Schedule at a Glance

9:30 am

Welcoming Remarks by Randy Burd, Senior Vice President, Long Island University

9:35 am

Keynote Speaker: Jesse Ausubel, Chair, Richard Lounsbery Foundation Outpacing Plastic Pollution through Science and Innovation

9:50 am

• Session 1: Plastic Pollution: Policy, Practice, and Beach Monitoring during the Pandemic

  Research Cohort from the First Symposium hosted by Le Mans University in December 2019

  • French American Research Cohort No. 1: Monitoring methods and surveying techniques for plastic pollution

    • Camille Lacroix, Cedre

    • John Weinstein, The Citadel

  Moderator: Bonnie Marie Ertel, The Citadel

  • French American Research Cohort No. 2: Assessment of legal and regulatory aspects of plastic pollution

    • Carine Le Roy-Gleizes, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

    • Mary Ellen Ternes, Earth and Water Law

    Moderator: Seth Jaffe, Foley Hoag LLP

10:50 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

• Session 2: Towards Global Monitoring Methods and Surveying of Plastic Pollution: Strategies, Methods, Data and Support to Policies

  • Amy V. Uhrin, Chief Scientist, Marine Debris Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Eric Chassignet, Director of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies

  • Wolfgang Ludwig, Director of the Centre of Education and Research on Mediterranean Environments

  • Audrey Hasson, Chair, GEO Blue Planet European Office at Mercator Ocean International

  Moderator: Francois Galgani, Project Manager, IFREMER

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

• Heidi Savelli-Soderberg, Marine Litter Lead, Global Partnership on Marine Litter, UN Environment Programme

  Armchair discussion led by Alex More, Long Island University

2:00 pm

• Session 3: Plastic Pollution Health Impacts

  • Mathilde Body-Malapel, Research Engineer, University of Lille
  • Muriel Mercier-Bonin, Research Director, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
  • Jérôme Cachot, Professor at University of Bordeaux and Researcher at EPOC Laboratory
  • Philip Landrigan, Director, Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory
  • Paul Mayewski, Director, Climate Change Institute

  Moderator: Guillaume Duflos, Laboratory Manager, Physico-chemical Laboratory Unit at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

3:30 pm

• Catherine Mouneyrac, French National Agency for Research

3:40 pm

• Sylvette Tourmente, Director of CNRS Office, USA

3:50 pm

Afternoon Break

9:30 am

Opening Remarks Mireille Guyader, Counselor for Science and Technology, French Embassy

9:40 am

• Session 4: Assessment of Legal, Regulatory, and Economic Aspects of Plastic Pollution

  • Senator Angèle Préville, Senator, French Parliament
  • Assistant Secretary Monica Medina, US Department of State
  • Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
  • Philippe Bolo, French House Representative (Député)

  Moderator: Peter Snyder, Senior Vice President, University of Rhode Island

10:50 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

• United Nations Environment Programme: End Plastic Pollution: Towards an internationally legally binding instrument

  • Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • Juliet Kabera, Director General, Rwanda Environment Management Authority

Moderator: Michelle Wyman, Global Council for Science and the Environment

12:10 pm

Lunch

Table discussions on scientific opportunities for collaboration between France, the United States, and additional country partners. Summit Outcomes,
Alex More, Long Island University
Stéphane Raud, Attaché, French Embassy
Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, GCSE

2:00 pm

Remarks by President Kimberly Cline, Long Island University

2:05 pm

• Reenvisioned Solutions to Plastic Pollution

  • Ana Agostinho, Managing Director, Mirpuri Foundation
  • Jean-Philippe Laguerre, Director, Academia North America, Dassault Systemes

2:35 pm

Closing Remarks

• Randy Burd, Senior Vice President, Long Island University