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The objective of this conference is to exchange know- The conference is open for a limited number of posters. ledge on plastics in European freshwater environments Please submit your abstract at the conference website and to discuss its environmental and societal (www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/plastics-confe- implications. rence-2016).

Stakeholders from regulation, non-governmental organisations, industry, water resources management, waste management and science will present lectures and posters. Information for your stay

Invited speakers will present lectures on various topics, in including sources and sinks, environmental concern, risk perception and management options. The venue is located in Berlin-, the historical center of Berlin. Suggestions for hotels in the area you can find The conference is organised by the German Environment at: www.berlin.de/en/accommodation/ Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Invitation Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Pictures: GeoBasis-DE/BKG, BfG Safety (BMUB). European Conference on Venue Plastics in Freshwater Environments We look forward to seeing you there. FLOATING Federal Press Office/Bundespresseamt (BPA) Reichstagufer 14 MICRO-FOOD BUFFET 10117 Berlin The event is free but a binding registration is essential. 21 - 22 June 2016 21 June 2016 - 19.00 Federal Press Office/Bundespresseamt Please note: Arriving by train and public transport You are kindly invited to dinner reception at The venue is close to S-and U-Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse. Reichstagufer 14 The number of participants is limited. We therefore ask Bernheimer Contemporary. The gallery is in 10117 Berlin for early registration (www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/ short walking distance of the conference venue. Arriving by plane plastics-conference-2016). The registrations are dealt From airport with on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register on the conference website. Bus 128 to Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, then change to Adress U-Bahn line 6 (direction Alt-Mariendorf) and leave at S- Conference coordination Bernheimer Contemporary and U-Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse. Jan Koschorreck (UBA) Art Solutions & Projects [email protected] Monbijoustraße 2 From Schönefeld airport 10117 Berlin Take the local train or S-Bahn (direction Hauptbahnhof) Conference organisation and contact for inquiries to S- and U-Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse. Beate Bänsch-Baltruschat (BfG) [email protected] Programme – Plastics in Freshwater Environments

Day 1 Tuesday, 21 June 2016 13.20 Panel discussion on monitoring 19.00Day 2 DinnerWednesday, (optional) 22 June 2016 12.10 Chances and limitations of standardisation for managing plastics in the environment 09.00 Reception and coffee • Myra van der Meulen, Deltares (tbc) 09.00 Keynote: Plastics and society Rüdiger Baunemann, Plastics Europe • Christian Laforsch, Anthony Andrady, North Carolina State 10.00 Welcome address University of University, USA Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the • Bruno Tassin, University of Paris-Est 12.30 Discussion on management options Sesssion 3 Management options Environment, Nature Conservation, • Anne Marie Mahon, Building and Nuclear Safety, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology 13.00 Conclusions of the conference • Florian Faure, ETH Lausanne 09.30 Citizen science for riverine monitoring 10.20 EU activities and plans to address • Georg Reifferscheid, BfG Jean-Baptiste Dussaussois, • Helen Clayton plastics and microplastics in the Surfrider Foundation Europe • Richard Thompson aquatic environment Moderation: • Anthony Andrady Helen Clayton, Philipp Hohenblum, Richard Thompson 09.50 Trashbusters H2O - crash the trash! EU Commission - DG Environment A youth project for clean waters Moderation: Lilian Busse 14.00 Coffee break Elena Lange, Youth Association for the 10.40 Plastics in Freshwater Environments: Protection of Nature (NAJU) 13:45 End of conference from monitoring to management options Session 2 Sources and risk characterisation – how can we get there? 10.10 Plastics as a systemic risk of Lilian Busse, 14.40 Sources of microplastics socio-environmental supply systems German Environment Agency Anja Verschoor, Carolin Völker, ISOE, Frankfurt/Main National Institute for Public Health 11.00 Keynote: How concerned should we be 10.30 Plastic waste and circular economy and the Environment, The Netherlands NN about plastic debris in freshwater systems? 15.00 Effects of plastics on 10.50 Coffee break Richard Thompson, freshwater organisms 11.30 European overview on management Plymouth University, United Kingdom Heather Leslie, VU University Amsterdam options and measures in place Session 1 Monitoring for plastics in freshwater environments 15.20 Conceptual considerations on the Philipp Hohenblum, 11.30 Overview on plastics in European environmental risk assessment of plastics Environment Agency Austria freshwater environments Karen Duis, ECT Oekotoxikologie Georg Reifferscheid, German Federal 11.50 Regional Action Plans to combat marine Institute of Hydrology (BfG) 15.40 Monitoring of riverine litter - options and litter including input from rivers recommendations Stefanie Werner, 12.00 Lunch break Georg Hanke, German Environment Agency European Commission - DG JRC 13.00 Monitoring activities for plastics in rivers and lakes in Germany 16.00 Discussion and summary of day 1 Julia Schwaiger, Environment Agency Bavaria 16.30 Poster session 17.30 End of day 1