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CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events
CREATED:20230316T134650
SUMMARY:Second Interantional Symposium on Plastic Pollution in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
LOCATION:Reykjavík \, Iceland
DESCRIPTION:The Government of Iceland, with financial support from the Nordic Council o
 f Ministers, will host the Second International Symposium on Plastics in th
 e Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region at Harpa, Reykjavík Concert Hall and Confere
 nce Center, 22-23 November 2023. The conference will build on the first sym
 posium held in March 2021 and invites contributions on new scientific and l
 ocal knowledge as well as policy-related initiatives in the field of plasti
 c pollution to discuss ways and means to reduce the impact of plastics on A
 rctic ecosystems. The symposium will include platform presentations, poster
 s and panel discussions. Conference themes are the following:\n1. Monitorin
 g and assessment of plastic pollution in the Arctic.\n2. Methodological dev
 elopments to determine macro, micro and nano plastics.\n3. Sources and tran
 sport of plastic in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.\n4. Impacts of marine litter
  in the Arctic (environmental, economic and social). \n5. Arctic challenges
  and solutions for improved waste management.\n6. Tackling plastic pollutio
 n: international collaboration, policies, best practices and novel developm
 ents from around the world.\n \nAbstract submission deadline May 1, 2023. F
 or more information, registration and abstract submissions please visit www
 .arcticplastics.is (http://www.arcticplastics.is/).\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Government of Iceland, with financial support from the Nordic Counci
 l of Ministers, will host the Second International Symposium on Plastics in
  the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region at Harpa, Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conf
 erence Center, 22-23 November 2023. The conference will build&nbsp;on the f
 irst symposium held in March 2021 and invites contributions on new scientif
 ic and local knowledge as well as policy-related initiatives in the field o
 f&nbsp;plastic pollution to discuss ways and means to reduce the impact of 
 plastics on Arctic ecosystems. The symposium will include&nbsp;platform pre
 sentations,&nbsp;posters and panel discussions. Conference themes are the f
 ollowing:</p><p><strong>1. Monitoring and assessment of plastic pollution i
 n the Arctic.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Methodological developments to dete
 rmine macro, micro and nano plastics.</strong></p><p><strong>3. Sources and
  transport of plastic in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.</strong></p><p><strong>
 4. Impacts of marine litter in the Arctic (environmental, economic and soci
 al).&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>5. Arctic challenges and solutions&nbsp;f
 or improved waste management.</strong></p><p><strong>6. Tackling plastic po
 llution: international collaboration, policies, best practices and novel de
 velopments from around the world.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span lang="E
 N-GB">Abstract submission deadline<strong>&nbsp;</strong>May 1, 2023.&nbsp;
 </span><span lang="EN-GB">For more information, registration and abstract s
 ubmissions please visit&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.
 arcticplastics.is/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="ht
 tps://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.arcticplastics.is&amp;source=gmail&am
 p;ust=1679057330855000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3sMLQFNmDWiTfq6IRbGE4w">www.arcticplas
 tics.is</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">.</span></p>
X-EXTRAINFO:http://www.arcticplastics.is/
DTSTAMP:20260420T093116Z
DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20231122
DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20231124
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