Speakers
Luciano Andriamaro
Director, Science and Knowledge Department, Conservation International, Madagascar
Elena Lazos Chavero
Professor and Researcher, IISUNAM
Sébastien Treyer
Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Vanessa Ushie
Acting Director, African Natural Resources Centre, African Development Bank (ADB)
Thomas Elmqvist
Professor, Natural Resource Management, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
Suneetha M Subramanian
Research Fellow, Biodiversity and Society Programme, UNU-IAS
Odile Conchou
Senior Advisor, Biodiversity and Finance, AFD
Valerie Hickey
Global Director, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, The World Bank
Jean-Louis Arcand
President, Global Development Network (GDN)
Elizabeth Mrema
Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Carolina Rosero Cordero
Amazon Program Director, Conservation International Ecuador
David Cooper
Acting Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Partha Dasgupta
Professor, Cambridge University
Simon Levin
Professor, Princeton University & Director, Center for BioComplexity, Princeton Environmental Institute
Marla R. Emery
Scientific Advisor, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research & Co-Chair, IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment
Gerardo della Paolera
Executive Director, Fundación Bunge y Born, Argentina and Former GDN President
Anja Gassner
Science and Policy Advisor, Global Landscapes Forum
Deshni Pillay
Chief Director, Biodiversity Information and Policy Advice South African National Biodiversity Institute
Francisco Gómez
Chief Operating Office, Terrasos
Girma Kelboro Mensuro
Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn
Priya Shyamsundar
Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy
Gregory Watson
Principal Specialist, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Luisa Montes
Biodiversity and Natural Capital Specialist, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Pierre Jacquet
Former GDN President
Jyotsna Puri
Associate Vice-President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Marianne Kettunen
Senior Policy Expert and Advisor, GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub (TRADE Hub)
Gabriel Quijandria
Regional Director for South America, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Laila Sandroni
Specialist in Transdisciplinary Science for Biodiversity Conservation. Science Technology and Policy Fellow at the InterAmerican Institute for Global Change Research and Associate Researcher at the University of Brasilia, Brazil
Lavenie Tawake
Environmental Project Manager and Coastal Management Specialist, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Susana Cardenas
USFQ
Adonai Herrera-Martínez
Director, Environment and Sustainability Department, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Judit Ungvari
Co-Lead, Research and Innovation, Future Earth
Jean-Philippe Berthelemy
Deputy Director, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Andrew Steer
CEO, Bezos Earth Fund
Jessica Pacheco
Oficial de Programa – Bosques y Agua Dulce / Punto Focal de Vida Silvestre, WWF-Ecuador
Camilo Santa
Biodiversity and Natural Capital Specialist, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Bianca Lisboa Da Camara Brasil
Programme Manager for Business Engagement, UM-CBD
Beatriz Fernandez
Policy Officer, UNEP Trade and Environment Hub
Paulo Durval Branco
Deputy Director, International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), Brazil / TRADE Hub
Iraoya Austine
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)
Giovanni Ginatta
Biotrade expert and formal director of UNCTAD BioTrade in Ecuador
Felipe Carazo
Head of Public Sector Engagement, Tropical Forest Alliance / World Economic Forum
Yubari Carolina Valero Azuaje
AVSI Ecuador, Strengthening local protection networks through food sovereignty programs
Ivan Borja
IEAD USFQ, Food insecurity in Venezuelan migrants: Implications for the sustainability of Ecuador
Cheryl Martens
IEAD USFQ, Gendered responses to food insecurity and sustainability in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
AGRUPAR (TBC),
Community gardens in Quito as a sustainable response to food security and food sovereignty.
François Bourguignon
Chaire émérite, Paris School of Economics, GDN Board Chair
Christian Albert Peter
Practice Manager, Global Platforms Unit (SENGL), Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, The World Bank
Patricia Balvanera
Center for Ecosystem Research (CIEcO) of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) in Morelia, Mexico.
Victoria Reyes-Garcia
ICREA Research professor at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Venezuela/Spain.
Carlos Rodrigues
Practitioner in Knowledge and Conservation in the Colombian Amazon; Director, Instituto Tropenbos
Inty Arcos
Project Coordinator, Socio-Environmental Governance in the Chocó Andino Commonwealth, Ecuadorian Italian Fund for Sustainable Development (FIEDS)
Diego Javier Inclan Luna
Managing Director at Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Ecuador.
