ACG Cares for a plastic-free future!

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Addressing one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time and in the context of the #ACGGoesPlasticFree Campaign, The American College of Greece through the Office of Public Affairs in collaboration with the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation organized the event "Going single-use plastic free: The next step to sustainable grown" on single-use plastic pollution trends and best practices, locally and globally, on February 4, 2020.

Welcome remarks
▪️ Claudia Carydis, Vice President, Public Affairs, The American College of Greece
▪️ Dr. Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A. C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

Keynote speaker:
Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment & Energy

Panel #1
➡️ "From 'Miracle Material' to Major Pollutant: Plastic in our seas"

Moderator:
Kiara Konti, Director Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young

Speakers:
▪️ Professor George Papatheodorou, Professor of Environmental and Geological Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras
▪️ Christiana Prekeze, Executive Coordinator, HELMEPA
▪️ Christina Kontaxi, Marine Scientist, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

Panel #2
➡️ "What can we do? Drafting solutions for the next day"

Moderator:
Maria Alexiou, Chair of BoD, CSR HELLAS

Speakers:
▪️ Maria Vitoraki, Adjunct Preceptor, Environmental Studies, Deree- The American College of Greece
▪️ Professor Michael Scoullos, Professor of Oceanography & Environmental Chemistry University of Athens, Director of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory & Director of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean, MIO-ECSDE Chairman
▪️ Lydia Polychronopoulou, Head of Communications and CSR, MATRIX pack S.A.

In collaboration with: Deree Environmental Studies Program, ACG Sustainability Leaders.