All Speakers

Speaker David ROY
David ROY

Executive Director, Workshops for Biodiversity

Workshops for Biodiversity

David Roy is the Executive Director of Workshops for Biodiversity, an organization he founded in 2023 to help integrate biodiversity into decision-making across sectors. He is fully committed to...
Nan Chen
Nan Chen

Shenzhen Zhilan Foundation

Speaker David MALLON
David MALLON

Visiting Professor

IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

Conservation biologist. MSC, 1987, University of Manchester, UK (Ecology and conservation of the snow leopard Panthera uncia). PhD, 1998, Manchester Metropolitan University (Ecology of mountain...
Speaker Sean BREYER
Sean BREYER

Director, ArcGIS Living Atlas

Esri Inc.

Sean Breyer is the Director for ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World at Esri, where he leads the development of the world’s most comprehensive collection of global geographic information. With a degree...
Speaker Sandra BERTHOU
Sandra BERTHOU

International GIS manager

Ekthar

With nearly 20 years of GIS experience, Sandra is specialized in data management, GIS software, and web GIS development. She has led numerous projects applying geospatial solutions to wildlife...
Speaker Erwan CHEREL
Erwan CHEREL

Responsable Aires Protégées

Comité Français de l'UICN

As a trained agricultural engineer, I completed my academic journey with a master's degree in economics and then a master's degree in anthropology. I began my professional career by consulting on...
Speaker Mehdi BALAMISSA
Mehdi BALAMISSA

Réalisateur de documentaires

Documentary Filmmaker

Mehdi Balamissa is a Montreal-based documentary filmmaker dedicated to nature conservation. With a notable experience in the Pacific, including collaborations with Blue Cradle Foundation and IUCN, he...
Speaker Peter FROST
Peter FROST

Senior Urban Officer

Natural Resources Wales

Pete Frost is Natural Resources Wales Urban Green Infrastructure Advisor.  His work is to find ways to ensure there are enough green spaces of the right kinds in the right places to make Wales’...
Speaker Alvin Lopez
Alvin Lopez

Principal Operations Coordination Specialist (Environment)

Asian Development Bank

Alvin Lopez currently serves as the Principal Operations Coordination Specialist (Environment) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He...
Speaker Brent MITCHELL
Brent MITCHELL

Senior Vice President (Also Vice Chair, IUCN WCPA)

Quebec-Labrador Foundation

Thematic Vice Chair, Scaling Natural Solutions. Brent A. Mitchell serves as a Vice Chair of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and is Senior Vice President of QLF Atlantic Center for the...
Speaker Aibat MUZBAY
Aibat MUZBAY

Wildlife biologist

IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025

I am Aibat Muzbay, a biodiversity and sustainable use expert with more than six years of experience in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Currently, I lead the environmental NGO Tabigi Orta and coordinate...
Speaker Cecilia CRONEMBERGER
Cecilia CRONEMBERGER

Coordinator for Biodiversity Monitoring and Research

ICMBio

Cecilia is a biologist, with master in Ecology and PhD in Environmental Sciences. With two decades of experience working at Chico Mendes Institute for the Conservation of Biodiversity, has focused...
Speaker Jampel LHENDUP
Jampel LHENDUP

Forest Ranger

Department of Forests & Park Services, MoENR, Bhutan

Son of former poacher
Abdulrahman ABDULLA ALZAABI
Abdulrahman ABDULLA ALZAABI
Speaker Silole MALIH
Silole MALIH

Program Manager

IMPACT Kenya

Silole Malih is an Ilaikipiak Maasai from Laikipia North, Kenya, with a background in Range Ecology, Environmental Conservation, and Natural Resources Management. She has an unwavering passion for...
Speaker Anne Wambeti MUGO
Anne Wambeti MUGO

Grants Coordinator

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Speaker Yoko Watanabe
Yoko Watanabe

Director (Environment)

Asian Development Bank

Yoko Watanabe is the Director of Environment at the Asian Development Bank. She heads the environment and nature initiatives, including biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management, nature-...
Speaker Alexandra HARRINGTON
Alexandra HARRINGTON

Chair, Plastic Pollution Task Force

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Dr. Alexandra R. Harrington is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Agreement on Plastic Pollution Task Force, a  Researcher at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Scholar...
Speaker Finn ROSS
Finn ROSS

Founder

Ocean Balance

Kia ora, I am a kiwi entrepreneur, climate scientist and adventurer. I am a University of Canterbury Honours Alumni, a Provost Scholarship Recipient to the University of California Davis where I...
Speaker Eunha CHOI
Eunha CHOI

ranger

korea national park service

Speaker Giacomo RAMBALDI
Giacomo RAMBALDI
Giacomo Rambaldi is an independent consultant in the domains of digitalisation for agriculture and enterprise development. He has 43 years of professional experience in Africa, Latin America, Asia,...
Speaker VAN MANH LAI
VAN MANH LAI

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics

ISPAE

Dr. Lai Van Manh is the Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and and Environment (ISPAE).He has several research...
Speaker Claire TUTENUIT
Claire TUTENUIT

Délégué Général

Entreprises pour l'Environnement (EpE)

A former graduate in Maths (Ecole Normale Supérieure) and Political Sciences (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris), Claire Tutenuit is an Ingénieur au Corps des Mines.As such, she started her...
Speaker Nicolas LAURENT
Nicolas LAURENT

Coordinateur biodiversité Europe/International

Ministry of Ecological Transition

Nicolas Laurent is an agronomist engineer specialized in ecology and public policies, and holds a master’s degree in public policy and sustainable development.He began his career in the French civil...
Speaker Karen Westley
Karen Westley
Karen Westley has a BS in Human Biology from Stanford University and an MSc from Yale University in Tropical Ecology. She spent her early career working for a large international humanitarian...
Speaker Alexandre DAH
Alexandre DAH

Président of NGO-CEM

ONG Conservation des Espèces Marines