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