A virtual seminar co-hosted by the Delegation of the European Union to India and
the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in New Delhi
Thursday 22 October 2020 at 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm IST (11.30 am – 13.00 pm CET)
| 3.00 – 3.05 pm IST | Opening Address by the Ambassador of the European Union to India, H.E. Mr Ugo Astuto, on ‘EU-India Strategic Partnership committed to green the economies’ |
| 3.05 – 3.10 pm | Opening Address by the German Ambassador to India, H.E. Mr Walter J. Lindner, on ‘Plastic waste and citizen science under the German Presidency of the European Union’ |
| 3.10 – 3.25 pm | Ms Sieglinde Gruber, Head of Unit, Marine Resources, Directorate- General for Research & Innovation, European Commission: ‘Plastic waste research activities under EU research and innovation programmes’ |
| 3.25 – 3.35 pm | Dr Pravakar Mishra, Scientist – F, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Chennai: ‘Ongoing marine litter and micro-plastics research at NCCR’ |
| 3.35 – 3.50 pm | Dr Katrin Knickmeier, Director, The Kiel Science Factory, University of Kiel: ‘Plastic Pirates: A pan-European citizen science approach to plastic waste in waterways with global relevance’ |
| 3.50 – 4.05 pm | Dr R. Vinu, Associate Professor, Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT Madras: ‘Novel Waste-to-Energy Technologies in the Indian Context’ |
| 4.05 – 4.25 pm | Q&A |
| 4.25 – 4.30 pm | Concluding remarks with next steps and opportunities |