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Speaker Maria Jovita LAMBERT
Maria Jovita LAMBERT

Associate Director of International Affairs and Graduate Admissions; Adjunct Pro

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Maria Jovita Lambert is the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions and International Affairs and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Her work…
Speaker Abrar AL MAHMOUD
Abrar AL MAHMOUD

Director Corporate Communications

Dolphin Energy

Abrar Al Mahmoud is the Director of Corporate Communications at Dolphin Energy with over 18 years of experience with the company.She is responsible for overseeing all communication with Dolphin…
Speaker Bianca LA PLACA
Bianca LA PLACA

Executive manager

WEEC World Environmental Education Congress Network

Focused on international events industry - meetings, conventions, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, in Europe and Worldwide – I have worked in a variety of operational and marketing roles,…
Speaker Manutnay XAVONGXAY
Manutnay XAVONGXAY

Office Manager

Saola Foudation

My name is Manutnay XAVONGXAY. I work at the Saola Foundation as an Office Manager and Financial Officer based in Vientiane Capital. I feel honored to contribute to conservation, which I believe is…
Speaker Alberto ALEJANDRO FARJE ORNA
Alberto ALEJANDRO FARJE ORNA
Ambassador Alberto Alejandro Farje Orna is serving as the first Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to the United Arab Emirates. He was assigned in August, and the Embassy was inaugurated on 28 April…
Speaker Laure MONTCHAMP
Laure MONTCHAMP

Senior Grants Officer, Species Conservation Action

IUCN

Laure Montchamp has been working at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2021, where she currently serves as Senior Grants Officer , Conservation Action within the Species…
Speaker Kristin KLEISNER
Kristin KLEISNER

Associate Vice President, Ocean Science

Environmental Defense Fund

Dr. Kristin Kleisner, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist and the Associate Vice President for Oceans Science at EDF. Her work is focused on understanding the multiple benefits generated by…
Speaker Ana PEREZ DE VARGAS DE MESA
Ana PEREZ DE VARGAS DE MESA

EKTHAR

Speaker Austin MAST
Austin MAST

Professor

Florida State University | Citizen Science Global Partnership

I am a Professor in the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University where I also serve as Director of the Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication and as…
Speaker Rahayu OKTAVIANI
Rahayu OKTAVIANI

Co-vice chair/Director

IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group - Section on Small Apes/KIARA

Rahayu Oktaviani is the Co-Vice Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group - Section on Small Apes and the Co-Founder and Director of Yayasan Konservasi Ekosistem Alam Nusantara (KIARA), an…
Speaker ANN WAHINYA
ANN WAHINYA

Director

Global Trauma Project

Ann WahinyaDirector, Global Trauma Project – KenyaAnn Wahinya, M.A., is the Kenya Director of Global Trauma Project (GTP) and a development practitioner with over 15 years’ experience in…
Speaker Anouj MEHTA
Anouj MEHTA

Country Director ADB Thailand

ADB

Anouj Mehta Country Director, Thailand Resident Mission (TRM) , Asian Development BankAnouj leads ADB’s Thailand Resident Mission based in Bangkok, encompassing both public and private sector…
Speaker Helene WILLEM
Helene WILLEM

Mubadarat IUCN CSO Programme Officer

IUCN Mediterranean Centre for Cooperation

Hélène Willem is a programme officer at the IUCN Mediterranean Centre for Cooperation, where she coordinates initiatives supporting civil society organisations in North Africa and across the…
Speaker Joséa S. DOSSOU BODJRENOU
Joséa S. DOSSOU BODJRENOU

President

Comité National des Membres de l'UICN au Bénin

Né en 1964 à Porto-Novo d’une famille très modeste de Hozin, Commune de Dangbo, Monsieur Dossou-Bodjrènou S. Joséa a fait ses études primaires à Hozin et à Pobè et ses études secondaires à Dangbo,…
Speaker Addison MARRY-CHOW
Addison MARRY-CHOW

Content Development & Communications Coordinator

Families In Nature

Speaker ISMAILI ALAOUI HASSANA
ISMAILI ALAOUI HASSANA

Directrice du Parc National d'Ifrane

Association Marocaine pour le Développement des Aires Protégées

Speaker Erustus KANGA
Erustus KANGA

Director General

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Prof. Kanga has over twenty (20) years of experience in biodiversity conservation, climate change vulnerability assessment and mapping, bio-enterprises, and community livelihood support. He has a…
Speaker GUSTAVO SOBRINHO DGEDGE
GUSTAVO SOBRINHO DGEDGE

Secretario de Estado de Terra e Ambiente

Ministerio da Agricultura Ambiente e Pesca

Gustavo Sobrinho Dgedge is Secretary of State for Land and Environment at the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries of the Republic of Mozambique. He holds a PhD in Environmental…
Speaker Kiran TIMALSINA
Kiran TIMALSINA

Executive Officer, Frist contact person

Batabaraniya Susan Karya Samuha Nepal

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 Aubrey TEFFER
Aubrey TEFFER
I am Aubrey Teffer, a senior at Westwood Highschool in Austin Texas. The last few years of my life have been partially dedicated to a project regarding the marine health of Tela Bay in Honduras. My…
Speaker Charles OLUCHINA
Charles OLUCHINA

Regional Programme Coordinator

IUCN Secretariat

Mr. Charles Oluchina is a natural resource management, sustainable development, corporate management, community empowerment and business development specialist with over 23 years of professional…
Speaker Johannes SCHIELEIN
Johannes SCHIELEIN

Co-Founder of NaLaMap

NaLaMap

Johannes is a geographer and economics graduate with expertise in applying geospatial data to inform and improve public policies in conservation and development.He holds a PhD in Agricultural…
Speaker Alexandra Kalandarishvili
Alexandra Kalandarishvili

Senior Policy Coordinator

The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)

Speaker Archana GODBOLE
Archana GODBOLE

Director

Applied Environmental Research Foundation

Dr. Archana Godboleis the Founder Director of the Pune based NGO- Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF).A Plant Taxonomist and Ethnobiologist by training, she has developed various…
Speaker Penny BECKER
Penny BECKER

Chief Executive Officer

Island Conservation

Penny joined Island Conservation in January 2020 and then became the organization's Chief Executive Officer in 2024. She has a passion for learning and practicing leadership around conservation…
Speaker Hao MA
Hao MA

director general

Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission

I graduated from Fudan University in China with a PhD in Economics. I am currently working at the Development and Reform Commission of Qinghai Province, mainly dedicated to providing stable energy…
Speaker Cheikh MOHAMEDOU
Cheikh MOHAMEDOU

Ecologist

IUCN

Senior Ecologist with over 10 years of experience in ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. Brings a systems perspective that links biodiversity outcomes with…