All Speakers

Speaker Mark EIGENRAAM
Mark EIGENRAAM

Director

IDEEA Group

Mark has worked in environmental markets and natural capital accounting for over 25 years across academic and government institutions at all levels. Mark produced Australia’s first set of…
Speaker Helena ATKINSON
Helena ATKINSON

Senior Programme Manager

Peace Parks Foundation

Speaker Marion PONCET
Marion PONCET

Nature based solution project manager

IUCN French committee

Marion Poncet, PhD in Molecular Chemistry, specialized in public policy and environmental strategy at AgroParisTech. She discovered Nature-based Solutions during her studies and has since focused on…
Speaker Liliana NÚÑEZ VELIS
Liliana NÚÑEZ VELIS

Presidenta

Fundación Antonio Nuñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el hombre

Liliana Núñez Velis  Born in Havana, she graduated in History. Currently, she is the president of the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Foundation (FANJ), which is based in Havana and has several…
Speaker Kartikeya SARABHAI
Kartikeya SARABHAI

Director

Centre for Environment Education

Kartikeya V. Sarabhai is an eminent environment educator and founder director of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), India. He holds Tripos in Natural Science from Cambridge University, UK…
Speaker Omagano SHOOYA
Omagano SHOOYA

Deputy Director , Southern Africa Portfolio

Maliasili

Omagano is the Deputy Director of the Southern Africa portfolio at Maliasili, where she plays a crucial role in providing institutional and leadership support to African organizations engaged in…
Speaker Karen PODVIN
Karen PODVIN

IUCN Secretariat

Karen is Ecuadorian; she has a BSc in Applied Ecology from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (2007); a Specialization in Climate Change from the Simón Bolívar Andean University (2011); and an…
Speaker Fedes VAN RIJN
Fedes VAN RIJN

Policy & Impact lead

Commonland

Speaker Sarah Amy WYATT
Sarah Amy WYATT

Sr. Biodiversity Specialist

GEF (Global Environment Facility)

Sarah Wyatt is a Senior Biodiversity Specialist at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). At the GEF, she leads work with Latin American and Pacific island countries to develop biodiversity…
Speaker Anita TZEC
Anita TZEC

Senior Program Manager on Indigenous Peoples & Con

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Shira YASHPHE
Shira YASHPHE

Director of Wildlife Crime & Policy

Cheetah Conservation Fund

I am a veterinary doctor and international conservation expert with over a decade of experience leading wildlife protection, animal welfare, and policy initiatives in complex, cross-border…
Speaker Byambadorj ENKHUUN
Byambadorj ENKHUUN

Co-Founder & Director of Operations

Breathe Mongolia - Clean Air Coalition

Enkhuun Byambadorj is an environmental rights advocate. Witnessing her loved ones suffer from air pollution, she co-founded Breathe Mongolia at 18, a nonprofit working to transform policies,…
Houria DJOUDI
Houria DJOUDI
Speaker Cleofaz Quintori Soto
Cleofaz Quintori Soto

Unión Regional de los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonía de la Provincia de Atalaya

Speaker Yuuko IIZUKA
Yuuko IIZUKA

Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Corporate Division, Head of Sustainability

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

Yuuko Iizuka is executive officer, deputy head of Corporate Division of Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. as of January 2025, where she oversees the Sustainability Department as general manager since 2015…
Speaker Javkhlan ARIUNBAATAR
Javkhlan ARIUNBAATAR

GIZ Mongolia

Dr. Javkhlan Ariunbaatar is a development and environmental strategist advancing sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in Mongolia and internationally, with expertise in conservation…
Speaker Yijie Peng
Yijie Peng

Senior Vice President&Chief Sustainability Officer

Ant Group

Ms.PengjoinedAlipayinNovember2012andhadservedasvicepresidentandgeneralmanageroftheinternationalbusinessgroup,whereshelaidthefoundationsofAlipay'sinternationalbusinesses.…
Speaker Caroline LEES
Caroline LEES

Chair

IUCN SSC CPSG

Caroline joined the CPSG staff in 2011 as a workshop facilitator and PVA modeller. Before CPSG she worked with zoos in the UK, Europe and later in Australasia where her work included evaluating field…
Speaker ludovic BRANLANT
ludovic BRANLANT

NbS Mainstreaming Adviser

Pacific Community (SPC)

Ludovic Branlant is an experienced climate change and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) specialist with over a decade of expertise in project design, management, and policy integration across the Pacific…
Speaker Nathan CARDINAL
Nathan CARDINAL

Director, Indigenous Policy

Parks Canada

Nathan Cardinal is a member of the Métis Nation and comes from a line of trappers who stewarded their lands in northern Alberta, Canada. He is the director of Indigenous Policy for Parks Canada,…
Speaker Ada NATOLI
Ada NATOLI

PhD

UAE Dolphin Project Initiative, Zayed University

Ada Natoli is assistant professor at Zayed University, founder and current director of the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative. Ada’s research focuses on whales and dolphins, species indicators of the…
Speaker Francisco Armando ARIAS-ISAZA
Francisco Armando ARIAS-ISAZA

Director General

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis

Speaker LEONARDO SIMÓN CRISóSTOMO LONCOPáN
LEONARDO SIMÓN CRISóSTOMO LONCOPáN

Geographer

ICI Füta Mawiza

Simón Crisóstomo LoncopánBorn in Curarrehue, in a Mapuche community, he grew up in a communal environment where he assumed leadership roles from an early age. He is a geographer by profession and has…
Speaker Marwa ALAWADHI
Marwa ALAWADHI

Head of Awareness and Conservation Section

Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Marwa Alawadhi is Head of the Awareness and Rationalization of consumption section within the Productivity and Demand Management Department at the Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure. She is also…
Speaker Duan BIGGS
Duan BIGGS

Professor

Northern Arizona University

Duan is the Olajos-Goslow Chair at Northern Arizona University in the USA. He is a conservation scientist with over 20 years experience globally in community-based conservation, sustainable tourism…
Fazil ABDUL RAHIMAN
Fazil ABDUL RAHIMAN
Speaker Khawla AL BLOOSHI
Khawla AL BLOOSHI

Unit Head Initiation and Planning

AL Ain Zoo

Speaker Nishant JAIN
Nishant JAIN

Senior Program Officer

IUCN

Nishant Jain is conservation professional with over 12 years of work experience. He currently serves as a Senior Programme Officer at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in New…