All Speakers

Speaker Chansol KO
Chansol KO

Programme Officer

GCIDA

Speaker Rabab AL LAWATI
Rabab AL LAWATI

Conservation Outreach Coordinator

Environment Society of Oman

Rabab Al Lawati is an early-career wildlife and conservation biologist and, until June 2025, served as the Conservation Outreach Coordinator at the Environment Society of Oman (ESO), Oman's first and...
Speaker Thabang TEFFO
Thabang TEFFO

Nature-Based Economy Lead

Southern African Wildlife College

Speaker Suk-Kyung SHIM
Suk-Kyung SHIM

Chair of Education and Communication Committee

IUCN National Committee of Korea

Dr. Suk-Kyung Shim is the Director of the Institute for Human and Nature. She has extensive experience in policy...
Speaker Leigh Morris
Leigh Morris

Chief Executive Officer

The Wildlife Trusts

Leigh’s career began in horticulture, working and managing in plant nurseries, then teaching in land-based colleges, before 10 years at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where he managed education...
Speaker Mosese Bulitavu
Mosese Bulitavu

Honourable Minister

Fiji Department of Environment

Speaker Marina Demaria Venâncio
Marina Demaria Venâncio

Legal Officer

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

Marina Venâncio is an environmental lawyer with over ten years of experience in the field of environmental law research and practice. She is currently working as a legal officer at the United...
Speaker Frank GRIFFIN
Frank GRIFFIN

Executive Director

CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat

Prior joining the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat Dr. Griffin has led and represented UPNG and SPREP at national, regional and international meetings. Dr. Griffin have over 20 years' experience of...
Alessandra Guzmán Sanchez
Alessandra Guzmán Sanchez
Speaker Nomindari ENKHTUR
Nomindari ENKHTUR

CEO

Mongolian Nature's Legacy Foundation

Ms. Nomindari Enkhtur currently serves as CEO of the Mongolian Nature’s Legacy Foundation (MNLF), an environmental trust fund established in 2024 with the mission to provide...
Yuting LIU
Yuting LIU

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Shakir ALI
Shakir ALI

Student

Beijing Forestry University

Shakir Ali is a postgraduate student at Beijing Forestry University, specializing in wildlife tourism and conservation psychology. Hailing from Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, he is deeply...
Speaker Jason WONG
Jason WONG

Economic Analyst

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

.Jason's interest in conservation economics stems from a love of exploring and protecting the outdoors. His main interest is in investigating alternative economic approaches that value and safeguard...
Speaker Patricia RICARD
Patricia RICARD

Présidente

Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard

Patricia Ricard has been actively engaged in environmental protection for over 30 years and is President of the Oceanographic Institute Paul Ricard. Founded in 1966, the Institute operates as a...
Speaker Alison Barnes
Alison Barnes

Chief Executive

New Forest National Park Authority

Alison is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Forest National Park Authority and a Founding Trustee of the National Park City Foundation. For over 25 years, her professional roles have focused on...
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 Prescilia KAPUPU
Prescilia KAPUPU

Indigenous Expert

ANAPAC – DRC

Role: Community Facilitator and Program Officer, ANAPAC – DRC andFacilitator, COSPAB SecretariatFields of experience: Nature conservation and biodiversityPrescillia is an Indigenous woman from...
Speaker Sadiki Lotha LAISER
Sadiki Lotha LAISER

Biodiversity and Climate Change Expert

African Union Commission (AUC)

Laiser is a passionate natural resource; water, biodiversity, wildlife, wetlands, marine, environmental and agroforestry & Climate Lead/expert in science-policy and decision-making synergies with...
Speaker Carolynne WHEELER
Carolynne WHEELER

Head of communications, BBC Media Action

BBC Media Action

Carolynne Wheeler is head of communications at BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity. She began her career in daily newspaper journalism in Canada and spent more than a decade as a...
Speaker Tim BADMAN
Tim BADMAN

Director, World Heritage

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025

Tim Badman is Head of the World Heritage Programme at IUCN. He joined IUCN in August 2007, and was previously based in Dorset County Council (UK) as Environment Policy Manager. Between 2000-2006 he...
Speaker Juliette PAEMELAERE
Juliette PAEMELAERE

Chargée de production et gestion des connaissances BIODEV2030

Expertise France

With a multidisciplinary background in risk management in the Global South and international environmental project management, I have specialized in knowledge production and capacity-building in...
Speaker Isabel CALLE VALLADARES
Isabel CALLE VALLADARES

Directora Ejecutiva

Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA)

Isabel Calle Valladares is a lawyer and environmental governance leader with more than 25 years of experience in legal advocacy, regulatory design, and public policy for the protection of the...
Speaker Luis Alberto CAMARGO
Luis Alberto CAMARGO

Founder & Director

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025

Nature Education for Sustainability Co-Chair & South America Regional Vice Chair Luis Alberto Camargo is the founder and Director of the Organization for Environmental Education and...
Speaker Emily RENN
Emily RENN

Graduate Research Assistant

Northern Arizona University

Emily is a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. Her research interests include seeking innovative, inclusive, and interdisciplinary approaches to...
Speaker Paulina ARROYO
Paulina ARROYO

Director, Global Portfolio

Enduring Earth

Paulina is an environmental leader and manager with over 20 years of experience dedicated to rights-based conservation in Latin America, the U.S., and globally, with a specific emphasis on Indigenous...
Speaker Ernesto HERRERA
Ernesto HERRERA

CEO

Reforestamos Mexico

I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and completed a Master’s in Environmental Management at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. I also hold a...
Speaker Graciela Coy Maas
Graciela Coy Maas

Advocacy

Asociación Ak' Tenamit

Graciela is a Q'eqchi Mayan indigenous leader with extensive experience related to girls education, community based tourism and rural development
Speaker Milica MISKOVIC
Milica MISKOVIC

Programme Officer

IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)

I am the Conservation programme officer for IUCN (Regional office for Eastern Europe, North and Central Asia), based in Belgrade and have been with IUCN for 5 years now. Prior to that I worked for...