Panelists | Thematic Forum 4
Chair & Moderator | Session 1

Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

Director, UNESCO Regional for Eastern Africa
Session 1

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt

Regional Director Africa, BirdLife International

Coordinator, Ocean Teacher Global Academy

Head of the Department for Marine Spatial Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Angola)

Sandwatch Project Mauritius

Fundraising Officer & Youth Ambassador for the Right to Peace of South Africa

Fisheries Biologist, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
Session 1

Professor of Philosophy, Stellenbosh University

Chairperson, National Youth Environment Council, Prime Minister’s Office, Republic of Mauritius

Principal Climate Risk and Disaster Officer, African Development Bank, AfDB

Senior Meteorologist, Tanzania Meteorological Authority

Senior Programme Officer, Disaster Risk Reduction, African Union Commission

Chief Small Island Developing States (SIDS), UNESCO

PhD Holder & Co-Founder of the Centre for African Smart Public Value Governance (C4SP)
Chair & Moderator | Session 2

Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

Director a.i., UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States
Session 2

Executive Director, African World Heritage Fund, South Africa

Member of the Namibian Underwater Federation and founding Member of Dantica Diving and Adventures

President of Alexandria University and Chair holder of UNESCO Chair in Underwater Cultural Heritage, Egypt

UNESCO Office in Dakar

Underwater Archaeologist, National Museums of Kenya

Activist, PhD Holder in International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights

PhD student in Political Science, University of Paris