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Kathy Wolf holds a PhD in Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan, USA. She is a Social Scientist, who has developed a powerful career as a Researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, and at the University of British Columbia, USA. University of Washington in Seattle, USA, and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in Vancouver, Canada. Her focus has been on expanding the knowledge about the social and psychological benefits that nature and trees provide in urban environments, and to share that with non-traditional audiences and share that with non-traditional audiences, including business, public health, medicine and urban planning, medicine and urban planning. His recent work has included collaborations of. "One Health" collaborations on the intersection of nature and trees in urban settings and sharing that with non-traditional audiences, including business, public health, medicine and urban planning. biodiversity and human health.

Kathy will present on the Proximity of Nature and Human Well-Being.

Juan José Donoso is Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Chile. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile with a major in Public Policy. Juan José has a distinguished career in environmental, sustainability and climate change issues in public and private sector organizations and academia, including the direction of the Natural Resources and Biodiversity Division of the Ministry of Environment. An amateur ornithologist, Juan José is the author of two books on birds: "Geografía de pájaros, Chile Central" (CEP, 2015) and "Vuelo de pájaros americanos" (Amanuta, 2018)."

Juan José will present on SbN in Chile: natural capital for sustainable development.

Pam Emerson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Genetics and a Master of Education from Cornell University. She also holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture and Ecological Design from the University of Washington. Her research has focused on the study of nature and its relationship to humans.
She is currently part of the City of Seattle's Green Infrastructure Program and Planning System, where she is working on the development of a 50-year strategic plan for Seattle's water resilient future. Previously, she was focused on developing Washington State's first Community Public-Private Partnership to facilitate stormwater management and riparian restoration on private lands through the Rain City Partnerships Pilot Program. She also worked on the City of Seattle's first Climate Action Plan.
Regionally, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where she led programs to increase ecological literacy, protect young children from environmental threats to developmental health. From 1995 to 1998, Pam served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Puerto Saavedra, Region IX, Chile, where she worked with local and regional educators to co-develop an environmental education pedagogy aligned with Chile's national curriculum.

Pam's presentation is titled: How to align urban planning with the design principles that the Earth gives us? 25 years of green infrastructure in Seattle, USA.

Geographer, Master in Environmental Management and Planning from the University of Chile and PhD from the University of Leipzig. He is an academic in the Department of Geography at the University of Chile, and his work involves research, consulting and teaching in the field of environmental planning, environmental justice, and urban and landscape ecology. Among other projects, he has led the development of the Stgo+ Green Infrastructure Plan and the Ecological Planning of the Metropolitan Region for the Ministry of Environment. In addition, he has been part of the advisory mites for the development of the National Policy of Urban Parks and the National Strategy of Green Cities.

Alexis' presentation is titled: Ecological territorial planning from neighborhoods to ecoregions.

Pablo is a Forestry Engineer from Universidad Austral de Chile, PhD in Conservation Biology from the State University of New York. More than two decades of experience implementing science-based conservation strategies and programs at Forestal Arauco. We manage 300,000 hectares of conservation in Central Chile, highlighting 60,000 hectares of high value areas and 25,000 hectares of ecological restoration.

Pablo's presentation is entitled "Eco-regional planning for ecosystem services and biodiversity: A practical application in ARAUCO Chile".