Isa Olalekan Elegbede
Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), Germany. Head of Research and Innovation @ Saeio Global. Fellow of the Future Earth Coasts (FEC). Deputy Chair, IUCN CEESP
Karen Noboa
Director, Sustainable Development Departmen, Progressio Ecuador Foundation
Elisa Sevilla
USFQ
Santiago Sandoval
Secretary of Environment, Quito Municipality
Paulina Cubillos
Tomorrow’s Cities Hub. Colegio de Arquitectos/USFQ
Pablo Zapata
La Delicia Zonal Administration, Quito Municipality
Stefan Simis
Earth Observation of Inland and Coastal waters, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Francesco Obino
Director of Research & Programs, GDN
Tyson Asfaw
Lecturer, Hawassa University Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ethiopia / PhD Candidate, Antwerp University, Belgium
Malalatiana Razafindrakoto
Soil Ecologist and Taxonomist, FADES c/o Laboratoire des RadioIsotopes, Madagascar
Margaret Fafa
Lecturer, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Nam Vu Hoang
Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of International Economics, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
Yoichi MINE
Executive Director, JICA Ogata Research Institute
Fumiko NOGUCHI
JICA Ogata Research Institute
Victor Paul Steffensen
WWF Australia
Juan Carlos Jintach (TBC)
Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA)
Alison Fairbrass
Lead researcher from University College London
Isaac Dyner
Researcher, National University of Columbia
Lisa Beyer
Manager, Urban Water Infrastructure, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Nicolas Salmon
Sustainability Researcher, CEO, Yes Innovation
Carla Barboto
Founder and Executive Director Pacari
Carolina Proaño
Executive Director Grupo Futuro
Juan Jose Cardena
Founder of EcoUrban and Thrive Experience
Wise Delight Duho
Ghana, “What Determines Biodiversity Disclosure of Mining Firms in Africa? Role of Corporate Governance, Stock Listing and Global Pressures”
Brahim El Morchid
Morocco, “The Challenge of Sustainability of the Moroccan Argan Grove: A neo-institutional analysis”
Asma Boujrouf
Morocco, “Balancing Resilience and Sustainability in Agrifood Supply Chains: Evidence from Moroccan SMEs”
Toyin Ajibade
Nigeria, “An Innovative Framework for Evaluating and Managing Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries”
Cheikh Tidiane Ndour
Senegal, “Military expenditure, governance, and Sustainable Footprints”
Pousseni Bakouan
Burkina Faso, “BioTrade and Income Inequality: Frontier technology readiness matter?”
Bernard Cléry Nomo Beyala
Cameroon, “Does Economic Complexity Mitigate Carbon Inequality?”
Pablo Gonzalez Moctezuma
Mexico, “Tradeoffs between addressing biodiversity loss, poverty and forest cover loss arise in large scale restoration initiative with agroforestry systems. Insights from 450 thousand farms in Mexico”
Hajer Kratou
Tunisia, “How does Biodiversity loss increase income inequality?”
Tii Nchofoung
Cameroon, “Green Finance, Environmental Policy Stringency, and Biocapacity in Africa”
Murielle Fokou
Cameroon, “Assessing the role of top down and bottom-up institutional change in shaping the environmental performance of developing countries”
Norhan Bayomi
Egypt, “Assessing Urban Biodiversity trends using Satellite Imagery”
Hourmat Allah Hind
Morocco, “Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into key Economic Sectors: Evidence from Morocco”
Vu Hoang Nam
Vietnam, “Investigating farmers’ perception of biodiversity: A systematic analysis in a tropical country”
Deepti Gumber
India, “Biodiversity and Ecosystem-Based Climate Change Adaptation for Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Coastal Vulnerable Communities in India”
Rengalakshmi Raj
India, “Weed flora in field margins: An essential off-season resource for the insect pollinators in Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.)”
Nabajyoti Deka
India, “Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Agricultural Development: Insights from the Case of ‘Darjeeling Tea’ from the Eastern Himalayan Region, India”
Charles Kihia
Kenya, “Utilization of nutrient dense wild foods; togotia (Cruciferae) and mukunga (anguillidae) among Kenyan communities”
Evariste Manirumva
Rwanda, “The Impact of Push-Pull Technology Adoption on Food Security among Smallholder Cereal Growers”
Caridad Maldonad
"Sustainable trade expert at the Commission on the Promotion of Exports and Tourism in Peru (Promperu)"
Paul Bodnar
Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry, and Diplomacy, Bezos Earth Fund
Diego Quiroga
President, Universidad San Francisco Quito (USFQ)
Pabel Muñoz
Mayor (Alcade), City Council of Quito
Cristina Adams
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) & Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE), University of São Paulo (USP)
Sandra López
Manager, Quitumbe Solidarity Project
Enrique B Montas
“Assessing Urban Biodiversity trends using Satellite Imagery”
Daniel Andrade
Professor and Researcher, Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School