All Speakers
Karine SIEGWART
Senior Policy Advisor
IUCN
Karine Siegwart, Dr. iur., LLM.Eur., Lecturer at ETH Zürich; Senior Policy Advisor at the Centre for Policy and Law, IUCN, in charge of chemicals, waste and pollution related processes and their…
Simangele MSWELI
Senior Manager, Youth Leadership Program
African Wildlife Foundation
Simangele is a conservationist with an interest and experience in environmental education, community engagement, research and policy development. At AWF, Simangele serves as the Associate Director,…
Najla MOHAMED ALNAQBI
Executive Director
Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities
Dynamic and visionary academic leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education, educational technology, and strategic academic planning. Served as academic leader in several institutional…
AUSTIN SMITH
Branch of Natural Resources Director
Wild Sheep Foundation - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Austin is the General Manager of the Natural Resources Branch at the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. With over 15 years of experience in wildlife biology and natural resource management, he…
Raquel SIGüENZA
Country Representative
IUCN
Raquel Sigüenza is a biologist who graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC) and holds postgraduate studies in Rural Development…
Elisa FACCHINI
Programme Officer
IUCN
Elisa Facchini is a Programme Officer with the Species Conservation Action Team at IUCN Headquarters. She works on the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP), a grant-making…
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…
Olivier LANGRAND
Executive Director, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
For the past ten years, Olivier Langrand has been the executive director of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), a multi-donor fund dedicated to protecting biodiversity hotspots through…
Peeranuch Dulkul KAPPELLE
Forest Technical Officer
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Peeranuch Dulkul Kappelle (Pat) With over 30 years of experience as a technical forest officer within Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Pat has dedicated her career to advancing both…
Elaine HSIAO
Assistant Professor
KSU School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao is an Assistant Professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies with a focus in environmental peacebuilding and international development. She is a critical socio-legal…
Ivana THOMPSON
Programme Officer, BESTLIFE2030
IUCN EU Representative Office
Ivana Thompson is a former marine biology researcher currently serving as a Programme Officer with the IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas under the BESTLIFE2030 programme. In this role, she…
Lite NARTEY
Affiliate Professor of Strategy
INSEAD
Lite Nartey is an Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD (Fontainebleau campus), in France. Leveraging her professional background in international development, her academic research seeks to…
Salem ALZAHMI
College of Engineering Assistant Dean for Research & Graduate Studies
United Arab Emirates University
Dr. Salem Alzahmi is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the United Arab Emirates University, where he has served as a faculty member since July 2015. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical…
Martin Vaillancourt
Directeur général
RNCREQ
Director General of the RNCREQ, a network of 230 sustainable development specialists working across Québec. Mr. Vaillancourt is interested in the sustainable development of territories, both from the…
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…
Oliver TALLOWIN
Wildlife Use and Trade
IUCN
Oliver Tallowin is a senior conservation scientist with over seven years of experience in sustainable wildlife trade, specialising in species-related multilateral environmental agreements such as…
Denis MICHEZ
Professor
University of Mons
Denis Michez holds a degree in engineering from University of Liège (Belgium) and a Ph-D in Biological Sciences from the University of Mons (Belgium). He did a postdoc at Cornell University (USA) in…
Abderrahim Houmy
Directeur Général
Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forêts
Jamie MCCALLUM
CEO
Force For Nature
I started my career with six years in sports sponsorship and marketing communications (Williams F1, Damon Hill and IMG), before running a sustainability consultancy for fifteen years (sample clients…
Evelyn UNDERWOOD
Senior policy analyst
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Evelyn heads IEEP’s Biodiversity and Ecosystems team since June 2021, and has been a policy analyst in the team since 2012. Her areas of expertise include implementation of EU biodiversity policy,…
shubham a AGRAWAL
Executive Head, SDGs
IUCN Climate Crisis Commission 2022-2025
Shubham A Agrawal is a social entrepreneur and co-founder at Auriga Innovative Labs (P) Ltd. 1. He has received a patent under Intellectual Property Rights by Govt. of India for innovating an…
Jonathan WILCKEN
Executive Director
Amphibian Ark
Maher ALGOTHMI
CEO
King Abdullaziz Royal Reserve Authority
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since January 2021 at King Abdul-Aziz Royal Natural Reserve Development Authority, was established in 2018. KARNR aims of preserving and developing nature and wildlife,…
Stefania PETROSILLO
Expert
IUCN WCPA TBCSG
Senior expert in: - Natural Protected Areas - international and cross-border cooperation on protection of nature and culture heritage and sustainable development - community participatory management…
SAIFUDEEN KABEER
Senior Data and Ranking Specialist
United Arab Emirates University
Saifudeen A is a Senior Research Data and Ranking Specialist at the Office of the Associate Provost for Research, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from…
Hind ALKAABI
Student
United Arab Emirates University
Hind Alkaabi is a 4th-year veterinary medicine student who is passionate about the current involvement of veterinarians to succeed in portraying what One Health is all about. The study of veterinary…
Aizhong LIU
Secretary General
Centre for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Aizhong Liu, Professor at Southwest Forestry University in China, Secretary General at Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge. Engaged in researches in plant science and…
Alison ORMSBY
Associate Director of Design, Forest Specialist
Adventure Scientists
Alison Ormsby has a PhD in Environmental Studies and was a professor of Environmental Studies for 20 years. Dr. Ormsby has taught human ecology and policy courses and published about topics that…