All Speakers

Speaker Dindo CAMPILAN
Dindo CAMPILAN

Asia Regional Director & Hub Director for Oceania

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

 Dr. Campilan directs the UCN regional hub for Asia and Oceania. Prior to joining IUCN in 2021,  he served in similar senior programme leadership and executive management roles with the CGIAR,…
Speaker Luc Roscelin TéDONZONG DONGMO
Luc Roscelin TéDONZONG DONGMO

Conservation Scientist - Africa

IUCN

Luc holds a PhD in Biology (Terrestrial Ecology), with a specialization in Wildlife Habitat Management. His doctoral training took place at Ghent University (Terrestrial Ecology Unit) and at the…
Speaker Alexandre DAH
Alexandre DAH

Président of NGO-CEM

ONG Conservation des Espèces Marines

Speaker Myrna SEMAAN
Myrna SEMAAN

President

Friends of Nature

MYRNA SEMAAN PhD Brief summaryA- Project Management and Consultancy (over 15 years):International organizations: 7 topics for IUCN, EU Commission, GEFGovernment: - ecological studies to the…
Speaker Pradeep SINGH
Pradeep SINGH

Senior Project Manager

Oceano Azul Foundation

Pradeep Singh is a Senior Project Manager at Oceano Azul Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. He holds an LL.M degree from Harvard Law School, an LL.M. degree in Global Environment and Climate Change Law…
Speaker Hala HATAMLEH
Hala HATAMLEH

Policy and Research Manager

Posterity Institute

Hala Hatamleh is the Director of the Irth Institute, under the Posterity Institute, where she also serves as Research and Policy Manager. She leads all research and policy initiatives related to…
Speaker Gabrielle NUSSBAUM
Gabrielle NUSSBAUM

Senior Manager, Engagement • Global Forest Watch & Land & Carbon Lab

World Resources Institute

Gabrielle Nussbaum is a Senior Manager of Engagement for Global Forest Watch and Land & Carbon Lab at the World Resources Institute. She leads global engagement strategies for geospatial…
Speaker Fanny CORNEJO
Fanny CORNEJO

Executive Director

Yunkawasi

Fanny M. Cornejo is a Peruvian conservation biologist and anthropologist with over 18 years of experience in biodiversity research, protected area governance, and community-based conservation in the…
Speaker Alister Scott
Alister Scott

Executive Director

Global Rewilding Alliance

40 year career making big change happen with sustainability as the driving purpose. Doctorate in Science Policy from the University of SussexHonorary Professor of Practice at UCL Institute for…
Speaker Siobhan MCQUAID
Siobhan MCQUAID

Director

Trinity College Dublin / Horizon Nua

Siobhan McQuaid, PhD, is Associate Director of Innovation in the Centre for Social Innovation in Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She manages a portfolio of 'Working with…
Speaker Juha SIIKAMAKI
Juha SIIKAMAKI

Chief Economist

IUCN Secretariat

Juha Siikamäki is Chief Economist and Director of Economy and Finance Team of International Union of Conservation for Nature (IUCN). He has more than 20 years of experience working on the economics…
Speaker Ricardo JEROZOLIMSKI
Ricardo JEROZOLIMSKI

Environmental Analyst

ICMBIO

Ricardo Jerozolimski is Brazilian, a forest engineer, specialist in Hybrid Languages and Education, and holds a master’s degree in Regional Development. He works as an environmental analyst at the…
Speaker Eric TERENA
Eric TERENA

Indigenous artist and activist

Mídia Indígena

Eric Terena is an Indigenous artist and activist from the Pantanal (Mato Grosso do Sul) who uses music as a tool of resistance. In his project Origins, he combines ancestral chants with electronic…
Speaker Tabea Casique Coronado
Tabea Casique Coronado

Coordinadora de Bosques, Clima y Redd+ Indigena

Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana

Tabea Casique Coronado, an Indigenous leader of the Asheninka people, was born into a large family in the Yarina Cocha district of Ucayali, Peru, during a turbulent time in the country. The Peruvian…
Speaker Achim STEINER
Achim STEINER
Achim Steiner is a recognised leader in sustainable development, environmental policy and climate policy. He served as Director General of IUCN from 2001-2006. Since then he has led several…
Speaker Jean-Charles DJELALIAN
Jean-Charles DJELALIAN

Chief Sustainability Officer

Solvay

Engineer by education, I started my career in the administration. The United Nations had just launched the Global Compact and I had to engage French industries on Sustainability. Later on, I joined…
Speaker Sadka SAENMI
Sadka SAENMI

Indigenous Expert

IPO

Mr. Sakda Saenmi is an Indigenous expert from Thailand with expertise in the areas of Indigenous Peoples and their relation to Climate Change and Biodiversity
Speaker Mark SCHAUER
Mark SCHAUER

Coordinator Resilient Landscapes

GIZ

Mark Schauer is the co-lead for the GIZ project Resilient Rural Areas and for the ELD Initiative. Mark has been with GIZ in different positions with activities in the context of economic valuation,…
Speaker Erika KOROSI
Erika KOROSI

Senior Director Nature Markets

Conservation International

Erika is leading Conservation International’s global efforts in the innovative space of nature and biodiversity markets. Erika joined CI with a background spanning over two decades in corporate,…
Speaker Jiayi Xu
Jiayi Xu

Programs Director

Beijing Greenovation Institute for Public Welfare Development

Xu Jiayi, Programmes Director at Greenovation Hub, is responsible for formulating the institutional strategy on biodiversity, climate, ocean and emerging thematic project strategies. Meanwhile, Jiayi…
Speaker Fabien KUFEL
Fabien KUFEL

Project officer Nature based Solutions

IUCN French Committee

Fabien Kufel is the project manager for “Nature-based Solutions” at the IUCN French Committee and has been working on this concept for seven years. Initially involved in setting up the LIFE…
Speaker Tracy FARRELL
Tracy FARRELL

North America Regional Director

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Aymeric SALAMONE
Aymeric SALAMONE

Regional Law Enforcement Expert

UNODC

Mr Aymeric Salamone is the Regional Law Enforcement Expert at the UNODC Regional Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council Region (OGCCR) based in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
Speaker Letícia GUIMARãES
Letícia GUIMARãES

Biodiversity Lead

Vale SA

Leticia Guimarães has 20 years of experience working with biodiversity and business, in the last 15 years she had working in the mining sector managing and mitigating biodiversity risk and impacts.…
Speaker Hanna HADDAD
Hanna HADDAD

Programme Assistant-Protected Areas & Biodiversity

IUCN Regional Office for West Asia

Eng. Hanna Haddad is a motivated conservationist and a detail-oriented problem-solver. He is currently the Programme Assistant for the Protected Areas & Biodiversity, World Heritage Programme at…
Speaker Gloria Amor Paredes
Gloria Amor Paredes
Gloria Amor Paredes is an environmental education and community development specialist with over a decade of experience in forest and water restoration, Indigenous knowledge systems, and climate…
Speaker Denis MICHEZ
Denis MICHEZ

Professor

University of Mons

Denis Michez holds a degree in engineering from University of Liège (Belgium) and a Ph-D in Biological Sciences from the University of Mons (Belgium). He did a postdoc at Cornell University (USA) in…
Speaker Bushra HUSSEIN AL JABERI
Bushra HUSSEIN AL JABERI

Sustainability Analyst

University of Sharjah