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Speaker Ming ZENG
Ming ZENG

Project Manager, TECH4ALL programme office

Huawei Technologies

As project manager of Huawei TECH4LL programme office, She’s responsible for the partnership development and project management in TECH4ALL’s environment domain since 2020. Before joining Huawei, She...
Speaker It SAV
It SAV

Head of the O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA)

O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA)

Mr. Sav It is the Head of the O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA) Committee in Virachey National Park (VNP), in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. He has more than 15 years of experience in community-...
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 James HARDCASTLE
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...
Speaker Prisca MUGABE
Prisca MUGABE

Associate Professor

PREZODE

Name:  Prisca Hazvinei MUGABEPosition:  Associate ProfessorInstitution: University of Zimbabwe , ZimbabweEducationDPhil:  1996,  Rangeland Ecology and Management,  Texas...
Speaker Malgorzata BONNAVEIRA
Malgorzata BONNAVEIRA

Senior Global Communications Manager

IUCN

Goska Bonnaveira manages press relations and content at IUCN. She has over 15 years' experience in communications, with a background in environmental journalism. She holds Masters degrees in...
Speaker Cheryl CHARLES
Cheryl CHARLES

President and CEO Emeritus

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025

#NatureForAll Co-Chair Cheryl Charles is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, author and organizational executive. Throughout her career, Cheryl has focused on the well-being of children, families...
Speaker Malgorzata BONNAVEIRA
Malgorzata BONNAVEIRA

Senior Global Communications Manager

IUCN

Goska Bonnaveira manages press relations and content at IUCN. She has over 15 years' experience in communications, with a background in environmental journalism. She holds Masters degrees in...
Speaker Jordan JOLY
Jordan JOLY

Program Manager

Families in Nature

As Program Manager for Families in Nature (FIN), Jo Joly brings her background in ecology, conservation psychology, and anthrozoology to create inclusive, immersive programs that connect people of...
Speaker Max Andonirina Noëli FONTAINE
Max Andonirina Noëli FONTAINE

Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Max Andonirina Fontaine, 29, is Madagascar’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development. Before his appointment, he founded Bôndy, a social enterprise dedicated to reforestation and...
Chongjun ZHONG
Chongjun ZHONG

Ministry of Natural Resources of China

Speaker Alvin Lopez
Alvin Lopez

Principal Operations Coordination Specialist (Environment)

Asian Development Bank

Alvin Lopez currently serves as the Principal Operations Coordination Specialist (Environment) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He...
Speaker Jonathan Magnus LEDGARD
Jonathan Magnus LEDGARD

CEO and co-founder

Tehanu-Interspecies Money

Jonathan Ledgard leads Interspecies Money, a concept he invented to enable nonhuman life to participate in the market economy. A longtime foreign and war correspondent for The Economist and a...
Speaker Kristin SMITHERS
Kristin SMITHERS

Advocacy and Development Officer

Wilderness Foundation Africa

Kristin Smithers is the Advocacy and Development Officer at Wilderness Foundation Africa, specialising in strategic advocacy, development, and public affairs. She has extensive experience managing...
ELISA FURLAN
ELISA FURLAN
Speaker Debasmita BORAL ROLLAND
Debasmita BORAL ROLLAND

Regional Portfolio Manager, GEF/GCF

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Mirza KUSRINI
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...
Speaker TORU SASAKI
TORU SASAKI

Global Head, Senior Director, Sustainability

AZBIL CORPORATION

Mr. Sasaki graduated from the Keio University, majoring in International Trade and Country Risk Assessment. He began his career at Fuji Bank (presently known as Mizuho Bank) for a decade where he...
Speaker Jesse HILDEBRAND
Jesse HILDEBRAND

VP Education

Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants

Jesse Hildebrand has pursued science communication for over a decade. He founded Science Literacy Week, a festival uniting libraries, NGOs, and science centers, which became an official government...
Speaker Sébastien MONCORPS
Sébastien MONCORPS

Directeur

IUCN French Commitee

Speaker Razingrim OUEDRAOGO
Razingrim OUEDRAOGO

Senior Programme Coordinator, Economics Team

IUCN

I’m Razingrim Arthur Jean Emmanuel OUEDRAOGO. I’m engaged in nature’s and human’s resilience to global environmental changes. I’m focusing my carrier work on the field of natural resource management...
Speaker Mahboobeh SHIRKHORSHIDI
Mahboobeh SHIRKHORSHIDI

Biodiversity Conservation Officer

IUCN

Mahboobeh Shirkhorshidi is a  conservation scientist with over 15 years of international experience in research, policy, and project management . She is currently a Biodiversity Conservation...
Speaker Torsten THIELE
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...
Speaker Daniele BAISERO
Daniele BAISERO

Data Scientist

KBA Secretariat

Daniele Baisero is a Data Scientist at the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, specialising in systematic spatial approaches and habitat modelling. He developed the “Scoping Tool,” a scalable...
Speaker Santiago RUGERONI
Santiago RUGERONI

Animal Care Supervisor - Birds

Al Ain Zoo

Santiago Rugeroni is the Animal Care Supervisor for the bird collection at Al Ain Zoo, overseeing avian welfare, enrichment, and habitat design. With over 14 years of zoo experience from Buenos Aires...
Speaker Joydeep BOSE
Joydeep BOSE

Regional Coordinator-CA|TS

International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)

Dr. Bose is Regional Coordinator-CA|TS & Associate Director, Wildlife & Habitats Division, WWF-India based at secretariat in New Delhi, India. For WWF-India, he leads the Protection and...
Speaker Mizuki MURAI
Mizuki MURAI

Senior Programme Coordinator World Heritage

IUCN

Mizuki joined IUCN in 2015 and oversees IUCN’s work on World Heritage. She is the deputy head of IUCN’s delegation at World Heritage Committee meetings, and is the contact point on World Heritage...
Speaker Yan ZHANG
Yan ZHANG

Country Coordinator

IUCN Secretariat