KAUST Marine Plastic Pollution Symposium

Sunday, May 20
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Level 0 lecture hall between Ibn Al-Haytham and Ibn Sina (buildings 2 and 3)
Auditorium 0215

The Red Sea Research Center is pleased to invite you to our upcoming Symposium on Marine Plastic Pollution. We will be taking a closer look at plastic pollution problems facing the world’s oceans and how you can be part of the solution.

Join the conversation early at 2:00 p.m. for an in-depth Facebook live interview on the KAUST Official Facebook page with Professor Carlos Duarte and Dr. Julia Reisser.

3:00 – 3:05 p.m. Marine Plastic Pollution, why we care
Professor Carlos Duarte, RSRC
“The ocean plastic problem is a mirror of our behavior as consumers. As consumers we have the choice to be the problem or part of the solution.”

 

 

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3:05 – 3:25 p.m. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Mega Expedition findings
Dr. Julia Reisser, RSRC
“Plastic pollution is a solvable problem. We just need to keep moving towards a circular economy, with an efficient use of resources.”

 

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3:25 – 3:45 p.m. Marine Plastic Pollution in Red Sea waters and beaches
Dr. Cecilia Martin, RSRC
“Alternatives exist. Understanding and commitment are the ones that fail to exist.”

 

 

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3:45 – 3:55 p.m. Marine Plastic Pollution in Red Sea Fish
Fadiyah M. Baalkhuyur, RSRC
“Because we still have a chance, we can save whatever remains of our marine life.”

 

 

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3:55 – 4:05 p.m. Legal environmental instruments in combating plastic pollution
Dr. Mohamed S. Omar, HSE
“Legal environmental instruments proved to be effective in managing waste in general and plastic in particular”.

 

 

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4:05 – 4:15 p.m. TKS Plastic Waste Awareness Programs
Tim Scarrott and students, TKS

 

 

 

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4:20 – 4:30 p.m. Debate and Closure