Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Toxicology Program.
John Peterson “Pete” Myers is founder and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences.
Graduate Program Director in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the University of Massachusetts.
Plastics Campaigner for GAIA – Asia Pacific and Regional Coordinator for Break Free From Plastic – Asia Pacific.
Dr Michael Warhurst has been Executive Director of the European NGO CHEM Trust since July 2014.
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP is an internationally renowned leader in children’s environmental health.
Martin Wagner is a biologist interested in what plastics and plastics-associated chemicals do to freshwater ecosystems and human health.
Mao Da is now the director of Toxics-Free China and the policy advisor of China Zero Waste Alliance.
Tamara is Professor of Ecotoxicology at the University of Exeter and also holds an Honorary Chair at University of Exeter Medical School.
Bjorn Beeler is the International Coordinator & General Manager of IPEN, a global network of over 550 NGOs in 118 countries.
His career has been marked by more than 25 years of campaign leadership, strategic planning, organizational development and management.
Ksenia holds an MSc in microbiology from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Justine Maillot is policy officer at Zero Waste Europe and policy coordinator of the European NGO coalition Rethink Plastic.
Randy Olson is a scientist-turned-filmmaker who left a tenured professorship of marine biology (PhD Harvard University)
A developer of innovative programs, tools, and initiatives for integrating sustainable materials and safer chemicals into the economy.
Dr. Maricel V. Maffini is an Independent Consultant. She holds a doctorate degree in Biological Sciences.
Meadhbh Bolger is a resource justice campaigner with Friends of the Earth Europe.
Martin Scheringer is a professor of environmental chemistry at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.
Birgit holds a doctorate degree in Biology from the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf.
Degrees in environmental toxicology and an MSc in environmental science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ).
Gretchen Salter has spent over 15 years as an organizer, activist and advocate for progressive change in America.
Miriam is a Program Director with UPSTREAM, and spends her days working to make throw-away a thing of the past.
Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.
Jen Jackson manages the Toxics Reduction & Healthy Ecosystems Program at the San Francisco Department of the Environment.
The UNWRAPPED Conference is part of Plastic Exposed, an international project working to increase global recognition of the known human health risks of plastic and other single-use food packaging and promote a culture shift to safer reusable alternatives.