All Speakers

Lena SEEBALD
Lena SEEBALD

Programme Associate-Knowledge Management and Tech4Nature

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Naresh SUBEDI
Naresh SUBEDI

Member Secretary

National Trust for Nature Conservation

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 Ken FITZGERALD
Ken FITZGERALD
Ken FitzGerald has over 30 years of international marine experience, including broad engineering and design expertise, extensive field survey work, and offshore operations. He supports the firm’s...
Speaker Annette LANJOUW
Annette LANJOUW

Chief Executive Officer

Arcus Foundation

Behavioural ecologist, primatologist, conservationist and philanthropic officer. I have worked in ape conservation, primarily in the Congo Basin, since the early 80's, including the International...
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Speaker Fernanda CRUZ RIBEIRO
Fernanda CRUZ RIBEIRO

Director, Institutional Partnerships, Conservation Science

PANTHERA FRANCE

Fernanda Ribeiro is the Director of Institutional Partnerships at Panthera, coordinating and executing Panthera’s high-level engagement with governments, key institutions and conservation...
Speaker Anita MOSBY
Anita MOSBY

Biodiversity Supervisor

ExxonMobil PNG

Anita Mosby is a Biodiversity Supervisor based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea with over 10 years of experience in conservation strategy, policy engagement and community-based biodiversity...
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 Barney LONG
Barney LONG

Senior Director Conservation Strategies

Re:wild

Barney Long is the Senior Director of Conservation Strategies at Re:wild where he oversees the species conservation, protected area management, crime prevention, exploration and restoration and...
Speaker Max Andonirina Noëli FONTAINE
Max Andonirina Noëli FONTAINE

Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Max Andonirina Fontaine, 29, is Madagascar’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development. Before his appointment, he founded Bôndy, a social enterprise dedicated to reforestation and...
Speaker Ignace BEGUIN BILLECOCQ
Ignace BEGUIN BILLECOCQ
Ignace Beguin Billecocq is the Executive Director of the Mangrove Breakthrough Hub, hosted by Ambition Loop.Ignace brings extensive experience in building global coalitions that unite businesses,...
Speaker Nick BRYNER
Nick BRYNER

Professor

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Email: bryner@lsu.eduNicholas Bryner, Associate Professor of Law & John P. Laborde Endowed Professor in Energy Law at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, teaches...
Speaker Nanette KUICH
Nanette KUICH

Research Scientist

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

EducationStony Brook University - Bachelor of Arts, 1975Major: Earth and Space SciencesNew York State Regents ScholarshipUniversity of Texas, Dallas - Graduate Studies, 1977-80Major: Biogeochemistry...
Speaker Padu FRANCO
Padu FRANCO

Senior Program Manager

Bezos Earth Fund

Evolutionary and conservation biologist with more than 20 years of experience designing, coordinating, and implementing basic and applied research studies and projects. Over 15 years of...
George STIRRETT
George STIRRETT
Speaker Dodo MOKE
Dodo MOKE

Senior social safeguards Officer

African Wildlife Foundation

Dodo Moke is an economist with a rich background in conservation and community development. His professional journey began as a consultant, where he managed a crucial boat project in the Maringa-...
Speaker Najoua BOURAOUI
Najoua BOURAOUI

Présidente

Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et le Développement Durable de Bizerte (APEDDUB

Dr Najoua Bouraoui is an ophthalmologist from Tunisia and Chief of department of ophthalmology in the hospital of Bizerte. She is currently the President of the Association for the Protection of the...
Speaker MARK JONES
MARK JONES

Head of Policy

Born Free Foundation

Mark joined Born Free in October 2014 to work on international wildlife trade and wildlife management issues. A vet by training, Mark worked for many years on fish health and protection, before...
Speaker JENEEN GARCIA
JENEEN GARCIA

SENIOR EVALUATION OFFICER

GEF IEO

Jeneen R. Garcia is a Senior Evaluation Officer with over 10 years’ experience in evaluating environmental programs at the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO). Her...
Speaker Harry JONAS
Harry JONAS

Co-Director

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

International lawyer and Senior Director at WWF. 
Speaker Mehdi AJANA
Mehdi AJANA

HEAD OF STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS

NABAT

After several years in strategy consulting and technology commercialization, I recently joined Nabat, driven by a mission to build meaningful tools that support the urgent work of protecting and...
Speaker Dorcas OWUSUAA AGYEI
Dorcas OWUSUAA AGYEI

National Coordinator-NbS Project

IUCN

Dorcas has fourteen (14) years of experience in design and implementation of several natural resource management projects/ programmes in Africa particularly Ghana. Her specific areas of expertise are...
Speaker Stephen WIDDICOMBE
Stephen WIDDICOMBE

Director

Sharjah Marine Science Research Centre

I am Director of the Sharjah Marine Science Research Centre (SMSRC), at the University of Khorfakkan in the United Arab Emirates. This role allows me to further extend my leadership on the global...
Speaker Alain FRECHETTE
Alain FRECHETTE

Director - Rights, Climate & Conservation

Rights and Resources Initiative

Alain Frechette, PhD, is Director of Rights, Climate, and Conservation and Strategic Analysis at RRI. He’s worked for nearly three decades in areas related to natural resource management,...
Speaker Samuel Geller
Samuel Geller

Senior Protected and Conserved Areas Advisor

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Samuel Geller is a Senior Protected and Conserved Areas Advisor for Environment Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Canadian Wildlife Service. In his role, Sam leads an ECCC Screening Task Team...
Speaker Geert Jan HEUSINKVELD
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...
Speaker Chris SANDBROOK
Chris SANDBROOK

Professor of Conservation and Society

University of Cambridge

I am a conservation social scientist with a range of research interests around the central theme of biodiversity conservation and its relationship with society. My current research investigates (i)...