The final conference of the ERA-NET Cofund AquaticPollutants is set to be a significant event, highlighting the collaborative efforts of three Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs): the Water JPI, JPI AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance), and JPI Oceans. After three years of transdisciplinary research on pollutants such as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), antibiotics, microorganisms, and antibiotic resistant bacteria and their antibiotic resistance genes, the 18 funded research projects, endorsed under the Mission Ocean Charter, will present their results. The larger themes covered by their work include measuring, evaluating, and taking actions. The conference will place an emphasis on application-relevant topics and exploitation, including presentations from the AquaticPollutants transfer project and winning team of the Innovation Challenge, a "knowledge transfer" networking area and a policy-oriented panel discussion.
The two-day conference offers interested participants from industry, politics, science and federal and state authorities the opportunity to learn more about the results from this ERA-NET Cofund and their transfer into practice.
On 23 October, Thorsten Kiefer, Executive Director at JPI Oceans, will deliver a pivotal talk during the conference, where he will explore future opportunities in relation to the work carried out by JPI Oceans in this field. His presentation will also reflect on the outcomes of the UN Ocean Decade Conference, held in Barcelona in April 2024. Specifically, Kiefer will discuss the "Ocean Decade Vision 2030" White Papers, with a particular focus on Challenge 1: "Understand and Beat Marine Pollution." This challenge, developed by an expert group that includes Kiefer himself, outlines strategies for combating marine pollution as part of the global vision for a healthier and more resilient ocean by 2030.
A preliminary agenda overview is available below or as PDF file here.
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