All Speakers
Ahmad ALANAZI
General Manager, National Greening Program
National Center for Vegetation Cover
Professional Leader Holding MBA, with practical experience in environment, waste management, recycling, logistics, healthcare, and heavy metals. Strongly skilled in strategy planning, strategy…
Marc VON KEITZ
Director
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Dr. Marc von Keitz, Ph.D., is the Director for Oceans at the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a private charitable foundation dedicated to protecting and improving the…
Anna SALSAC
Communications Manager
CLS
Anna Salsac is Communications Lead for the Environment & Climate unit at CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites). She supports the deployment and promotion of satellite-based solutions for…
Lessah MANDOLOMA
Human-Centred Conservation Coordinator
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
I am currently a PhD student at University of Oxford working on developing a framework for integrating Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation in a landscape in Malawi.
Vinitaa Hemant APTE
Founder & Director
TERRE Policy Centre
Dr. Vinitaa a multifaceted personality & founder of TERRE started this NGO with a motto “To think is good but to act is better”. Dr. Apte has an out of the box thinking process and due to which…
Louise CARVER
Research Associate
TBA21-Academy
Human geographer and political ecologist combining insights from academic, policy and arts and design contexts to explore transformative approaches to conservation aligned with Convivial…
Joanne WILSON
Senior Policy Officer
NSW Environmental Protection Authority
Joanne is a highly experienced conservation scientist and manager with a background in marine and coastal ecosystems, protected area management and monitoring and evaluation. Over her 25 year career…
Pascale BONZOM
Global Head, Food and Agricultural Systems
IUCN Secretariat
I lead the Agriculture Team at IUCN to promote sustainable agriculture for conservation and sustainable development outcomes. I am a sustainable development practitioner with 20 years of experience…
Dorcas OWUSUAA AGYEI
National Coordinator-NbS Project
IUCN
Dorcas has fourteen (14) years of experience in design and implementation of several natural resource management projects/ programmes in Africa particularly Ghana. Her specific areas of expertise are…
Safira Warili Hawari DJOHANI
Executive Director
Coral Triangle Center (CTC)
Safira Warili Hawari Djohani or Rili Djohani (short name) has over 30 years of experience in marine protected and conserved areas, and sustainable fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region. She co-…
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…
Charles DOUMENGE
Researcher
CIRAD
Trained in botany and tropical forest ecology at the University of Montpellier (France), I have been a researcher at CIRAD since 1999. I began my career in 1983 as manager of the Ipassa-Makokou…
SOUMITRA DASGUPTA
Director Program
IBCA
I am a retired Indian Forest Service officer of 1989: West Bengal Cadre with over 34 years of distinguished service in the field of forest and wildlife management, both at the state level in…
Claudia Velarde Ponce de León
Abogada
AIDA
Claudia Velarde Ponce de León is a lawyer and director of AIDA's Territories Program. She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Management, specializing in Management and Conservation of Natural…
Andrew LEMIEUX
Andrew LEMIEUX
David NDEEREH
Deputy Director Research, Wildlife Research & Training Institute
Wildlife Research and Training Institute
I am a veterinary surgeon with more than 25 years successful background in wildlife veterinary practice and research. My goal is to accept new challenges as an avenue of enhancing my career and…
Myrna SEMAAN
President
Friends of Nature
MYRNA SEMAAN PhD Brief summaryA- Project Management and Consultancy (over 15 years):International organizations: 7 topics for IUCN, EU Commission, GEFGovernment: - ecological studies to the…
Wei Hsien LEE
Senior Technical Officer, Finance and Economics for Nature
IUCN
Lee Wei Hsien holds the position of Senior Technical Officer, Finance and Economics for Nature at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In this role, Lee Wei Hsien is…
Steven DICKINSON
Company Biodiversity Expert
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Steven Dickinson is the Corporate Biodiversity Expert at TotalEnergies, a global energy company active in 130 countries. He leads the company’s biodiversity program, overseeing policy, tools,…
Paulina KARIM
Assistant Professor
National Dong Hwa University | Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
I’m an Assistant Professor at the College of Environmental Studies and Oceanography and CEO of the @ScapesLab Research Centre at National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. With a PhD in Landscape…
Diana GARLYTSKA
Youth Advisory Committee Chair
IUCN
Diana Garlytska is a young expert who over 9 years of her career in academia has taught in more than a dozen of countries across Europe and Asia as a visiting lecturer. Diana has written several…
Natalia NILES ARGUELLO
Intern
Families In Nature
Natalia Niles Arguello (Lexi) is a high school Senior in McCallum High School's Fine Arts Academy in Austin, Texas. Lexi has a passion for environmental climate justice and international…
Aymeric ROUSSEL
Team Leader, Biodiversty and ecosystem services
European Union
I am a development specialist with over twenty-five years of experience in biodiversity conservation, natural resources management, and rural development, with a particular focus on developing…
Alice MACHARIA
V.P. Africa Programs
The Jane Goodall Institute
Alice Macharia serves as the Vice President of Africa Programs for the Jane Goodall Institute, where she develops and implements JGI’s community-led conservation strategies. As part of the…
Helene MARSH
Professor of Environmental Scienc
IUCN Inter Commission 2021-2025
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…
Lucía PRIETO FUSTES
Mediterranean and Ecosystems Programme Assistant
IUCN Secretariat
Lucía Prieto Fustes works in the Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning Programme at the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, based in Málaga, Spain. As Mediterranean and Ecosystems…
TOUFIK OUAGGA
Forest ingenneer
Expert Assessment for the Green List (EAGL)
I am a laureate of the National Forest School of Engineers, promotion 2006, option Ecology and Natural Resources Management and since that time I have developed my career in the field of nature…