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9:00 - 9:15
Opening speech
Opening speech
Prof. Dr. Pruettha Nanakorn, Director, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University.
Prof. Dr. Supot Teachavorasinskun, Dean of Faculty of Engineering,
Chulalongkorn University
Dr. Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage, Director of the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET), Institute for global environmental strategies, Japan.
Photo session
Photo session
Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Sandhya Babel
Prof. Dr. Sandhya Babel
9:15 - 9:45
Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech
"Fate of microplastics under environmental relevant conditions"
"Fate of microplastics under environmental relevant conditions"
Prof. Dr. Virender Sharma, Texas A&M University, USA
9:45 - 10:05
"Plant uptake of microplastics and its food safety implications"
Dr. Prof. Xingmao Ma, Texas A&M University, USA
10:05 - 10:25
"Photoaging of Microplastics by UV Processes"
Prof. Dr. Jiangyong Hu, National University of Singapore
10:25 - 10:45
"The contribution of microplastics to climate change"
Prof. Dr. S. Joo, University of Seoul, South Korea
10:45 - 11:05
"A holistic view of commercial plastics culmination in disastrous microplastics pollution in the ecosystem"
Prof. Dr. Agamuthu Pariatamby Sunway University, Malaysia
11:05 - 11:25
"Microplastic monitoring and research in Thailand and international collaboration to tackle microplastic"
Mr. Vararin Vongpanich, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand
11:25 - 11:45
"Microplastic Pollution and Associated Chemicals in Water Environments"
Dr. Avanthi Deshani, Igalavithana University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
11:45 - 12:05
"Fate of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Processes"
Dr. Jenyuk Lohwacharin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
12:05 - 13:00
Lunch
Lunch
Chairperson
Dr. Jenyuk Lohwacharin
13:00 - 13:20
"Municipal solid waste sanitary landfill and open dumping: two contrast sources of microplastics origination in landfill leachate and its fate in the respective treatment system"
Prof. Dr. Dao Suwansang Janjaroen, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
13:20 - 13:40
"Microplastics in Commercial Bivalves Harvested along the Gulf of Thailand Coastlines"
Dr. Chawalit Charoenpong, Marine Science Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
13:40 - 14:00
"Qualitative and quantitative analysis of mixtures of microplastics by pyrolysis-GC/MS"
SciSpec Co., Ltd, Thailand
14:00 - 14:20
"Microplastics in Arctic Fjord: Kongdfjorden, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Arctic"
Prof. Dr. E. V. Ramasamy, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
14:20 - 14:40
"Microplastics in surface water and sediment of a tropical estuary in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam"
Dr. Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
14:40 - 14:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
"Analysis of microplastics in drinking water and other clean water samples"
Dr. Nizar Benismail, Head of NQAC, Nestlé Quality Assurance Center Vittel, France
15:10 - 15:30
"Microplastic abundance and removal in two wastewater treatment plants in Thailand"
Prof. Dr. Sandhya Babel SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand
15:30 - 15:50
"Microplastics removal and subsequent recycling toward sustainability"
Prof. Chongqing Wang, Zhengzhou University, China
15:50 - 16:10
"Thailand PPP-Plastics: A Public-Private Partnership to tackle plastic pollution in Thailand via policy, research and education"
Dr. Orathai Pongruktham, Thailand Environment Institute Foundation, Thailand
16:10 - 16:30
"Building Capacity for Microplastic Monitoring and Evidence-based Policymaking"
Dr. Amila Abeynayaka, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
16:30 - 17:00
Panel Discussion
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Sandhya Babel & Dr. Jenyuk Lohwacharin
Panelist: Prof. Dr. S. Joo; Prof. Dr. Jiangyong Hu; & Dr. Chawalit Charoenpong
Closing Remarks
Dr. Pornsri Suthanaruk, Deputy Director-General of Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
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