All Speakers

Speaker Lara OCALLAGHAN
Lara OCALLAGHAN

GCELS Staff Student Intern

Center for Environmental Legal Studies

Lara O'Callaghan is a J.D. candidate at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where she is actively involved with the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies. Her studies focus...
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 Ana DI PANGRACIO
Ana DI PANGRACIO

Abogada

Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN Argentina)

Ana Di Pangracio is a lawyer (University of Buenos Aires), specialized in environmental law (Argentine Catholic University) and with postgraduate studies in environmental management and policy (IIIEE...
Speaker Christina VOIGT
Christina VOIGT

Professor

University of Oslo

Commission Chair. Dr. Christina Voigt is a renowned expert in international environmental law and professor at the University of Oslo. She is passionate about legal issues of climate change,...
Speaker Thomas VIEGAS
Thomas VIEGAS

Nature Strategy Lead

Aviva

Thomas Viegas is an experienced professional with deep expertise in environmental economics, finance, and policy making.  He has worked for the Bank of England, HM Treasury, the Taskforce...
Speaker Md Khalilur RAHMAN
Md Khalilur RAHMAN

Staff Reporter, Daily Prothom Alo

Prothom Alo

Md Khalilur Rahman,Address: Mohammedpur R/A-41,  Sunamganj sadar, sunamganj, Post Office-3000, Sunamganj. Father’s name    : Md Amzad Ali, Mother’s name: Mst Mollika Khatun,...
Abdulrahman ABDULLA ALZAABI
Abdulrahman ABDULLA ALZAABI
Mingwen DENG
Mingwen DENG
Azza AHMED ALRAISI
Azza AHMED ALRAISI
Speaker Hind AL AMERI
Hind AL AMERI

Acting Section Head Marine Biodiversity Assessment & Conservation

IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025

Dr. Hind Al Ameri is a marine conservation scientist and has joined the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) in 2014. Dr. Al Ameri has a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter and...
Speaker Carla DANELUTTI
Carla DANELUTTI

Mediterranean program coordinator

IUCN

 15 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental conservation, project management, and internationalcollaboration, aligning closely with the responsibilities and objectives...
Speaker Sean DICK
Sean DICK

Senior Conservation Education Manager

Chester Zoo

Sean has a background in Zoology and Animal Behaviour and 15 years experience across a variety of roles and zoo education disciplines, both formal and informal. He, and his team, create engaging...
Fanta Bocoum
Fanta Bocoum
Speaker Silvana BALDOVINO
Silvana BALDOVINO

Directora

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025

SILVANA BALDOVINO BEASLawyer and currently serves as director of the Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples Program of the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law since 2006.Silvana has more than 20 years...
Speaker Ellora-Julie PAREKH
Ellora-Julie PAREKH

Chief Sustainability Officer

Al-Futtaim

Ellora-Julie Parekh, is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Al Futtaim Group, a leading family-owned conglomerate with headquarters in Dubai, UAE and operating in over 30 markets in...
Speaker Jorge SALAVERRY
Jorge SALAVERRY

Subsecretario de Recursos Naturales

SERNA

Jorge Salaverri (Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios. January 23, 1961).Forestry Engineer, graduated from the National School of Forest Sciences and from the BS Forestry program at West Virginia...
Speaker Rosanne CASIMIR
Rosanne CASIMIR

Kukwpi7 Chief

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations

Kúkwpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir, O.B.C. is an eminent and respected leader of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS), a principal community within the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN). The SSN, which...
Speaker Obaid Ali Humaid Al Shamsi
Obaid Ali Humaid Al Shamsi

Head of Marine Biodiversity Section

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Obaid Alshamsi is Head of the Marine Biodiversity Section at the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. He specializes in ecology and environmental biology, with a focus on biodiversity...
Speaker Vinay SINGH
Vinay SINGH

Regional NbS Coordinator

IUCN

Vinay Singh is the Regional Nature-Based Solutions Programme Coordinator within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pacific Office. He is currently leading several projects on...
Speaker Elsa G RICHARDSON TEMM
Elsa G RICHARDSON TEMM

Lead, GEF Small Grant Program

The Global Environment Facility

Gabriella has over 25 years of experience in advancing human rights, social inclusion, and sustainability in global conservation. With an academic background in sociology and economics, she has led...
Speaker SENYACEN RAMIREZ
SENYACEN RAMIREZ

Coral Biologist

Families in Nature, Tela Marine

Senyacen Ramírez is a Honduran biologist who graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She served as the Marine Aquarium Manager at Tela Marine, gaining experience in the care of...
Speaker Aurélien GUINGAND
Aurélien GUINGAND

Biodiversity project manager

Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Aurélien GUINGAND is a development and environmental economics expert with 15 years of research and project management experience working in and in close partnership with government, private sector,...
Speaker Barney LONG
Barney LONG

Senior Director Conservation Strategies

Re:wild

Barney Long is the Senior Director of Conservation Strategies at Re:wild where he oversees the species conservation, protected area management, crime prevention, exploration and restoration and...
Speaker Hermine KLEYMANN
Hermine KLEYMANN

Head of Policy, Forests

WWF International

Speaker Byambadorj ENKHUUN
Byambadorj ENKHUUN

Co-Founder & Director of Operations

Breathe Mongolia - Clean Air Coalition

Enkhuun Byambadorj is an environmental rights advocate. Witnessing her loved ones suffer from air pollution, she co-founded Breathe Mongolia at 18, a nonprofit working to transform policies,...
Speaker Nicola HUTCHINSON
Nicola HUTCHINSON

Director of Conservation/Deputy Chief Executive

Plantlife

Speaker David OBURA
David OBURA

Director

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

David Obura is a Founding Director of CORDIO East Africa, chairs the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2023-2026) and is on the Earth Commission (2019-2026)....
Speaker Nasim FARAHANI ZAYAS
Nasim FARAHANI ZAYAS

IUCN

Nasim is a Programme Officer at the IUCN Academy, where she develops and delivers educational programmes, collaborates with partner universities, and supports capacity-building initiatives across...