All Speakers
Hamdan AL HOSANI
Visitor Experience Supervisor
DCT
Hamdan Khamis Al Hosani is Visitor Experience Supervisor at Qasr Al Hosn and the House of Artisans, cultural sites under the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. He specializes in visitor…
Jun HASHIMOTO
Landscape architect
Shimizu Corporation
I aspire to be a person who can articulate the inherent value of nature. I deeply believe in the power of landscape architecture—its potential not only to solve diverse problems related to human land…
Fatima ALSANADI
Olivia QingYang CHENG
Student
Centre for Global Education
My name is Olivia Cheng. I’m 16 years old from Canada, and I'm incredibly grateful and empowered to bring conservation efforts to youth and youth to the conservation space. This cause is extremely…
Humaid Abdulla KANJI
Head Environmental Economist
EAD
Humaid Kanji is the Head of Environmental Economics at Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi. He works on advancing climate policy, decarbonization, and the development of a carbon market, and holds a…
Adnan AQEEL MADHI
Adnan AQEEL MADHI
Michael BALTZER
Executive Director of Shoal
SHOAL
Michael is the founder and Executive Director of the SHOAL initiative for the conservation of freshwater species. Michael has over 30 years of leading large scale ambitious conservation programmes in…
Nadine MCCORMICK
Senior manager - Nature Action
WBCSD
Nadine leads on capacity building to accelerate business action on nature at WBCSD. WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 240 leading businesses on sustainability headquartered in…
KOUDERIN K. MARTIAL
Directeur Exécutif
CREDI-ONG
Mr. KOUDERIN Kotcholé Martial is a committed Beninese professional in the fields of rural development, environmental governance, and social innovation. He currently serves as the Executive Director…
MARIA PAMELA CASTILLO
30x30 Marine Director
Wildlife Conservation Society
Pamela Castillo is a global leader in environmental policy, biodiversity conservation, and gender equity, with over 20 years of experience designing nature-positive, inclusive, and impact-driven…
Sun Ju Kim
Team Manager, Jeju
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Ms. Sunju Kim is currently serving as the Team Leader of the Climate and Environmental Cooperation Team at the Environmental Policy Division of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea…
Achinthi VITHANAGE
Professor and Exec. Dir. of Envt'l Law Programs
Center for Environmental Legal Studies
Prior to joining Haub Law as the Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs, Professor Vithanage was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law and the first Environmental and Energy Law Fellow with…
Matteo GIUSTI
Researcher in Regenerative Sustainability
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025
Matteo is a researcher and innovator in transformative sustainability. His work aims to promote sustainable and healthy societies by regenerating our relationship with nature. He has authored more…
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…
Libby SANDBROOK
Director, Business & Nature
FFI
Randa ABOUL-HOSN
Maria PUCHALSKA
IUCN European Regional Office
Maria Puchalska is an intern with the Natural Resources Team at the IUCN European Regional Office in Brussels. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Environmental Policy at Sciences Po Paris and holds…
Neil COUSINS
Founder
Bluedot
I am the founder and Director of Bluedot. He is an international marine biodiversity advisor with 27+ years' international experience. I have been resident as a working marine scientist in the UK,…
Christel DELMAS
Director Environmental Services
CLS
Working togehter with engineers, scientists, institutions to think, create and deploy space based solutions to monitor, understand, protect and sustainably manage our planet resources
Saed HANANI
Founder and CEO
Foras Khadra
Saed is a 25-year-old Palestinian climate leader and advocate for sustainable entrepreneurship, with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy. With 24 recognized awards for…
Ulrika ÅBERG
Senior Programme Officer
IUCN
Ulrika is a Senior Programme Officer with the Protected and Conserved Areas Team at IUCN. She is currently leading IUCN’s engagement and contribution related to the protection and effective…
GUSTAVO SOBRINHO DGEDGE
Secretario de Estado de Terra e Ambiente
Ministerio da Agricultura Ambiente e Pesca
Gustavo Sobrinho Dgedge is Secretary of State for Land and Environment at the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries of the Republic of Mozambique. He holds a PhD in Environmental…
SENYACEN RAMIREZ
Coral Biologist
Families in Nature, Tela Marine
Senyacen Ramírez is a Honduran biologist who graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She served as the Marine Aquarium Manager at Tela Marine, gaining experience in the care of…
Nour ELMIR
GM of Strategy Department
Morooj Foundation
Nour Elmir is currently serving as the head of the Strategy Department, with a career spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. With deep expertise in environmental conservation and…
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…
SONALI GHOSH
IUCN WCPA Regional Vice Chair
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Regional Vice Chair, South Asia. I bring in more than 15 years of field experience of living and working in some of the critical ecosystems such as Terai grasslands of the Indian subcontinent.…
Ala AL DWAIRI
Natural Infrastructure Officer
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Ala Al Dwairi is a civil engineer and Natural Infrastructure Officer at IUCN’s Water and Wetlands Team, where she advances nature-based solutions for water management to sustain healthy landscapes…
Marc ROSIERS
Senior Advisor
European Landowners Organisation
Since 2016, Marc Rosiers is managing director of MR F&A Consult which serves its clients with independent, evidence-based and applicable advice on strategic management (strategy design, business…