Amanda Loeffen works at the intersection of human rights, water governance, and innovation, turning global commitments into real-world impact. She is CEO of Human Right 2 Water, advancing rights-based, gender-responsive approaches to water governance, and serves as Vice-Chair of Water4All’s Governing Board.

Ave Paulus, a PhD candidate, is Focal Point of the ICOMOS Climate Action Working Group and President of ICOMOS Estonia, with expertise on the IPCC AR7 report and cultural heritage resilience to climate change. She holds master’s degrees from the Estonian Academy of Arts and Tartu University, and has served as a senior specialist for cultural heritage at Estonia’s Environmental Board for over 20 years, coordinating more than 30 international heritage projects.

Connor Redmile is an early career researcher from Aotearoa-New Zealand specialising in freshwater ecosystems and water governance. He leads projects as Scientific Advisor at Te Kura Taka Pini, a specialist organisation advancing Indigenous rights and interests in water. A recent University of Oxford graduate, he is deepening his knowledge of international water processes as he grows into an academic leader focused on restoring the environment for future generations.

Jacob Diamond is an Ecohydrology/Water Quality Programme Specialist at UNESCO, developing global water programs in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals. With over 10 years of experience in environmental research, program management, and outreach focused on rivers, lakes, and wetlands, he has worked across the UN, consulting, government (US and France), and academia. His research centers on ecosystem dynamics, the connectivity of water, nutrients, and biota across ecosystems, and sustainable natural resource management. He previously worked as a Research Engineer at INRAE and a Research Fellow at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, and holds a PhD in Ecohydrology from Virginia Tech and an MS in Ecohydrology from the University of Florida.

Dr. James Mushori is Senior Programmes Officer – Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). His work focuses on strengthening evidence-based programming, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management across AAS programmes, including supporting adaptive learning and the effective use of evidence to inform programme implementation and strategy. He holds a PhD in Project Planning and Management, specializing in Monitoring and Evaluation, from the University of Nairobi.

Tutana Kvaratskhelia is a Senior Energy and Climate Policy Consultant with over 10 years of experience at the intersection of energy, climate, and social policy across Georgia and the Eastern Partnership region. She currently serves as Environmental and Climate Change Advisor for the Georgia Goes Green project and as Senior Energy Policy Analyst at World Experience for Georgia, where she coordinates projects across Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Her expertise spans the green and just energy transition, energy poverty, energy security, and climate resilience, with a strong focus on aligning national policies with the EU Green Deal. She has also served as a national expert on Just Transition for the Stockholm Environment Institute and as a Research Fellow with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility. She holds a Master of Public Administration from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.