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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