World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS)
2014 Seoul South Korea 20th Congress
2010 Brisbane Australia 19th Congress
2006 Philadelphia USA 18th Congress
2002 Bangkok Thailand 17th Congress
1998 Montpellier France 16th Congress
1994 Acapulco Mexico 15th Congress
1990 Kyoto Japan 14th Congress
1986 Hamburg Germany 13th Congress
1982 New Delhi India 12th Congress
1978 Alberta Canada 11th Congress
1974 Moscow USSR 10th Congress
1968 Adelaide Australia 9th Congress
1964 Bucharest Romania 8th Congress
1960 Madison USA 7th Congress
1956 Paris France 6th Congress
1954 Leopoldville DR Congo 5th Congress
1950 Amsterdam Netherlands 4th Congress
1935 Oxford UK 3rd Congress
1930 Leningrad USSR 2nd Congress
1927 Washington USA 1st Congress
For a full list of soil science congresses up to 1998 see Geoderma article on 75 years ISSS/IUSS - PDF
| WCSS |
Country |
President |
Period |
| 1 |
USA |
J.G. Lipman |
1924-1927 |
| 2 |
USSR |
K. Gedroiz |
1927-1930 |
| 3 |
UK |
J. Russell |
1930-1935 |
| 4 |
Netherlands |
C.H. Edelman |
1950 |
| 5 |
Belgium |
R. Tavernier |
1950-1954 |
| 6 |
France |
A. Oudin |
1954-1956 |
| 7 |
USA |
R. Bradfield |
1956-1960 |
| 8 |
Romania |
N.C. Cernescu |
1960-1964 |
| 9 |
Australia |
E.G. Hallsworth |
1964-1968 |
| 10 |
USSR |
V.A. Kovda |
1968-1974 |
| 11 |
Canada |
C.F. Bentley |
1974-1978 |
| 12 |
India |
J.S. Kanwar |
1978-1982 |
| 13 |
Germany |
K.H. Hartge |
1982-1986 |
| 14 |
Japan |
A. Tanaka |
1986-1990 |
| 15 |
Mexico |
A.A. Santelises |
1990-1994 |
| 16 |
France |
A. Ruellan |
1994-1998 |
| 17 |
Thailand |
S. Theerawong |
1998-2002 |
| 18 |
USA |
D.L. Sparks |
2002-2006 |
| 19 |
Australia |
R.S. Swift |
2006-2010 |
| 20 |
Korea |
J.E. Yang |
2010-2014 |
| Secretary General |
Country |
Period |
| D.J. Hissink |
Netherlands |
1924-1950 |
| F.A. van Baren |
Netherlands |
1950-1974 |
| R. Dudal |
Belgium |
1974-1978 |
| W.G. Sombroek |
Netherlands |
1978-1990 |
| W.E.H. Blum |
Austria |
1990-2002 |
| S. Nortcliff |
UK |
2002-2010 |
     
| Deputy Secretary General |
Country |
Period |
| P. Buringh |
Netherlands |
1956-1974 |
| I. Szabolcs |
Hungary |
1974-1990 |
| J.H.V. van Baren |
Netherlands |
1990-2002 |
| A.E. Hartemink |
Netherlands |
2002-2010 |
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General information
Proceedings
Official website 18th WCSS
Council meetings
Volume 2A - Commission 1 symposia 164 Mb PDF
Transactions Volume II 157 Mb PDF
Programme 15 Mb PDF
Volume I 102 Mb PDF