MAC & NWWAC Workshop on Marine Plastics and the Seafood Supply Chain

AGENDA

Interpretation Directorate (SCIC), Rue de la Loi 102, Brussels 07 November 2019, 08:30 – 17:00

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08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:20 Introduction

09:00 – 09:10 Opening by Guus Pastoor, Chair of the Executive Committee, MAC

09:10 – 09:20 Keynote speaker: MEP Giuseppe Ferrandino, Vice-Chair, EP PECH Committee

09:20 - 10:40 Setting the Scene

09:20 – 09:40 Marine microplastics in the international context: Amy Lusher, Researcher Scientist, NIVA / FAO

09:40 – 10:00 Plastics Strategy: Werner Bosmans, Policy Officer – Circular Economy, DG ENV C2 10:00 – 10:20 EU actions to tackle marine litter from sea based sources: Magdalena Andreea

Strachinescu Olteanu, Head of Unit, DG MARE A1

10:20 – 10:40 Q & A

10:40 – 11:10 COFFEE

11:10 – 12:30 At Sea – Fisheries & Aquaculture

11:10 – 11:30 Effects of plastic pollution on the marine environment: Richard Cronin, Chair, OSPAR

11:30 – 11:50 The Clean Ocean’s Initiative Ireland: Catherine Morrison, Certification & Sustainability Manager, BIM

11:50 – 12:10 Project Clean Atlantic: Patricia Pérez, Project Officer, CETMAR 12:10 – 12:30 Q & A

12:30 – 13:50 LUNCH – DG MARE (Rue Joseph II 99, Brussels)

13:50 – 15:30 On Land – Packaging & Processing: minimising the impact along the production chain

13:50 – 14:10 Sustainable packaging and new directions in plastics packaging – retailer’s perspective: Pedro Lago, Sustainability and Circular Economy Projects Director, SONAE / YPACK Project

14:10 – 14:30 Project Oceanwise: Rebeca Arnedo, Co-Founder, Sustainn

14:30 – 14:50 Effects of microplastics on human health: Prof Brian Quinn, Professor, University West of Scotland

14:50 – 15:10 Reducing the impact of plastic packaging in the seafood supply chain: Christina Dixon, Senior Ocean Campaigner, Rethink Plastic Alliance

15:10 – 15:30 Q & A

15:30 – 15:45 COFFEE

15:45 – 16:50 Panel discussion – bringing it all together:

Moderator: Georg Werner, Chair of Working Group 3, MAC

• Maris Stulgis, Policy Officer - Maritime Policy - Blue Growth and Innovation, DG MARE A1
• Catherine Morrison, Catherine Morrison, Certification & Sustainability Manager, BIM
• Pedro Lago, Sustainability and Circular Economy Projects Director, SONAE

/ YPACK Project

• Carlos León Perfecto, Co-Founder, Sustainn
• Patricia Pérez, Project Officer, CETMAR
• Prof Brian Quinn, Professor, University West of Scotland
• Amy Lusher, Researcher Scientist, NIVA / FAO
• Christina Dixon, Senior Ocean Campaigner, Rethink Plastic Alliance

16:50 – 17:00 Conclusions

Emiel Brouckaert, Chair of the Executive Committee, NWWAC