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2005: Plenary Meeting and Launch of the Soil Atlas of Europe , London 17 - 19/10/2005
Monday 17/10/2005, Location: Smeaton Room, 1 Great George Street
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction | Arwyn Jones |
| 10:30 | Report of Steering Committee | Mark Kibblewhite |
| 14:00 | European Environment Agency (EEA) update | Ronan Uhel |
| 14:30 | Working group reports and discussion:Digital Mapping Working Group (DMWG) | Endre Dobos |
| 15:30 | Creation of a ESBN working group on land degradation | Pandi Zdruli |
| 16:30 | Digital Soil Archive | Peter Bullock |
| 17:00 | European Soil Summer School: Report for 2005 | Erika Micheli |
| 17:20 | Status of Danube Basin project | Beata Houskova |
| 17:35 | European Society for Soil Conservation | Jose Luis Rubio, President ESSC |
| 17:50 | Briefing on Soil Atlas of Europe Launch Event | Arwyn Jones |
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Welcome on behalf of DG JRC | Prof Manfred Grasserbauer, Director EC-JRC-IES |
| 10:10 | Keynote address | Lord Bach of Lutterworth Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords) (Sustainable Farming and Food) DEFRA, UK |
| 10:30 | Reply & supporting activities of the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN) | Professor Mark Kibblewhite, Chairman of ESBN |
| 10:50 | Soil Protection in the European Union | Dr. Michael Hamell, EC DG Environment |
| 11:10 | Presentation of the Soil Atlas of Europe | Arwyn Jones, DG JRC |
| 11:25 | Soil Maps of Africa DVD | Senthil Selvaradjou, DG JRC |
| 11:40 | World Soil Survey Archive Catalogue (WOSSAC) | Stephen Hallett NSRI Cranfield University |
Tuesday 18/10/2005 (Afternoon), Location: Grange Langham Court Hotel, 31 Langham Street, Soil Information Working Group (SIWG)
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:30 | Working group reports:Soil Information Working Group (SIWG) | Wolf Eckelmann |
| 15:00 | Soil Erosion | bob Jones |
| 15:15 | Soil Organic Matter decline | Mark Kibblewhite |
| 15:30 | Salinization | György Varallyay |
| 15:45 | Compaction | Christine Le Bas |
| 16:00 | LandSlides | Baritz, Carre |
| 16:15 | Auxiliary Data | Stanislaw Bialousz |
All the SIWG
presentations may be downloaded here
(Size: 47 MB)
Tuesday 18/10/2005 (Afternoon), Location: Grange Langham Court Hotel, 31 Langham Street
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16.30 | Organic Matter changes in UK soil | Guy Kirk, NSRI |
| 17:00 | Soil sampling protocol for organic carbon stocks in mineral soils of the European Union | Nicola Filippi |
| 17:30 | CAMEO Life Project | Michael Lane, Syngenta |
| 18:00 | SPADE II Update | John Hollis, NSRI |
| 18:15 | Environment and Soil Management Award | W. Blum |
Wednesday 19/10/2005, Location: Grange Langham Court Hotel, 31 Langham Street
| Time | Presentation Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | EU soil regions map | Rainer Baritz, BGR |
| 10:00 | ENVASSO update | Bob Jones |
| 10:30 | EUSOILS: European Soil Portal | Panos Panagos |
| 14:30 | Next steps for the Atlas | Arwyn Jones |
| 14:50 | Publications of the ESB | Bob Jones |
| 15:15 | Updating the European Soil Database | Arwyn Jones, Bob Jones |
All the presentations
can be downloaded here
(Size: 292 MB)
- Announcement of the Soil Atlas Launch and confirmation of Attendance
- Final Agenda
- Travel information
- Hotel arrangements and Hotel Booking Form
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