All Speakers

Hanneline SMIT-ROBINSON

BirdLife South Africa

Dr Hanneline Smit-Robinson serves as the Head of Conservation at BirdLife South Africa, where she oversees the organisation’s diverse Conservation Division. Hanneline holds a PhD in…

Kelvin Geovanni Criollo Merino

Youth Representative

Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance

Kelvin Geovanni Criollo Merino is a 25-year-old Indigenous leader from the Siona nationality of Ecuador. He is currently pursuing two bachelor’s degrees, in Law and Business Administration. As an…

Naira DEHMEL

Researcher

International Institute for Environment and Development

Naira is part of IIED’s Natural Resources research group where she works on environmental justice and rights-based approaches to biodiversity conservation and natural resource governance.

Peter MANYARA

Regional Ocean Partnerships Manager, IUCN ESARO COR Programme

IUCN Secretariat

Peter Manyara previously worked with UNEP’s global initiative on marine litter since its infancy to its evolution into the current Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML), where he supported…

Edgar PéREZ

Biólogo. Master Internacional en Desarrollo Rural-Local

Munucipalidad de Antigua Guatemala

Edgar Selvin Pérez, a biologist from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala, has developed all his work experience in the fields of conservation biology, sustainable rural development, value…

AIITA JOSHUA APAMAKU

Conservation Associate

WILD Foundation

Aiita is a Wildlife Biologist and National Geographic Explorer from Uganda, passionate about protected areas and how they're managed and governed. He holds an MSc. in Biodiversity, Conservation…

Katelyn MACKENZIE

Head of Impact

Jamma Conservation & Communities

Katie is South African, and has lived in Venezuela, Chile, Australia, and the UK. She has worked alongside NGOs and businesses aiming to incorporate different stakeholders within the field of…

Sean DICK

Senior Conservation Education Manager

Chester Zoo

Sean has a background in Zoology and Animal Behaviour and 15 years experience across a variety of roles and zoo education disciplines, both formal and informal. He, and his team, create engaging…

Clémence BOURLET

BIODEV2030 Project Manager

EXPERTISE FRANCE

Clémence Bourlet is an environmental expert with more than a decade of experience in biodiversity conservation, environmental policy, and project management. She currently leads the BIODEV2030…

Nomindari ENKHTUR

CEO

Mongolian Nature's Legacy Foundation

Ms. Nomindari Enkhtur currently serves as CEO of the Mongolian Nature’s Legacy Foundation (MNLF), an environmental trust fund established in 2024 with the mission to provide…

Michail KAPETANAKIS

Policy Advisor, Sustainable Infrastructure

IISD

Michail Kapetanakis is a Policy Advisor in Sustainable Infrastructure at IISD. He has over 6 years of cross-sectoral experience in sustainability consulting and economic analysis for transport, urban…

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…

Sophie LE CLUE

CEO

ADM Capital Foundation

Sophie is the CEO of ADMCF, overseeing work spanning environmental conservation, sustainable finance and impact investing since she joined the Foundation in 2007 as the environmental Programme…

María Teresa VARGAS RÍOS

Fundación Natura Bolivia

Maria Teresa Vargas is a force of nature — a journalist by training, a conservationist by passion, and a strategist by necessity. Based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, she stands at the intersection of…

Alex TOTH

Founder

MycoNest

Alex Tóth (Hungary) is passionate about restoring ecosystems through bio-based, circular, and regenerative design. With a background in EU environmental policy and circular economy, he works at the…

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…

Priyanshu KAMBLE

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

I’m a 21-year-old wildlife conservationist. I began at 16 as a wildlife rescuer in Mumbai, responding to urban human–wildlife conflict and safely rescuing and relocating more than 2,000 snakes. To…

Shams Alnahar RAJOUB

Anouska KINAHAN

Coordinator Global Partnership on Ecological Connectivity

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

Anouska is the coordinator for the Global Partnership on Ecological Connectivity, which was launched at COP 14 of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). …

Taewoo YI

National Institute of Ecology

Kyung Sik WOO

Chair, IUCN WCPA Geohritage Specialist Group

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

BERTA MEDRANO

Arquitecta ecológa

Asociación GAIA El Salvador

Founder and Director of the Gaia Association of El Salvador, an architect with a postgraduate degree in landscape analysis and territorial planning, specializing in executive and managerial…

Safira Warili Hawari DJOHANI

Executive Director

Coral Triangle Center (CTC)

Safira Warili Hawari Djohani or Rili Djohani (short name) has over 30 years of experience in marine protected and conserved areas, and sustainable fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region. She co-…

Richard JENKINS

Head, Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team

IUCN Secretariat

Richard is the Head, of IUCN's Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team and is based in Cambridge, UK. Before joining IUCN, He lived in Madagascar where his work concentrated on species…

Andrew MALHERBE

Stéphanie BOUZIGES-ESCHMANN

Secrétaire générale

AFD/FFEM

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann is the Secretary General of the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), since September 2018. She is also Alternate member representing France to the Council…

Silvia VIMERCATI

Coral Reef Conservation Specialist

SHAMS

Dr. Silvia Vimercati is a marine biologist working with the General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS), where she leads projects on coral reef…

JUN LIU

Senior Expert of the Department

China National Petroleum Corporation