INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF SOILS IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Date/time	Activity
22 September (Sunday):
16.00 h-20.00 h	Early on site registration
20.30 h	Welcome refreshment
23 September (Monday):
9.00 h-12.00 h	On site registration
9.30 h-10.30 h	Opening ceremony
10.30 h-11.00 h	Coffee break
11.00 h-11.45 h	Plenary lecture. Human Impact on Landsystems of the World. Dr. Hari Eswaran
11.45 h-13.15 h	Session I. Genesis, classification, mineralogy, chemistry and physics
11.45 h-12.15 h	Soil Diversity, Properties, and Processes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Advances in the Knowledge Base. Dr. Larry P. Wilding
12.15 h-12.45 h	Palygorskite Occurrence in Central Iranian Aridisols and Sediments. Dr. Hossein Khademi
12.45 h-13.15 h	Soil Physical and Chemical Properties as Influenced by Soil and Crop Management Systems in a Cold Semiarid Region of Canada. Dr. Charlie Arshad
13.15 h-15.00 h	Lunch break
15.00 h-16.30 h	Session II. Soil biology, land evaluation and soil management
15.00 h-15.30 h	Soil Degradation and Rehabilitation versus Microbial Activity. Dr. Carlos García.
15.30 h-16.00 h	Soil Evaluation. The Role of Soil Science in Land Evaluation. Dr. Carlos Dorronsoro
16.00 h-16.30 h	Traditional and Modern Soil Management Techniques for Sustainable Land use in the Lowlands of Bolivia (Santa Cruz). Dr. Gerhard Gerold
16.30 h-17.00 h	Coffee break
17.00 h-19.30 h	Oral sessions I and II
19.30 h-20.30 h	Poster session I
21.00 h	Welcome reception at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena
24 September (Tuesday)
9.00 h-12.00 h	On site registration
9.00 h-10.30 h	Session III. Intensive agricultural production, soil erosion and soil-water-plant relationship
9.00 h-9.30 h	The Protection of Arid and Semi-arid Soils in Europe. Dr. Luca Montanarella
9.30 h-10.00 h	Controlled Forest Fire Experiments: Pre and Postfire Soil and Vegetation Patterns and Proceses. Dr. Jose Luis Rubio
10.00 h-10.30 h	Soil Degradation and its Impact on Plants in Drylands. Dr. Michael Stocking
10.30 h-11.00 h	Coffee break
11.00 h-13.30 h	Oral sessions III and IV
13.30 h-15.00 h	Lunch break
15.00 h-16.30 h	Session IV. Soil quality, carbon sequestration and land degradation
15.00 h-15.30 h	An Ecosstemic Approach to Soil Quality Assessment. Dr. Antonio Rodríguez
15.30 h-16.00 h	Carbon Sequestration and its Importance for Arid and Desert Environments. Dr. Ahmet. R. Mermut
16.00 h-16.30 h	Volcanic Mulching: A Soil and Water Conservation Strategy. Dra María Luisa Tejedor
16.30 h-17.00 h	Coffee break
17.00 h-19.30 h	Oral sessions V
19.30 h-20.30 h	Poster session II
21.00 h	Welcome reception at the Local Government Building
25 September (Wednesday)
8.30 h-19.30 h	Scientific excursions 1, 2 and 3
21.00 h	Roman Circus at Cartagonova Stadium. Carthagineans and Romans campinground
26 September (Thursday)
9.00 h-12.00 h	On site registration
9.00 h-10.30 h	Session V. Geographical information systems, anthropogenic influence and soil contamination
9.00 h-9.30 h	Applying Information Technology to Develop Agro-Ecological Decision Support Systems in Mediterranean Regions. Dr. Diego de la Rosa
9.30 h-10.00 h	Anthropogenic Influence on the Aridity of Soils of Urban Agglomerations Dr. Wolfgang Burghardt
10.00 h-10.30 h	Soil Sensitivity to Acidification: An Estimation Based on the Buffer Mechanisms of Different Soils of the World. Dr. Felipe Macias
10.30 h-11.00 h	Coffee break
11.00 h-13.30 h	Oral sessions VI and VII
13.30 h-15.00 h	Lunch break
15.00 h-16.00 h	Session VI. Soil salinization and technologies to improve soil quality
15.00 h-15.30 h	Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Soil Salinization in a Sodic Grassland. Dr. Tibor Tóth
15.30 h-16.00 h	Maintenance of Soil Sustainability by Organic Amendment in Semiarid Environments. Dr. Juan Albaladejo
16.00 h-16.30 h	Coffee break
16.30 h-18.00 h	Oral session VIII
18.00 h-19.30 h	Poster session III
19.30 h-20.30 h	Concluding remarks and closing ceremony
21.30 h	Symposium banquet

On Thursday 24^th, at 11.30 hours, for those persons interested, there will be the "Asamblea General Extraordinaria de la Sociedad Española de la Ciencia del Suelo" (Spanish Society of soil Science General Assembly).