All Speakers
Mohamed Imam BAKARR
Manager, Integration and Knowledge
GEF
Dr Mohamed Bakarr is Manager for Integration and Knowledge Management in the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat based in Washington DC. He oversees all major GEF programs designed to…
Noelle KUMPEL
Senior Policy Advisor
BirdLife International
Noëlle has over 25 years’ experience in conservation research, project/programme management and policy, including five years in the field in Africa and Asia and doctoral/postdoctoral research on the…
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…
Julian SANTIAGO
IPLC researcher
Instituto Juruá
Julian Monteiro Santiago is a researcher at Instituto Juruá and a Master’s student in Protected Areas Management in the Amazon. His work focuses on participatory governance, biodiversity conservation…
Tamir SANSAR
Analyst
Office of the COP17 National Committee
Humaid Abdulla KANJI
Head Environmental Economist
EAD
Humaid Kanji is the Head of Environmental Economics at Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi. He works on advancing climate policy, decarbonization, and the development of a carbon market, and holds a…
Marisol CASTILLO
Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CCAD
Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Dr. Castillo is a lawyer specialized in Administrative, Environmental, International Law, and Water Law.She holds a Doctorate in Law, a Master’s degree in State Administration Law, a Master’s in…
Christel DELMAS
Director Environmental Services
CLS
Working togehter with engineers, scientists, institutions to think, create and deploy space based solutions to monitor, understand, protect and sustainably manage our planet resources
JENEEN GARCIA
SENIOR EVALUATION OFFICER
GEF IEO
Jeneen R. Garcia is a Senior Evaluation Officer with over 10 years’ experience in evaluating environmental programs at the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office (GEF IEO). Her…
Philip FRANKS
Principal Researcher | Biodiversity
International Institute for Environment and Development
Email: phil.franks@iied.orgPhil Franks is an expert on the social dimension of natural resource management and conservation, with a particular focus on better understanding and applying…
Fabrice STEPHENSON
NUAcT Fellow
Newcastle University
Fabrice Stephenson is a marine ecologist at Newcastle University and a thematic Vice Chair for the WCPA Marine Thematic Group. His research has primarily focused on exploring the spatial patterns and…
MARIE-LAURE BOULOT
CO FOUNDER
OCEAN ATTITUDE
Marie-Laure is a driven entrepreneur and a passionate advocate for the environment. As the co-founder of Ocean Attitude, she channels her professional expertise into protecting our planet. She’s not…
Alexandre DAH
Président of NGO-CEM
ONG Conservation des Espèces Marines
Andrew SEIDL
Senior Technical Advisor
UNDP-BIOFIN/Colorado State University
Dr. Andrew (Andy) Seidl is Professor of Environmental and Development Economics and Nutrien Distinguished Scholar of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University (USA). He is Senior Technical…
Alex ROSS
Senior Programme Officer
UNEP-WCMC
Alex is a Senior Programme Officer in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) Nature Economy team. His work focuses on integrating biodiversity into corporate…
Manal ALNAQBI
GIS Technician
Ekthar
Manal Alnaqbi is an Emirati GIS and Remote Sensing Technician with a Master of Science in Remote Sensing and GIS. She works in the wildlife conservation field, focusing on spatial analysis, habitat…
Kristen WALKER-PAINEMILLA
Senior Vice President/Managing Director
IUCN/ Conservation International
Kristen Walker Painemilla is Senior Vice President of Inclusive Finance at Conservation International, where she drives global strategies to scale direct access finance for Indigenous Peoples and…
Karen KEENLEYSIDE
Global Co-Chair IUCN #NatureForAll
IUCN WCPA and CEC
Thematic Vice Chair, People and Parks/Nature for All. An ecologist by training, Karen has over thirty years’ professional experience in the environmental field in Canada and…
Eugene JO
Programme Manager
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Eugene Jo has been coordinating the World Heritage Leadership programme between ICCROM and IUCN since 2017, based in Rome, Italy. WHL is a capacity building programme focusing on areas of effective…
Naomi Lanoi LELETO
Program Coordinator for Global Indigenous Peoples Grantmaking
GLBL3132
Naomi Leleto is a passionate global voice for Indigenous Peoples-led philanthropy. With over 20 years of grounded experience working alongside grassroots communities across the Global South, and six…
Ricardo OLA
Ingeniero Agronomo
Productor Agrícola
Ricardo Baldomero Ola Huitz, a Guatemalan agricultural engineer specializing in fruit and vegetable growing, with 14 years of experience in peach production. He is a producer and owner of an orchard…
Richard JENKINS
Head, Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team
IUCN Secretariat
Richard is the Head, of IUCN's Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team and is based in Cambridge, UK. Before joining IUCN, He lived in Madagascar where his work concentrated on species…
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Stephen SUTI AGALO
Kostas TRIANTIS
Chief Executive Officer
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
I am a biogeographer with broad interests in island biogeography, macroecology, community ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. My research interests span diverse themes such as diversity…
Peter Thomson
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
United Nations
Ambassador Peter Thomson is the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, in which role he leads global support for the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 14, to conserve and…
Randall JIMENEZ
Conservation Scientist
IUCN
Senior Conservation Scientist at IUCN, specializing in biometry, spatial analysis, and statistical methods to develop quantitative approaches for science-based conservation targets.
Ana SALCEDA
Filmmaker, Journalist, Impact Producer
BelugaSmile Productions / Big Fish Initiative
For more than two decades, Ana Salceda has worked as a journalist, communication strategist, and Emmy-nominated director/producer of internationally award-winning documentaries. Her work draws on the…
Yoko Watanabe
Director (Environment)
Asian Development Bank
Yoko Watanabe is the Director of Environment at the Asian Development Bank. She heads the environment and nature initiatives, including biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management, nature-…