Arnd Greve

CEO POPULAR GmbH

Arnd Greve is a media scientist and has worked as an editor, director and creative director for international entertainment companies and his own company network, POPULAR GROUP GmbH.  Since 2012, he has been involved in nature conservation projects, including collaborations with the German Wildlife Foundation. Since then, he has also been advising his clients in the fields of sustainable growth and sustainable supply chain in order to put companies on a forward-looking course as quickly as possible.

Melanie Haft

Producer and Head of Production, nautilusfilm GmbH

Melanie Haft is a passionate nature film producer. Her films have won more than 250 international awards. In 2017, she became the first woman to receive the Görlitz Meridian Nature Film Award. Since 2018, Haft has been an instructor for media designers specializing in image and sound. Together with her husband Jan and the team at nautilusfilm GmbH, she has been working since 2024 on a major project close to her heart: the film “Grandioses Grasland,” which is set to hit theaters in March 2027.

Photo: Lina Kastl

Dagny Lüdemann

Biologist and chief science reporter, DIE ZEIT

Discovering undiscovered life on earth – that is the job of Dagny Lüdemann, who is out and about in nature as chief science reporter for DIE ZEIT. The biologist, science journalist and passionate diver reports on wild animals and endangered species and uncovers how and why humans are destroying their environment. And more importantly: how they could stop. She has accompanied a number of wildlife filmmakers on adventurous filming trips, and as a jury member for various festivals, she has seen hundreds of nature films. Her personal goal: to make her own wildlife film.

Prof. Dr. Heiko G. Rödel

University Sorbonne Paris Nord

Heiko G. Rödel is a full professor at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord, where he has been teaching animal behaviour and biostatistics since 2011. His research focuses on animal ecology and behaviour, mainly in mammals, in both field and laboratory settings. He earned a biology degree with a major in animal ecology in 1997, completed his doctorate in 2002, and obtained his habilitation in zoology in 2010. Since 2022, he has been serving as the editor-in-chief of the international journal Mammalian Biology.

Dr. Katrin Vohland

Director of the Natural History Museum, Vienna

Having always been fascinated by the diverse relationships between animals, plants, and humans, Katrin Vohland studied biology, conducted research on evolution and adaptation, and has worked at many intersections between science, politics, and society. She now heads the Natural History Museum in Vienna, where a wide variety of films have been shot. Her motto: “Biodiversity is a complicated word for the beauty and diversity of nature around us—and that’s what we want to help people appreciate.”

Photo: Christina Rittmannperger