Day 1
Theme 1- Environmental Sustainability
Theme 2- Economic Sustainability
Theme 3- Socio-Cultural Sustainability
Day 2
Keynote Speaker
Hon. Juan Edgardo M. Angara
Senator
Republic of the Philippines
Plenary Speakers
Indira Dayang Lacerna-Widmann
2017 Whitley Awardee (‘Green Oscar’)
Program Director, Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program
CEO, Katala Foundation Inc.
Palawan (Philippines)
Dr. Dai Yeun Jeong
Director, Jeju Secretariat-World Network of Island & Coastal Biosphere Reserves Network
Emeritus Professor, Jeju National University
(South Korea)
Dr. Antonio Domingos Abreu
UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Development
University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Roster of Panelist
(Partial)
Dr. Miguel Clüsener-Godt
UNESCO Chair on Biodiversity Safeguard
for Sustainable Development Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet
University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Irene Estaun/ Eva Cardona
(SPAIN)
Dr. Hans Dencker Thulstrup
Senior Programme Specialist for Water and Environmental Sciences
Asia and Pacific Office for Science
UNESCO Office-Jakarta (Indonesia)
Angelique Songco
Protected Area Superintendent,
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ramsar Site/Wetland of International Importance
(Philippines)
Dr. Anthony Shun Fung Chiu
University Fellow
De La Salle University (Philippines)
Chair, Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP)
Member, UN International Resource Panel
UNIDO
Elizabeth Maclang
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ramsar Site/Wetland of International Importance
New 7 Wonders of Nature
(Philippines)
Dr. Deo Florence Onda
Deputy Director
Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines
(Philippines)
Dr. Richard Alorro
Western Australian School of Mines
Curtin University –Kalgoorie
(Australia)
Dr. Hernando P. Bacosa
Department of Biological Science
Mindanao State University –
Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)
(Philippines)
Dr. Dominique Caouette
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Head, Southeast Asia Contemporary and Transdisciplinary Studies (ECTASE)
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Dr. Dai Yeun Jeong
Director, Jeju Secretariat-World Network of Island & Coastal Biosphere Reserves Network
Emeritus Professor, Jeju National University
(South Korea)
Dr. Antonio Domingos Abreu
UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Development
University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim
ASEAN Center for Biodiversity
Prof. Melanie Austen
Dr. Duong Minh Lam
Associate Professor
Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam
Case Study Leader of Blue Communities – Vietnam
Dr. Radisti Praptiwi
Research Fellow
Centre for Sustainable Energy and Resources Management
Universitas Nasional (CSERM-UNAS), Indonesia
Project Manager of Blue Communities – Indonesia
Assoc. Prof. TPr Dr. Hong Ching Goh
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty of Built Environment
Universiti Malaya
Case Study Co-Lead of Blue Communities – Malaysia
Dr. Lota Alcantara-Creencia
Case Study Leader of Blue Communities – Philippines
Panel Discussion Moderators
Dr. Neil Aldrin D. Mallari
National Geographic Explorer
President/Founder, Centre for Conservation Innovations PH Inc.
Founder/Co-founder, Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines
Dr. Jun G. Cayron
Vice-President for Research and Extension
Palawan State University
Dr. Allaine T. Baaco
Research Director
Western Philippines University
