All Speakers
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...
Haizea JIMENEZ
Head of Overseas programme
IUCN French Committee
Marine biologist specializing in the quantitative ecology of benthic communities across coastal temperate and tropical ecosystems. I bring extensive fieldwork expertise, strong taxonomic skills, and...
Christopher WILCOX
Senior Director
WildAid
Over a 30-year career as a quantitative biologist, Dr. Chris Wilcox has worked with NGOs, philanthropic donors, government and private enterprise to develop cost effective solutions to natural...
Mariana Rodrigues
Mariana Rodrigues
Marketing Director
L`Occitane Middle East
Olivier CHASSOT
Senior Project Coordinator, AlUla PAN Project
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Dr. Olivier Chassot is the Senior Programme Officer for Protected, Conserved, and Heritage Areas at the IUCN Asia Regional Office. He previously served as a Steering Committee member of the IUCN...
Sarah Amy WYATT
Sr. Biodiversity Specialist
GEF (Global Environment Facility)
Sarah Wyatt is a Senior Biodiversity Specialist at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). At the GEF, she leads work with Latin American and Pacific island countries to develop biodiversity...
Aissa TRAORE
IUCN Secretariat
Originally from Mali, Aissa has 10+ years experience managing multiple projects on development, humanitarian aid and partnership coordination. She holds a master's degree in communication and has...
Jun WU
Deputy Director
Ministry of natural resources of People's republic China
Roberta BARBOSA
Coordenadora
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
A social worker with a degree from the University of Brasília (UnB), she has been a federal government employee for eleven years at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio)....
Penny BECKER
Chief Executive Officer
Island Conservation
Penny joined Island Conservation in January 2020 and then became the organization's Chief Executive Officer in 2024. She has a passion for learning and practicing leadership around conservation...
Pippa HOWARD
Chief Nature Strategist
NatureMetrics Limited
Pippa Howard is Chief Nature Strategist at NatureMetrics. Pippa has degrees in Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Zoology and International Development. She is a registered Professional Natural...
Victor DAVID
Chargé de Recherche
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Dr. Victor DAVID is a Research Fellow at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD). After spending several years in...
Sandra BERTHOU
International GIS manager
Ekthar
With nearly 20 years of GIS experience, Sandra is specialized in data management, GIS software, and web GIS development. She has led numerous projects applying geospatial solutions to wildlife...
John EWEN
Professor
Zoological Society of London
Professor John Ewen is a conservation scientist in ZSL’s Institute of Zoology, leading a research group focussed on species recovery including conservation translocations. He has published more...
TRISHA BHUJLE
Student
Cornell University
Trisha Bhujle is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Cornell University from Texas, USA. She studies Environment and Sustainability with a dual focus on food systems and conservation social...
Karen Westley
Karen Westley has a BS in Human Biology from Stanford University and an MSc from Yale University in Tropical Ecology. She spent her early career working for a large international humanitarian...
Nadine LAMBERSKI
Chief Conservation and Wildlife Health Officer
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
As Chief Conservation and Wildlife Health Officer for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), Dr. Nadine Lamberski leads a unified team of conservation scientists, conservation practitioners,...
Carolina SCHAFFER
Vice-president at Apremavi
Apremavi
Carolina Schäffer is a biologist with a master’s degree in Botany from the University of Brasília. Since 2007, she has served as Communications and Information Coordinator, Project Coordinator, and...
Hag Young HEO
Chief Researcher
KNPS
Dr. Hag Young HEO, is working for Korea National Park Service (KNPS) as a Chief Researcher in National Park Research Institute. He has plenty of research experience related to Protected Areas,...
Susan LEOPOLD
Executive director
United Plant Savers
Dr. Susan Leopold is an ethnobotanist and conservation biologist known for her work in the fields of plant conservation, sustainable agriculture, and ethnobotany. She is the Executive Director of the...
Amna ALOTAIBA
Director Life Sciences
Al Ain Zoo
Dr. Amna Al Otaiba is an accomplished environmental and life sciences leader with over two decades of experience in environment, health, safety, sustainability, conservation, and academia. She has...
Nerissa CHAO
Director
Asian Species Action Partnership
Nerissa Chao is Director of the IUCN SSC Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP), established to conserve species on the brink of extinction in Southeast Asia. She leads initiatives that channel...
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...
Pablo CRIMER
Vice chair para America del Sur
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Regional Vice Chair, South America Pablo Crimer has more than 15 years’ experience providing legal advice on environmental, social, governance and sustainability matters to corporations. He...
Mike BINGLEY
Education Director
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Mike Bingley is the Director of Education at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), where he leads national efforts to connect Canadians with nature through formal, non-formal, and informal learning...
Remmy Safari SHOKA
Co-Management Development Manager
Oceans Alive
I am an aquatic scientist and marine conservationist with over a decade of dedicated experience in fisheries management, community empowerment, and sustainable marine resource governance. Driven by...
John KAMANGA
Director
SORALO
With a background training in Anthropology and community development, John has worked with various communities across the country, especially in rural areas of Kenya, for over fifteen years....
Nujoud ALHAMMADI
Head of Environmental Awareness Section
Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority
Nujoud Alhammadi is the Head of the Environmental Awareness Section at the Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority (DECCA). With a background in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s degree in...