All Speakers

Emmanuelle COHEN-SHACHAM

IUCN CEM Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group Lead

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management

Emmanuelle is an independent consultant, researcher, project and group lead, working in fields related to Nature-based Solutions (NbS), environmental sciences and policy. She has 23 years of...

Lea más

Abil Castañeda

Executive Director

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

Mr. Abil Castañeda is the Executive Director at the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT), Belize’s national conservation trust. He is responsible for steering the Trust’s strategic direction,...

Lea más

Jenny RAMAROLALA

Communication and Advocacy Officer

FAPBM

Lea más

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...

Lea más

Tanja HAVEMANN

Co-founder & Director

Clarmondial

Tanja has over 20 years of experience in environmental finance. She has led mandates with companies, private and public investors, governments, NGOs and foundations on investments, research, strategy...

Lea más

Dorothe Nett

Planning Officer Biodiversity

GIZ

Biologist (PhD) with over 25 years of professional experience in international development cooperation, currently serving as Planning Officer for Biodiversity at GIZ in Germany. Extensive expertise...

Lea más

Jessica Judith GREFA HUATATOCA

Piatua Resiste

I am an indigenous Kichwa woman from the town of Santa Clara, Ecuador. I trained as a biologist at the Amazonian State University and currently hold a master's degree in Political Ecology and...

Lea más

Cathy Yitong LI

Climate Crisis Commission Deputy Chair | Global Climate & Energy Policy Lead

Climate Crisis Commission | BirdLife International

Cathy Yitong Li is the Deputy Chair of IUCN's Climate Crisis Commission. Cathy has been focusing on international climate and environmental policy, multistakeholder collaboration and civil society...

Lea más

John TOBIN-DE LA PUENTE

Professor of Practice

Cornell University

Dr. Tobin is an ecologist and attorney with over two decades of private sector experience, having worked in the international finance industry for much of his career. Following a decade of corporate...

Lea más

Cara NELSON

Professor

University of Montana

Cara is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at University of Montana’s Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Her research program generates knowledge...

Lea más

Anna ACKERMANN

Policy analyst, Green reconstruction of Ukraine

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Anna Ackermann is a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) working on green reconstruction of Ukraine. With a background in energy, environmental and climate...

Lea más

Guido BERGUIDO

Executive Director

ADOPTA BOSQUE

Guido C. Berguido is originally from Panama City. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Panama, followed by a Master's degree in Tourism Administration...

Lea más

Jacqueline NILES ARGUELLO

Intern

Families In Nature

Jacqueline Niles Arguello (Jaxie) is an International Studies, Communication, & Spanish triple major at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Jaxie has a passion for environmental...

Lea más

Albert TAXONERA AMOROS

Executive Director

Project Biodiversity

Founder and Director of the Cabo Verdean Associação Projeto Biodiversidade. While volunteering for a marine turtle conservation project, I recognised the threats faced by marine turtles and their...

Lea más

Jean-Charles DJELALIAN

Chief Sustainability Officer

Solvay

Engineer by education, I started my career in the administration. The United Nations had just launched the Global Compact and I had to engage French industries on Sustainability. Later on, I joined...

Lea más

EDWIN ARRIGUI TORRES

Biólogo - Coordinador de conservación

Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre

Originally from El Pital, Huila, he has dedicated his academic and professional life to building bridges between continents—America, Europe, Africa, and Asia—in the constant pursuit of knowledge and...

Lea más

Stefano BURCHI

Chair Emeritus

International Assocation for Water Law (AIDA)

Stefano Burchi is an expert in comparative and international freshwater law. He holds law degrees from La Sapienza University of Rome and from Harvard Law School, and a M.Sc. from the University of...

Lea más

Helen CROWLEY

Global Advisor

Nature Positive Landscapes Initiative

Lea más

Jan Steffen

Regional Programme Director

GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

Jan Steffen studied marine science in Kiel and received his PhD in 1998 at the Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology in Bremen, Germany.Following field research on coral reef resource management in...

Lea más

Francesca BENZONI

Associate Professor

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Professor of Marine Science Francesca Benzoni explores the diversity, evolution, and ecology of corals and coral-dominated ecosystems across the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a particular focus...

Lea más

Manal AWAD

Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment of Egypt

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Dr. Manal Awad is the Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment of Egypt. She previously served as Governor of Damietta (2018–2024) and Deputy Governor of Giza for Community...

Lea más

Jordan STEWARD

Sr. Communications Manager

Ai2

Jordan Steward is a Senior Communications Lead, Conservation, at Ai2 (the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence). He oversees communications for EarthRanger, a platform supporting more than 800...

Lea más

Soledad Rocio GARCIA SOLCA

Lea más

Stéphanie LIMOUZIN

Graduated from Montpellier SupAgro and holding an MBA from Toulouse Business School, Stéphanie Limouzin joined CLS in 2009 as Project Coordination Manager in Oceanography. She became Deputy CEO in...

Lea más

Martin KELLER BOCK

Presidente Junta Directiva y Representante Legal

Asociación de Reservas Naturales Privadas de Guatemala

President of the Association of Private Natural Reserves of Guatemala -ARNPG- since 2010. Experience in environmental issues and administration since 1995. Owner and Manager Cafeco, Administrator...

Lea más

Yoko Watanabe

Director (Environment)

Asian Development Bank

Yoko Watanabe is the Director of Environment at the Asian Development Bank. She heads the environment and nature initiatives, including biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management, nature-...

Lea más

Young-been KIM

Assistant Manager

Korea Forest Service

I hold both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Biology from Kyoungpook National University. Currently, I am engaged in international cooperation projects at the Baekdudaegan Global Seed Vault,...

Lea más

James HARDCASTLE

Director, Protected and Conserved Areas

IUCN

James Hardcastle leads IUCN’s Protected and Conserved Areas work. James helped develop the IUCN Green List, the flagship sustainability standard for fair and effective area-based conservation.James...

Lea más