Soil Science Conference 2012

Welcome
Soil Science Australia and the New Zealand Society of Soil Science invite you to join us at the Joint SSA and NZSSS Soil Science Conference. This is the 5th Joint SSA and NZSSS Soil Science Conference, and the first to be held in Tasmania. Over 300 delegates from throughout Australasia are expected to attend, including researchers, analysts, educationists, advisors, extension agents, land managers and policy makers from national, state and local government, universities and the private sector. The conference theme Soil Solutions for Diverse Landscapes reflects the breadth of soils, landforms and climate across the region, and the corresponding breadth of land use; from agriculture to forestry, conservation, recreation and urban use. There really is something in this conference for everyone concerned with understanding and managing soils.

Conference Themes
The themes for the Conference will focus on:
1. Soil philosophy, soil education and the future of soil
2. Soil carbon and climate change
3. Pedology, soil stratigraphy and Quaternary landscape history
4. New techniques in soil spatial analysis
5. Soils and infrastructure developments
6. Soil fertility and soil contaminants
7. The living soil
8. Soil and land degradation
9. The physical soil
10. Forensic soil science

For further detail on the Conference themes please refer to the Presenters Zone.

The program will also include a series of technical workshops including:
• Valuation of natural capital and ecosystem services (NZSSS)
• Soil policy, legal and professional standards and the CPSS scheme
• Soil water and water balance modelling
• Soil description competition or workshop

Mailing List

If you would like to be on the mailing list for Soil Science 2012 please email leesa@cdesign.com.au

Conference Poster

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The quadrennial Kirkham Conference of the Soil Science Society of America on “Exploring Frontiers in Soil Physics” will be held in New Zealand at Massey University, 28-30 November, 2012. Click here for further details.

Conference Supporter

School of Agricultural Science

Organising Committee

Dr Richard Doyle, SAS, TIA, University of Tasmania (Convenor)
Dr Allan Hewitt, President of NZSSS
Dr Brent Clothier, Past President of NZSSS
A/Prof Colin Birch, TIA, University of Tasmania (Proceedings editor)
Dr Bill Cotching, TIA, University of Tasmania
(Pre conference field trip)
Dr Paul Adams, Forestry Tasmania (Intra-conference field trips, sponsorship, committee)
Dr John Paul Cumming, Geo-Environmental Solutions (Intra-conference field trips, sponsorship, committee)
Dr Peter McIntosh, Tasmanian Forest Practises Authority (Intra-conference field trips)
Mr Marcus Hardie, TIA, University of Tasmania (Intra-conference field trips)
Dr Philip Smethurst, CSIRO (Intra-conference field trips)
Dr Lucy Burkitt, TIA, University of Tasmania
(Proceedings editor)
Dr Leigh Sparrow, TIA, University of Tasmania (Proceedings editor, sponsorship)
Mr Sam Rees, Macquarie Franklin (Secretary)