Date: 19-21 May,
2024
Venue: Florence,
Italy
Summary: 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.
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.
Sessions:
1. Equity,
diversity, and inclusivity in soil sciences
2. Soil and
humanity
3. Soil
Governance
4. Soil
health in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
5. Soil in
the circular economy
6. Soil in
the digital era
7. Soil
sciences impact on basic knowledge
8. Other
URL: https://centennialiuss2024.org/
Contacts:
Organizing
secretariat
Email: centennialiuss2024@aimgroup.eu