To submit an Abstract & Register

Prior to submit your abstract and registering for the conference (No Conference Registration Fee), attendees must create an account.

Abstracts for MICRO 2024 must be submitted by : 20 May 21h Lanzarote time.

Your abstract may be up to 300 words (max).

MICRO 2024 is organized through 25 Topics :
Sampling and geographical distribution : From airborne, freshwater and coastal areas to the deep-sea ;
Models : Oceanic, atmospheric, terrestrial, freshwater models ;
Soils : Occurrence, transfers and beyond ;
Sewage, storm-water and other treatment plants ;
Remote sensing : From the theoretical perspectives to the data ;
The plastics cycle : Transport and transfer dynamics in land, at sea and where they meet ;
Microplastic and nanoplastic analysis methods, tests and reference materials ;
Norms, standards, definitions, and related challenges (polymers, biodegradability, biodegradable, etc) ;
Bio-based and other alternatives : Concepts, value chain, impacts and hazard assessment ;
Solutions vs. non solutions and the assessment criteria ;
Chemicals of concern ;
Human exposure and human health ;
Other living-beings exposure and health ;
Ecotox: From pathways to effects, hazards and Toxicity ;
Polymers and additives: From Upstream production to Downstream fragmentation and leaching ;
Pellets : From production to spills ;
Paints, coating, fibres, and tyre wear particles ;
From cigarette butts to vape litter ;
Plastics in drinking water ;
Plastics in food systems: Relevance, replacement, management and mitigation damage ;
Plastics Treaty : United Nations legally binding instrument ;
The Policy dimension : National, regional and international ongoing efforts ;
The socio-economical dimensions : From data to scenarios ;
Learning with society : From citizen sciences to activism and in-between ;
Frontiers : What's next ?
Others...

A submission can be associated with one or multiple topics.
Abstracts for MICRO 2024 must be submitted by : 20 May 21h Lanzarote time.
The MICRO 2024 Scientific Committee's review process starts 21 May 2024.
Accepted abstracts will be integrated into the Conference Programme and publication process.
The preliminary Programme will be available on 21 June 2024.

Remember: prior to submit your abstract and registering for the conference, attendees must create an account.

Once your account is created, the menu link for "Abstract submission" and the menu link for "registration" will become available. Then, follow the instructions on the corresponding pages to register for the conference.
Please note that Registration is mandatory for anyone wishing to participate, as with previous editions of MICRO, there is no conference registration fee.
If you wish to be part of the conference, make sure you register by June 20th.

We wish you a stimulating MICRO 2024 international conference preparation process!