All Speakers

Speaker Mike BINGLEY
Mike BINGLEY

Education Director

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Mike Bingley is the Director of Education at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), where he leads national efforts to connect Canadians with nature through formal, non-formal, and informal learning…
Speaker Benjamin JONES
Benjamin JONES

Chief Conservation Officer

Project Seagrass

I am the Chief Conservation Officer at Project Seagrass, an organisation I co-founded in 2013 after seeing need for greater science-based conservation action for seagrass meadows globally. I am ex-…
Speaker Zilong SU
Zilong SU

Deputy division director

Chinese Academy of Natural Resources Economics

Speaker Angie Melissa OREJUELA YUSTES
Angie Melissa OREJUELA YUSTES

Young Professional, Protected and Conserved Areas

IUCN

Angie Orejuela is a Colombian biologist driven by a deep-rooted passion for nature conservation and a strong belief in the power of collaboration. She holds a Master of Science in Behaviour,…
Speaker Camille LAU
Camille LAU

Young Professional, Protected and Conserved Areas Team

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Speaker Silvia ALVAREZ-CLARE
Silvia ALVAREZ-CLARE

Director of Global Tree Conservation Program

The Morton Arboretum

Dr. Silvia Alvarez-Clare is the Director of the Center for Species Survival: Trees, hosted at The Morton Arboretum near Chicago, IL, USA. and a member of the steering committee for the IUCN SSC…
Speaker Kirti Vardhan SINGH
Kirti Vardhan SINGH

Union Minister of State, MoEFCC

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Ministry of External Affairs

Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh was sworn-in as Union Minister of State on 09 June 2024. He assumed charge as Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Minister of State for…
Speaker Cecilia SáENZ
Cecilia SáENZ

Coordinadora proyecto VOCES para América del Sur.

IUCN

I am an Ecuadorian professional with a background in International Political Sociology, having completed a master's degree in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have over 12 years of experience in…
Speaker Alister Scott
Alister Scott

Executive Director

Global Rewilding Alliance

40 year career making big change happen with sustainability as the driving purpose. Doctorate in Science Policy from the University of SussexHonorary Professor of Practice at UCL Institute for…
Speaker Patrick KIMANI
Patrick KIMANI

Director

Coastal and Marine Resource Development

Dr. Patrick Kimani (PhD) is a co-director at Coastal and Marine Resource Development (COMRED- https://comred.or.ke/ ). He serves as the Technical Advisor on Fisheries Governance, Livelihoods and…
Speaker Sunshine TELIO
Sunshine TELIO

Program Officer

NTFP-EP Asia

Sunshine is a Resources Management specialist and have work experience on data-driven land use planning and ecosystem-based DRR strategies, supporting local governments and indigenous communities in…
Speaker Aurélie Flore KOUMBA PAMBO
Aurélie Flore KOUMBA PAMBO

Dr

Congo Bassin Forest Partnership

I am Ms. Aurélie Flore Koumba Pambo, Ambassador-at-Large for Climate, Environment, and Sustainable Development for the Government of Gabon. I also serve as Co-Facilitator of the Congo Basin…
Speaker Benjamin FITZPATRICK
Benjamin FITZPATRICK

Marine Ecologist

IUCN CEM

Ben is a Marine Ecologist and Director of Oceanwise Australia. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and Leads the Coastal and Marine Specialist…
Kris SIMONS
Kris SIMONS
Speaker Dorothe Nett
Dorothe Nett

Planning Officer Biodiversity

GIZ

Biologist (PhD) with over 25 years of professional experience in international development cooperation, currently serving as Planning Officer for Biodiversity at GIZ in Germany. Extensive expertise…
Speaker Kerry MAX
Kerry MAX

Deputy director, Partnering for Climate

Global Affairs Canada

Kerry has over thirty years of experience in international development practice including policy, programming and research, focused on climate change adaptation and addressing drivers of biodiversity…
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 Ayman CHERKAOUI
Ayman CHERKAOUI

Director

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Mr. Ayman Cherkaoui is the Deputy Chair of the IUCN WCEL and Director of the Hassan II International Center for Environmental Training. 
Speaker MALU KISHORKUMAR
MALU KISHORKUMAR

Research Assistant & PhD Scholar

Unite Arab Emirates University

Malu Kishorkumar is a Ph.D. scholar at the United Arab Emirates University, where she explores the fascinating world of desert fungi. Her passion lies in protecting native species such as desert…
Speaker Odile CONCHOU
Odile CONCHOU

Nature Senior Advisor

AFD

Currently Nature Senior Advisor to the Executive Management of the Sustainable Development Solutions Direction at the French Development Agency (AFD), Odile CONCHOU has over 35 years of experience in…
Speaker Ariane LAPORTE-BISQUIT
Ariane LAPORTE-BISQUIT

Senior Manager, Risk Filter Suite

WWF Deutschland

With 10 years of work experience as a sustainability professional, Ariane Laporte‑Bisquit is Senior Manager for the WWF Risk Filter Suite, which includes two leading online tools (Biodiversity Risk…
Speaker Ahmad BAGADER
Ahmad BAGADER

General Manager

KARNR

Speaker Onel MASARDULE
Onel MASARDULE

Director Ejecutivo

Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento Indígena

Speaker Said GUTIERREZ
Said GUTIERREZ

Protected Areas Program Director

Yaaxche Conservation Trust

Said holds a BSc in Natural Resource Management from the University of Belize and an MSc in Conservation and Biodiversity from the University of Exeter in the UK. With 15 years of experience in…
Speaker Christian PLOWMAN
Christian PLOWMAN

Global WIldlife Cybercrime Program Manager

IFAW

Christian Plowman has spent almost three decades working at the front line of criminal justice, investigations and intelligence. After a 16-year career at Scotland Yard as a detective specialising in…
Speaker Archana GODBOLE
Archana GODBOLE

Director

Applied Environmental Research Foundation

Dr. Archana Godboleis the Founder Director of the Pune based NGO- Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF).A Plant Taxonomist and Ethnobiologist by training, she has developed various…
Fiona Flintan
Fiona Flintan