All Speakers

Speaker Charles OLUCHINA
Charles OLUCHINA

Regional Programme Coordinator

IUCN Secretariat

Mr. Charles Oluchina is a natural resource management, sustainable development, corporate management, community empowerment and business development specialist with over 23 years of professional…
Speaker Ahmad ATMEH
Ahmad ATMEH

Project Coordinator

IUCN Secretariat

Ahmad Al Atmeh is Project Coordinator at IUCN ROWA, focusing on rangeland management, dryland restoration, and community-based natural resource management. With more than 8 years of experience in the…
Speaker Adonai HERRERA-MARTINEZ
Adonai HERRERA-MARTINEZ

Director, Environment and Sustainability

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Adonai Herrera-Martínez is the EBRD Director, Environment and Sustainability. He manages the team responsible for the Bank’s environmental and social safeguards, the green finance attribution of…
Speaker Ralf SEPPELT
Ralf SEPPELT

Director

Luxembourg Centre fro Socio-Environmental Systems

Ralf Seppelt is a German mathematician, academic and author. He is a professor of Landscape Ecology and Renewable Resource Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and was heading of…
Speaker Francis VORHIES
Francis VORHIES

Conservation Economist

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

Conservation economistDirector, EarthmindDirector, African Wildlife Economy Institute, Stellenbosch UniversityResearch Visitor, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford  
Speaker Caroline KATSANDE
Caroline KATSANDE

Regional Manager

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Caroline Katsande is a dedicated conservation professional with more than twenty years of experience in wildlife management, habitat restoration, community and…
Olivier BESSON
Olivier BESSON

Communications Associate

GEF

Speaker Nicolas SALAUN
Nicolas SALAUN

Responsable coopération internationale

IUCN French Committee

After studying international agricultural development engineering and completing a specialized master's degree in tropical forest management, Nicolas worked for two years at the French Development…
Speaker Tariq AL-OLAIMY
Tariq AL-OLAIMY

G20 Global Land Initiative / UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Tariq Al-Olaimy is Managing Director of 3BL Associates, a people + planet systems transformation consultancy. Through 3BL Tariq co-leads initiatives including Public-Planet Partnerships, Diversity on…
Speaker LIA LOPEZ
LIA LOPEZ

Fellowship and Learning Manager

Conservation International

Lia López is an Environmental Engineer from Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca, Mexico. She is dedicated to the conservation of natural resources and the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples. As the…
Speaker Shane ORCHARD
Shane ORCHARD

Environmental Consultant

University of Canterbury / Waterlink

Shane is a conservation scientist based in New Zealand working on the protection and restoration of aquatic environments. He is the current Oceania Regional Chair for CEM and the CEM National Focal…
Speaker Lucy MULENKEI
Lucy MULENKEI

Executive Director IIN and Co chair IIFB

Indigenous Information Network

Lucy Mulenkei is a Masaai from Kenya: a gender specialist and a human rights activist. Ms. Mulenkei has many years of experience in Environmental issues and community development work, focusing on…
Speaker Yassir HAMDAN AL KHARUSI
Yassir HAMDAN AL KHARUSI

Specialist – Animal Assessment and Monitoring

Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi (EAD)

I am Yassir Hamdan Al Kharusi, working at Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) as a wildlife monitoring and assessment specialist.  I conduct wildlife baseline surveys in Abu Dhabi protected areas…
Speaker Julia SIGWART
Julia SIGWART

Professor

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Speaker Mariana SABA
Mariana SABA

Technical Assistant

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Technical Assistant at IUCN's Brazil office, working with the implementation of the Green List and Tech4Nature project. Graduated in Political Science at the University of Brasília (2023). 
Speaker Youssouph DIEDHIOU
Youssouph DIEDHIOU

Chef de Programme UICN-Sénégal

IUCN Secretariat

Je suis tiltulaire d'un doctorat en Médecin vétérinaire et d'un Master spécialisé en Gestion des Aires Protégées. J'ai 22 d'expérience professionnel dans le domaine de la conservation dont 14 ans…
Speaker HILLARY RENICK
HILLARY RENICK

Tribal Liaison Officer

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Hillary Renick, Tribal Liaison Officer, Office of Environmental Programs, leverages her extensive background in environmental and cultural resource management, Indigenous law, and public health to…
Speaker Arthur Tuda
Arthur Tuda

Executive Director

Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association

Speaker Asri DWIYAHRENI
Asri DWIYAHRENI

Senior Researcher

Research Center for Climate Change ISER FMIPA Universitas Indonesia

Asri A. Dwiyahreni (Diah) is a senior scientist and Head of Training and Education in the Research Center for Climate Change, Universitas Indonesia. Her research interests focus on mammal ecology,…
Speaker CHAMBERLAIN EMMANUEL
CHAMBERLAIN EMMANUEL

Head, Environmental SUstainability Division

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Chamberlain Emmanuel is Director of the Environmental Sustainability Division (ESD) at the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and a member of the Commission’s Leadership Team…
Speaker Caitlin Eschmann
Caitlin Eschmann

Executive Director

Conservation Allies

Dr. Caitlin Eschmann brings over 20 years of dedicated experience in primate behavioral ecology, conservation research, science education, animal welfare, and project management to her role as…
Speaker Andrew PLUMPTRE
Andrew PLUMPTRE

Head KBA Secretariat

KBA Secretariat

Andrew Plumptre, PhD, is head of the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Secretariat, based at BirdLife International in Cambridge, UK. The KBA Secretariat supports the implementation of the KBA Programme…
Speaker Elsburgh 'Tres' CLARKE
Elsburgh 'Tres' CLARKE

Director of Animal Health and Welfare

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, Yas SeaWorld Research and Rescue Center

Dr. Elsburgh “Tres” Octavius Clarke III is the Director of Animal Health and Welfare at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and a diplomat of the American College of Zoological Medicine. He…
Speaker Melissa ABDERRAHIM
Melissa ABDERRAHIM

IUCN Secretariat

Marine Programme Officer in the IUCN Ocean Team, based in Headquarters. Working on blue carbon and blue natural capital, sustainable finance, conservation and restoration of marine and coastal…
Speaker Daniela PICCO
Daniela PICCO

Executive Director

MSC Foundation

Daniela Picco is the Executive Director of the MSC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the MSC Group, a role she has held since 2019. She works with the family-led Board to advance its mission of…
Speaker Erika KOROSI
Erika KOROSI

Senior Director Nature Markets

Conservation International

Erika is leading Conservation International’s global efforts in the innovative space of nature and biodiversity markets. Erika joined CI with a background spanning over two decades in corporate,…
Speaker Anderson \t JEAN
Anderson \t JEAN

Field Biologist conservationist

Action pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haiti

Anderson JEAN is an agronomist and field biologist. He received his B.S. at the American University of the Caribbean in Les Cayes, Haiti.  While at the university, Anderson became the supervisor…
Speaker Raquel SIGüENZA
Raquel SIGüENZA

Country Representative

IUCN

Raquel Sigüenza is a biologist who graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC) and holds postgraduate studies in Rural Development…