The PlasticsFuture 2023 Conference will be split into six sessions, delivered over three days. We encourage everyone to attend all sessions, to gain a broad understanding of the plastics problem and possible mitigations. The conference programme consists of invited talks, posters, roundtable discussions and workshops, as well as installations, film screenings, exhibitions and performances.
| Time | Title | Room | Speaker/Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
From 08.30am |
Registration |
FTC Entrance |
|
08.45am - 09.15am |
Tea, coffee and pastries |
Atrium |
|
09.15am - 09.30am |
Introduction and Welcome |
1.74 |
Professor Steve Fletcher,
|
09.30am - 12.20pm |
Session 1: Microplastics - detection, transport and impacts for environmental and human health |
1.74 |
Dr Fay Couceiro |
12.20pm - 1.15pm |
Lunch |
Atrium |
|
12.30pm - 1.15pm |
Poster Session |
Atrium |
|
12.40pm - 1.10pm |
Film Screening Session |
0.28 |
|
1.15pm - 4.00pm |
Session 2: Exploring the current issues of plastic use within the context of fashion and textiles and the role of plastics in the future |
1.74 |
Noorin Khamisani,
|
4.00pm - 6.20pm |
Microplastic Geek Workshop 1: Methods of sampling and analysis |
2.33b/c |
Dr Fay Coucerio |
4.00pm - 5.15pm |
Film Screening Session |
0.28 |
|
4.00pm - 6.00pm |
Workshop: Refashioning Plastics |
Atrium |
Amy Barnes |
4.00pm - 5.00pm |
Workshop: The Global Plastic Policy Centre - Plastics Policy Research Needs |
3.31 |
Antaya March |
6.30pm - 8.30pm |
Evening Reception: Drinks and CanapesIncludes Pens of the Earth spoken word performance |
HMS Warrior |
| Time | Title | Room | Speaker/Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
8.45am |
Registration and tea, coffee and pastries |
Atrium |
|
09.15 - 10.45am |
Session 3: Plastic pollution in the Global South |
1.74 |
Dr Cressida Bowyer |
10.45am - 11.00am |
Break |
Atrium |
|
11.00am - 12.15pm |
Session 4: The Plastics That Made Us |
1.74 |
Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan |
12.15pm - 1.15pm |
Lunch |
Atrium |
|
12.15pm - 1.10pm |
Cambridge Prisms - Meet the editors lunch |
2.33 |
|
12.30pm - 1.10pm |
Film Screening Session |
0.28 |
|
1.15pm - 4.00pm |
Session 5: Creative Solutions to Global Challenges |
1.74 |
Dr Cressida Bowyer |
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
Workshop: The poetics of plastic - creative reflections in drawing and writing |
3.31 |
Dr Tom Sykes, Louis Netter |
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
Workshop: Participatory arts-based methods: Forum theatre/Stakeholder |
FTC 4th floor |
Dr Erika Hughes, Matt Hahn |
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
Workshop: Enzymes as puppet engineers of the imagination |
2.33 |
Matt Smith |
5.15pm - 5.30pm |
Break |
Atrium |
|
5.30pm - 6.30pm |
Microplastic Geek Workshop 2: Impacts |
3.31 |
Dr Fay Couceiro |
5.30pm - 6.30pm |
Poster session |
Atrium |
|
5.30pm - 6.30pm |
Film Screening Session |
0.28 |
|
6.30pm - 9.30pm |
Conference DinnerIncludes verbatim theatre performance and live music |
Courtyard/Atrium |
| Time | Title | Room | Speaker/Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
8.45am |
Registration and Tea, coffee, pastries |
Atrium |
|
09.00am - 10.30am |
Session 6: Tackling plastic pollution: Global Change (Part 1) |
1.74 |
Professor Steve Fletcher |
10.30am - 10.45am |
Break |
Atrium |
|
10.45am - 12.00pm |
Panel Discussion: How can the global plastics treaty serve as a platform for system change |
1.74 |
Professor Steve Fletcher |
12.00pm - 1.00pm |
Lunch |
Atrium |
|
12.30pm - 12.45pm |
Forum Theatre Performance |
Atrium |
Dr Erika Hughes/Matthew Hahn |
1.00pm - 1.45pm |
Session 6: Tackling plastic pollution: Global Change (Part 2) |
1.74 |
Prof Steve Fletcher |
1.45pm - 2.40pm |
Round Table: Time is of the Essence – Negotiating a plastics treaty fit for purpose |
1.74 |
Chris Dixon |
2.40pm - 2.45pm |
Pens of the Earth spoken word |
1.74 |
|
2.45pm - 2.55pm |
Closing |
1.74 |
Professor Steve Fletcher, Dr Cressida Bowyer |
2.55pm - 3.30pm |
Break and final networking |
Atrium |
PlasticsFuture 2023 Exhibitors |
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Date: |
20th-22nd June |
Location: |
Atrium, Portland Building |
Exhibitors: |
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Find out more about the exhibitors attending the PlasticsFuture 2023 Conference
