February, 2020
Event Details
When: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | 16:00 – 18:30
Where: John S. Bailey Library – Events Hall
Going single-use plastic free:
The next step to sustainable growth
Keynote Speaker
Kostis Hatzidakis
Minister, Environment & Energy
Two panel sessions with experts from the business sector, academia, NGOs on plastic pollution in our oceans and solutions to tackle single-use plastic pollution
Free entrance and open to the public
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16:00 Registration
16.00-18.30 Coffee & snacks
16:30-16:35 Welcome Remarks:
Claudia Carydis, Vice President Public Affairs
Dr. Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A. C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
16:35-16:55 Key note speech:
Kostis Chatzidakis, Minister of Environment & Energy
16:55 – 17:25 Panel 1: From “Miracle Material” to Major Pollutant: Plastic in our seas
Moderator:
Kiara Konti, Director Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young
Speakers:
Professor George Papatheodorou, Professor of Environmental and Geological Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras
Christiana Prekeze, Executive Coordinator, HELMEPA
Christina Kontaxi, Marine Scientist, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
17:25-17:35 Q&A session 1
17:35-17:40 Break
17:40-18:10 Panel 2: What can we do? Drafting solutions for the next day
Moderator:
Maria Alexiou, Chair of BoD, CSR HELLAS
Speakers:
Maria Vitoraki, Adjunct Preceptor, Environmental Studies, Deree- The American College of Greece
Professor Michael Skoullos, Professor of Oceanography & Environmental Chemistry University of Athens, Director of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory & Director of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean, MIO-ECSDE Chairman
Lydia Polychronopoulou, Head of Communications and CSR, MATRIX pack S.A.
18:10-18:20 Q&A session 2
Organized by: ACG Office of Public Affairs, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
In collaboration with: Deree Environmental Studies Program, ACG Sustainability Leaders
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