All Speakers

Jorge ALVAREZ-ROMERO

Spatial Planning and Strategy Scientist

The Nature Conservancy

Jorge is the Spatial Planning and Strategy Scientist at The Nature Conservancy’s Global Science team. He applies a diverse suite of spatial planning tools and approaches to advance effective and…

James ALLEN

Executive Director

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

James Allen is director and co-founder of Olab, a Brazilian organization seeking to address climate challenges linked to forests and food systems. Olab has been leading the facilitation of multi…

Jim BRENNAN

National Director, Industry & Government Relations

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Jim is the National Director of Industry & Government Relations for Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and has been with the organization since 2008. He previously served as DUC’s Director…

Brendan MACKEY

Professor and Director, Climate Action Beacon

Griffith University, Queensland Australia

Brendan Mackey is a professor at Griffith University, Queensland Australia and Director of its Climate Action Beacon. He has a PhD in ecology from The Australian National University. He was a…

Eunha CHOI

ranger

korea national park service

Sarah FLYNN

Executive Director

Centre for Global Education

Sarah Flynn is the Director of the Centre for Global Education. She has a BSc & MSc in Molecular Genetics, an MA in Sociology, and is completing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Alberta.…

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…

Thomas VIEGAS

Nature Strategy Lead

Aviva

Thomas Viegas is an experienced professional with deep expertise in environmental economics, finance, and policy making. He has worked for the Bank of England, HM Treasury, the Taskforce…

Lucía PRIETO FUSTES

Mediterranean and Ecosystems Programme Assistant

IUCN Secretariat

Lucía Prieto Fustes works in the Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning Programme at the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, based in Málaga, Spain. As Mediterranean and Ecosystems…

Lessah MANDOLOMA

Human-Centred Conservation Coordinator

IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

I am currently a PhD student at University of Oxford working on developing a framework for integrating Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation in a landscape in Malawi.

Benjamin FITZPATRICK

Marine Ecologist

IUCN CEM

Ben is a Marine Ecologist and Director of Oceanwise Australia. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Leads the Coastal and Marine Specialist…

Helga Katharina Mahler

Project Director

GIZ PANORAMA

Helga Katharina Mahler is a Project Director at GIZ, author, and humanitarian, working transdisciplinarily and transculturally to drive sustainable transformation. She co-coordinates the global…

JIALI ZHANG

Senior Engineer

CREEI

ZHANG Jiali, Deputy Director of Department of New Energy, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute. She is a senior engineer with over ten years of experience in the renewable energy sector. Her…

Alanna SMITH

Director, Te Ipukarea Society - Environmental NGO

Te Ipukarea Society - Environmental NGO

Alanna Matamaru Smith holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Management and a Master's in Conservation Biology. She has been with Te Ipukarea Society, an environmental NGO based in the Cook…

Matrah ALMUTAIRI

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Dr. Matrah Al-Mutairi, a senior scientific researcher and environmental activist from Kuwait. Her experience as a researcher covers the fields of biodiversity, conservation, wildlife, land…

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…

Gloria Amor Paredes

Gloria Amor Paredes is an environmental education and community development specialist with over a decade of experience in forest and water restoration, Indigenous knowledge systems, and climate…

Julian SANTIAGO

IPLC researcher

Instituto Juruá

Julian Monteiro Santiago is a researcher at Instituto Juruá and a Master’s student in Protected Areas Management in the Amazon. His work focuses on participatory governance, biodiversity conservation…

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…

David BOOKLESS

Head of Theology

A Rocha International

Rev Dr Dave Bookless has worked for 25+ years in the field of faith-based wildlife conservation. He co-founded A Rocha UK, has a PhD from the University of Cambridge on the interface of wildlife…

Antoinette VERMILYE

Gallifrey Foundation

Antoinette, co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation and She Changes Climate, tackles the deep connections between ocean health, climate, plastics, gender, and overfishing. She builds coalitions for…

Rodney van der Ree

National Technical Executive, Ecology and Adjunct Assoc Professor

WSP Australia and The University of Melbourne

Dr Rodney van der Ree is a National Technical Executive in Ecology at WSP Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne. He has international recognition for his…

Derek GLIDDON

Director Environmental Science Developement

Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Derek Gliddon is an environmental informatics and research leader with over 30 years of international experience advancing biodiversity conservation, environmental governance, and sustainable…

Tabea Casique Coronado

Coordinadora de Bosques, Clima y Redd+ Indigena

Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana

Tabea Casique Coronado, an Indigenous leader of the Asheninka people, was born into a large family in the Yarina Cocha district of Ucayali, Peru, during a turbulent time in the country. The Peruvian…

Clara Ligia SOLANO GUTIERREZ

DIRECTORA EJECUTIVA

Fundación Natura Colombia

Dr.Sultan ALKAABI

Manger of Veterinary services

Alain zoo

Dr Sultan Alkaabi :a dedicated veterinarian with over 11 years of experience across diverse fields in veterinary medicine. I graduated from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2014 and…

Mariana TRIVIñO SPIN

Student

Center of Global Education

Hello, my name is Mariana Triviño. I'm 15 years old and I am from Colombia. I'm currently in high school at Gimnasio Los Caobos. I'm passionate about nature and ecosystem conservation, and I'm…

Chanthasone PHOMMACHANH

Lao Programs Director

Saola Foundation

I am a biodiversity survey specialist and Lao national with extensive experience in leading field-based biological monitoring teams in the forests of the Annamite range. I am the Laos…