All Speakers
Haseebullah BAKHTARY
Haseeb Bakhtary is a lead consultant at Climate Focus with 10 years of experience in policy research at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development. His work seeks to...
Jean LEMIRE
Emissaire aux changements climatiques et aux enjeux nordiques et arctiques
Quebec
A biologist by training, Jean Lemire is an environmental specialist and renowned science communicator. He was appointed Special Envoy for Climate Change, Nordic and Arctic Affairs by the Government...
Laura GRUBER
Senior Programs Manager
Wildlife Conservation Network
Laura Gruber is a Senior Programs Manager at the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), where she leads the development and expansion of WCN’s Rising Wildlife Leaders conservation and leadership...
Neil COX
Manager, Biodiversity Assessment Unit
IUCN and Conservation International
Neil Cox is the Manager of the Biodiversity Assessment Unit, a joint initiative of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Conservation International, based in Washington,...
Cara NELSON
Professor
University of Montana
Cara is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at University of Montana’s Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Her research program generates knowledge...
Ram NARAYAN
Principal - Land and Biodiversity (Onshore)
Exxon Mobil Corporation - Management Support Services
Ram Narayan, is currently the Principal for Land and Habitat (Onshore) with Exxon Mobil Corporation in their corporate Global Operations and Sustainability organization. He is based in Houston, Texas...
Ruben KHACHATRYAN
Founding Director
FPWC
Ruben Khachatryan is a conservation leader with over two decades of experience pioneering cross-sectoral solutions to biodiversity loss, species protection, and environmental education in the South...
John CHEECHOO
Policy Advisor
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Stéphan PLISSON-SAUNE
Head of Environment Department
TotalEnergies SE
Stéphan Plisson-Sauné joined the TotalEnergies Company in 1996. He has been working in the Environmental domain since that date. He is currently the head of the Corporate Environment Department. He...
Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak
VP, Programs
Ocean Wise
Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak is the VP of Conservation Programs at Ocean Wise, a global nonprofit whose vision is a world in which the ocean is healthy and thriving. She has extensive experience working on...
Cindy JULIANTY
EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR
Working Group ICCAs Indonesia
I currently serve as the Executive Coordinator for WGII (Working Group ICCAs Indonesia) and Advocacy Coordinator for ICCA Consortium Southeast Asia, where I oversee and support local to global...
Ji-Boo PARK
30X30 Programme Advisor
IUCN
Jiboo Park is a Park ranger in Korea and seconded from the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland....
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...
Pritpal SOORAE
Programme Officer
IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group
I am Deputy Chair of the IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group and have been involved with group for nearly 30 years. During this time Ihave worked on developing various guidelines and...
Suleman AUDU
Senior Environmental Manager
Stichting The Ocean Cleanup
Suleman Audu is a Senior Environmental Manager at The Ocean Cleanup, where he leads strategic initiatives to assess and mitigate the environmental and social impacts of plastic pollution on marine...
Shaikha Al Dhaheri
Secretary General
Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)
Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri serves as the Secretary General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), the largest environmental regulator in the Middle East. Since her appointment...
Peter MANYARA
Regional Ocean Partnerships Manager, IUCN ESARO COR Programme
IUCN Secretariat
Peter Manyara previously worked with UNEP’s global initiative on marine litter since its infancy to its evolution into the current Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML), where he supported...
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change
Uzbekistan
Aziz Abdukhakimov currently serves as the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a position he has held since December 30, 2022. Born in 1974...
Paul Bunje
President
Conservation X Labs
Paul Bunje is the co-founder and President of Conservation X Labs, a leading organization bringing innovation to global conservation threats. Conservation X Labs harnesses technology and...
Jurgen TACK
Secertary-General
European Landowners' Organization (ELO)
Jurgen Tack studied marine ecology (PhD). He worked for the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Brussels Free University, the Belgian Biodiversity Platform (European and international...
Huo WANG
Linda Wong, member of IUCN WCPA's CCSG, and member of IUCN Intersessional Council Working Group on the Development of a new 20-year Strategic Vision for the Union. She closely follows cutting-...
Guy REEVES
Scientific advisor
Deutscher Naturschutzring
Guy Reeves is an evolutionary geneticist with over 20 years' experience working on a range of theoretical and applied topics. He has also worked on science policy in the context of...
Cristian DíAZ
Coordinador de comunicaciones
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
Cristian Díaz has been working as Communications Coordinator at the Conservamos por Naturaleza initiative of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law since 2019. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in...
Akshay VISHWANATH
Akshay Vishwanath has wide-ranging, international experience in the fields of water resource management, landscape and wildlife conservation, community participatory approaches, advocacy and lobbying...
Steve EDWARDS
Co-Chair
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Stephen Edwardshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardsstephen/ Steve currently co-chairs the Nature Positive Working Group in CEM's Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation thematic group....
Chansol KO
Programme Officer
GCIDA
Santiago RUGERONI
Animal Care Supervisor - Birds
Al Ain Zoo
Santiago Rugeroni is the Animal Care Supervisor for the bird collection at Al Ain Zoo, overseeing avian welfare, enrichment, and habitat design. With over 14 years of zoo experience from Buenos Aires...
Abdullah ALZAHRANI
grazing regulation manager
NCVC
I hold a PhD in Rangeland and Forest Sciences and an MSc in Biodiversity. I specialize in rangeland management and grazing regulation.I began my career in the field of natural sciences education as a...