Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences
External event
The custodian of soil science will celebrate its centennial contribute to the nature and human wellbeing in 2024.
The event will also empower the linkages with different disciplines, policy makers, stakeholders, institutions, and associations to effectively address civil society needs within agriculture, forestry, environment, urban planning, energy, education, and other societal issues.
The celebration will occur on May 19th and will be followed by two intense days of congress, with plenary and parallel scientific sessions. Both soil scientists and specialists from other disciplines will participate to each session, focusing on past achievements and future challenges.
PREPSOIL will be presented during the conference by Lukas Bayer from ZALF with an oral presentation in the session: "Soil governance: building on stake-holders interactions and involvement for a sustainable management of soils", on the 20th of May, from 9:30 to 10:30.
The presentation is titled “Soil Needs Assessment – conceptual framework, methods, and synthesized results for 20 regions in Europe”.
The congress will be followed by technical/scientific excursions that will range from short local to long trips, spanning from Alps to Sicily. A pre-congress visit to Villa Lubin in Rome, the historical place where the IUSS was founded, is scheduled on May 18th.
Official webpage: https://centennialiuss2024.org/