All Speakers

Speaker Hannah TIMMINS
Hannah TIMMINS

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

I am an ecologist with an interdisciplinary background in landscape-level conservation planning and management. I have researched and written about many topics including most recently the...
Speaker Arthur BRANT
Arthur BRANT

Coordenator

ICMBio

I am the National Coordinator for the Red List Assessment of Brazilian fauna by ICMBio, a Brazilian government institute. With experience in the conservation and monitoring of Brazilian...
Speaker Boyoung KANG
Boyoung KANG

Director

Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea

Speaker Michael HANTKE-DOMAS
Michael HANTKE-DOMAS

Associate Professor

Universidad San Sebastian

Dr. Michael Hantke Domas is an internationally recognized lawyer for his professional and academic practice in water law, natural resources law and environmental law. His experience stems from more...
Speaker Neida ARIMUYA
Neida ARIMUYA

Indigenous Expert

IPO

Neida Andi Arimuya is a spiritual guide of the Siona people of the Amazon region of Ecuador with extensive experience in the areas of biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change.
Speaker Menelaos MEGARIOTIS
Menelaos MEGARIOTIS

Principal

Strategy&

●Bio SummaryMenelaos Megariotis is a Principal at Strategy& in Dubai. He is an experienced strategy consultant with a focus on the topics of Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation. He has worked...
Speaker Michael APPLETON
Michael APPLETON

Senior Adviser

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Thematic Vice Chair, Capacity Development. Mike’s work as a conservation practitioner focuses on applied, area-based conservation, working in more than 40 counties to help establish protected...
Yue FEI
Yue FEI

Ministry of Natural Resources of China

Speaker Patience GANDIWA
Patience GANDIWA

Director International Conservation Affairs

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Professor Patience Gandiwa has accumulated 18 years of professional experience in wildlife conservation. She began her tenure with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife...
Speaker Silvia VIMERCATI
Silvia VIMERCATI

Coral Reef Conservation Specialist

SHAMS

Dr. Silvia Vimercati is a marine biologist working with the General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea (SHAMS), where she leads projects on coral reef...
Speaker Karim HAGGAR
Karim HAGGAR

Senior Advisor (Conservation & Biodiversity)

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Dr. Karim Haggar, WCPA member and IUCN Congress ambassador, is a Senior Advisor at Roland Berger, where he focuses on nature conservation and biodiversity, with a broader emphasis on ESG,...
Speaker Sandrine Enguehard
Sandrine Enguehard

Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer

Societe Generale

Deputy CSO since March 2024, Sandrine is notably in charge of our Nature task force and Sustainable Business.Previously Sandrine Enguehard was Heading our Sustainable finance team for SG...
Speaker Eileen Delia Mairena Cunningham
Eileen Delia Mairena Cunningham

Lider Indígena

CADPI

Eileen Mairena Cunningham is an Indigenous activist, climate justice advocate, and global researcher. A Miskitu woman from Waspam, on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, she has spent over two decades...
Speaker Astrid DELAPORTE-SPRENGERS
Astrid DELAPORTE-SPRENGERS

Biodiversity Engineer

TotalEnergies

Astrid Delaporte-Sprengers is an environmental and biodiversity engineer at TotalEnergies. She supports the implementation of biodiversity best practices across company’s sites and promotes...
Speaker Hassan ABDALLA
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,...
Speaker Lee WRAY-DAVIES
Lee WRAY-DAVIES

Global Director for Education

Foundation for environmental education

Speaker Lama SALEH
Lama SALEH

Programme Development and Partnerships Director

Goumbook

Lama has been leading several impactful education and awareness programmes at Goumbook, including the Take a Breath initiative that focuses on improving indoor air quality in the UAE and...
Speaker Alex Hai ZHANG
Alex Hai ZHANG

Secretary General

Eco Foundation Global

Houria DJOUDI
Houria DJOUDI
Speaker Nathalie BRUNELLE
Nathalie BRUNELLE

SVP Health Safety Environment

TOTALENERGIES SE

Biography  - Nathalie Brunelle - 2025Nathalie BRUNELLE is Senior Vice President Health Safety & Environment Unit at TotalEnergies. She began her career in 1995 as process engineer, then...
Speaker Khaled FAHMY
Khaled FAHMY

Executive Director

Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

A distinguished environmental economist and policy expert with over 40 years of experience in sustainable environmental management, climate action, and institutional development, H.E. Dr Fahmy’s...
Speaker Jerry MANG'ENA
Jerry MANG'ENA

Executive Director

Action For Ocean

Jerry Mang’ena is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Action For Ocean (AFO)—formerly Aqua-Farms Organization—a youth-led nonprofit headquartered in Dar es Salaam with regional offices in Kilwa...
Speaker Hind AL AMERI
Hind AL AMERI

Acting Section Head Marine Biodiversity Assessment & Conservation

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Dr. Hind Al Ameri is a marine conservation scientist and has joined the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in 2014. Dr. Al Ameri has a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter and...
Angelito TENORIO
Angelito TENORIO
Speaker It SAV
It SAV

Head of the O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA)

O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA)

Mr. Sav It is the Head of the O’Tung Community Protected Area (CPA) Committee in Virachey National Park (VNP), in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. He has more than 15 years of experience in community-...
Speaker Hala MURAD
Hala MURAD

President

Dibeen For Environmental Development

Hala S. Murad – Environmental and climate policy expertWork on  climate justice advocacy, She holds a master’s degree in socio-ecological science & her thesis on climate change and...
Speaker JIALI ZHANG
JIALI ZHANG

Senior Engineer

CREEI

ZHANG Jiali, Deputy Director of Department of New Energy, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute. She is a senior engineer with over ten years of experience in the renewable energy sector. Her...
Speaker Tommaso DEMOZZI
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...