26–28 Feb 2018 | Berlin | Germany
Breaking new ground for sustainable management of soil functions along the frontiers of soil ecosystem research
Soil as a Sustainable Resource
Plenaries
Richard Bardgett (University of Manchester)
Keynote Speaker
Topic 1: Impact of agriculture and cropping systems on soil functions and ecosystem services
Marcel von der Heijden (Agroscope, Zurich): How to manage our land? Soil multifunctionality in an agricultural context
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Christopher Collins (University of Reading): The UK Soil Security Programme – Responses of the soil system to change
Topic 2: Effects of plant - microbe - fauna interactions on soil functions
Mark Mazzola (USDA): Mobilizing the rhizosphere microbiome to enhance orchard system resilience
Topic 3: Nutrient and carbon dynamics within the root zone as affected by soil management
Philippe Hinsinger (INRA Montpellier): Nutrient and carbon dynamics in agroecosystems from a rhizosphere biogeochemistry perspective
Topic 4: Soil structure and water dynamics as affected by soil management
Iain Young (University of Sydney): Plant roots redesign the rhizosphere to alter water dynamics
Paul Hallet (University of Aberdeen): Plant exudates as a driver of soil physical behaviour
Topic 5: New sensing technologies, soil monitoring approaches and related decision support systems for sustainable soil management
Cornelia Weltzin (ATB Potsdam)
Dr. Peter Weisskopf (Agroscope Switzerland): Integrated soil structure management – a smart key to sustainable farming (Co-authors: Matthias Stettler, Thomas Keller)
Topic 6: Assessment and governance for sustainable soil management
Gudrun Schwilch (CDE Bern): Sustainable soil management through a transdisciplinary assessment and valuation of ecosystem services
Topic 7: Linking data and models in soil science – Towards efficient workflows for data-model integration
Marta Dondini (University of Aberdeen): Data for models or models for data? A reciprocal connection for predicting the fate of our soils
Niels Batjes (ISRIC, Wageningen): Towards efficient workflows for data standardisation and model integration: the ISRIC approach for generating open soil data
