All Speakers
Pierre MBIDA MFOMO NGANDI
Martin Vaillancourt
Directeur général
RNCREQ
Director General of the RNCREQ, a network of 230 sustainable development specialists working across Québec. Mr. Vaillancourt is interested in the sustainable development of territories, both from the...
KAUSIK BANERJEE
Lead specialist
IBCA
An alumni of the Presidency College, Kolkata and Gold Medallist from the Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun; Dr. Banerjee was associated with the Wildlife Institute of India for 16 years...
Francois Moreau
Head of Urban Ecology Agency
City of Paris
As head of the Urban Ecology Agency since May 2021, François Moreau manages City of Paris policies on urban nature, biodiversity, participatory greening, animal welfare, sustainable food and...
Jose Luis POSTIGO SANCHEZ
Green List Officer
IUCN
Jose Postigo is a passionate environmentalist with a strong background in biodiversity management and international conservation research. His expertise includes endangered and invasive alien species...
Vikram AGRAWAL
Managing Director
EarthX / Trammell S. Crow Family Office
Vikram is a mission-driven, operationally-focused investment and management professional based in Dallas, Texas. Vikram is collaborating with Texan environmentalist, businessman, and...
Thomas VIEGAS
Nature Strategy Lead
Aviva
Thomas Viegas is an experienced professional with deep expertise in environmental economics, finance, and policy making. He has worked for the Bank of England, HM Treasury, the Taskforce...
Ena Lucia Suarez BOLANOS
Project officer
IUCN
Laura MEYER
Stakeholder Coordination Officer
UN Ocean Decade, UNESCO-IOC
I am specializing in International Law with a focus on Ocean conservation and my thesis research is currently focused on "Exploring the International Framework regarding Macroalgae Cultivation as a...
SENYACEN RAMIREZ
Coral Biologist
Families in Nature, Tela Marine
Senyacen Ramírez is a Honduran biologist who graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She served as the Marine Aquarium Manager at Tela Marine, gaining experience in the care of...
Anne MEADEB
Directrice
Play for Nature
Anne Meadeb has been leading the endowment fund Play for Nature since early 2025. She holds an MBA in Management and Business Administration from the Sorbonne and first built her career as an...
Tommaso DEMOZZI
Biodiversity Policy Officer
IUCN
Tommaso Demozzi works as Biodiversity Policy Officer for the IUCN EU Representative Office and for the IUCN Centre for Policy and Law. He follows key international policy processes both at the...
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...
Jan Steffen
Regional Programme Director
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Jan Steffen studied marine science in Kiel and received his PhD in 1998 at the Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology in Bremen, Germany.Following field research on coral reef resource management in...
*Carlos Manuel RODRÍGUEZ
CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility
Lawyer by profession, politician by choice, and conservationist at heart, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez was elected as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility by its governing body, the GEF...
Genny NGENDE
Africa Program Senior Campaign Coordinator
International Rivers
Genny serves as the Senior Campaign Coordinator for the Africa Program at International Rivers. In this role, she collaborates with partners and communities in Namibia, Guinea Conakry, and the...
Geert Jan HEUSINKVELD
Sustainability Manager
Volcafe / Kyagalanyi Coffee Uganda
Geert Jan Heusinkveld is the Sustainability Manager at Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd, Uganda’s leading coffee exporter and a key member of the Swiss based Volcafe group. With a strong foundation in...
Jean-Charles DJELALIAN
Chief Sustainability Officer
Solvay
Engineer by education, I started my career in the administration. The United Nations had just launched the Global Compact and I had to engage French industries on Sustainability. Later on, I joined...
Georges HABIB
Young Professional Focal Point
IUCN CEESP
Georges is an Engineering Geologist with a strong foundation in Geosciences, currently exploring the intersection of the earth beneath our feet and the energy systems shaping our future. With a...
Marta Maria MOLINA AYALA
Directora de Proyectos
Marta Molina
Elisabeth PREMESNIL DAY
Deputy Director
Maliasili
Liz is half French half British and has over 7 years of experience working in marine conservation. Before joining Maliasili, she worked extensively along the southwest coast of Madagascar supporting...
Jaime QUISPE
Director Ejecutivo
ONG CENTRO DE APOYO A LA GESTION SUSTENTABLE DEL AGUA Y EL MEDIO AMBIENTE "AGUA SUSTENTABLE"
Jaime Prudencio Quispe Poma, an agricultural engineer by profession, has been working since 1998 on climate change, integrated water resource management, and integrated watershed management projects...
Adnan AQEEL MADHI
Adnan AQEEL MADHI
Laure MONTCHAMP
Senior Grants Officer, Species Conservation Action
IUCN
Laure Montchamp has been working at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2021, where she currently serves as Senior Grants Officer , Conservation Action within the Species...
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...
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...
Cymie PAYNE
Professor
Rutgers University
Professor Cymie R. Payne is on the faculty of Rutgers University. She has appeared as counsel before the Internationall Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and as expert before the International Court of...
Seungcheol CHOI
manager
Korea National Park Service
I received my Ph.D. in 2005 and joined the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) in 2006. I am currently serving at the National Park Academy of Korea, where I focus on disaster prevention, safety...