All Speakers

Krista LYONS

Endangered species policy consultant and independent researcher

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

As a core member of the IUCN CEM Rewilding Thematic Group (RTG), I bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the group with a PhD in Public Policy Administration, Environmental and Natural Resources…

Jacques SOMDA

Chef de Programme Burkina Faso

IUCN

Il est de nationalité burkinabé, et a un doctorat en économie rurale, option économie agricole et de l’environnement de l’Université de Cocody en Côte d’ivoire, et prendra ses nouvelles fonctions le…

Erwin AMAVASSEE

Programme Officer, BESTLIFE2030

IUCN EU Representative Office

Erwin Jayson Amavassee is Programme Officer for BESTLIFE2030 at the IUCN European Regional Office in Brussels, where he supports EU-funded grants that strengthen biodiversity conservation and climate…

Lena SEEBALD

Programme Associate-Knowledge Management and Tech4Nature

IUCN Secretariat

Oscar Mora Altamirano

Regidor Propietario

Municipalidad de Curridabat

Regidor Propietario del Concejo Municipal, Curridabat Empresario y Director de EmpresasEs el Punto Focal en la UICN del Gobierno Subnacional de CurridabatMiembro de Urban Alliance IUCN…

Kris SIMONS

Adonai HERRERA-MARTINEZ

Director, Environment and Sustainability

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Adonai Herrera-Martínez is the EBRD Director, Environment and Sustainability. He manages the team responsible for the Bank’s environmental and social safeguards, the green finance attribution of…

Brian Juhyuk LEE

Sustainability Lead

Google.org

Brian Juhyuk Lee serves as the Sustainability Lead at Google.org, where he is responsible for overseeing the organization's sustainability grantmaking, partnerships, and engagements. Before…

Maria HERNANDEZ

Kerry MAX

Deputy director, Partnering for Climate

Global Affairs Canada

Kerry has over thirty years of experience in international development practice including policy, programming and research, focused on climate change adaptation and addressing drivers of biodiversity…

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…

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…

Valeria ZAPATA GIRALDO

PhD Researcher

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Valeria is from Colombia, and is a PhD researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology - ICTA-UAB (Barcelona, Spain) on the Conservation Data Justice project. Her research…

Ly NGUYEN

Chair of Management Board

Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR)

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ly is the founder and developer of Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) in 2009.She holds a diploma in Food Chemistry from the Technical University of Prague, Czech…

SITI ZURAIDAH ABIDIN

Programme Lead

WWF-Malaysia

Siti Zuraidah Abidin leads the Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation Programme at WWF-Malaysia, where she has spent over 17 years advancing forest and protected area conservation. Her work…

Edna KAPTOYO

Grantmaking and Partnerships Officer

Pawanka Fund

Edna Kaptoyo is a social development professional with 15+ years of experience in Indigenous Peoples rights, policy advocacy, and sustainable development. Currently the Grantmaking and…

Sue Miller

Head of Global Networks

Stop Ecocide International

Working to protect the Earth by making ecocide an International crime. Former lawyer, marketing director and business founder/owner.

Rich BEILFUSS

President & CEO

International Crane Foundation

Dr. Richard Beilfuss has served as the International Crane Foundation’s President & CEO and ex-officio member of the Board of Directors since 2010. He helped launch many of the Foundation’s…

Stuart BUTCHART

Chief Scientist

BirdLife International

Stuart Butchart is Chief Scientist at BirdLife International – a global Partnership of over 120 national environmental organisations.

Roxana Elena BUCIOACA

Portfolio Manager, Protected and Conserved Areas

IUCN

Roxana Bucioaca is a seasoned conservation professional with over a decade of experience at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where she currently serves as Portfolio Manager…

Yuanqing HOU

Deputy Secretary General

China Green Carbon Foundation

Hou Yuanqing has long been engaged in domestic and foreign cooperation projects in the fields of forestry carbon sequestration, forestry addressing climate change, and biodiversity conservation. He…

Kirti Vardhan SINGH

Union Minister of State, MoEFCC

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Ministry of External Affairs

Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh was sworn-in as Union Minister of State on 09 June 2024. He assumed charge as Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Minister of State for…

Ena Lucia Suarez BOLANOS

Project officer

IUCN

Kushagra MESHRAM

Doctoral Fellow

North Carolina State University

Kushagra hails from a remote region of Chhattisgarh in India. With his bachelor’s in Forestry and training as a wildlife biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India, he studied satellite…

Adnan AQEEL MADHI

Meerah ALZAABI

Andrew MOONEY

Senior Conservation and Science Officer

Dublin Zoo

Senior Conservation and Science Officer at Dublin Zoo, Ireland, and Coordinator for the IUCN Centre for Species Survival: Ireland.

Maria Ana BORGES

Programme Officer

IUCN

Maria Ana has worked in IUCN since 2008, starting in the Global Business and Biodiversity Programme where she was responsible for managing corporate engagements with companies in the cement and…