All Speakers

Speaker Louise HOBIN
Louise HOBIN

Programme Officer - GAA Coordinator for Africa, Europe and Asia

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

I am coordinating the global amphibian Red List efforts for Africa, Europe and Asia for the third Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA3). I have been involved in GAA work since 2015, where I led on the...
Speaker Meg BECKEL
Meg BECKEL

Founder

IUCN CEC Nature Communications

Margaret (Meg) Beckel is an accomplished leader in the education, post-secondary and arts & culture sectors. Her skills and experience include senior administration, fundraising, finance and...
Speaker Caroline KATSANDE
Caroline KATSANDE

Regional Manager

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Caroline Katsande is a dedicated conservation professional with more than twenty years of experience in wildlife management, habitat restoration, community and...
Speaker Tessa WORGAN
Tessa WORGAN

Senior Producer

BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Tessa is a Senior Producer in BBC Studio’s Natural History Unit development team. She has developed several landmark natural history and conservation series including Blue Planet III, Hidden Planet,...
Niila-Juhán Valkeapää
Niila-Juhán Valkeapää
Speaker Shahad ZUHAIR
Shahad ZUHAIR

Technical and Administrative Assistant

IUCN ROWA

Shahad Zuhair is an environmentalist conservationist and climate-justice advocate currently working with IUCN ROWA. With over six years of experience supporting environmental project management, she...
Speaker Yan GAO
Yan GAO

Engineer

Land Consolidation & Rehabilitation Center, MNR

Robert CEIRIOG-HUGHES
Robert CEIRIOG-HUGHES
Speaker Kundan Kumar BURNWAL
Kundan Kumar BURNWAL

Deputy Project Director

GIZ India

Kundan Burnwal is a Senior Advisor and Deputy Project Director for the Indo-German bilateral cooperation project RECAP4NDC, which aims to restore, conserve, and protect forest and tree...
Speaker Mariana TRIVIñO SPIN
Mariana TRIVIñO SPIN

Student

Center of Global Education

Hello, my name is Mariana Triviño. I'm 15 years old and I am from Colombia. I'm currently in high school at Gimnasio Los Caobos. I'm passionate about nature and ecosystem conservation, and I'm...
Speaker Chimeddorj BUYANAA
Chimeddorj BUYANAA

Conservation director

WWF Mongolia

Mr. B. Chimeddorj is a wildlife biologist with special focus on antelope conservation works in Mongolia. He was a researcher at the Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS). In 2007...
Speaker Hanen FRIJI EP DAOUDI
Hanen FRIJI EP DAOUDI

technicienne supérieur

General Directorate of Water Resources

I'm Hanen Friji ,graduated from the university of Science in Tunisia, with a master's degree in life and earth sciences. I'm working as a senior technician in the General Directorate of Water...
Bryce Coon
Bryce Coon

Earth Day Network

Speaker Todd Miller
Todd Miller

Director of Conservation Programs

The Nature Conservancy

As the Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia, Todd oversees the land protection, stewardship, forest carbon, ecosystem restoration and conservation planning...
Speaker Lou ROE
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...
Speaker Pedro José CARRILLO ARTEAGA
Pedro José CARRILLO ARTEAGA

Presidente

Eco Redd

Speaker Byron Luciano RAMIREZ CAYETANO
Byron Luciano RAMIREZ CAYETANO

Student

Asociación Ak' Tenamit

Byron Luciano Ramirez Cayetano is a young student at the educational center operated by the Ak'Tenamit Association, a grassroots Indigenous organization in Guatemala and a member of the IUCN.Byron is...
Speaker Baravi THAMAN
Baravi THAMAN

Environmental Scientist

National Trust of Fiji

Baravi Thaman is an environmental scientist from Suva, Fiji, with expertise in marine and coastal management, biological conservation, and community-based resource management. He holds a PhD in...
Speaker Anton Willems Delanoy
Anton Willems Delanoy

Director Ejecutivo

Fondo Nacional para Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado

Speaker Gerry CREIGHTON
Gerry CREIGHTON

Curator of Elephant Care and Conservation

Al Ain Zoo

Gerry Creighton has spent over 25 years working with elephants and has nearly 40 years of experience in a professional zoo environment. Gerry started work in Dublin Zoo in 1983 as a trainee keeper,...
Speaker Grethel AGUILAR ROJAS
Grethel AGUILAR ROJAS

Director General

IUCN

Dr Grethel Aguilar, born in Costa Rica, assumed office as Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in October 2023. Dr Aguilar brings with her thirty years of...
Speaker Alex TOTH
Alex TOTH

Founder

MycoNest

Alex Tóth (Hungary) is passionate about restoring ecosystems through bio-based, circular, and regenerative design. With a background in EU environmental policy and circular economy, he works at the...
Speaker Henrik STAHL
Henrik STAHL

Dean of College of Marine Science and Aquatic Biology

Khorfakkan University

Dr. Henrik Stahl is a Swedish marine scientist and Dean of the College of Marine Sciences and Aquatic Biology at the University of Khorfakkan in Sharjah, UAE. He holds an MSc and PhD in Marine...
Speaker Agnes Leina NTIKAAMPI
Agnes Leina NTIKAAMPI

Indigenous Expert

Il’laramatak Community Concern

Agnes Leina comes from Northern part of Kenya, Samburu County, inhabited mainly by the Samburu community, a sub sect of the Maasai peoples of Kenya, who are also mainly pastoralists and very...
Speaker Francis Akatsa OKALO
Francis Akatsa OKALO

Programme Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience-Ke

IUCN Secretariat

Francis is marine conservation scientist with over 9 years of experience in management and conservation of coastal and marine resources. His experience cuts across phycology and fisheries research,...
Speaker Peter Bille LARSEN
Peter Bille LARSEN

lecturer

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Linking conservation, social equity and complex heritage.
Speaker Prishani VENGETAS
Prishani VENGETAS
I am conservation veterinarian with over 15 years of experience in animal health, including field work with local communities and wildlife organisations in Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia...
Speaker Randall JIMENEZ
Randall JIMENEZ

Conservation Scientist

IUCN

Senior Conservation Scientist at IUCN, specializing in biometry, spatial analysis, and statistical methods to develop quantitative approaches for science-based conservation targets.