All Speakers

Speaker Savina CARLUCCIO
Savina CARLUCCIO

Executive Director

International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure

Savina serves as Executive Director of the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) and is a dedicated advocate for the critical role of civil engineers in addressing society's...
Speaker Jamil Uddin
Jamil Uddin

General Manager/Chief Executive Officer

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme

 Jamil Uddin is a seasoned development leader with over 25 years of experience across Asia and Africa. As CEO/GM of AKRSP Pakistan, he provides strategic direction to programmes in Gilgit-...
Speaker JOSEPH PIERRE CLAUDE GASCON
JOSEPH PIERRE CLAUDE GASCON

DIRECTOR

Global Environment Facility

Dr. Claude Gascon is Director of Strategy and Operations at the Global Environment Facility (GEF).   In this capacity Dr. Gascon leads the development of strategic planning, programming,...
Speaker Jennifer KELLEHER
Jennifer KELLEHER

Programme Lead, Governance, Equity and Rights

IUCN Secretariat

Jennifer leads the programme on governance, equity and rights in IUCN's protected and conserved areas team. 
Speaker Jun HASHIMOTO
Jun HASHIMOTO

Landscape architect

Shimizu Corporation

I aspire to be a person who can articulate the inherent value of nature. I deeply believe in the power of landscape architecture—its potential not only to solve diverse problems related to human land...
Speaker Johan ROBINSON
Johan ROBINSON

Head GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation Unit

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Johan Robinson is a Global Expert in sustainable environment management, strategy and conservation with over 30 years as an Environmental Specialist with high profile organisations such as the United...
Speaker Renato MATSEN
Renato MATSEN

Director

Brazilian Federal Police

Renato Madsen Arruda has been a Federal Police Chief since 2008 and currently serves as Deputy Director of the Amazon and Environment Division (DAMAZ) and General Coordinator for the Protection of...
Speaker Nikhil ADVANI
Nikhil ADVANI

Senior Director - Wildlife and Climate Resilience

World Wildlife Fund

Dr. Nikhil Advani's role at WWF is at the intersection of wildlife, rural communities, and climate change. Projects under Nikhil's portfolio focus on better understanding how wildlife and rural...
Speaker Qingyuan LI
Qingyuan LI

Executive Vice President of Chery Subsidiary UAE

Chery Automobile Co. Ltd

Previously served as Chery Automobile Country Managing Director for multiple European markets, and currently serve as Executive Vice President of Chery Subsidiary UAE
Speaker Kotoko YADOMARU
Kotoko YADOMARU

President

NatureLit Japan

Kotoko Yadomaru is a dedicated environmental communicator, committed to fostering meaningfulchange. She has committed herself to youth engagement in environmental action for over five years....
Speaker Jayant SARNAIK
Jayant SARNAIK

Joint Director

Applied Environmental Research Foundation(AERF)

A conservation and sustainability practitioner working on innovative solutions for biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems conservation in the Western Ghats of India. I am conservation entrepreneur...
Speaker Simon JULIEN
Simon JULIEN

Programme Officer - Food and Agricultural Systems

IUCN Secretariat

Simon Julien coordinates the development of knowledge products, metrics, tools and frameworks relating to sustainable agriculture, and designs accompanying capacity-building activities. This includes...
Speaker Melissa ABDERRAHIM
Melissa ABDERRAHIM

IUCN Secretariat

Marine Programme Officer in the IUCN Ocean Team, based in Headquarters. Working on blue carbon and blue natural capital, sustainable finance, conservation and restoration of marine and coastal...
Speaker Maud LELIEVRE
Maud LELIEVRE

IUCN Councillor

Association Les Eco Maires

Maud LELIEVRE est Présidente du comité français de l’union internationale de conservation de la nature (UICN), membre du conseil international de l’UICN. Déléguée générale de l’association nationale...
Speaker Craig Bruce
Craig Bruce

Director Conservation and Communities

Jamma International

Craig was born in Zimbabwe and spent most of his formative years sitting in the back of his uncle’s Toyota Landcruiser, always on some sort of a quest after wildlife. This led to a firmly entrenched...
Carter CHENG
Carter CHENG
Speaker Olivier HABIMANA
Olivier HABIMANA

Regional Programme Delivery Manager, GEF/GCF

IUCN

Olivier Habimana is an experienced program manager and agro-ecological economist with expertise in climate resilience, market systems development, sustainable finance, private sector development and...
Speaker Laure MONTCHAMP
Laure MONTCHAMP

Senior Grants Officer, Species Conservation Action

IUCN

Laure Montchamp has been working at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2021, where she currently serves as Senior Grants Officer , Conservation Action within the Species...
Speaker Alberto ALEJANDRO FARJE ORNA
Alberto ALEJANDRO FARJE ORNA
Ambassador Alberto Alejandro Farje Orna is serving as the first Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to the United Arab Emirates. He was assigned in August, and the Embassy was inaugurated on 28 April...
Speaker Karen HAMANN
Karen HAMANN

CEO, Head of Research

IFAU Institute for Food Studies & Agri Industrial Development

Karen Hamann holds a Masters' Degree in Agriculture from University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Karen is the CEO of IFAU Institute for Food Studies & Agri Industrial Development, a Danish SME...
Speaker Julie DIMITRIJEVIC
Julie DIMITRIJEVIC

Senior Technical Specialist, Business & Nature

Fauna & Flora

Julie is a biologist with an applied focus and an overarching goal of making the world operate more sustainably. She utilises her technical expertise to diversify the sectors the Business &...
Speaker Huntae KIM
Huntae KIM

Vice President

POSCO Holdings

I’m Huntae Kim, and I lead the Sustainability Team in the Management Strategy Office at POSCO Holdings.I started my career in 2011 at the POSCO Management Institute, focusing on corporate strategy,...
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 Lisa Aylett
Lisa Aylett

World Heritage Outlook Coordinator

IUCN

Lisa Aylett has a BSc in Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management from the University of Edinburgh and a MSc in Conservation Science from Imperial College London. Having grown up in...
Speaker Sue STOLTON
Sue STOLTON

Partner

Equilibrium Research

Sue Stolton established Equilibrium Research in partnership with Nigel Dudley in 1991. Equilibrium promotes positive environmental and social change by linking targeted research to field application...
Speaker STEPHANE PERRIER
STEPHANE PERRIER

Global Lead, Resilient Landscapes

CIFOR-ICRAF

Stephane Perrier has been involved in natural resource protection and management for the last 25 years, at the interface between science and business. He graduated as a veterinarian specialized in...
Speaker Arabella WILLING
Arabella WILLING

Head of Conservation Outreach

Emirates Nature-WWF

Arabella heads up the Conservation Outreach & Citizen Science team at Emirates Nature-WWF, the local environmental charity that works in association with WWF, the global conservation organization...