17 April 2018, Tuesday
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Registration of participants | |
| 14.00 – 14.15 | Welcoming remarks | · Rector of Siena University |
| 14.15 – 14.45 | The Plastic Busters story: from the flagship initiative of SDSN and UfM to the PlasticBusters MPAs Interreg Med project | · M. Cristina Fossi, UNISI |
| 14.45 – 15.15 | The Interreg Med PlasticBusters MPAs in a nutshell | · Teresa Romeo, ISPRA |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Introduction to the MED Interreg Programme (2014-2020) | · Francesca Marcato, Interreg Med Joint Secretariat |
| 15.30 – 15.50 | UfM Labeled Project and the Marine Litter Issue | · Mr. Mohamad Afana, UfM Jordan Co-President, Director of International Policies, Ministry of Environment of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; · Alessandra Sensi, Head of Sector, UfM Secretariat |
| 15.50 – 17.00 | Taking a closer look at the PlasticBusters MPAs:
WP1 – Coordination & Governance (ISPRA) |
· Teresa Romeo, ISPRA · Magali Outers, SCP/RAC · Representative of the Corsican Agency for Environment & Thomais Vlachogianni, MIO-ECSDE · Teresa Romeo, ISPRA & M. Cristina Fossi, UNISI · Representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Croatia & M. Cristina Fossi, UNISI · Representative of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment & Thomais Vlachogianni, MIO-ECSDE |
| 17.00 – 17.20 | Coffee break | |
| 17.00 – 17.20 | Project Steering Committee and Interaction with the Associated Partners | · Teresa Romeo, ISPRA · M. Cristina Fossi, UNISI |
| 17.20 – 18.20 | Building synergies with ongoing relevant projects and initiatives (panel discussion) Moderator, Alessandra Sensi, Head of Sector, UfM Secretariat | · Minister Plenipotentiary Enrico Granara Coordinator Euro-Mediterranean Multilateral Activities Directorate General for Political and Security Affairs, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation · Interreg Med PANACeA project (Carolina Perez) · The H2020 Initiative for a cleaner Mediterranean (Anis Ismail, UfM Marine Litter Expert SWIM-H2020 SM and Thomais Vlachogianni, MIO-ECSDE) · The IMP MED project (Thanos Smanis) · MSFD-D10 Chair (François Galgani) · The Barcelona Convention Regional Plan for Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean (Gaetano Leone) |
| 18.20 – 18.30 | Wrap up and closure of the meeting | |
| 19.00 | Reception dinner |