All Speakers
Kinley TENZIN
Executive Director
Royal Society for Protection of Nature
Dung Xuan Nguyen
Head of Division of Ecology and Natural Landscape/NBCA/MAE
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
Kundan Kumar BURNWAL
Deputy Project Director
GIZ India
Kundan Burnwal is a Senior Advisor and Deputy Project Director for the Indo-German bilateral cooperation project RECAP4NDC, which aims to restore, conserve, and protect forest and tree…
Laurel MCIVOR
Program Advisor, Conservation Strategy Branch
Parks Canada
Laurel McIvor works for the Parks Canada Conservation Strategy Branch as a Policy & Program Advisor for Intergovernmental Collaborations team. She liaises and collaborates with Canadian and…
Walid HUSSEIN
Emirates Park Zoo and Resort
I have started my career 23 years ago as a veterinarian specialist in wild animals' treatments and rehabilitation. I moved forward with my career to be collection supervisor and i started my…
Zhi WANG
Professor
Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment
WANG Zhi. Professor and doctoral supervisor of Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), P.R. China, Vice Chairman of China Expert Assessment…
Carla Gavilanes
Carla Gavilanes Garzón is a Geographical and Environmental Engineer with a Master’s degree in Social Sciences, specializing in Socio-Environmental Studies from FLACSO-Ecuador, and postgraduate…
Aminata SIDIBÉ
Directrice Générale
ECOLOGIE UNIVERSELLE
Environmental lawyer and program director, I have been working for over a decade at the intersection of environmental justice, social inclusion, and youth mobilization. As founder of the NGO Écologie…
Francesca RIDLEY
Research Associate
Newcastle University, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher specialising in Area of Habitat (AOH) for terrestrial and freshwater systems, geospatial analysis of threats to species and metrics of species' threats to inform conservation…
Makko John SINANDEI
Indigenous Expert
Ujamaa-Community Resource Team
Makko Sinandei; was born and raised in a local Arash village in Arusha Region – Tanzania. He is a social and environmental professional, with a special focus on indigenous pastoralists and Hunter-…
Cedrick FOGWAN NGUEDIA
Programme Manager
African Marine Conservation Organisation
Cedrick Fogwan is a Cameroonian marine biologist whose passion lies in building bridges between science, policy, and local knowledge to foster inclusive, long-term conservation outcomes that benefit…
Joshua KLEMM
Executive Director
International Rivers
Josh leads the management of International Rivers’ strategy, programs, operations, and finances. He joined International Rivers in 2014 as Policy Director to lead the work targeting the world’s major…
Rosa Elena LICUY VARGAS
Piatua Resiste
My name is Rosa Elena Licuy Vargas. I was born on August 1, 1996, in the community of Rey del Oriente. I am 29 years old and trained as a nursing technologist. I am currently studying for a degree in…
Albert TAXONERA AMOROS
Executive Director
Project Biodiversity
Founder and Director of the Cabo Verdean Associação Projeto Biodiversidade. While volunteering for a marine turtle conservation project, I recognised the threats faced by marine turtles and their…
Lubna Omar ALAMERI
Gregg CASAD
Ocean Policy Advisor
Allen Institute for AI
Mr. Gregg Casad serves as the Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) Advisor for Skylight, where for over four years he has supported governments and conservation partners in strengthening…
Osama AL NOURI
Program Manager
IFAW / SSCW
Osama Al Nouri holds an executive master’s in business administration. Since July 2024, he works as Program Manager at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for the Middle East and North…
Luca CHINOTTI
Manager, Conservation Policy Development
World Wide Fund For Nature International - WWF
Luca Chinotti is a Manager in Conservation Policy Development at WWF.Prior to joining WWF, he worked at the International Land Coalition (ILC) as Global Policy Advisor and at Oxfam International as…
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…
Maria Juliana PEDRAZA
Associate Attorney
Interamerican Institute on Justice and Sustainability
International lawyer specialized in business, government, contract, and environmental law. She currently serves as an Associate Attorney at the Inter-American Institute for Justice and Sustainability…
Darien MIZUTA
Marine Researcher
CEM EGTG Lead; Consultant
I am a senior marine researcher with experience leading award-granted projects and applied research. My work focuses on aquaculture sustainability, bridging natural and social sciences for support of…
Amna AL MANSOORI
Amna Almansoori, PhD, is a marine scientist dedicated to advancing coastal ecosystem management and scaling conservation efforts across the Arabian Gulf. Since joining the Environment Agency –…
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…
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…
Philippa BRAKES
Research Fellow
Massey University
Philippa Brakes is a behavioural ecologist and marine mammal biologist. Her research on social learning and culture in cetaceans and other non-humans, uses a combination of theoretical and empirical…
AMIR IQBAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SINDH ENGRO COAL MINING COMPANY
Amir Iqbal has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and its community development arm, Thar Foundation, since 2021. As Pakistan’s pioneering coal mining…
Danish MUSTAFA KHAN
CTO
Earth Warriorz
I am is an Independent Researcher and Technical Project Manager with over two decades of experience in enterprise technology, AI integration, and sustainable innovation. Based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, his…
Guy REEVES
Scientific advisor
Deutscher Naturschutzring
Guy Reeves is an evolutionary geneticist with over 20 years' experience working on a range of theoretical and applied topics. He has also worked on science policy in the context of…