Eye on Eye on Earth Summit 2015 - Convene, Converge, Collaborate

L-R: Moderator Nima Abu-Wardeh, Broadcast Journalist; Keynote Speakers Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD); Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, UAE; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; and Rashid Ahmed Mohammed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, UAE

Moderator Nima Abu-Wardeh, Broadcast Journalist

Participants watched an introductory video on the Eye on Earth Summit

Host and Keynote Speaker Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General, EAD

Participants watched a video of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al ​Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi,
about his commitment to the protection and conservation of the environment.

Keynote Speaker Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, UAE

Keynote Speaker Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP

Participants listening to Achim Steiner’s speech

Keynote Speaker Rashid Ahmed Mohammed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, UAE

Participants during the opening ceremony

Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network

Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Founder, Cousteau Divers

Participants during plenary

Panelists in the session on “Measuring Progress Towards Sustainable Development: Priorities to Meet the Data” (L-R) Moderator Constanza Martinez, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Peter Stephenson, WWF; Tanya Bryan, GRID Arendal; Eugenie Regan, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre; and Guido Schmidt-Traub, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Panelists in the session on “Arab Region’s Environmental Data Challenges” (L-R) Moderator Adel Farid Abdel-Kader, Trend Green Knowledge; Moderator Ahmed Abdelrehim, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE); Ahmed Abdulmuttaleb Baharoon, Executive Director, AGEDI; Asma Aba Hussein, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Iyad Abumoghli, UNEP-Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP-ROWA); Taher Al Shakhashir, Minister of Environment, Jordan; Nadia Makram Ebeid, Executive Director, CEDARE; Mohammed Dawood Al-Ahmed, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Najib Saab, Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED); and Fathia Abdel Fadil, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA)

Panelists in the session on “Biodiversity: Data Gaps from Global to Local Practice” (L-R) Majid Al Qassimi, EAD; Moderator
Richard Jenkins, IUCN; Franck Courchamp, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); Natasha Ali, IUCN;
Healy Hamilton, NatureServe; Moderator Tim Hirsch, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); Ackbar Joolia, IUCN;
and Gary Geller, Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)

Panelists in the session on “Addressing Policymaking Demand for Data: Dialogue Between Decision Makers and Providers” (L-R) Nawal Al Hosany, Masdar; David Rhind, Nuffield Foundation; Kathrine Brekke, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability; Moderator Felix Dodds, University of North Carolina; Ingrid Dillo, Data Archiving and Networked Services; Robert Gurney, University of Reading; and Marcos Silva, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Panelists in the session on “Environmental Data for Business Performance” (L-R) Bartholomew Judd, European Investment Bank (EIB); Leon Bennun, The Biodiversity Consultancy; Simon Wilson, Five Oceans Environmental Services; and Scott Williams, PwC

Panelists in the session on “Building Knowledge for Healthy Lives” (L-R) Hayat Sindi, Founder, i2 institute for imagination and ingenuity; Moderator Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP; Maria Neira, World Health Organization (WHO); Joni Seager, Bentley University; Parrys Raines, Climate Girl; and Iman Nuwayhid, American University of Beirut

Panelists in the session on “Donors’ Demand for Data” (L-R) Barbara Ryan, Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO); Sylvia Lee, Skoll Global Threats Fund; Jackson Kimani, Clinton Foundation; Tom Cummings, Tällberg Foundation and the Global Alliance for Banking on Values; and Adel Farid Abdel-Kader, Trend Green Knowledge

Participants during the track on “Donors’ Demand for Data”

L-R: Stephen Stec, Central European University; Alexander Juras, UNEP; Carlos de Miguel, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); and Lalanath de Silva, World Resources Institute (WRI)