POP Festival 2020 Day 3
DECEMBER 3, 2020
YOUTH-LED OCEAN ACTION AND
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
(11 SESSIONS, INCLUDING 2 WORKSHOP)
DAY 3/SESSION 1
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 6:00 AM EST/5:00 AM CST/ 4:30 PM IST/3:00 PM DXB
DURATION: 2 HOURS
SESSION: OCEAN ADVOCACY PROJECTS/BLUE CIRCLE
MODERATORS: MARISA LOPEZ AND ANA HANHAUSEN
This session will showcase ocean action and advocacy projects led by youth that have been developed through Ervis Foundation’s Blue Circle program and POP Ocean’s workshop series.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 6:00 AM EST/5:00 AM CST/4:30 PM IST/3:00 PM DXB | His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Monaco (pre-recorded video) (10 minutes) | Video |
| Stuti Mishra, Save Our World, University of Mumbai, India (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Ved Sanyal, "The Odomos for plastic", Ervis Foundation Blue Circle, India, (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Aarav Bhansali, Circular economy and reuse of plastic waste, Ervis Foundation Blue Circle, India (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Meenakshi Rakhesh and Preyasi Desai, Plastic Pollution and Biodiversity, Springdales School Dubai, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE (10 minutes) | Creative Presentation | |
| Pavani Chadhalawada, Aquifer storage and recovery (policy making), GEMS School Modern Academy, Dubai, UAE ( 10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Salma Macias, Ocean action and advocacy: a big issue to care about it during the Pandemic! Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, México (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Meda Hope Malinga, Destine Osteen, Elizabeth Nuwasiima, Touré Abbas, Joy Ria, Attaining quality education is a major step to address climate change, Hitaji Africa, Uganda (50 minutes) | Workshop/Model UN Style |
DAY 3/SESSION 2
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 7:30 AM EST/6:30 AM CST/6:00 PM IST/2:30 PM ZAMBIA/3:30 PM EAT
DURATION: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
SESSION: ROLE OF YOUTH IN IMPLEMENTING GREEN ECOSYSTEM SOLUTIONS
MODERATORS: LEVY NYIRENDA AND SUSANA DELGADO
This is a special session on the role of youth in implementing green ecosystem solutions.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 7:30 AM EST/6:30 AM CST/6:00 PM IST | H.E. Lawrence Gonzi, H.E. Dr. Lawrence Gonzi, Former Prime Minister of Malta (TBC) | Address |
| Andrew Wilson, Permanent Observer for the International Chamber of Commerce, New York (TBC) | Address | |
| Dr. Erik Solheim, The Role of Youth in Implementing Green Ecosystem Solutions, Former Executive Director, UNEP (pre-recorded video) | Video | |
| Levy Nyirenda, POP Conclave Ecosystem, Zambia Susana Delgado, POP Conclave Ecosystem, Mexico Jovana Drobnjak, POP Conclave, POP Conclave Ecosystem, Montenegro |
DAY 3/SESSION 3
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 8:00 AM EST/7:00 AM CST/6:30 PM IST/2:00 PM GENEVA/4:00 PM EAT
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION: SPECIAL SESSION ON THE OCEAN
MODERATORS: ANA HANHAUSEN AND DR. ASH PACHAURI
This session will feature a special address by Her Excellency SRSG Mami Mizutori on disaster risk reduction strategies and the role of youth in creating a resilient future. This will be followed by a discussion among young leaders and ocean advocates. .
