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Abstract Submission Deadline: PlasticsFuture 2023 Conference

March 31

UPDATE: Abstract submission deadline extended until 31st March!

PlasticsFuture 2023: a forum for sustainable transformation, will be an opportunity to share global research and innovation across disciplines and communities, and forge future collaborations. The three-day conference will focus on sharing and discovering research and initiatives from across disciplines, community, non-governmental organisations, industry, policymakers, and practitioners around the world on how to catalyse sustainable transitions that end plastic pollution.

The conference will have a combination of invited speakers, discussions, breakout sessions and solutions-based participatory workshops.

Submissions can be made in the following categories: short talk, poster, performance, exhibit, multimedia presentations, panel discussions and workshops.

Important dates

  • Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 31 March 2023
  • Notification to authors: by mid March 2023
  • Early bird registration ends: Friday 28 April 2023

Guidelines and the form for abstract submissions can be found here.

To register for the conference, click here.

If you have any questions before submitting your proposal, please email plasticsfutureforum@port.ac.uk.

This week on our A Plastic Revolution students explored creative responses to plastic pollution looking at Dr Tom Sykes and Dr Louis Netter's Coast of Waste film and new Coast of Teeth research project

https://vimeo.com/640706102

GUEST BLOG: Single-use plastic at crime scenes – a criminal waste? By CSI Becci Henderson @UoPHumSS
https://www.fcn.police.uk/news/2023-03/single-use-plastic-crime-scenes-criminal-waste

Early bird tickets to the #PlasticsFuture 2023 Conference are available until 28th April

Join our mission-driven conference, aiming to inspire new solutions to end #PlasticPollution, share global research and innovation, and forge future collaborations.

https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/plasticsfuture-2023-conference-a-forum-for-sustainable-transformation-tickets-360402071297