Meet our Speakers

Secretary General, Pacific Islands Development Forum

Premier of Niue

Chair, Agriculture and Environment Committee, State Senate of Hawaii

Prime Minister, Government of Barbados

Chief Minister, Government of Jersey

Ocean Policy Research Institute, The Sakasawa Peace Foundation

Founding Chair, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity

Energy Officer, GGGI

Business Development Director, SMO Solar Process

Rural Policy Researcher/Analyst, Scotland's Rural College

President and CEO, Clean Energy Access & Power52 Energy

Specialist in Estuarine Islands and Coordinator of the Network of the Islands of Lower Casamance for the Integrated Management of Coastal Zones

Caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity & Special Envoy on Climate Change for the Pacific.

Embassy of the Republic of Vanuatu in Brussels

Ambassador of Antigua & Barbuda to the US and OAS

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of the Marshall Islands

Minister of Environment , Waste management and Energy, Mombasa County Government

Researcher in Education, University College London

CEO, Dugong Rising

Sustainable Tourism Consultant and Co-Founder, Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Foundation

Co-founder and Managing Director, Journal of Caribbean Environmental Sciences and Renewable Energy (CESaRE)

Head of the department for Climate and Circular Economy at the Environment Agency of Iceland

Property Manager, Saint Lucia’s Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain resorts

Premier of the Cayman Islands

Head of Partnerships and Programmes, The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Centre (CCREEE)

Founding Partner, 360º of Innovation, Island Impact and WOW!

Head of European Affairs, Bretagne Développement Innovation

President, Buzzmaker

UNFCCC Ambassador for Net Zero, and Chief Executive Officer

Project Manager, Ærø

Deputy Director, UN Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR)

SDGs and Blue Economy Partnerships Senior Liaison Officer for Island Governments

CEO, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Founding Partner, Edenway Group

Director, Bridgetown Initiative & Special Advisor on Climate Resilience, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Barbados

Director of Blue Economy, Waitt Institute

Project Manager, SDEF, France

Community Leader, Carilec Renewable Energy Community (CAREC)

Executive Director, Edge Foundation

Head of the Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies

Manager of the Climate Change Message in a Bottle Project at the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance

Caribbean Regional Director, Climate Tracker

Education and Policy Senior Researcher, Edge Foundation

Director & Founder, Institute for Small Islands

Senior Education & Policy Researcher, Edge Foundation

Founder, The Seaweed Food Co

CEO of Thalasses, Crete Holiday Home and Domisi Development

Founder, RAIDiCal China

VP Global e-Marine, Leclanché

Lead of Business Development and Partnerships for ZeroAvia

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Hawai'i Research Center for Future Studies, University of Hawai'i

Emeritus Professor of Law at Kent Law School and an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers

Lecturer, School of Arts, University of Kent

Co-Founder, Green Worms

Programme Officer, Circular Economy Initiative, WWF Kenya

CEO, The GraceKennedy Foundation

Project Manager, Shetland Islands Council Future Energy Team & ORION Clean Energy Project Team

Director of Economic Development, Summerside Xchange

Peace Boat Ocean & Climate Youth Ambassador, Ecovybz Representative

CEO, Astra Solar & Advisory Board Member, UN Climate Change

Republic of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission

Islands Recovery and Policy Manager, The Scottish Government Islands Team

President & CEO, The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago

Marine Biologist & Associate Environmental Consultant, Advisors Next Door