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PROGRAMME

Microplastics Scientific Workshop - Day 1 8 May 2023

15:00-15:15

Welcome coffee & registrations
15:15-15:30

Welcome and introduction - Piet Vermeersch, Sustainability Director, Plastics Europe
15:30-15:45

Update on Brigid and introduction on Human Stool Studies' presentations - Camilla Carteny, Microplastics Technical Manager, Plastics Europe
15:45-16:15

Introduction to microONE: microplastics and the microbiome - Vanessa Stadlbauer-Köllner, Project Leader, CB Med - Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine
(online)
16:15-16:55

Pilot Study: Microplastics in Stool - Christina Hartmann, Co-Head of Expert Team "Studies & Consulting", Umweltbundesamt / B. Gröger and Sebastian Köppel, Head of Team "Inorganic Analysis, Spectroscopy & GMO", Umweltbundesamt / B. Gröger

(online)
16:55-17:20

Characterisation of microplastics - Ingeborg Kooter, Senior Scientist / Project Leader, TNO & Luke Parker, Scientist Integrator, TNO
17:20-17:30

Closing of the Day 1 - Camilla Carteny, Microplastics Technical Manager, Plastics Europe
19:00

Networking dinner - Location: De Kroon - Rembrandtplein 17-I. 1017 CT - Amsterdam

Microplastics Scientific Workshop - Day 2 9 May 2023

8:30-9:00

Welcome coffee & registrations
9:00-9:15

Welcome and introduction - Drea Berghorst, Managing Director, Plastics Europe Nederland
9:15-9:25

Brief overview of the microplastics policy from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - Nina Lange, Senior Policy Officer - Circular Economy, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management 
9:25-10:10

Exposure assessment of microplastic in the food and packaging industry and an outlook on paints and lacquers - Elisabeth Pinter,  Project Manager, OFI
10:10-10:35

Microplastics in the terrestrial environment under the scope of the H2020 MINAGRIS project -  Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Scientific Researcher, Wageningen University & Research
10:35-11:05

Coffee break
11:05-11:30

LABPLAS project: Overview and Task on modelling human uptake of microplastics via the food chain - Ricardo Beiras, Professor, University of Vigo 
11:30-11:55

Microplastics as vectors of exposure to organic chemicals: The role of models within a tiered evaluation approach - Todd Gouin, Environmental Consultant, TG Environmental Research
11:55-12:20

MOMENTUM project: Identifying nanoplastics in environmental matrices using a micro-spectroscopic toolbox - Kirsten Siebers, PhD Researcher, NWO, University of Utrecht
12:20-13:50

Lunch 
13:50-14:15

A probabilistic human exposure modeling framework for microplastics - Ira Wardani, PhD Student, Wageningen University & Research
14:15-14:40

Cefic-LRI C10 project: A tiered strategy to assess microplastics inhalation - Tanja Hansen, Senior Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine 
14:40-15:05

CUSP cluster projects presentation & Overview on PlasticTrace project  - Korinna Altmann, Senior Researcher, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing 
15:05-15:35

Coffee break
15:35-16:50

Breakthrough session
16:50-17:00

Closing remarks - Camilla Carteny, Microplastics Scientific Manager, Plastics Europe

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