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Creative session: Celebrating people in nature
Drinks reception
Interactive Session - Theme 1: Changing the discourse
Interactive Session - Theme 2: Celebrating success
Interactive Session - Theme 3: Positive learning
Interactive Session - Theme 4: Making the change
Interactive Session - Theme 5: Moving forward
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AD
Aman (Dulwich)
CD
Callum (Dulwich)
HD
Hiro (Dulwich)
JD
James (Dulwich)
LD
Lucas (Dulwich)
ND
Noah (Dulwich)
TD
Tommy (Dulwich)
WD
Will (Dulwich)
Prue Addison
University of Oxford
Deviah Aiama
IUCN
Community Manager, IUCN Green List
EA
Emilie Aime
British Ecological Society
Managing Editor
Resit Akcakaya
Stony Brook University
Professor
Lisel Alamilla
Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission
Chair
NA
Natasha Ali
GA
Gildas Andriamalala
MA
Mike Appleton
Global Wildlife Conservation
Director of Protected Area Management
Joanna Arai
Tokyo International University student
Lucy Archer
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
UK Fundraising and Communications Officer
William Arlidge
University of Oxford
DPhil (PhD) student
CA
Christina Ashford
Global Diversity Foundation
Programme Manager
Will Ashley-Cantello
WWF-UK
Chief Adviser - Forests
Julia Baker
Balfour Beatty
Biodiversity Technical Specialist
Monica Barker
Atkins
Environmental Scientist
RB
Richard Barker
Celine Bartolomucci
ADAP - Association for the Development of Protected Areas
Zac Baynham-Herd
University of Edinburgh
Elizabeth Bennett
Wildlife Conservation Society
Vice President, Species Conservation
Shivani Bhalla
Ewaso Lions
Executive Director
Nina Bhola
UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Programme Officer, Protected Areas
David Bookless
A Rocha International
Director of Theology
Abdelhaq Ait Boulhous
Dar Si Hmad (NGO)
IT Coordinator
Stephanie Brittain
University of Oxford
PhD Student
Graham Bruford
Marine Stewardship Council
Training & Assurance Manager
HB
Helen Buckland
Nils Bunnefeld
University of Stirling
Associate Professor
Mike Burgass
Imperial College London
PhD Student
Susan Canney
Mali Elephant Project
Director
GC
Giulia Carbone
EC
Emily Caruso
EC
Emily Caruso
Global Diversity Foundation
Regional Programmes Director
VC
Victoria Catzeflis
ZSL
Presenter
Niloufar Raeesi Chahartaghi
Imperial College London
MSc Student
Mathilde Chanvin
Tangkoko Conservation Education
Project manager
Alexandre Chausson
Oxford University
Visiting Academic
SC
Sarah Cheetham
Beth Collier
Wild in the City
Nature based Psychotherapist
Lianne Concannon
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Conservation Scientist
TC
Topiltzin Contreras
Peter Cooper
Derek Gow Consultancy
Ecologist/Researcher
CC
Charlotte Corney
NGOTEYA Hans Cosmas
Landscape and Conservation Mentors Organization (LCMO)
Co-Founder & Project Manager
Tanya Cox
Fauna & Flora International
Marine Plastics Projects Manager
Cheli Cresswell
University of Oxford
DPhil Candidate
Josephine Crouch
Youth for Wildlife Conservation
IM
Irene Mendez Cruz
PC
Phil Cue
Ugo D'Ambrosio
Global Diversity Foundation
Farinoz Daneshpay
Zoological Society of London
Project Manager, Net-Works TM
PS
Petra Sovic Davies
London Wildlife Trust
Water for Wildlife Project Manager
ND
Nona Diko
Leejiah Dorward
University of Oxford
PhD Student
LD
Laura Doughty
Oxford Brookes University
Post Doctoral Researcher
Tracy Dove
Isle of Wight Zoo
Education and Conservation Manager
Emma Dwan
NatureWatch
Producer, Project Leader
Salma Edrif
Dar Si Hmad for Development, Education and Culture
Dan Raven- Ellison
London National Park City
Founder
Lucy Erickson
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Science Communications Manager
Olya Esipova
Youth For Wildlife Conservation
Implementation Committee
Nafeesa Esmail
University of Oxford
Coordinator, Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Mareen Esmeier
Youth for Wildlife Conservation (Y4WC)
Implementation Committee
CE
Chris Eves
Aimee Farndale
Rebecca Farnum
King's College London
PhD Researcher
AW
Alan Watson Featherstone
CF
Clement Feger
David Fernández
University of the West of England
Lecturer in Conservation Science
Lloyd Figgins
LFL Global Risk Mitigation
CEO
Marie Fischborn
IUCN
Programme Officer, Global Protected Areas Programme
Alexia Fishwick
Amy Fitzmaurice
Chester Zoo
Conservation Scholar
Damian Flemming
WWF
Director of International Programmes
EF
Emily Flowers
NERC
Martina Di Fonzo
University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kerstin Forsberg
Planeta Oceano
Director
Mathew Frith
London Wildlife Trust
Director of Conservation
CG
Celine Gamble
CG
Chris Gee
WWF-UK
Campaigns Manager
RG
Rebecca Goldstone
New Nature Foundation
Founder/President
Dominique d'Emille Gonçalves
DICE, University of Kent
MSc candidate
Jennifer Gooden
JG
Jamie Gordon
Taylor Gorham
Marine Stewardship Council
Senior Research Analyst
Amy Gotliffe
Oakland Zoo
Conservation Director
MG
Mark Gough
Molly Grace
University of Central Florida
Holly Griffin
A View To Sea
Jessica Groenendijk
San Diego Zoo Global Peru
Communications Coordinator, Cocha Cashu Biological Station
