March 15-17, 2026 | Boston, USA

Speaker

Alice Thomas-Smyth

Alice Thomas-Smyth is a Marine Conservation Scientist, Nature Positive Oceans on the Area Based Conservation team at WWF US. Alice serves as the Technical co-lead for the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) Ocean Hub, developing science-based targets for industry to reduce nature-related business risk and halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the oceans. Her work focuses on the development of science-based solutions for frameworks and pathways to a Nature Positive future for the ocean. She also supports the Oceans Futures work of WWF by drawing on her expertise in climate change and global fisheries, as well as data methodologies and modeling to develop the process of identifying hotspots of future conflict over fisheries resources.

 

Prior to WWF, Alice worked at Environmental Defense Fund in the Oceans Program, focusing on sustainable fishing and climate-resilient systems that are inclusive and benefit communities using data-driven methods. Alice has a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and a B.Sc. in Marine Biology from University of St Andrews in Scotland.

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