All Speakers
Munib KHANJARI
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Domitilla RAIMONDO
Threatened Species Programme Manager SANBI
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Domitilla Raimondo is the Threatened Species Programme Manager at the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
Faria TARUS
Program Officer- Species Conservation
IUCN
Faria Tarus is a conservation professional with over 10 years of experience in biodiversity and natural resource management. She currently serves as a Programme Officer with the International Union…
Vinay SINGH
Regional NbS Coordinator
IUCN
Vinay Singh is the Regional Nature-Based Solutions Programme Coordinator within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pacific Office. He is currently leading several projects on…
Jianing GAO
Project Officer
Eco Foundation Global
Duska DIMOVIC
Consultant
KANA
Senior professional with 25 years of experience in nature conservation and management of natural resources, of which more than 10 years in leadership roles in an international setting. Key areas of…
Aubrey TEFFER
I am Aubrey Teffer, a senior at Westwood Highschool in Austin Texas. The last few years of my life have been partially dedicated to a project regarding the marine health of Tela Bay in Honduras. My…
Wendy ELIOTT
Senior Director Wildlife, Biodiversity Practice
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Wendy Elliott is the Senior Director, Wildlife at WWF-International, working primarily on strategic design and innovation across WWF’s global wildlife conservation portfolio. Wendy has worked at the…
Hassan ABDALLA
Research Specialist
UAEU
Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hassan is a Research Specialist at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, with more than 20 years of experience in food safety,…
Dan BROCKINGTON
Gary TABOR
CEO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Gary Tabor is an ecologist and wildlife veterinarian based in Bozeman, Montana in the United States. He was appointed CCSG Chair in 2016 to further advance pioneering work led by Dr. Graeme…
Ryo SEKIGUCHI
Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Officer
IUCN
Ryo is a stakeholder engagement and communications professional with over 15 years of international experience across environmental, humanitarian and corporate sectors.Ryo currently serves as Senior…
Félix FEIDER
Senior Programme Officer
Synchonicity Earth
Félix is a conservationist, originally from Luxembourg, based in London and currently serving as Senior Programme Officer at Synchronicity Earth, where he leads the Freshwater Programme and Chrysalis…
Florence LAVISSIERE
Responsable Programme Ecosystèmes
Comité français UICN
Florence Lavissière holds a PhD in Biology of Animal Behaviour. After 9 years at the French National Health Security Agency (Anses), she became head of the Biodiversity Protection Unit at the General…
Rashed KARKAIN
CEO/MD
Sustainable Development Research and Training Institute
Dr. Rashed Mohamed Karkain, author of the book Sustainable Development Leaders, is the CEO and Managing Director of the Sustainable Development Research and Training Institute…
Ilad VIVAS
Profesional asociado a la investigacion
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
I am a Venezuelan early career biologist, specialising in the ecology of vertebrate apex predator populations, behavioural ecology, conservation and wildlife management. For the past five years, I…
Ernesto HERRERA
CEO
Reforestamos Mexico
I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and completed a Master’s in Environmental Management at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. I also hold a…
Fiesta WARINWA
Wendy Yap
Director, International Biodiversity Conservation
National Parks Board, Singapore
Wendy Yap is the Director for International Biodiversity Conservation at the National Parks Board of Singapore. She oversees regional and global cooperation on nature conservation and biodiversity,…
Susan Lieberman
Vice President, International Policy
Council 2021-2025
Dr. Susan Lieberman is Vice President, International Policy with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), where she leads WCS’s policy engagement in multiple intergovernmental fora. She has worked in…
Julia NEWTH
Ecosystem Health & Social Dimensions Manager
WWT
I’m a social ecologist leading WWT’s Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team, a dynamic group working at the intersection of social science and ecology. Our mission is to generate and apply…
Marian Helen DA SILVA GOMES RODRIGUES
Chefe de Unidade de Conservação
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade - ICMBio
Marian Helen da Silva Gomes Rodrigues holds a PhD in Quaternary, Materials and Cultures and a Master’s degree in Prehistoric Archaeology and Rock Art from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto…
Sushil RAJ
Executive Director, Rights and Communities
Wildlife Conservation Society
Sushil Raj is the Executive Director of the Rights and Communities Global Program at WCS, a board member and mediator with the New York Peace Institute, and former member of the Working Group of…
Yijie Peng
Senior Vice President&Chief Sustainability Officer
Ant Group
Ms.PengjoinedAlipayinNovember2012andhadservedasvicepresidentandgeneralmanageroftheinternationalbusinessgroup,whereshelaidthefoundationsofAlipay'sinternationalbusinesses.…
Myongkee JIN
Vice Governor
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Current: Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs, Jeju Special Self-Governing ProvinceFormer: Director General for Social Disaster Policy, Ministry of the Interior and SafetyFormer: Director General…
Lou ROE
Hi, I'm Lou. I'm from Austin, Texas and work in food security, translation, and the service industry. I've been studying Spanish for about 10 years and have dabbled in some German and Portuguese. I'm…
mayed ALBLOOSHI
Animal Care Supervisor
Al Ain Zoo
Emirati zoo professional with over 13 years of hands-on and leadership experience in wildlife management. Specialized in the care and supervision of great apes and other primates, with experience in…
Erick ROSS SALAZAR
Executive Director
MigraMar
Erick has been working in ocean conservation for over 17 years, especially in marine spatial planning, fisheries management and blue economy. Erick has experience working on ocean conservation…