Keynote Speakers

Wild salmon are in crisis,

but there is hope.

More speakers will be announced each week…

Fawn Sharp

Immediate Past President, National Congress of American Indians
Professor  Sir  Dieter  Helm

Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford
Mairi Gougeon

Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen

Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment
Alastair Fothergill OBE

Alastair Fothergill, Director and co-founder of Silverback Films, with productions including Sir David Attenborough’s 'Wild Isles’ and ‘Our Planet' documentaries

27 January: Inspiring People

River Thames Salmon School

Children from Schools in the Thames Catchment
Mark Bilsby

CEO of the Atlantic Salmon Trust
Katrina Connors

Senior Director of Salmon Programs at the Pacific Salmon Foundation
Alan Walker

Principal Advisor for Cefas, Chair of ICES Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon
Louie Porta

President and CEO, Atlantic Salmon Federation
Mark Lloyd

CEO of The Rivers Trust
Elle Adams

Strategy Lead, Findhorn Watershed Initiativeiption goes here
Jack Bloomer

Deputy CEO Tyne Rivers Trust
Lara Stroh

Wild Atlantic Salmon Ambassador
Robert Otto

Atlantic Salmon Federation
Guðni Guðbergsson

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland
Joseph Rossano

Multidisciplinary Artist & Environmentalist

28 January: Environmental Leadership

Alan Wells

CEO, Fisheries Management Scotland
Jason Hwang

Vice President and Chief Program Officer Pacific Salmon Foundation
Valérie Ouellet

Vice-President of Research and Environment at the Atlantic Salmon Federation
Lorraine Hawkins

River Director, Dee District Salmon Fishery Board
Sophie Elliott

Senior Fisheries Scientist, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jacques White

CEO, Long Live the Kings
Hannah Rudd

Marine Policy & Research Manager, Angling Trust
Anne Anderson

Scottish Sea Farms
Christine Colvin

Policy Lead for Freshwater, WWF International
Nils Olav Gjone

Co-Chair of NASCO Accredited NGOs
Alison Matthews

Chalkstream Programme Manager, The Rivers Trust
Torfinn Evensen

Norske Lakseelver
Jim Murray

Actor
Kim Damon-Randall

President of North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)
Nathan Wilbur

Vice-President of Regional Programs for the Atlantic Salmon Federation
Jon Emery

Theme Leader for Data Management and Analysis, Atlantic Salmon Trust & Project Manager and Co-Principal Investigator, Missing Salmon Alliance