| # | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 1 | Role of African botanic gardens supporting ecological restoration and livelihoods | Kirsty Shaw | BGCI Head of Tree Conservation, Ecological Restoration and Africa Programme , Kenya |
| 2 | Turning the map: Transformative strategies for South–North collaborations in biodiversity research, education and conservation | Alexandre Antonelli | Director Sciences, Kew Gardens, UK |
| 3 | Plant conservation and development in China | Wang Qingfeng | Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| 4 | Science supporting policy: challenges and opportunities | Sebsebe Demissew | University of Addis Ababa, IPBES |
| 5 | Biodiversity, conservation and evolution of African tropical rain forests | Thomas L.P. Couvreur | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France |