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Speaker Aizhong LIU
Aizhong LIU

Secretary General

Centre for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge

Dr. Aizhong Liu, Professor at Southwest Forestry University in China, Secretary General at Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge. Engaged in researches in plant science and...
Speaker Grethel AGUILAR ROJAS
Grethel AGUILAR ROJAS

Director General

IUCN

Dr Grethel Aguilar, born in Costa Rica, assumed office as Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in October 2023. Dr Aguilar brings with her thirty years of...
Speaker Ann-Katrine GARN
Ann-Katrine GARN

Director of Conservation

Copenhagen Zoo / IUCN National Committee of Denmark

Ann-Katrine Garn is a zoologist and the Director of Conservation at Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark. With over 25 years of experience in biodiversity conservation, she has led national and international...
Speaker Marie-Audrey Nadeau Fortin
Marie-Audrey Nadeau Fortin

Analyste Biodiversité

Nature Québec

Marie-Audrey is a Biodiversity Analyst at Nature Québec. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological and Ecological Sciences (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) and a Master’s degree in Wildlife...
Speaker Christian GORTAZAR
Christian GORTAZAR

Universidad de Castilla La Mancha

Christian Gortázar defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Zaragoza in 1997. He is a professor of animal health at the National Wildlife Research Institute IREC, a joint center between the...
Speaker Midori PAXTON
Midori PAXTON

Director - UNDP Nature Hub

United Nations Development Programme

Midori Paxton is the Director of the UNDP Nature Hub within the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support.  Under the UNDP Nature Pledge for 2030, Midori leads UNDP’s work to support over 140...
Speaker Peter MANYARA
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...
Speaker Sanot ADHIKARI
Sanot ADHIKARI

Chairperson

Youth Alliance for Environment (YAE)

Sanot AdhikariSanot Adhikari is an environmental scientist with over 15 years of experience in climate change, water resource management, and environmental sustainability. As CEO of Alliance for...
Speaker Arthur Tuda
Arthur Tuda

Executive Director

Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association

Speaker TORU SASAKI
TORU SASAKI

Global Head, Senior Director, Sustainability

AZBIL CORPORATION

Mr. Sasaki graduated from the Keio University, majoring in International Trade and Country Risk Assessment. He began his career at Fuji Bank (presently known as Mizuho Bank) for a decade where he...
Speaker Duan BIGGS
Duan BIGGS

Professor

Northern Arizona University

Duan is the Olajos-Goslow Chair at Northern Arizona University in the USA. He is a conservation scientist with over 20 years experience globally in community-based conservation, sustainable tourism...
Speaker Enrico SORATO
Enrico SORATO
Enrico Sorato is an Italian behavioural ecologist. He graduated in Biology from the University of Padova, Italy, and earned a PhD in Animal Behaviour and Evolution from Macquarie University,...
Speaker Kirstie RUPPERT
Kirstie RUPPERT
Kirstie Ruppert, Ph.D. is an Associate Director of Conservation Science, Community Engagement at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, where her work focuses on social science to understand the human...
Speaker Jennifer SKENE
Jennifer SKENE

Global Forest Policy Manager, Int'l Program

Natural Resources Defense Council

Global Forest Policy Director, NRDCClinical Lecturer, Yale Law School
Speaker Jordan STEWARD
Jordan STEWARD

Sr. Communications Manager

Ai2

Jordan Steward is a Senior Communications Lead, Conservation, at Ai2 (the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence). He oversees communications for EarthRanger, a platform supporting more than 800...
Speaker Jillie Karl BASAN
Jillie Karl BASAN

Communications- Liaison Officer

Philippine ICCA Consortium

Jillie Karl Basan Ominga is a writer and communications specialist with a strong background in Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy, community conservation, and human rights. She currently serves as...
Speaker Faridah IBRAHIM
Faridah IBRAHIM

Head, Business Engagement Unit

IUCN Secretariat

Speaker Felipe PAREDES
Felipe PAREDES

VicepresidenteMarino CMAP UICN y Director Oceana

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Thematic Vice Chair, Marine. Felipe Paredes is a marine biologist from Chile, with more than 20 years of experience in scientific research, education and marine conservation public policy. He is...
Speaker Arthur PIVIN
Arthur PIVIN

Biodiversity Expert

Carbone 4

Arthur Pivin holds a Master of Science from École Polytechnique, where he studied mathematics, biology and economics. He is a specialist in climate and biodiversity issues, with experience working on...
Speaker Cécile ERNY
Cécile ERNY

Director

AFdPZ

Conservation biologist Cécile Erny is a conservation leader specializing in biodiversity management, zoo coordination, and wildlife protection. Since 2009, she has served as Director of the...
Speaker Monika BERTZKY
Monika BERTZKY

Senior Manager and Head of Safeguards

Asesoramiento Ambiental Estrategico (AAE)

20 years of experience in international conservation, and ca 10 years of experience on environmental and social safeguards in conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable...
Speaker Janet EDMOND
Janet EDMOND

Senior Director, Peace and Development Partnerships

Conservation International

Janet Edmond is the Senior Director for Peace and Development Partnerships in the Policy Center for Environment and Peace at Conservation International (CI). Building upon a strong foundation of...
Speaker INDRA MANI PANDEY
INDRA MANI PANDEY

BIMSTEC Secretary General

BIMSTEC

Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey is a distinguished diplomat who joined Indian Foreign Service in 1990. He currently serves as  BIMSTEC Secretary General. Earlier, Ambassador Pandey had served as...
Speaker Amreesh ANDREW CHANDRA
Amreesh ANDREW CHANDRA

FOUNDER DIRECTOR - THE HOUSE OF MOSAIC

The House of Mosaic

Amreesh ChandraAs a son to educationist parents who pioneered Gorakhpur’s first ICSE English-medium school in 1978, I was nurtured in an environment of service and visionary leadership. I practice a...
Hiba AL SHEHHI
Hiba AL SHEHHI
Speaker Jenn Eckerle
Jenn Eckerle
Jenn is the Deputy Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Policy at the California Natural Resources Agency and Executive Director of the Ocean Protection Council (OPC).  Jenn serves as a key advisor...
Speaker Yasmin QUINTANA
Yasmin QUINTANA

Manager of the Center for Species Survival: Freshwater

Shedd Aquarium

Dr. Yasmin Quintana is a fisheries scientist, ecologist, and conservation biologist with over a decade of experience working across academic, governmental, non-governmental, and international...
Speaker Luther Bois ANUKUR
Luther Bois ANUKUR

Regional Director, IUCN ESARO

IUCN Secretariat

Luther Anukur took up the position of Regional Director – Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on 1 August 2014. Luther has over 18 years’ experience in the development sector serving from...