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 8:00 AM EST/7:00 AM CST/2:00 PM GENEVA | Her Excellency SRSG Mami Mizutori, “Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and the Role of Youth for a Resilient Future" Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland (15-20 minutes) | Special Address |
| Discussion with youth, including Luciana Verástegui, México Summer Benjamin, US Virgin Islands Leah Fouchong, Trinidad and Tobago Elizabeth Nuwasiima, Uganda Nour Latrach, Tunisia Priyanka Prakash, Dubai Aisha Saleh AlMaadeed, Greener Future, Qatar |
Dialogue |
DAY 3/SESSION 4
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 9:30 AM EST/8:30 AM CST/8:00 PM IST/3:30 PM MONTENEGRO/5:30 PM MOSCOW
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION: IMPORTANCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AMONG YOUTH
MODERATORS: ANA HANHAUSEN AND DR. ASH PACHAURI
In this session, global leaders will explore the pressing climate challenges that face us today and the role of transformational youth leadership.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 9:30 AM EST/8:30 AM CST/8:00 PM IST/3:30 PM Montenegro/5:30 PM Moscow | His Excellency, Dr. H.E. José Ramos-Horta, Former President of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize (1996) Winner (pre-recorded video) | Video Address |
| Ekaterina Zagladina, President, Nobel Secretariat (7 minutes) | Address | |
| Garry Jacobs, CEO & President, World Academy of Art & Science (7 minutes) | Address | |
| Mila Popovich, Founder, EVOLving Leadership, Importance of Transformational Leadership among Youth (7 minutes) | Address | |
| Discussion with youth, including:
Camila González Colistro, POP Movement, Mexico* |
Dialogue |
DAY 3/SESSION 5
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 11:00 AM EST/ 10:00 AM CST/9:30 PM IST/8:00 PM DXB/7:00 PM EAT
DURATION: 2 HOURS
SESSION: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DRIVING YOUTH-LED CLIMATE ACTION
MODERATORS: SARITA JADAV, UNESCO AND DR. NEHA MIDHA, UNESCO
This session will bring together youth leading innovation, research, and technology applications to limit carbon emissions, reduce ocean pollution, and develop and employ interactive technologies to promote climate action and awareness among youth.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 11:00 AM EST/ 10:00 AM CST/9:30 PM IST/8:00 PM DXB | Haaziq Kazi, Ervis Ship and Ervis Foundation, India (15 minutes) | Presentation |
| Ana Hanhausen and Daniela Gómez, The Color Book, The Color Book, México (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Iman EI Maach, Photovoltaic System and Interactive and technology-based climate solutions, POP Germany, Germany(15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Kevin Morales Münstermann, Resilience 2020, Leadership in Eco Technologies (25 minutes) | 5 Mins video followed by 20 mins TED Talk | |
| Om Desai, Artificial intelligence, FXB-USA, USA ( 15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Shaan Baig, One basic human need at a time, Concordia University, Canada (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Riya Karumanchi, Founder and CEO, SmartCane, Canada (# minutes*) | ?* | |
| Dr. Mac McQuown, Stone Edge Farm (pre-recorded video) | Video |
DAY 3/SESSION 6
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 1:30 PM EST/12:30 PM CST/12:00 AM IST (DECEMBER 4, 2020)
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION/WORKSHOP 4: POP CONNECT - CREATIVE BLUE AND OCEAN NETWORKING
MODERATORS: SALMA MACIAS AND IBRAHI RODRÍGUEZ*
This session is an interactive workshop designed to support youth in finding and implementing creative solutions to ocean issues. This session will be specially designed for ocean advocates to share their experience, ideas, and projects in a network-type session. The attendees will have the opportunity to meet other ocean advocates and connect with them for future collaboration.
