All Speakers

Speaker shamma alkhoori
shamma alkhoori

Specialist - Youth and Community

Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi

Shamma Alkhoori  is a highly motivated and experienced Specialist – Youth and Community at the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), with a proven track record of success in developing and...
Speaker Luz Marina MANTILLA
Luz Marina MANTILLA

Directora General

Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI

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 Ola MALLAH
Ola MALLAH

Membership & Regional Director Office Manager

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

Ola Mallah is a seasoned administrative professional with over two decades of experience in membership management, office management, and event planning. Currently serving as the Membership &...
Speaker Pierre CARRET
Pierre CARRET

Grant Director

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Pierre Carret is an agronomist and expert in biodiversity conservation. For the last twenty years he has worked on nature conservation programs with several international organizations. His career...
Speaker Peter MANYARA
Peter MANYARA

Regional Ocean Partnerships Manager, IUCN ESARO COR Programme

IUCN Secretariat

Peter Manyara previously worked with UNEP’s global initiative on marine litter since its infancy to its evolution into the current Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML), where he supported...
Speaker Cymie PAYNE
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...
Speaker James BARTRAM
James BARTRAM

Advisory Chair - NFEL

Toronto Zoo

I have a broad base of international experience in education, conservation and design, with particular interest in program start-ups, innovation, staff development and multi-agency partnerships. I’ve...
Bryce Coon
Bryce Coon

Earth Day Network

Speaker Giacomo RAMBALDI
Giacomo RAMBALDI
Giacomo Rambaldi is an independent consultant in the domains of digitalisation for agriculture and enterprise development. He has 43 years of professional experience in Africa, Latin America, Asia,...
Speaker Miguel TORRES
Miguel TORRES

Red List Systems Manager

IUCN

Miguel Torres is the Red List Systems Manager at IUCN, where he oversees the infrastructure and software underpinning the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. He holds an MSc in Civil Engineering –...
Speaker Aimé Joseph NIANOGO
Aimé Joseph NIANOGO

Regional Director

IUCN

Après des études au Burkina Faso et aux Etats-Unis, le Prof. Nianogo a débuté sa carrière en 1982 comme enseignant-chercheur ; depuis lors il a successivement occupé plusieurs postes de...
Speaker Lara HILDEBRAND
Lara HILDEBRAND

Nature Manager

Holcim

Lara has been working as a Nature Manager at Holcim since June 2024. She has a Master’s in Nature conservation from Wageningen University and Research. At Holcim Lara is in charge of topics...
Speaker Omaima AHMED
Omaima AHMED

Education and CSR Senior Manager

Goumbook FZCO

Speaker Rouba ABOU ATIEH
Rouba ABOU ATIEH

Executive Coordinator

United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) - Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

Rouba Abou-Atieh is the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Office – Abu Dhabi. In this role, she heads the Office,...
Speaker Lucy MULENKEI
Lucy MULENKEI

Executive Director IIN and Co chair IIFB

Indigenous Information Network

Lucy Mulenkei is a Masaai from Kenya: a gender specialist and a human rights activist. Ms. Mulenkei has many years of experience in Environmental issues and community development work, focusing on...
Speaker Gina DELLA TOGNA
Gina DELLA TOGNA

Executive Director

The Amphibian Survival Alliance / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Dr. Gina Della Togna is a conservationist and researcher currently serving as the Executive Director of the Amphibian Survival Alliance and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research...
Speaker Nabegh GHAZAL ASSWAD
Nabegh GHAZAL ASSWAD

Programs Manager / Senior Scientific & Technical Advisor

Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife

Dr. Nabegh Ghazal Asswad had a PhD. in Wildlife Ecology and Management.  He works as a Programmes Manager at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for the Middle East and North Africa...
Speaker Lena MAGHRAOUI
Lena MAGHRAOUI

Programme Associate for Research and Development

IUCN

Lena Maghraoui is a Programme Associate at the IUCN North America Regional Office in Washington, D.C. Her work combines nature-based solutions with a focus on human rights in climate adaptation. Lena...
Speaker Frederic LAUNAY
Frederic LAUNAY

C.E.O

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

Frederic is the actual CEO of Panthera and Senior Advisor to the IUCN President
Speaker Mike BINGLEY
Mike BINGLEY

Education Director

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Mike Bingley is the Director of Education at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), where he leads national efforts to connect Canadians with nature through formal, non-formal, and informal learning...
Speaker Orsibal Eliú RAMÌREZ CARDONA
Orsibal Eliú RAMÌREZ CARDONA

Oficial técnico en adaptación al cambio climático y restauración del paisaje for

UICN

Orsibal Ramírez Cardona is a Forest Engineer with over 15 years of experience in integrated water resources management, forest landscape restoration, watershed management, and ecosystem-based...
Speaker Alexandra Kalandarishvili
Alexandra Kalandarishvili

Senior Policy Coordinator

The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)

Speaker Thomas PIENKOWSKI
Thomas PIENKOWSKI

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Dr Thomas Pienkowski is a Research Fellow at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology and a member of the E3 Sharing Space for Nature initiative.His overarching aim is to produce research...
Speaker Sebastian SCHMIDT ROACH
Sebastian SCHMIDT ROACH

CEO

Ocean Revive

Sebastian Schmidt-Roach began his coral reef research in 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago, later innovating coral recruitment methods in Indonesia. He earned his PhD on coral reproductive ecology at the...
Speaker Nicolas LAURENT
Nicolas LAURENT

Coordinateur biodiversité Europe/International

Ministry of Ecological Transition

Nicolas Laurent is an agronomist engineer specialized in ecology and public policies, and holds a master’s degree in public policy and sustainable development.He began his career in the French civil...
Speaker Humaira BADRú
Humaira BADRú

Project officer

Fundação para a Conservação da Biodiversidade

Humaira Agibo Badrú is a young Mozambican, born in Maputo. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation (2017) and a Postgraduate degree in...
Speaker Silvana BALDOVINO
Silvana BALDOVINO

Directora

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

SILVANA BALDOVINO BEASLawyer and currently serves as director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program of the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law since 2006.Silvana has more than 20 years...