All Speakers

HILLARY RENICK

Tribal Liaison Officer

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Hillary Renick, Tribal Liaison Officer, Office of Environmental Programs, leverages her extensive background in environmental and cultural resource management, Indigenous law, and public health to…

Manal AWAD

Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment of Egypt

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Dr. Manal Awad is the Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment of Egypt. She previously served as Governor of Damietta (2018–2024) and Deputy Governor of Giza for Community…

Tia STEVENS

Branch Head

Australian Government. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Tia Stevens, Branch Head – Strategy and Indigenous Protected Areas Parks Australia – Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Tia is an experienced Senior…

Kyung Sik WOO

Chair, IUCN WCPA Geohritage Specialist Group

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Eufemia Felisa PINTO

Executive Director

NTFP-EP Asia

Femy Pinto is an international development professional with more than 2 decades of field and management experience in integrated conservation and development, community-based natural resource/NTFP…

Pakkasem TONGCHAI

Programme Officer, Water and Wetlands

the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Pakkasem Tongchai is a landscape architect and water and wetlands practitioner with over nine years of experience in sustainable landscape design and ecological management. His award-winning 2017…

Jonathan Magnus LEDGARD

CEO and co-founder

Tehanu-Interspecies Money

Jonathan Ledgard leads Interspecies Money, a concept he invented to enable nonhuman life to participate in the market economy. A longtime foreign and war correspondent for The Economist and a…

Ian HARRISON

Freshwater Conservation Committee Co-Chair

IUCN Species Survival Commission

Ian Harrison obtained his Ph.D. in systematic ichthyology at the University of Bristol, UK. He has conducted research on marine and freshwater fishes from several parts of the world, including…

ADRIAAN KAUFFMANN

Hari Krishna NIBANUPUDI

Senior Climate Emergencies Expert

IUCN Climate Crisis Commission 2022-2025

Hari Krishna Nibanupudi is an international expert on climate change, humanitarian response, and sustainability with over two decades of leadership across Asia, Africa, and beyond. He currently…

Sonja LUZ

CEO Mandai Nature

Mandai Nature Fund Ltd

Dr Sonja Luz is the CEO of Mandai Nature, a Singapore-based non-profit conservation organisation jointly set up by Temasek and Mandai Wildlife Group (MWG) which manages the city-state’s zoological…

Nadege NZOYEM

Snr Director West and Central Africa

Rainforest Alliance

Sharing the vision of making responsible business the new normal, Nadège Nzoyem joined Rainforest Alliance in October 2014 to pursue her passion of protecting forests and biodiversity while improving…

Yunitha RATNADILLA

Project Manager

Konservasi Indonesia

Yunitha Ratnadilla is a professional with over a decade of experience driving impact across multinational corporations, start-ups, and development organizations in Indonesia. Trained as an engineer,…

Sougalo SOULAMA

Researcher

Commission Nationale de Gestion des Ressources Phytogénétiques

Dr. Soulama Sougalo, Senior Research Fellow in Plant Biology and Ecology.Researcher at the Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA)Permanent Secretary at the National Commission for…

Sian CHAPMAN

Ilka HERBINGER

Deputy Director, Director Environmental and Social Safeguards

Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF)

Dr. Ilka Herbinger directs the environmental and social safeguarding at Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF) since the start of 2022. She was appointed to serve on the management board of LLF as Deputy…

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…

OLE KAUNGA MALIH, J.N

Founder/Director

IMPACT - Kipok Fund

I am community and global leader who value collective action, relationships to drive transformational change that enables Indigenous peoples to be the fulcrum of their own visions and self-…

Lorena Arce

Program Coordinator

Observatorio Ciudadano

Lorena Arce Letelier is coordinator of the Biodiversity and Development Alternatives Program at the Observatorio Ciudadano in Chile. She is also member of Council in the ICCA Consortium and president…

Jona OLAVSDOTTIR

PhD Researcher

Centre for Nature-based Solutions, Aarhus University

I am a PhD fellow at the Centre for Nature-based Solutions at Aarhus University, where I research governance processes and the implementation of nature-based solutions. Before joining academia, I…

Camilla THAM

Head of International Partnerships

Natural History Museum

Camilla is Head of International Partnerships at the Natural History Museum. She is responsible for building collaborative relationships with organisations and individuals across the world to extend…

Myongkee JIN

Vice Governor

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

Current: Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs, Jeju Special Self-Governing ProvinceFormer: Director General for Social Disaster Policy, Ministry of the Interior and SafetyFormer: Director General…

Bushra HUSSEIN AL JABERI

Sustainability Analyst

University of Sharjah

Cyrille BARNERIAS

Directeur des relations européennes et internationales

Office français de la biodiversité

Cyrille Barnérias is Director of european and international relations at the French biodiversity agency (OFB). Prior to joining OFB, he worked for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Washington…

Ju-Kyeong EO

Senior Researcher

National Institute of Ecology

Eman SABBAGH

Senior Specialist in Marine and Coastal Conservation

Nationl Center for Wildlife (NCW)

Dr. Eman Sabbagh is a marine scientist with experience in marine ecology, conservation, and environmental management in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. She specializes in seagrass ecology, coral…

Nicholas MACFARLANE

Head of Conservation Science & Technology

IUCN Secretariat

As Head of Conservation Science and Technology in IUCN's Centre for Science and Knowledge, Nicholas leads the execution of IUCN science and knowledge projects developing science-based targets for…

Munib KHANJARI

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025