All Speakers

Speaker Liliana JAUREGUI
Liliana JAUREGUI

Director

IUCN NL

As Director of IUCN NL (the Dutch Committee of IUCN), I bring more than 30 years of experience working at the intersection of environmental justice and human rights. Based in Amsterdam, the…
Speaker Alice REISFELD
Alice REISFELD

Conservation Director

SAVE Brasil

Alice holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Management from the University of São Paulo (USP) and currently serves as the Conservation Director at SAVE Brasil – the BirdLife International…
Speaker Camille MACLET
Camille MACLET

Head of Nature Capital & Biodiversity

BNP Paribas

Camille Maclet is the Head of Natural Capital and Biodiversity of the international financial institution BNP Paribas. He supports the Group's nature strategy, and works with business lines towards…
Speaker Elizabeth MREMA
Elizabeth MREMA

UN Assistant Secretary General & Deputy Executive Director

United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.Between…
Speaker Hussein Alfa NAFO
Hussein Alfa NAFO
Ambassador Seyni Nafo is an influential voice in global climate diplomacy and a driving force behind Africa’s climate and sustainable development efforts. Currently serving as Co-Chair…
Speaker Sanjay Kumar SRIVASTAVA
Sanjay Kumar SRIVASTAVA

Adjunct Faculty

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Dr. Sanjay K. Srivastava brings over 25 years of strategic leadership in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation across Asia and the Pacific. He has led high-impact initiatives at the…
Speaker Jenny RAMAROLALA
Jenny RAMAROLALA

Communication and Advocacy Officer

FAPBM

Speaker Yana GEVORGYAN
Yana GEVORGYAN

Director of Secretariat

Group on Earth Observations

Yana is a visionary leader with a unique global perspective, adept at strategic change, and a systems thinker. With over 25 years of experience spanning public, private and intergovernmental sectors…
Speaker Frederic Yabre CROUSAZ
Frederic Yabre CROUSAZ

Forum Officer

Speaker Jessica Judith GREFA HUATATOCA
Jessica Judith GREFA HUATATOCA

Piatua Resiste

I am an indigenous Kichwa woman from the town of Santa Clara, Ecuador. I trained as a biologist at the Amazonian State University and currently hold a master's degree in Political Ecology and…
Speaker Cristina EGHENTER
Cristina EGHENTER

Global Governance Policy Coordinator

WWF International

With over 20 years of experience in Indonesia with WWF, and building and working with civil society organizations platforms at local, national and global levels to advance equity and rights in…
Speaker Aaron HENDERSON
Aaron HENDERSON

Associate Professor

University of Khorfakkan

Speaker Khuloud ALNUWAIS
Khuloud ALNUWAIS

Chief Sustainability Officer

Emirates Foundation

Khuloud has close to 28 years of experience in the private sector & philanthropy. Khuloud leads the development of new initiatives including establishing the Emirates Foundation in 2005, she…
Speaker Egor ZADEREEV
Egor ZADEREEV

Leading research scientist

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025

The President of the International Society for Salt Lake Research (http://isslr.org/)The Head of Science Communication group at the Krasnoyarsk Research Center (https://ksc.krasn.ru/)
Speaker SEONGHWAN JO
SEONGHWAN JO

Head of Visitor Service Division

Korea National Park Service

Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Chungbuk National University in Cheong-ju City, South KoreaServing at the Korea National Park Service since 2014Research AchievmentStudy on the…
Speaker Sunjoo PARK
Sunjoo PARK

Researcher

Korea National Park Service

I hold a Bachelor's degrees in Horticulture and Business Administration, and a Master's degree in Forest Policy (2016). I have been a researcher at the Korea National Park Service for the past three…
Speaker Daniele BAISERO
Daniele BAISERO

Data Scientist

KBA Secretariat

Daniele Baisero is a Data Scientist at the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat, specialising in systematic spatial approaches and habitat modelling. He developed the “Scoping Tool,” a scalable…
Speaker Ivana TOMASEVIC
Ivana TOMASEVIC

NbS Project Officer

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

Speaker Luna MILATOVIC
Luna MILATOVIC

Policy officer

IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Specialist Group

Luna Milatovic is a biologist with an MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy and expertise in biodiversity policy, human–wildlife conflict, wildlife and protected area management. A Klaus Töpfer…
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 Susana FILIPE
Susana FILIPE

Executive Director

CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute

Susana Filipe is the Executive Director of CHANGE – Institute for Global Changes and Sustainability, an organization with over 350 Researchers, that promotes scientific research to inform the design…
Speaker Emily NICHOLSON
Emily NICHOLSON

Professor of Conservation Biology

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

Professor Emily Nicholson is a conservation scientist whose work has impacts on conservation policy and practice at global and local levels. Her research interests include biodiversity monitoring and…
Speaker Atef OUERGHI
Atef OUERGHI

Programme Officer

UNEP-MAP-SPA/RAC

Speaker Alison Ormsby
Alison Ormsby

Associate Director of Design/ Forest Specialist

Adventure Scientists

Alison Ormsby has a PhD in Environmental Studies and was a professor of Environmental Studies for 20 years. Dr. Ormsby has taught human ecology and policy courses and published about topics that…
Speaker AKAMBI IS DEEN
AKAMBI IS DEEN

ingénieur aménagiste environnementaliste

UICN/PACO

Experience and knowledge in the process of developing and managing Protected Areas, specifically the Transboundary Mono Reserve (having participated in the creation process of the Bouche du Roy…
Abdo Kaseem Alsharif
Abdo Kaseem Alsharif

Assistance of Deputy Minister for Int. Affairs and Climate

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture

Speaker Fiona WILTON
Fiona WILTON

Sacred Lands and Waters

The Gaia Foundation

+30 years experience in the non-profit sector, in South America and globally, working on a range of conservation and environment issues; accompanying indigenous communities in reviving bio-cultural…
Speaker Britta HACKENBERG
Britta HACKENBERG

Senior Technical Associate

Namibia Nature Foundation

I am a passionate female conservationist with a Master’s degree in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use Management, an Engineer degree in Landscape Design and 18 years’ work experience in the field of…