Heather Gurd
Ewaso Lions
Conservation Manager
Andrew Hamilton
Wildscreen
Wildscreen Exchange Assistant
CH
Claire Hanratty
James Hardcastle
IUCN
Global Protected Areas Programme
Simon Harold
Nature Ecology and Evolution
Associate Editor
Niki Harré
The University of Auckland
Lindsey Harris
Imperial College London
MSc Conservation Science
Scott Hartle
Liza Hawley
Morris Arboretum of Upenn
Youth and Visitor Education
CH
Charlie Haworth
Durrell Wildlife Trust
Will Hayes
DICE. University of Kent
MSc Conservation Biology Student
SH
Sally Hayns
Nicolas Heard
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Head of Fund Management
Dr Joanna Henley
Falmouth University
Senior Lecturer
Hendrikus van Hensbergen
Action for Conservation
Chief Executive
NH
Neil Herrington
UEL
Principal Lecturer
Natasha Hill
Ocean Optimism
Web Content Developer
Harry Hilser
Selamatkan Yaki - The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust
Programme Manager
TH
Timothy Hodgetts
WildCRU- University of Oxford
SH
Simon Hodgkinson
Smart Earth Network
Founder
RH
Rachel Hoffman
Pippa Howard
Fauna & Flora International
Director, Business & Biodiversity
Harriet Ibbett
University of Oxford
Research Assistant in Conservation Science
Sera James Irvine
Artist
JJ
Jen Jones
Galapagos Conservation Trust
Projects Manager
Julia Jones
Bangor University
KJ
Katherine Jones
RJ
Rachel Jones
Emma Keller
WWF
Agricultural Commodities Manager
Emma Knott
Althelia Ecosphere
ESG Officer
WK
William Konstant
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Advisory Panel
JK
John Koo
Janina Korting
GIZ
Coastal and marine management advisor
Ruth Krause
Global Environments Network
Journalist
Noelle Kumpel
Zoological Society of London
Conservation Policy Programme Manager
ZL
Zosia Ladds
Atkins
Assistant Ecologist
Mahdi Lafram
Dar Si Hmad (DSH)
Project Coordinator
Vikki Lang
WWF
Adviser to the Executive Director of Global Programmes
Emiel de Lange
University of Edinburgh
PhD Student
Cecilia Larossa
University of Oxford
Postdoctoral Reserach Assistant
Felicia Lasmana
Daemeter Consulting
Biodiversity Specialist
SL
Sarah Lass
HL
Harriet Lavender
Chester Lewis
Ocean Optimisim
Web Technical Developer
Mingyu Liu
Peking University
PhD candidate
SL
Sam Lloyd
Caroline Lockwood
Zoological Society of London
Programme Support Officer
Barney Long
Global Wildlife Conservation
Director of Species Conservation
Vanessa Lovenburg
Katie Major
Bristol Zoological Society
Conservation Psychologist and Campaigns Manager
Seema Manchanda
Artist and Town Planner
Gary Martin
Global Diversity Foundation
Director
Rory McCann
Rory McCann Art
Helen Meredith
Amphibian Survival Alliance
Executive Director
SM
Sarah Merrington
WWF-UK
Administration Manager, Global Programmes
Kristina Middleton
Oxford Brookes University
BSc Wildlife Conservation student
Dilyana Mihaylova
Fauna & Flora International
Marine Plastics Project Officer
Nadia Mijiddorj
Snowleopard Trust
PhD student
KM
Katarzyna Mikolajczak
MM
Morena Mills
Imperial College London
Director of Msc on Conservation Science
E.J. Milner-Gulland
Oxford University
Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity
RM
Russ Mittermeier
Andrea Moshier
University of Kent - DICE
MSc, Conservation & International Wildlife Trade
Hannah Mulvany
Wildscreen
Wildscreen Exchange Executive
Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib
Universiti Sains Malaysia and Malaysian Primatological Society
Secretary General
Chris Naylor
A Rocha International
Executive Director
Elliot Newton
A Focus on Nature
Creative Director
MN
Marcus Nield
Razan Nimir
Youth for Wildlife Conservation
Mbunya Francis Nkemnyi
Resource Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
Executive Director
HO
Helen O'Neill
Anna Oposa
Save Philippine Seas
Chief Mermaid and Executive Director
Carmen Julia Quiroga Pacheco
Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny
Project Developer
Sarah Papworth
Royal Holloway University of London
Lecture in Conservation Biology
Danni Parks
Whitley Fund for Nature
Deputy Director
Laurie Parma
University of Cambridge
Behavioural scientist
Roberta Pennell
BP
Bette Perlman
Morris Arboretum
volunteer
TP
Test Person
JP
Jim Pettiward
Synchronicity Earth
Communications Strategist
Jan-Boje Pfeifer
Macaca Nigra Project
Coordinator
Louis Phipps
WILD Foundation - Mali Elephant Project
Research & Monitoring
Kalyar Platt
Turtle Survival Alliance
Director, Myanmar Program
Rose Hancock Pook
Imperial College London
Communications Professional & Conservation Science Postgraduate...
LP
Lynne Porter
Aili Pyhälä
University of Jyväskylä
Senior Lecturer in Development and International Cooperation
CR
Caesar Rahman
Aditi Rajan
DICE, University of Kent
MSc Conservation Biology Student
KL
Khouni Lomban Rawung
Trevor Rees
EnSo Impact
Managing Director
Nessie Reid
The Milking Parlour
Creator
Anders Rhodin
Turtle Conservancy
Chairman of the Board
HR
Holly-Marie Richards
MR
Michela Roberts
Nathan Roberts
Tom Roberts
Ezra Films
Documentary Producer/Director
Josh Robertson
Conservation Conversation
Co-Founder
Beth Robinson
WildTeam
WildLearning Specialist
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