All Speakers
Tanya BIRCH
Senior Program Manager
Tanya Birch is a Senior Program Manager at Google in Geo, which powers the most helpful, trusted, and innovative digital representation of the real world for the user ecosystems we serve … to empower...
Tara SHYAM
Director
Regen10
Tara Shyam leads Regen10, an international, multistakeholder initiative committed to advancing a global food system that inclusively supports healthier people, nature, and climate. Tara is a...
Taras BAINS
Junior Professional- World Heritage
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Taras is a young conservation professional with experience across natural world heritage, conservation communications, environmental education and protected areas/community-based conservation. He...
Tariq ABU TALEB
Wadi for Sustainable Ecosystems Development (Wadi)
Tariq Abu Taleb – Executive Director, Wadi for Sustainable Ecosystems Development (Wadi)Tariq Abu Taleb is the Executive Director of Wadi for Sustainable Ecosystems Development (Wadi), bringing over...
Tariq AL-OLAIMY
G20 Global Land Initiative / UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Tariq Al-Olaimy is Managing Director of 3BL Associates, a people + planet systems transformation consultancy. Through 3BL Tariq co-leads initiatives including Public-Planet Partnerships, Diversity on...
Tatiana ANTONELLI
Tatiana IVANOVA
Project Officer
IUCN Secretariat
Currently working as Conservation Action Project Officer in the Conservation Action Team of IUCN ECARO focusing on projects in Central Asia. Prior to joining IUCN, I have been managing national,...
Tatiana LOBATO DE MAGALHAES
Research Professor
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Research Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ), QRO, Mexico, and certified as a Professional Wetland Scientist by PCPSWS. She has been honoured with the José Mariano Mociño Medal...
Tatyana FEINER
Land and Freshwater Program Coordinator
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Tatyana Feiner is the National Coordinator for the Land and Freshwater Program at the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. As a young professional, she brings over three years of experience in...
Tazarf SHAMIROVA
Conservation Officer
Tajikistan Nature Foundation
I am Tazarf Shamirova, a dedicated conservation practitioner with a background in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Since 2023, I have been actively involved in wildlife conservation and sustainable...
Ted SCHMITT
Senior Director, OlmoEarth Partnerships
Allen Institute for AI
Ted Schmitt is the Senior Director of Conservation at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). He leads partner engagement for the OlmoEarth program, an open-source AI platform that...
Tekau FRERE
Tekau Frere, a French Polynesian consultant, serves as the coordinator of the Marine Protected Areas working group of the High Seas Alliance, a network of over 70 international non governmental...
Teppei DOHKE
Chair
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Born in Tokyo in 1980, Teppei DOHKE holds a Master’s degree in Humanities (Philosophy) from Chiba University. Since 2004, he has been with the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J), serving...
Terence HAY-EDIE
Programme Manager, UNDP/GEF SGP Global ICCA Support Initiative
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Email: terence.hay-edie@undp.orgTerence Hay-Edie is an international sustainable development professional with over 20 years of progressively senior management experience in the following fields...
Tessa HEMPSON
Chief Scientist
SYLVIA EARLE ALLIANCE (DBA MISSION BLUE)
Dr Tessa Hempson is Chief Scientist at Mission Blue, where she leads global science strategy to advance Dr Sylvia Earle’s vision of protecting the ocean through the Hope Spot network. A marine...
Tessa WORGAN
Senior Producer
BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Tessa is a Senior Producer in BBC Studio’s Natural History Unit development team. She has developed several landmark natural history and conservation series including Blue Planet III, Hidden Planet,...
Thabang TEFFO
Nature-Based Economy Lead
Southern African Wildlife College
Thanatat ANIWAT
Sustainability Manager
TCP Group
Thanatat Aniwat is a sustainability and social impact professional with over a decade of experience leading high-impact programs across the corporate and non-profit sectors. As Sustainability Manager...
Thanh Phong NGUYEN
Mekong Delta Programme Manager
IUCN Vietnam
Phong is an environmental and agricultural professional (D.Sc.) with 15 years of research experience. He earned his PhD from the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the...
Thani MOHAMED-SOILIHI
Ministre délégué
France
Married and father of three children, Thani Mohamed-Soilihi was born on June 20, 1972 in Sada, Mayotte. A graduate of the École du Centre Ouest des Avocats de Poitiers, he has been practicing as a...
Théophile ZOGNOU
Executive Directoe
Fondation pour le Tri-National de la Sangha
Dr. Théophile ZOGNOU is the CEO of the Sangha Tri-National Trust Fund (FTNS) and President of CAFÉ (Consortium of African Funds for the Environment). He manages the FTNS, which holds a capital of...
Theresa SOWRY
Chief Executive Officer
Southern African Wildlife College
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...
Thiago BERALDO SOUZA
Chair
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Dr. Thiago Beraldo Souza is the Chair of the IUCN/WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group). Thiago has a PhD in Ecology from the University of Florida where he studied...
Thierry LEFEBVRE
Green List Programme Manager
IUCN Secretariat
Thierry Lefebvre is a biodiversity policy and protected areas governance expert with 20+ years of international experience. With advanced degrees in sustainable development and anthropology, and a...
thijs BIERSTEKER
Woven Foundation
As an ecological artist who works together with leading scientists, Thijs Biersteker creates data-driven artworks that transform complex environmental research into immersive installations and...
Thiri Dawei AUNG
Executive Director
Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association (BANCA)
Dr. Thiri Da Wei Aung serves as Executive Director. She received Ph.D (Ornithology) from University of Yangon in 2012. A large part of her work is to provide leadership to BANCA (internally and...
Thomas ANDERSSON
IKED
President of the International Organisation of Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Devcelopment (IKED) Previously: Vice-Chancellor of Jönköping University, Sweden Deputy Director of Science Technology...
Thomas BROOKS
Chief Scientist
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Thomas Brooks serves as IUCN Chief Scientist. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Geography from the University of Cambridge (1993) and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of...