Financed by EU
PROGRAMME
Roundtable on “Hazardous substances – Consumer behavior and public awareness”
in the frame of
XV International Environmental Forum “Baltic Sea Day”
Place of meeting: Green Hall 7 (Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel)
20 MARCH 2014, THURSDAY
Moderators: Mr. Vladimir Nikiforov, St. Petersburg scientific-research centre for ecological safety RAS
Ms. Niina Vieno, expert of BASE Project, Envieno Oy
14.30-14.35
Introduction to the roundtable
14.35-16.00
Session I: Recent knowledge and findings on hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea
14.35-14.50
Recent developments within Hazardous Substances field of work: global (e.g. Minamata
Convention on mercury), revised EU Priority substances Directive and HELCOM Copenhagen
Ministerial)
Mr. Mikhail Durkin, HELCOM
14.50-15.10
Microplastics, why it matters – knowledge from the Baltic Sea and WWTP of Helsinki and St.
Petersburg
Ms. Julia Talvitie, Finnish Environment Institute
15.10-15.30
KIMO Baltic Sea work on marine litter, incl. “Fishing for Litter”
Mrs. Therese Jephson, KIMO
15.30-15.40
Contamination of South-Eastern Baltic Sea, Vistula and Curonian Lagoons by petroleum
hydrocarbons and PAHs: monitoring 1991-2013
Mr. Sergei Aleksandrov, AtlantNIRO Kaliningrad
15.40-16.00
Discussion
16.00-16.30
Coffee-break
16.30-18.30
Session II: Pharmaceuticals
16.30-16.45
Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the Baltic Sea: scale of the problem
Ms. Niina Vieno, Envieno Oy /expert of BASE Project
16.45-17.00
BASE Project work on pharmaceuticals
Mr. Vladimir Nikiforov, St. Petersburg scientific-research centre for ecological safety RAS/
expert of BASE Project
17.00-17.20
Problems of pharmaceutical waste management
Mr. Nikolai Rolle, Saint-Petersburg State Politechnical University
17.20-17.40
Voluntary System for Self-Declaration of Environmental Classifications of Pharmaceuticals
«День Балтийского моря»
XV Международный экологический форум
Санкт-Петербург, 19 – 21 марта 2014 г.
Baltic Sea Day
XV International Environmental Forum
St. Petersburg, 19 – 21 March 2014
Financed by EU
Ms. Petra Wallberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Institute
17.40-18.00
Ecotoxicological evaluation of Neva estuarium within the city of St.Petersburg
Ms. Oksana Lyashenko, FSE "State Research Institute of Lakes and Rivers Fishery"
18.10-18.30
Discussion
Conclusions and wrapping-up
21 MARCH 2014, FRIDAY
10.00-13.00
Session III: Update of information on chemical munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea
Moderators:
Mr. Vadim Paka, Atlantic Branch of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Mr. Jacek Beldowski, Institute of Oceanology PAN
Claus Bottcher, Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Areas
Underwater Munitions and Oil Spill Response
10.00-10.30
HELCOM MUNI Report: findings and recommendations
Mr. Claus Boettcher, Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Areas
Underwater Munitions and Oil Spill Response
10.30-11.00
CHEMSEA Project and further initiatives (MODUM etc.)
Mr. Jacek Beldowski, Institute of Oceanology PAN
11.00-11.30
Coffee-break
11.30-11.50
EUSBSR flagship project on dumped munitions
Ms. Anna Sosnovska, Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection
11.50-12.10
HELCOM Submerged: prospects
Mr. Mikhail Durkin, HELCOM Secretariat
12.10-12.45
Discussion
12.45-13.00
Closing of the session
«День Балтийского моря»
XV Международный экологический форум
Санкт-Петербург, 19 – 21 марта 2014 г.
Baltic Sea Day
XV International Environmental Forum
St. Petersburg, 19 – 21 March 2014