OUR SPEAKERS
We are honored and excited to host a diverse and outstanding group of planetary health professionals and experts from around the world. Learn more about our speakers' background, career, and connection to planetary health by clicking on their headshot. More speakers will be announced soon!

Agnes Binagwaho
Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity

Antonio Saraiva, EngD
Professor, University of São Paulo, Head of the Planetary Health Group, Institute for Advanced Studies

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Bruce Friedrich
Executive Director and Co-founder, The Good Food Institute

Carlos Faerron, MD, MSc
Associate Director, Planetary Health Alliance
Associate Faculty, University of Maryland
Associate Faculty, University of Maryland

Cicilia Githaiga
GIZ ABS Capacity Development Initiative
Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Technical Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Corinne Reid
Provost (Interim) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Victoria University

Courtney Howard, MD
Former President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Dean Rachel Kyte
Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Dr. John Helliwell
Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Programme on Social Interactions, Identity, and Well-Being

Dr. Julia Kim
Program Director, GNH Centre Bhutan

Dr. Madeleine Thomson
Interim Head – Our Planet, Our Health
Senior Science Lead, Climate Change and Health
Senior Science Lead, Climate Change and Health

Dr. Nicole de Paula
Founder of the Women Leaders for Planetary Health; Inaugural Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)-Potsdam, Germany

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Dr. Stefanos Fotiou
Director, Environment and Development Division; United Nations ESCAP

Herton Escobar
Special Reporter, University of São Paulo (USP)

Jamil Chade
European Correspondent, O Estado de S. Paulo in Geneva

Jane Davidson
Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

John Fullerton
Founder and President, Capital Institute

Jonathan Rose
President, Rose Companies

Karenna Gore
Director, Center for Earth Ethics

Kotchakorn Voraakhom
CEO and Founder, Landprocess/Porous City

Luiz Eugenio Araujo de Morais Mello
Scientific Director, FAPESP

Martin Hermann
President, KLUG - German Alliance Climate Change and Health

Mayara Floss, M.D
Family Physician, WONCA Working Party on Environment and WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice

Melvine Anyango
Planetary Health Next Generation Fellow, University of Eldoret

Michelle McLean, PhD, M.Ed
Professor, Bond University

Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH
Assistant Proffesor, University of North Dakota

Omnia El Omrani
Liaison Officer for Public Health, International Federation of Medical Students' Association

Riane Eiseler, J.D, PhD (hon)
President, Center for Partnership Systems

Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Sandeep Maharaj
Associate Dean Distance Education, Planning and Projects, University of the West Indies

Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of Planetary Health, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Tom Szaky
Terracycle Founder & CEO

Vik Mohan, BM BCh, MA, DRCOG
Medical Director, Blue Ventures Conservation

Virgilio Viana
Director General, Sustainable Amazon Foudation

Wanjira Mathai
Vice President And Regional Director For Africa

Will Evison
Director, Sustainability Strategy, PwC