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Monday, January 13, 2014
| Time | Event | |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Welcoming participants - Distribution of badges | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | workshop introduction by Y. Paulet (dir IUEM) et J. Robbens (coord. MICRO) | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe | |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | › Transport of plastic litter via the Meuse and Scheldt Rivers to the North Sea - Myra van der Meulen, Deltares | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University | |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | › Fluctuating microplastic contamination in the Clyde Sea Area - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | › The ubiquitous nature of microplastics in the North Atlantic - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | › Microplastics and suspected microbeads in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America - Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres Institute | |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | › Occurrence and distribution of mesoplastics in beach sand from Corsica and the French Mediterranean coast using a simplified extraction method - François Galgani, IFREMER | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | › La participation des ONG et de l'éco-volontariat aux observations sur les microplastiques flottants en Méditerranée - Hervé THEBAULT, Planète Urgence | |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch & poster session | |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Occurrence of microplastics in the marine environment - Myra Van Der Meulen & Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | › Micro-plastic pollution demonstrably threatens protected areas in the Atlantic: diagnosis of three islands in the Canary Current and next steps. - Juan BAZTAN, Marine Sciences For Society & Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | › Rope degradation and microfibre formation – A benthic exposure trial - Natalie Welden, University Marine Biological Station Millport, University of Glasgow | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | › Fragmentation of polyethylene, polypropylene and expanded polystyrene with an accelerated mechanical abrasion experiment - Won Joon Shim, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | › Can phytoplankton species impact microplastic behaviour within water column? - Marc Long, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin | |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | › FTIR analysis for monitoring marine microplastics - Martin Löder, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research - AWI (GERMANY) | |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00 - 17:40 | Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | › Microplastics are taken up by marine invertebrates living in natural habitats - Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology - Ghent University | |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | › Translocation of microplastic in the circulatory system of the oyster Crassostrea gigas : Evidences and uncertainties : investigation to load. - Christophe LAMBERT, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin | |
| 17:45 - 19:00 | Poster session |
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
| Time | Event | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | › Two alternate mechanisms for uptake of microplastics into the Shore crab Carcinus maenas. Trophic transfer and direct exposure - Andrew Watts, University of Exeter | |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | › Microplastics in our food: ingestion by commercially important fish species - Amy Lusher, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | › Ecotoxic effects of nano plastic on freshwater plankton (Scenedesmus obliquus and Daphnia magna) - Ellen Besseling, Wageningen University, Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, Wageningen UR | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | › Impact of microplastics on feeding, function and fecundity in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus - Matthew Cole, University of Exeter, Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Impacts of microplastics on the marine life - Lisa Devriese & Rossana Sussarellu & Charlotte Corporeau | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | › Microplastics: effects on oyster physiology and reproduction - Rossana Sussarellu, Ifremer | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | › Microplastics are love-killers for Pacific oysters! - Marc Suquet, Laboratoire de Physiologie des Invertébrés | |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | › Biological effects of exposure to plastic particles in the 3-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Tim Katzenberger, University of Portsmouth | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | › The physical impacts of microplastics on marine worms - Stephanie Wright, University of Exeter | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & poster session | |
| 14:10 - 16:00 | Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants - Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi | |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | › The role of microplastics as a vector for PCBs through the marine trophic levels - Lisa Devriese, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Ostend, Belgium | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | › Microplastics as vectors of chemical contaminants - Albert Koelmans, Wageningen University | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | › Plastic debris as a vector in transporting toxic additive chemicals in the marine environment: hexabromocyclododecanes in expanded polystyrene fragments - Sang Hee Hong, University of Science and Technology, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | › Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of persistent organic pollutants to marine life - Adil Bakir, Plymouth University | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | › Microplastics and trophic transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to marine organisms - Carlo Giacomo Avio, Department of Life and Environment Sciences, University Polytechnic of Marche, Ancona, Italy | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Microplastics, as vectors of biological and chemical contaminants - Ika Paul-Pont & Cristina Fossi | |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | › Interactive effects of microplastics and fluoranthene on mussels Mytilus sp. - Carmen González-Fernández, Spanish Institute of Oceanography - Centre of Murcia, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | › Are baleen whales exposed to microplastics toxicological threat? The case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena | |
| 17:10 - 17:30 | › The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre - Magnus Svendsen Nerheim, University of Bergen, University of Hawaii at Hilo | |
| 17:45 - 19:00 | Poster session |
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
| Time | Event | |
| 09:00 - 13:00 | Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - & Place aux jeunes - Chairmans: Marie-Amélie Neollier & Caroline Fabioux | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | › Actions de terrain et sensibilisation du grand public comme outils de lobbying contre les microplastiques - Marie-Amélie Néollier, Surfrider Foundation Europe | |
| 09:30 - 10:45 | Place for young scientists - Master students | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee break & "petits débrouillards" démonstration | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Place for young scientists - Middle school students | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Place for young scientists - Lab tour for middle school students | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch & poster session | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - Summary of days 1 and 2 by M. Van Der Meulen, L. Van Cauwenberghe, C. Fossi, C. Corporeau, I. Paul-Pont, L. Devriese & R Sussarellu | |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - François Galgani "grand public" lecture at Ifremer campus | |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Excursion - lab tour for interested people | |
| 16:45 - 18:30 | Outreach and mitigation regarding "microplastics" - Discussion between scientists and stakeholders | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Crêpes |
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