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Welcoming Remarks (9:05 am)

Joaquim Nassar, Attaché for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the United States

Keynote: French Delegation (9:10 am)

Moderator: Michelle Wyman

Senator Angèle Préville, French-elected official from Parliament

Philippe Bolo, député at Assemblée Nationale

Plastics Research Funding and Initiatives discussion (9:30 am)

Bethany Jenkins, Interim Vice President of Research and Economic Development, URI

Presenting Funding Agencies

USAID: Clare Romanik, USAID Senior Urban and Ocean Plastics Specialist

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Demi Fox, Northeast Regional Coordinator, NOAA Marine Debris Program

U.S. Sea Grant: Tracey Dalton, Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant

French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNSR): Sylvette Tourmente, Research Director and head of the CNRS office in North America

Break and move to working groups (10:45 am)