Registration
08:00 – 08:45
Opening Plenary - Localizing multi-stakeholder coordinated actions for fighting plastic pollution
09:00 - 10:15
The session will demonstrate coordinated policies, technologies, research and innovation, business practices, and behavioural change actions and initiatives from national and local government, businesses, communities and youth – promoting local solutions to plastic pollution.
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Coffee break
10:15 – 10.45
Plenary session - Leading at the local level: Youth and community solutions
10.45 - 12:15
This session will focus on community-based awareness-raising efforts, advocacy, innovations, and the application of science and grass-root knowledge. The session will seek solutions through the actions of communities – particularly youth – and show how these play an essential role in circular economy approaches for plastic waste management.
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Discussants:
- Ralyn ‘Lilly’ Satidtanasarn, Bye Bye Plastic Bags, Thailand
- Katy Waring, Co-Founder, Ecobeast Group
- Sujitra Vassanadumrongdee, Project Manager, Chula Zero Waste
- Kay Vasey, Chief Connecting Officer, Mesh Minds
- Wayne Nicholas Phillips, Lecturer, Mahidol University
- David Robinson, Director, Bangkok River Partners
Lunch
12:15 – 13:15
Plenary Session - Valuing waste: Business solutions
13:15 - 14:45
This session will look at two streams to find value in waste: (1) Recovering and utilizing material and energy value to reduce waste – including opportunities for public-private collaboration, and; (2) Managing waste through focusing on resource efficiency and developing alternatives to conventional waste management systems.
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Discussants:
- Paola Cortese, Country Director, Plastic Bank, Indonesia
- Salinla Seehaphan, Corporate Affairs Director, Tesco Lotus
- Atip Asvanund, Head of Sustainability Development: Social Activities and Academics, Charoen Pokphand Group (CP)
- Maeve Nightingale, IUCN
- Siriporn Sriram - Programme Officer, IUCN Thailand
Coffee break
14.45-15.15
Plenary session – Localizing transformation: National and local government solutions
15:15 - 16:45
Discussion in this session will focus on national and municipal authorities which are championing change and demonstrating policy innovations to tackle plastic waste. Discussants will consider how the private sector and civil society can work together with national and local governemnt to localize plastic pollution solutions.
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Discussants:
- Aimee Gonzales, Executive Director, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia
- Yumi Nishikawa, Lead, Regional Plastic-Smart Cities, SEA, WWF
- Singthong Nunnumsirisawat, Mayor, Wiang Thoeng Tambon Municipality, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Kazuhide Umemoto, Deputy Mayor, Kitakyushu, Japan
Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards 2019
17.15 - 20:00
The Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards publicly recognize and celebrate excellence in enforcement by government officials and institutions or teams combating transboundary environmental crime. The Awards are given to individuals or teams that demonstrate excellence and leadership in enforcement of national laws to combat transboundary environmental crim
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