Programme WSC 2017

Programme Wageningen Soil Conference 2017

Programme_Wageningen_Soil_Conference_2017_v_20170825.pdf (115,25 kb)

Conference guide with detailed programme

2017_Conference guide_WSC_Final_web.pdf (1,24 mb)

Programme Schedule

Sunday August 27 - 18.00 hours:
Arrival/registration, ice-breaker with drinks and bites in Café Loburg, Wageningen City Center: www.loburg.com

Monday August 28 - Full-day papers
Themes: Governance and Policy (morning); Climate Change (afternoon);
Drinks and bites in Restaurant The Spot, Orion Building - Free evening

Tuesday August 29 - Field trips, side events and Conference Dinner
Three different excursions (all day, see webpage Excursions and Side events) and one side event: Fertile Grounds Initiative side event (afternoon).
19.00 hours: Conference dinner in Restaurant H41, Wageningen City Center

Wednesday August 30 - Full-day papers
Themes: Water Resources (morning); Land Functions (afternoon)
17:15 hrs The Spot, Orion: Launch Soil Data Facility of the Global Soil Partnership - Drinks & Bites
Free evening

Thursday August 31 - Full-day papers
Themes: Biodiversity (morning); Food Security (afternoon)
Closing drinks and bites in Restaurant The Spot, Orion Building
Delegates depart

Launch Soil Data Facility - ISRIC Special Event, Wednesday, August 30

During this special event we would like to celebrate with you the fact that ISRIC – World Soil Information was elected to host the Soil Data Facility of the Global Soil Partnership.
We are proud to be trusted this important role by the Plenary Assembly of GSP and work closely together with the Pillar 4 Working Group and INSII to create a distributed soil information system to contribute to the a sustainable use of the global soil resources. For more info see the file below.

ISRIC launch Global Soil Data Facility (GSP) (25,51 kb)

Chair WSC 2017 prof.dr. J (Jakob) Wallinga

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Organising Committee dr.ir. G (Gerben) Mol

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Registration WSC

Registration is open; you are welcome to register for WSC 2017 on the Registration page.

Scientific Programme

With this conference we want to emphasize the importance of soil science for combating and mitigating the challenges of our time: food security, water resources, climate change, land functions, ensuring biodiversity and how to govern these issues and create policy for taking effective measures.

This will be the third edition of a scientific soil conference series entitled Wageningen Soil Conference. We have chosen a thematic approach instead of the disciplinary organisation of most conferences. At the Wageningen Soil Conference each conference day will be divided into two thematic parts. Each part will cover one of the global issues that will be addressed during the conference. The session will start with two keynote speeches followed by a lively debate between the two keynote speakers. The content of both keynote speeches will be available for all prior to the conference through the conference website and in the conference proceedings book. The second part of each session will be organised in parallel sessions; each parallel session will be allocated to a different theme. In the program ample time will be allocated for poster contributions.