Keynote Speakers

More speakers will be announced each week…

Wild salmon are in crisis,

but there is hope.


  • Andreas Bjelland Eriksen

    Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment

  • Professor  Sir  Dieter  Helm

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

  • Fawn Sharp

    Immediate Past President, National Congress of American Indians

  • 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

  • Dr 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

  • Lara Stroh

    Wild Atlantic Salmon Ambassador

  • Mark Lloyd

    CEO of The Rivers Trust

  • Jack Bloomer

    Deputy CEO Tyne Rivers Trust

28 January: Environmental Leadership

  • Kim Damon-Randall

    President of North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)

  • Nathan Wilbur

    Vice-President of Regional Programs for the Atlantic Salmon Federation

  • Sophie Elliott

    Senior Fisheries Scientist, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust


  • Valérie Ouellet

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


  • Jason Hwang

    Vice President and Chief Program Officer Pacific Salmon Foundationre

29 January: Focussing for the Future

  • Mark Saunders

    Past Director International Year of the Salmon

  • Teresa Dent CBE

    CEO of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

  • Joseph Rossano

    Multidisciplinary Artist & Environmentalist

  • Ann Willis

    California Regional Director, American Rivers


The programme may be subject to change as the event develops.

Wild Salmon Connections is generously supported by The Fishmongers’ Company, Newcore Capital and YETI.

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