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The registration and lectures will be held in room P1, 1st floor.
University of Nova Gorica
Vipavska cesta 13, Rožna Dolina, 5000 Nova Gorica

Thursday, 11.6.2015

• Arrival, Registration

• Welcome address, DeFishGear project, Introduction to the Marine Environment, Key Note Address, Networking get-together

• Introduction to Plastics, Biodegradation of Plastics, Conservation challenges in plastic age
• Introduction to Students' Seminar

• Free day

• Marine Pollution, plastic waste sources, the river systems, suggestions of solutions
• Students' Seminar

• Physical and chemical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics, Exposure and effects of micro- and nanoplastics, the Marine LitterWatch tool
• Laboratory exersises (Characterization of plastics by NIR)

• Microplastics in SE North Sea and river systems, The impact of macro and micro-plastics on Mediterranean large vertebrates
• Students' Seminar

• Plastic as vector for biological contaminant, Best practices in combating marine litter
• Laboratory exercise Group 1 (Analysis of POPs) and Students' Seminars (optional)

• Monitoring macro-litter and microplastics in the marine environment
• Laboratory exercise Group 2 (Analysis of POPs)

• Field work: beach litter survey, microplastics sampling in beach sediments, visits

• Free day

• Hazardous chemicals and microplastics in coastal and marine environments, Analysis for hazardous chemicals, Monitoring and assessment of plastic litter in biota
• Laboratory exercises (Marine litter in biota/Microplastics sorting)

• Understanding the science-society nexus through the marine litter challenge, group work
• Concluding remarks, Closing ceremony and Networking

• Departure