taís NOGUEIRA FERNANDES

Environmental specialist

Vale S/A

Specialist in strategic environmental management, corporate sustainability, and biodiversity, with 20+ years of experience leading high-impact projects in both industrial and academic sectors. Ph.D....

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Ubayd GULAMADSHOEV

Country Director, Fauna&Flora in Tajikistan

Fauna&Flora

My name is Ubayd Gulamadshoev, and I was born and raised in Tajikistan.In 2008, I received a Master’s degree in Developing Policy and Management from the University of Bradford in the UK. Since then...

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Cleofaz Quintori Soto

Unión Regional de los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía de la Provincia de Atalaya

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Mirza KUSRINI

Lecturer

IPB University/Indonesia Species Specialist Group

As wildlife ecologist, Mirza focuses on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in tropical forest ecosystems. She also doing research on the trade in amphibians and reptiles, and human wildlife...

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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...

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Jill HOCKADAY

Conservation Programs Communication Advisor

Wilder Institute

Jill Hockaday - Conservation Programs Communication AdvisorJill has been with the Wilder Institute since 2008. She communicates the Wilder Institute’s conservation work with external audiences...

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Charlie TOKELEY

Communication Officer

IUCN Secretariat

I hold an MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and since 2013 have conducted research and project implementation for conservation and rights initiatives in the LAC region. These...

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Stéphan PLISSON-SAUNE

Head of Environment Department

TotalEnergies SE

Stéphan Plisson-Sauné joined the TotalEnergies Company in 1996. He has been working in the Environmental domain since that date. He is currently the head of the Corporate Environment Department. He...

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Lewis Cocks COCKS

Aquarium Curator

The National Aquarium

Working with aquatics since the age of 15, i have steadily been involved with aquariums, conservation and fieldwork for 20 years and have spent the last 13 years in the GCC. Currently the Curator of...

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Karsten SACH

Dr. Karsten SachKarsten worked for the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety for more than three decades. From 2016 to 2022, he was Director General of...

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Hugh DOULTON

Co-Director

Dahari

Hugh Doulton is Co-Director at Dahari. He has lived on the island of Anjouan for the past 18 years, playing a key role in Dahari’s creation and strategic development. Hugh was a Kinship...

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Serah PYAWA

GEF Fonseca Fellow

Lincoln University

Serah Pyawa is an Indigenous Papua New Guinean and Research Scholar at Lincoln University, New Zealand, pursuing a master’s in applied science under the GEF Gustavo Fonseca Scholarship 2025. Her...

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Francisco ROBAYO GUERRA

Ecólogo

Fundación EcoMinga

Francisco Javier Robayo Guerra, known as Javier Robayo, is an Ecuadorian conservationist, naturalist, and educator whose work has transformed biodiversity protection in the Tropical Andes. He is...

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Torsten THIELE

Founder

Global Ocean Trust

Torsten Thiele is a sustainable finance and ocean governance expert and the Founder of Global Ocean Trust. He supports policy development and researches innovative Blue Finance approaches, drawing on...

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Bas VERSCHUUREN

Research and Conservation

IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

I do research on conservation and rural development issues in protected areas, World Heritage sites and the wider land and seascape. I link practical conservation experience with applied scientific...

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Yash Veer BHATNAGAR

Country Representative

IUCN Secretariat

Yash Veer Bhatnagar, PhD, is the Country Representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) India office (since November 2022). He brings over three decades of work...

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Liang Jim LIM

Senior Director, International Biodiversity

National Parks Board

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Thabang TEFFO

Nature-Based Economy Lead

Southern African Wildlife College

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Raghida HADDAD

Editor-in-Chief, Al Hima magazine

SPNL - Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Raghida Haddad (coordinator) is Editor-in-Chief of SPNL’s biannual Al Hima Magazine, describing it as “a gift to Arab environmentalists, delivering SPNL’s mission to preserve nature by...

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Eric SCHOUMSKY

HEAD OF NATURAL CAPITAL SOLUTIONS

SOCIETE GENERALE

Eric has over 25 years of experience in asset management and sustainable finance. He currently heads the Natural Capital Solutions team and leads the Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions Shift...

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Sébastien MONCORPS

Directeur

IUCN French Commitee

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Khaled ASFAHANI

CEO of General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The R

General Organization for Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in The Red Sea

Dr. Khaled Asfahani is the CEO of SHAMS – the world’s first national entity dedicated to coral reef and sea turtle conservation. He also serves as Co-Chair of the International Coral Reef Initiative...

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Eliana Garzón

Fundación Natura

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