Gwangju National Science Museum Hosts the 14th Phil Science Forum

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The National Gwangju Science Museum announced on the 20th that it held the 14th Phil Science Forum on the 18th at the Imagination Hall under the theme "Plastic! Talking about the Future," in collaboration with the Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Association.

About 120 students and parents participated in the event, engaging in a heated discussion about the pros and cons of plastic.

This forum was organized with the purpose of considering practical tasks for the proper use of plastic and coexistence of all life forms on a beautiful Earth, in the face of unprecedented abnormal climate and new environmental pollution such as the rapid increase of plastic waste after COVID-19.

The first keynote speaker, Hong Sun-wook, CEO of the East Asia Sea Community Ocean, introduced the seriousness of plastic environmental pollution through actual cases under the theme "The Returned Plastic," and presented lifestyle rules to be practiced when using plastic.

The next keynote speaker, Professor Cho Wook of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, introduced various new plastic materials and presented new plastic technologies that can change future society under the theme "New Plastic Materials and Future Society."

During the subsequent discussion, about 120 students and parents who filled the venue raised their usual questions about plastic and ideas for solving plastic environmental pollution. There was also a time to dispel misunderstandings about plastic through detailed explanations by experts.

Moon Kyung-joo, Director of the Science Culture Expansion Office at the National Gwangju Science Museum, which hosted the event, expressed surprise at the active interest and participation of students and parents in solving environmental problems shown at this forum, and said, "Through the special exhibition 'The Two Faces of Plastic' opening in July and the special exhibition '2050 Carbon Zero City' opening in September, we will continue to provide a platform for communication on global scientific issues such as plastic and the climate crisis."

The National Gwangju Science Museum Phil Science Forum is an open forum held two to three times a year to discover various scientific issues in our society and to have experts and visitors in related fields participate together.

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