Youth Ocean Defenders
A day packed with sessions and activities that highlight and address the voices of the youth ocean defenders.
Photo : Alex Lindbloom
Video : Sixteen year old Alice dives through the Looking Glass into the underwater world of Borneo, learning to SCUBA, discovering sharks and finding the ocean wild is not all as it appears at the surface.Film by Shark Stewards and Scubazoo. TRT 10:48
Plastic Eco-Warriors
8:00am to 8:50am (Singapore/Kuala Lumpur)
1:00am to 1:50am (London)
Moderator: Maya Karin, Actress & Environmentalist
Panel: Zero Waste Malaysia members
Sue Yee Khor, Co-Founder & Vice-President
Marylyn, Head of Project & Engagement
Gedeon, Team lead of People Team
#WOW Panel Discussion: Marine Conservation Research by the Universities in Asia
12:00pm to 1:20pm (Singapore/Kuala Lumpur)
5:00am to 6:20am (London)
Student Edition: Marine Conservation Research by the Universities in Asia
Moderator:
Nora Ismail (Singapore)
Speakers:
– Lala Calle (Philippines) – Giant Clams
– Reza Cordova (Indonesia) – Marine Pollution & Fisheries
– Samuel Chan (Singapore) – Coral Reefs Monitoring
– Rabitha Daud (Malaysia) – Current Circulation
– Suneha Jaganathan (India) – Artificial Reefs
Plastic Waste: An Inconvenient Truth for South-East Asia Region – What would work for us?
3:00pm to 4:50pm (Singapore/Kuala Lumpur)
8:00am to 9:50am (London)
Welcome note: Mr. David Thomas, Deputy British High Commissioner to Malaysia
Moderator: Dr S. Sri Umeswaran, Chief Executive Officer, ESECO (Circular Economy Expert)
Panel:
Youna Lyons, Senior Research Fellow with the Ocean Law and Policy Programme of the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Janet Salem, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP, Bangkok
Jacqueline Chang, Country Representative, Circular Economy Club, Malaysia
Czarina Constantino, National Lead (No Plastics in Nature Initiative), and Project Manager, Plastic Smart Cities, WWF Philippines
Quynh Nguyen My, Project Manager and Field Activity Lead of Plastic programme, WWF Vietnam
Kirana Agustina, Policy Specialist For Global Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia
Dr Shima Barakat, Director, Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Programme and Managing Director of Value in Enterprise, University of Cambridge
#MyVoiceMatters
6:00pm to 7:20pm (Singapore/Kuala Lumpur)
11:00am to 12:20pm (London)
Moderator: Amelia Lim (ADEX PIXEL Host)
Panellists:
– Swietenia Puspa Lestari, 25 years old, Indonesia, Divers Clean Action
– Sandra Teoh Zhi Yi, 29 years old, Malaysia, Council Member and Project Leader of Langkawi Dolphin Research Organization: The MareCet Research Organization, Malaysia
– Crystle Wee, 26 years old, Singapore, Marine Biologist
– Scott Nguyen, 33 years old, Vietnam, Journey of Youth – JOY
– Mogesh Sababathy, 22 years old, Malaysia, Co-Founder of Project Ocean Hope and the Chapter Leader for Sustainable Ocean Alliance Malaysia
– Ridhima Pandey, 12 years old, India, Climate Activist
Presentation by Beijing University
8:00pm to 8:50pm (Singapore/Kuala Lumpur)
1:00pm to 1:50pm (London)
Peking University Diving Association
Indispensable Strength Towards Marine Conservation
Panelists:
– Zhao Xinliang -Peking University Professor, Professional Consultant for Several National Charity Foundations
– Song Shuang -Third Vice President of Peking University Diving Association
– Zhu Yi-Peking University Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Former Director of IT Department of Peking University Diving Association
– Chen Rong-Founding Planner of Peking University Diving Association, Third President of Peking University Diving Association
– Shu Peng-PhD student of the Peking University Major in Chinese, Member of Peking University Diving Association
– Zhang Weiyi-Peking University School of Medicine, Medical Experiment, First Finance Minister for Peking University Diving Association