All Speakers
Clemens KüPPER
Programme Officer
IUCN Secretariat
Clemens Küpper is Evaluations and Operations Officer for World Heritage at IUCN and the IUCN World Heritage Panel’s Executive Officer. He is responsible for coordinating the technical evaluation of…
Seunghye OH
program officer
Korea National Park Service
I majored in sociology and environmental engineering. I am in charge of international cooperation at the Korea National Park Service.
Mingwen DENG
Mingwen DENG
Erin McCreless
Director, Science and Monitoring
Rainforest Trust
Dr. Erin McCreless is a conservation scientist with 20 years of experience working on the biological and socioeconomic aspects of biodiversity conservation. At Rainforest Trust she leads the Science…
Bethany KRAFT
Sr. Director, Coastal and Marine Resilience
National Audubon Society
Bethany Carl Kraft serves as The National Audubon Society's Senior Director of Coastal and Marine Resilience. In this role, Bethany directs coastal and marine conservation programs, setting…
Luciano RéGIS CARDOSO
PhD Candidate
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Luciano is a biologist and a geographer with a Master’s degree in Protected Areas and a postgraduate specialization in Theatre of the Oppressed Studies: Political-Pedagogical Practices. As a…
Ahmad ALANAZI
General Manager, National Greening Program
National Center for Vegetation Cover
Professional Leader Holding MBA, with practical experience in environment, waste management, recycling, logistics, healthcare, and heavy metals. Strongly skilled in strategy planning, strategy…
AMELIA ARREGUIN PRADO
Coordinator / Project officer
CBD Women's Caucus & Forest Peoples Programme
Amelia Arreguín Prado is the Regional Vice Chair for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean at IUCN CEESP. A specialist in gender justice, human rights, and environment, she has extensive…
Axel BENEMANN
Policy Officer
BMUKN
Mr. Axel Benemann is Deputy Head of Division for International Environment Finance at the Federal Ministry for the Environment Climate Action, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear SafetyHe has…
Ryan PAIK
CEO
HaejooX
Ryan Paik, CEO of HaejooX LLC, is a global leader in ocean reef innovation and marine biodiversity. For over a decade in the region, he has overseen Oman’s sustainable artificial reef program, and he…
Chongjun ZHONG
Chongjun ZHONG
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
VAN MANH LAI
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics
ISPAE
Dr. Lai Van Manh is the Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and and Environment (ISPAE).He has several research…
Marian Helen DA SILVA GOMES RODRIGUES
Chefe de Unidade de Conservação
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade - ICMBio
Marian Helen da Silva Gomes Rodrigues holds a PhD in Quaternary, Materials and Cultures and a Master’s degree in Prehistoric Archaeology and Rock Art from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto…
Laxmi AGGARWAL
Conservation Officer
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Influenced by her upbringing near the Serengeti National Park, Laxmi Aggarwal has completed her PhD. researching illegal ivory markets in Tanzania, with a determination to inform policy dialogue and…
André Hoffmann
Vice-Chairman
Roche
André Hoffmann is a businessman, environmentalist, and a passionate advocate for business as a force for good. André is Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG, the family business and co-chair of the…
Alexis KOVACH
Technical Lead
Conservation International
Thomas PIENKOWSKI
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Dr Thomas Pienkowski is a Research Fellow at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology and a member of the E3 Sharing Space for Nature initiative.His overarching aim is to produce research…
Aubrey TEFFER
I am Aubrey Teffer, a senior at Westwood Highschool in Austin Texas. The last few years of my life have been partially dedicated to a project regarding the marine health of Tela Bay in Honduras. My…
VANIA RAMIREZ
Local leader
Cooperatv
Vania is third generation inhabitant of cooperativa La Técnica, one of the cooperatives created in the 1970s along the Usumacinta River, on the border with Mexico. Her grandparents and parents…
Carlos del Ángel ESTRADA MARCOS
Ciencias de la Tierra
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025
Regional Vice President Mesoamerica of the Education and Communication Commission (CEC) I am a graduate of the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas with a degree in Earth Sciences, I…
Nathan CARDINAL
Director, Indigenous Policy
Parks Canada
Nathan Cardinal is a member of the Métis Nation and comes from a line of trappers who stewarded their lands in northern Alberta, Canada. He is the director of Indigenous Policy for Parks Canada,…
Maria HERNANDEZ
Willem FERWERDA
Founder
Commonland
Willem Ferwerda studied biology, tropical ecology and agriculture at the University of Amsterdam and Universidad Nacional Colombia. In Colombia he lived and worked with poor farmers on the…
Sebastian SCHMIDT ROACH
CEO
Ocean Revive
Sebastian Schmidt-Roach began his coral reef research in 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago, later innovating coral recruitment methods in Indonesia. He earned his PhD on coral reproductive ecology at the…
Nina ATTIAS
Project mmanager
Wildlife Conservation Network
Nina is a Program Manager at the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), where she leads the Rising Wildlife Leaders Amazonia Program. She is passionate about animal conservation, with a special…
Pierre CARRET
Grant Director
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Pierre Carret is an agronomist and expert in biodiversity conservation. For the last twenty years he has worked on nature conservation programs with several international organizations. His career…
Arthur BISPO
Professor
Goias Federal University (UFG)
I am biologist who seeks to become involved in actions that promote nature conservation throughout his career. Specializing in ornithology and landscape ecology, he has developed research that seeks…
Shauna REES
Plant Restoration Ecologist Lead
Royal Commission for AlUla