All Speakers

Speaker Elham CHEHAIMI
Elham CHEHAIMI

Director

CSO Network

Dr. Elham ChehaimiDirector, MENA CSO Network | Director, Posterity Institute | Action Learning Leader, GovCampusSustainability strategist and policy advisor with 15+ years’ experience bridging...
Speaker Andrea CROSTA
Andrea CROSTA

Founder and Executive Director

Earth League International (ELI)

He is the Founder and Executive Director of Earth League International (ELI), a Los Angeles–based NGO specializing in investigating environmental organized crime. For over 15 years, he has been...
Speaker Haseebullah BAKHTARY
Haseebullah BAKHTARY
Haseeb Bakhtary is a lead consultant at Climate Focus with 10 years of experience in policy research at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development. His work seeks to...
Speaker Philip ROCHE
Philip ROCHE

Directeur de Recherche

INRAE

Philip Roche is currently Director of Research in Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services at INRAE. He is also Co-Director of the research programme on Nature-based Solutions (PEPR SoluBiod, France...
Speaker Cecilio SOLíS LIBRADO
Cecilio SOLíS LIBRADO

Presidente

Federación Indígena Empresarial y Comunidades Locales de México. A.C.

Geógrafo  egresado de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Origen: Nahua mexicano de la Sierra Norte de Puebla, servicio social Instituto Nacional para la Educación de los Adultos...
Speaker Hao JIANG
Hao JIANG
Dr. JIANG Hao, Assistant Director General, Chief Technical Expert of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute. He has long been dedicated to environmental protection and international...
Speaker Evan FREUND
Evan FREUND

Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure

WWF

Evan Freund is a senior director for sustainable infrastructure and finance on the WWF-US Forest team. In this role, he manages programming around infrastructure design, finance, and development,...
Speaker Christina VOIGT
Christina VOIGT

Professor

University of Oslo

Commission Chair. Dr. Christina Voigt is a renowned expert in international environmental law and professor at the University of Oslo. She is passionate about legal issues of climate change,...
Speaker Adam SWEIDAN
Adam SWEIDAN

Trustee

Synchronicity Earth

Adam Sweidan is the Chief Investment Officer of Aurum Research Ltd. He has been investing in the alternative investment industry for over 30 years. In 1995 Adam formed a partnership with...
Speaker Sonia PEñA MORENO
Sonia PEñA MORENO

Director, Centre for Policy and Law

IUCN

Sonia is a Colombian and Italian national. She is the Director of IUCN's  Centre for Policy and Law. Graduated from Political Sciences and Modern Languages at the University of Los Andes in...
Speaker Natalie COX
Natalie COX

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025

Natalie Cox is a Program Officer with IUCN, based in Washington D.C. and supporting the Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and the North America Regional Office. She joins IUCN with...
Speaker Sylvia Alicia EARLE
Sylvia Alicia EARLE

Founder and Chair

Mission Blue

Sylvia A. Earle is an oceanographer with expertise in ocean science, technology, exploration, and conservation and a spokesperson for policies that emphasize a harmonious relationship between human...
Buyanaa BYAMBASUREN
Buyanaa BYAMBASUREN
Speaker Yunitha RATNADILLA
Yunitha RATNADILLA

Project Manager

Konservasi Indonesia

Yunitha Ratnadilla is a professional with over a decade of experience driving impact across multinational corporations, start-ups, and development organizations in Indonesia. Trained as an engineer,...
Speaker Kimsreng KONG
Kimsreng KONG

Director

Ministry of Environment

Kong KimsrengMr. Kong Kimsreng is a conservation leader with over 25 years of experience in biodiversity research, protected area management, and natural resources governance in Cambodia and the...
Speaker Shaemma MEBWANA
Shaemma MEBWANA

Marine Biodiversity Specialist

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Shaemma Rashed Mebwana is a passionate Marine Biodiversity Specialist and sustainability advocate, driven by a mission to bridge science, policy, diplomacy, and community action. With over four years...
Speaker Raúl Jiménez Rosenberg
Raúl Jiménez Rosenberg

Secretario Ejecutivo

Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

Speaker Malidadi LANGA
Malidadi LANGA

Chairman

Alliance for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for Conservation in Africa (AICA)

Malidadi Langa holds a Masters degree in Economics and is a career development professional and decentralisation specialist whose career spans over 20 years of pro-poor rural development programming...
Speaker yu liang LIU
yu liang LIU

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

I am a reproductive biologist of giant pandas from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. I have been engaged in research on giant panda breeding for more than 20 years and have made...
Speaker Hipolitus Januar POGO
Hipolitus Januar POGO

Regional Engagement Officer

LTKL

Hipolitus Januar Pogo is a professional dedicated to sustainable development and the empowerment of indigenous communities. A Mathematics graduate, he serves as the Regional Coordinator for...
Speaker Phyllis LEE
Phyllis LEE

Professor

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Evolutionary ecologist, working with wild non-human primates across the globe and with the long-term elephant field study in Amboseli, Kenya. Specific interests in life history evolution,...
Speaker Alex ROGERS
Alex ROGERS

Deputy Director of Strategic Science Programmes and Partnerships

National Oceanography Centre UK

Professor Alex Rogers is a marine ecologist of more than 30 years’ experience who is interested in how biodiversity is distributed in the ocean, especially in the deep sea and on mesophotic tropical...
Speaker Gautier AMOUSSOU
Gautier AMOUSSOU

Coordonnateur National

Benin Ecotourism Concern

Koffi Gautier AMOUSSOU, a Beninese national, is an agronomist with forestry background. Born in 1976, he is specialized in the development and management of natural resources and their valorization...
Speaker Maria Jovita LAMBERT
Maria Jovita LAMBERT

Associate Director of International Affairs and Graduate Admissions; Adjunct Pro

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Maria Jovita Lambert is the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and International Affairs and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Her work...
Speaker Sarah MASTON
Sarah MASTON

Co-Chair, Impact Technology Champions

Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime

Sarah is an award-winning inventor and futurist. She has a unique ability to look at the world differently, to see the interconnectedness and inner workings of people, processes and planet. She...
Speaker Soo Khiang BEY
Soo Khiang BEY

Vice Chairman

RGE Pte Ltd

Speaker John CHEECHOO
John CHEECHOO

Policy Advisor

Inuit Circumpolar Council

Speaker Arild LINDGAARD
Arild LINDGAARD

Head of Geodata and Biodiversity

Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre

Head of biodiversity and geodata at Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Background from Norwegian Environment Agency on International conventions and cooperation, and nature management.