All Speakers

Nunia THOMAS

Director

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Nunia Thomas-Moko is a passionate advocate for the conservation of Fiji’s natural heritage and environmental sustainability. In 2007 Nunia joined the newly formed NatureFiji-MareqetiViti - Fiji’s…

Olga Tzec

Matthew COLLIS

Senior Director, Policy

IFAW

Matt Collis is IFAW’s Senior Director for Policy. Matt has been with IFAW for 20 years in a number of different roles, first joining IFAW’s London office to lead IFAW’s engagement with the UK…

Camille LAU

Young Professional, Protected and Conserved Areas Team

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Sebastian WINKLER

Director General

CIC-International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation

Sebastian Winkler is a Mexican-French-German-Swiss national who grew up and worked on 3 continents while being resident in more than 20 countries. Currently he is Senior International Policy Advisor…

Alexandra ALVES

Senior Researcher

Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center

Dr. Alexandra Alves is a marine biologist and research scientist specializing in aquaculture, comparative endocrinology, and physiology. With over ten years of experience in animal research and…

Erin BILLMAN

Executive Director

Science Based Targets Network

Erin Billman is the Executive Director of the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), part of the Global Commons Alliance. She has over 20 years of experience in the private and non-profit sectors. She…

Angela Andrade

Chair IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management

IUCN

Commission Chair. Anthropologist specialized in Human Geography and Land Evaluation, with an MSc in Land Ecology from ITC – University of Twente, the Netherlands. She brings more than 30 years…

Todd Miller

Director of Conservation Programs

The Nature Conservancy

As the Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia, Todd oversees the land protection, stewardship, forest carbon, ecosystem restoration and conservation planning…

Nasrin SULEIMAN

Business Development & Campaign Senior Manager

GOUMBOOK FZCO

Nasrin Suleiman is an environmental sustainability professional with over a decade of experience driving initiatives in biodiversity conservation, climate action, and nature-based solutions. At…

Tessa WORGAN

Senior Producer

BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Tessa is a Senior Producer in BBC Studio’s Natural History Unit development team. She has developed several landmark natural history and conservation series including Blue Planet III, Hidden Planet,…

Rachel BOERE

Finance Director

Youth4Nature

Rachel Boere (she/her) is a settler based in Canada who leads at the intersection of climate, nature/biodiversity, and social justice. With over a decade of experience spanning communications,…

Yose CORMIER

IUCN #NatureForAll Coordinator

Parks Canada

I work for Parks Canada and as our commitment to international conservation and the IUCN , I manage the day-to-day operations of the IUCN #NatureForAll initiative, focusing on partner engagement and…

Shaimaa ZAGHLOUL

General Manger-Nature Conservation Sector

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Dr. Shaimaa is a nationally recognized specialist in the management of Protected areas and a biodiversity conservationist , and has been employed in the nature conservation sector for seventeen…

Peregrine WOLFF

PRAB member, WSF / Executive Manager, WDA

Wildlife Disease Association

Peregrine is the Executive Manager of the Wildlife Disease Association. A graduate from Cornell University, she has devoted her 40-year veterinary career to working in wildlife health, with…

Arthur Tuda

Executive Director

Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association

Aileen MILL

Professor

Newcastle University

Aileen Mill, Professor of Modelling, Evidence and Policy at Newcastle University is a policy lead for the Invasive Species Specialist Group in the Species Survival Commission. She collaborates with…

Stéphan PLISSON-SAUNE

Head of Environment Department

TotalEnergies SE

Stéphan Plisson-Sauné joined the TotalEnergies Company in 1996. He has been working in the Environmental domain since that date. He is currently the head of the Corporate Environment Department. He…

Chris SANDBROOK

Professor of Conservation and Society

University of Cambridge

I am a conservation social scientist with a range of research interests around the central theme of biodiversity conservation and its relationship with society. My current research investigates (i)…

Jo Ann Guillao

Coordinator

IPRI

Jo Ann L. Guillao is a dedicated Indigenous researcher and IP advocate with extensive experience in working with indigenous communities defending their rights, intercultural education and governance…

Pascal AHOUANVOEGBE

PhD Candidate/ Tokyo City University; IUCN CEM Young Professional Focal Point fo

IUCN

For over seven years, Pascal has been on the front lines of conservation, leading complex initiatives that protect biodiversity and promote sustainable future. A skilled strategist and partnership…

Zhigang ZHAO

•Project Director of TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Program Office, Huawei•Responsible for Huawei‘s global digital inclusion nature conservation projects, cooperation with IGO、NGO organizations and…

Sahil NIJHAWAN

Research Fellow

ZSL/Nature Conservation Foundation/ICCA

Dr Sahil Nijhawan is an interdisciplinary conservation anthropologist who has worked on human-wildlife relations across Latin America, Southern Africa and India. For the past decade, he has lived and…

Adam Farhan

José Aldana

Ingeniero AgroForestal

CRG - AgroProgreso

I have developed experience in sustainable forest management and legal forest governance, complemented by work in economic activation, forest cover expansion, and the administration of coffee and…

Mirja STOLDT

Junior Professional Officer in Programme Management

UNCCD

Mirja Stoldt is a Junior Professional Officer in Programme Management with the Global Policy, Advocacy, and Regional Cooperation (GPARC) unit at the United Nations Convention to Combat…

Nadine BITAR

Vice President Middle East

International Federation of Landscape Architects

Nadine Bitar Chahine, managing partner of Baladiya Catalyst and secretary general of IFLA Middle East , MENA native woman leader that was involved in the planning process of more than 45…

Paloma CARRILLO

Directora Ejecutiva

FUNDACION PROAVES DE COLOMBIA

I am a Certified Public Accountant with a specialization in Managerial Accounting and over 17 years of experience at ProAves, an organization dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity in Colombia…