World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS)

 

2014  Seoul South Korea 20th WCSS

2010   Brisbane Australia 19th WCSS

 

2006  Philadelphia USA 18th WCSS

2002  Bangkok Thailand 17th WCSSC

1998  Montpellier France 16th WCSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1994  Acapulco Mexico 15th WCSS

1990  Kyoto Japan 14th WCSS

1986  Hamburg Germany 13th WCSS

1982  New Delhi India 12th WCSS

1978  Alberta Canada 11th WCSS

1974  Moscow USSR 10th WCSS

1968  Adelaide Australia 9th WCSS

1964 Bucharest Romania 8th WCSS

1960 Madison USA 7th WCSS

1956 Paris France 6th WCSS

1954 Leopoldville DR Congo 5th WCSS

1950 Amsterdam Netherlands 4th WCSS

1935 Oxford UK 3rd WCSS

1930 Leningrad USSR 2nd WCSS

1927 Washington USA 1st WCSS

 

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 

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

 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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