All Speakers

Speaker Rob SMALL
Rob SMALL

Director, People & Nature

Fauna & Flora

Rob Small is Director of Fauna & Flora’s People & Nature programme. This team of interdisciplinary specialists, supports projects and partners across 30 countries in the Americas and…
Speaker Mahmoud FATHALLAH
Mahmoud FATHALLAH

Director of Environmental and Meterological Affairs

League of Arab States

Speaker Irene HEUSER
Irene HEUSER

Administrator / Expert on International and European Environmental Law

IUCN WCEL

Dr. Irene Lucia Heuser Since July 2018 Dr. Heuser is Chair of the Specialist Group on “Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Law“ of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. Dr. Irene Heuser…
Speaker Hanen FRIJI EP DAOUDI
Hanen FRIJI EP DAOUDI

technicienne supérieur

General Directorate of Water Resources

I'm Hanen Friji ,graduated from the university of Science in Tunisia, with a master's degree in life and earth sciences. I'm working as a senior technician in the General Directorate of Water…
Speaker Nur Febriani
Nur Febriani

Director of Resource Mobilization

Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI)

Nur Febriani Wardi is a planetary health advocate from Indonesia.She is the Resource Mobilization Director and the former Executive Director of Alam Sehat Lestari (2018-2023), a planetary health…
Speaker Marius BELLUCI
Marius BELLUCI

Enviromental Analist

ICMBio - Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

Environmental Analyst from Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, the brazilian government agency responsible for ptotected areas management, based in Iguaçu National Park, Deputy…
Speaker Matthew MITCHELL
Matthew MITCHELL

Senior Researcher

Yas SeaWorld Research and Recue Center

I'm a Senior Researcher at the Yas SeaWorld Research and Rescue Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. My work focuses on how individual fish respond both behaviorally and physiologically to changes in their…
Speaker Iliana MENDOZA
Iliana MENDOZA

MC

Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza

I hold a degree in Biology with a specialization in Agroecology from the Technological Institute of the Valley of Oaxaca and a Master's degree in Social Economy Business Management from the…
Speaker Sylvia Gan
Sylvia Gan
Sylvia is the Learning Manager at the Youth Climate Justice Fund (YCJF), where she leads the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems that generate evidence-based insights to…
Speaker Kimsreng KONG
Kimsreng KONG

Director

Ministry of Environment

Kong KimsrengMr. Kong Kimsreng is a conservation leader with over 25 years of experience in biodiversity research, protected area management, and natural resources governance in Cambodia and the…
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 Jesse HILDEBRAND
Jesse HILDEBRAND

VP Education

Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants

Jesse Hildebrand has pursued science communication for over a decade. He founded Science Literacy Week, a festival uniting libraries, NGOs, and science centers, which became an official government…
Speaker Osama AL NOURI
Osama AL NOURI

Program Manager

IFAW / SSCW

Osama Al Nouri holds an executive master’s in business administration. Since July 2024, he works as Program Manager at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for the Middle East and North…
Speaker Sadok DEBBABI
Sadok DEBBABI

Président

Notre Grand Bleu

I obtained my high school diploma in 2001, followed by a Higher Technician Diploma in Computer Science. Alongside my professional career, I have been actively involved in the non-profit sector for…
Speaker José COURRAU
José COURRAU

Oficial Senior (Áreas Protegidas)

IUCN

His career has been dedicated to the planning, management, monitoring, teaching, and study of biodiversity conservation in the developing world. I believe that biodiversity can achieve its…
Speaker Dana HUMAID
Dana HUMAID

MOI

Dana is co-chair of the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), which was established in collaboration with UNODC, which aims to enhance the capacities of law enforcement…
Speaker Sung-Ryong KANG
Sung-Ryong KANG

Team Leader

National Institute of Ecology

I am a researcher working at the National Institute of Ecology in the Republic of Korea. I am currently conducting assessments for the detailed target indicators of the Republic of Korea's 5th…
Speaker Hana MATSUZAKI
Hana MATSUZAKI
Hana Matsuzaki has joined IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team after seven years' experience as an officer in the nature conservation sector at the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Among her…
Speaker Adolfo Ottoniel MONTERROSO RIVAS
Adolfo Ottoniel MONTERROSO RIVAS

National Project Coordinator

IUCN

I am a Guatemalan professional specialized in environmental and natural resource economics. I work at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Guatemala) coordinating the Project…
Speaker Diana GARLYTSKA
Diana GARLYTSKA

Youth Advisory Committee Chair

IUCN

Diana Garlytska is a young expert who over 9 years of her career in academia has taught in more than a dozen of countries across Europe and Asia as a visiting lecturer. Diana has written several…
Khalifa Almazroui
Khalifa Almazroui
Speaker Raymond KLAASSEN
Raymond KLAASSEN

Researcher

University of Groningen

Speaker Sonja KAULBARSCH
Sonja KAULBARSCH

Eni

Sonja Kaulbarsch is a Biodiversity Specialist in the Environment Department of the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Unit at Eni Global Natural Resources (formerly Eni Upstream), based at the…
Speaker Paulina KARIM
Paulina KARIM

Assistant Professor

National Dong Hwa University | Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency

I’m an Assistant Professor at the College of Environmental Studies and Oceanography and CEO of the @ScapesLab Research Centre at National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. With a PhD in Landscape…
Speaker Julia NEWTH
Julia NEWTH

Ecosystem Health & Social Dimensions Manager

WWT

I’m a social ecologist leading WWT’s Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team, a dynamic group working at the intersection of social science and ecology. Our mission is to generate and apply…
Speaker Jun WU
Jun WU

Deputy Director

Ministry of natural resources of People's republic China