| Time | Speaker | Status |
| 1:30 PM EST/12:30 CST | Game/interactive workshop | Workshop |
DAY 3/SESSION 7
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 3:00 PM EST/2:00 PM CST/1:30 AM IST/12:00 PM PST
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION: YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
MODERATORS: IVAN RANSOM*
This is a special address on the application of innovative technologies and leadership among youth in addressing the climate crisis by Professor Richard Dasher.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 3:00 PM EST/2:00 PM CST/1:30 AM IST/12:00 PM PST | Professor Dr. Richard Dasher, Youth Climate Action and Innovative Technologies, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University, USA (20 minutes) | Special Address |
| Dialogue with youth, including: Kevin Morales Münstermann, Resilience 2020, Mexico Daniela Gómez de la Maza, The Color Book, Mexico Fernando Castro, FERSAAMB, Mexico Carolyn Raider, Stanford University, USA |
Dialogue |
DAY 3/SESSION 8
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 7:30 PM EST/6:30 PM CST/6:00 AM IST (DECEMBER 4, 2020)/11:30 AM SYDNEY (DECEMBER 4, 2020)/8:30 PM AST/3:30 AM EAT
DURATION: 1.5 HOURS
SESSION: POP OCEAN INITIATIVE PROJECTS
MODERATORS: JOURNEY HIGGS AND LEAH FOUCHONG
This session will amplify the voices of youth ocean advocates. It will showcase marine conservation projects and initiatives to tackle marine pollution, protect fish stocks, and address the vulnerabilities of coastal communities.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 7:30 PM EST/6:30 PM CST/6:00 AM IST/11:30 AM SYDNEY/ 8:30 PM AST | Her Excellency, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Former President of Mauritius (pre-recorded video from Sep 19, 2020) (15 minutes) | Video |
| Caroline Sandberg, Eco-Eaters, Eco Eaters, USA (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Stephanie Evans, Thilara De Mel, Melissa Chen , Gloria Thomas. Seas of Change, Seas of Change, Australia (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Luciana Verástegui, Ocean’s Voice, Ocean’s Voice, Mexico (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Madhvi Chittoor, Ban Styrofoam, single-use-plastics and Glyphosate all over the world, Madhvi4EcoEthics, Colorado, USA (15 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Carter Ries, One Less Straw, One More Generation, USA (15 minutes) | Presentation |
DAY 3/SESSION 9
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 9:30 PM EST/8:30 PM CST/8:00 AM IST (DECEMBER 4, 2020)
DURATION: 1.5 HOURS
SESSION/WORKSHOP 5: BECOMING A LEADER: USING LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL
MODERATORS: NATIONAL MARITIME FOUNDATION
The POP Movement’s invaluable partner National Maritime Foundation will conduct a workshop on effective leadership and using legal and institutional frameworks to achieve effective ocean action.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 9:30 PM EST/8:30 PM CST/8:00 AM IST (DEC 4, 2020) | Becoming a leader: Using legal and institutional frameworks to achieve your goal, National Maritime Foundation, India | Workshop |
DAY 3/SESSION 10
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 9:30 PM EST/8:30 PM CST/8:00 AM IST
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION: GLOBAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE OCEAN
MODERATORS: KEVIN MORALES MÜNSTERMANN AND IVAN RANSOM
The aim of this session is to raise awareness about the importance of individual actions and how they can affect the ocean, and that what happens in the ocean affects them as well, regardless if they live far from the coast. Plastic will be the basic resource to connect coastal and continental areas.
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 9:30 PM EST/8:30 PM CST/8:00 AM IST | Kevin Morales Münstermann | Panel discussion |
DAY 3/SESSION 11
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2020
TIME: 11:00 PM EST/10:00 PM CST/9:30 AM IST (DECEMBER 4, 2020)
DURATION: 1 HOUR
SESSION: ADVOCACY FOR A LOW-CARBON, PLASTIC FREE FUTURE (OCEAN ADVOCACY PROJECTS)
MODERATORS: VICE ADMIRAL PRADEEP CHAUHAN
The objective of the session is to showcase ocean action and advocacy projects led by youth that have been developed through Ervis Foundation’s Blue Circle program, POP Ocean’s workshop series and their schools or institutions
| Time | Speaker/Session | Format |
| 11:00 PM EST/10:00 PM CST/9:30 AM IST (DECEMBER 4, 2020) | Prakrti Prakash, Management of Biomedical and Hazardous waste during Covid, Springdales school Dubai, Dubai* (10 minutes) | Presentation/Poster |
| MD Tarequl Islam, International Student Festival Bursa (ISFiB) in Turkey, Aksaray University, Bangladesh (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Michael O. Dioha, Modelling Low Carbon Transition Scenarios for Nigeria, TERI SAS, Nigeria (10 minutes) | Presentation | |
| Siddhi Sanghavi, Awareness campaign - “Do you know your plastic?”, Blue Circle (10 minutes) | Presentation |
