All Speakers

Benjamin JONES

Chief Conservation Officer

Project Seagrass

I am the Chief Conservation Officer at Project Seagrass, an organisation I co-founded in 2013 after seeing need for greater science-based conservation action for seagrass meadows globally. I am ex-…

María Belén MONCAYO

Abogada

IUCN ORMACC

María Belén Moncayo Benalcázar is Ecuadorian and has been living in Central America for seven years. She holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and a master's degree in…

Pakkasem TONGCHAI

Programme Officer, Water and Wetlands

the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Pakkasem Tongchai is a landscape architect and water and wetlands practitioner with over nine years of experience in sustainable landscape design and ecological management. His award-winning 2017…

Genevieve CAMPBELL

Senior Associate

Re:wild

Dr. Genevieve Campbell is a primatologist by training, with extensive knowledge of African biodiversity and conservation issues. She is leading the activities of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group…

Fatima HELALAT

susatinable development commissioner

petra development and tourism authority

Dr. Fatima Ibrahim Ali Al-Hilalat , a Senior Legal and Governance Expert from Petra, Jordan, with 24 years of experience in public administration, arbitration, legislative drafting, and sustainable…

Chloé ORLAND

Ecology Advisor

Action Against Hunger

Dr. Chloé Orland is an ecologist specializing in the impacts of climate and environmental change on biodiversity and vulnerable populations. She is currently the Ecology Advisor at Action Against…

Rantonirina RAKOTOARIDERA

Point Focal CDB Madagascar

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Forestry engineer. Graduated from the Higher School of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. I currently work at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development…

Ibrahim KAHDER

Regional Director, Middle East

Birdlife International

The Regional Director for Middle East Secretariate, BirdLife International. More than thirty years of national, regional and international working experience in the fields of Biodiversity…

Joanne WILSON

Senior Policy Officer

NSW Environmental Protection Authority

Joanne is a highly experienced conservation scientist and manager with a background in marine and coastal ecosystems, protected area management and monitoring and evaluation. Over her 25 year career…

Randa ABOUL-HOSN

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…

Nanette KUICH

Research Scientist

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

EducationStony Brook University - Bachelor of Arts, 1975Major: Earth and Space SciencesNew York State Regents ScholarshipUniversity of Texas, Dallas - Graduate Studies, 1977-80Major: Biogeochemistry…

Ayasha AL ALI

Sergio EGUINO BUSTILLOS

Director Ejecutivo

FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SISTEMA NACIONAL DE AREAS PORTEGIDAS FUNDESNAP - BOLIVIA

Agricultural Engineer with specialised in Agroecology, Protected Areas, Nature Conservation, and financial mechanisms. Master's student in International Cooperation for the Development of Peoples.…

Ljubica TIPSAREVIC

Naoya FURUTA

Coordinator - IUCN Japan Liaison Office

IUCN

Before Nao Furuta was appointed as coordinator of IUCN Japan Liaison Office in July 2015, he has been working on global policy on biodiversity particularly on Convention on Biological Diversity…

Pramod KUMAR SHARMA

Senior Director of Education

Foundation for Environmental Education

Dr Pramod Kumar Sharma is the Senior Director of Education with the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). An Education for Sustainable Development professional with over 27 years of…

Xiaoying Wang

Secretary-General

Ant Forest Foundation

Xiaoying WangDirector of Sustainable Development, Ant Group Secretary-General, Ant Forest Ecological Green Development Foundation EducationMaster of Business Administration, BI Norwegian…

Stewart MAGINNIS

Deputy Director General Programme

IUCN

Stewart Maginnis has worked in sustainable development and biodiversity conservation for over 35 years. He has lived for extensive periods in Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana and Costa Rica, undertaking…

Ana SALCEDA

Filmmaker, Journalist, Impact Producer

BelugaSmile Productions / Big Fish Initiative

For more than two decades, Ana Salceda has worked as a journalist, communication strategist, and Emmy-nominated director/producer of internationally award-winning documentaries. Her work draws on the…

Ella GORDON-LATTY

Ella works at the intersection of markets, data and nature at Toha Network where she is build digital public infrastructure for equitable nature markets. With a background in human centred design and…

Jorge Alberto Oviedo Machuca

Director Ejecutivo

Environmental Investment Fund of El Salvador (FIAES)

Specialist in conservation finance and the development of financial architecture for plans, programs, and projects related to sustainable agriculture and livestock, protected natural areas and…

Naif ALMALIK

Mehdi AJANA

HEAD OF STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS

NABAT

After several years in strategy consulting and technology commercialization, I recently joined Nabat, driven by a mission to build meaningful tools that support the urgent work of protecting and…

Ji-Boo PARK

30X30 Programme Advisor

IUCN

Jiboo Park is a Park ranger in Korea and seconded from the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.…

Masego MADZWAMUSE

Environment Programme Director

Oak Foundation

Masego is the Environment Programme Director at Oak Foundation where she oversees three sub-programmes, namely and respectively the Nature and People - the Regenerative Landscapes and the Marine and…

Kathryn GWIAZDON

Executive Director

Center for Environmental Ethics and Law

Kathryn (Katy) Gwiazdon is a lawyer, author, advisor, and connector who specializes in the role of the state in global governance and the inter-sectionality of ethics and the environment with all…

Shakir ALI

Student

Beijing Forestry University

Shakir Ali is a postgraduate student at Beijing Forestry University, specializing in wildlife tourism and conservation psychology. Hailing from Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, he is deeply…