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The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) is the global union of soil scientists. The objectives of the IUSS are to promote all branches of soil science, and to support all soil scientists across the world in the pursuit of their activities. This website provides information for IUSS members and those interested in soil science.

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​The outbreak of the Corona virus is clearly a rapidly evolving situation. The organisers of the meetings listed below will be constantly reviewing the situation in the light of global and country-specific advice to inform decisions to minimise the additional risks to attendees, their communities and those living in the meeting’s host country.

​The IUSS will also continue to monitor the situation, and advise that prior to attending meetings our members review up to date information from their country’s government, the WHO and from the host country to ensure that everyone’s health and wellbeing remains a priority.​​




8th Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
Wednesday, 3. June 2020 to Friday, 5. June 2020

Location 

Virtual format (Zoom) from 12:00 to 14:30 pm CEST

Details 

The call for side events is until 30 March 2020

Read more: http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/about/plenary-assembly/eight-session-2020/en/

PRSSS 2020 Soil ID Course
Tuesday, 9. June 2020 to Thursday, 11. June 2020

Location 

William's Lake, British Columbia (BC), Canada

Details 

!CANCELLED due to concern surrounding the COVID-19 epidemic!

Read more: https://www.prsss.ca/events/event/2020-summer-soil-id-course-williams-lake/

School of Soil Biodiversity and Bioindication XII cycle - SOIL MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IN THE ERA OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE INTENSIFICATION
Tuesday, 16. June 2020 to Thursday, 18. June 2020

Location 

Online event

Details 

Registration deadline: 5 June 2020

1st announcement https://www.iuss.org/media/1st_announc_remote_last.pdf

Download: media/registration_form_sissbiobioschool2020.docx
8th International Crop Science Congress
Sunday, 21. June 2020 to Thursday, 25. June 2020

Location 

Saskatoon, Canada

Details 

!Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 global pandemic!

Deadline early bird registration: March 2, 2020

Submissions to be considered for oral presentations close: April 15, 202

Submissions for poster presentations close: May 15, 2020 

Congress website: https://www.icsc2020.com/

4th International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Agriculture Production and Environment Protection (ISAPEP’20)
Monday, 22. June 2020 to Tuesday, 23. June 2020

Location 

Details 

Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Paper submission deadline: 25th March 2020

Conference website: http://isapep.ucam.edu/

Download: media/1st_cfp_isapep_20.pdf
4th Soil in the Environment Conference: SITE 2020
Sunday, 28. June 2020 to Wednesday, 1. July 2020

Location 

Toruń, Poland

Details 

!Postponed to 2021!

New date will be announced in November 2020

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/site-torun-2020

Download: media/1st_announcement_-_site_4.pdf
4th annual international summer school "Monitoring, modeling and management of urban green infrastructure and soils" (3MUGIS)
Monday, 6. July 2020 to Sunday, 26. July 2020

Location 

Moscow and field tour from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea, Russia

Details 

Topic 2020 is "Anthropogenic landscapes and soils of European Russia: from Sea to Sea"

Deadline for registration: May 1, 2020

Website: www.3MUGIS.org

Download: Invitation letter
Download: Trifold brochure

International Workshop on Archaeological Soil Microscopy and Phytoliths Analysis (WASM)
Wednesday, 8. July 2020 to Friday, 10. July 2020

Location 

Paris, France

Details 

Contact: quentinborderie@yahoo.fr

Download: media/wasm-paris2020_-_2nd_circular-1.0.pdf

Registration form: media/wasm-paris2020_-_registrform-1.1.doc

2nd international conference "Smart and Sustainable Cities" (SSC-2020) "Advanced technologies for sustainable development of urban green infrastructure"
Wednesday, 8. July 2020 to Friday, 10. July 2020

Location 

Moscow, Russia

Details 

Deadline for abstract submission for oral presentations: March 1, 2020
Abstract approval and decision on the presentation type (oral/poster): March 31, 2020
Deadline for abstract submission for posters: June 1, 2020
Deadline for registration and subscribing for post-congress tours: June 1, 2020

Conference website: www.SSC-conf.org

Download: Information letter
Download: Information brochure

17th International Clay Conference 2021 (17th-ICC) - New interfaces: bridging continents and cultures with clays
Saturday, 11. July 2020 to Thursday, 16. July 2020

Location 

Istanbul, Turkey

Details 

Call for thematic sessions: open until July 2020

Conference website: www.icc.aipea.org

Download: Invitation letter

Download: media/icc2021_2._call_for_thematic_sessions_1.pdf
2nd Summerschool “Certificate in Archaeological Soil Micromorphology and Phytolith Analysis”
Monday, 3. August 2020 to Saturday, 8. August 2020

Location 

Brussels, Belgium

Details 

Cancelled! It will be rescheduled in 2021, dates will be announced soon.
If you would like to stay updated, please send an email to summerschool@ulb.be . 

Read more: Summer School - Certificate in Archaeological Soil Micromorphology and Phytolith Analysis - Formation Continue

XIVth International symposium and field workshop on paleopedology (ISFWP-XIV) - Paleosols, pedosediments and landscape morphology as archives of environmental changes
Thursday, 13. August 2020 to Sunday, 23. August 2020

Location 

Russia, Altai

Details 

Deadline for registration, payment and abstract submission: March 1, 2020

Website: http://isfwp.100igras.ru/

Download: media/2_circular_xiv-isfwp-2020.pdf
16th  International Conference on Soil Micromorphology
Sunday, 30. August 2020 to Thursday, 3. September 2020

Location 

Krakow, Poland

Details 

!Postponed to 2021!

End of abstract submission and early-bird registration: March 29, 2020

Conference website: http://www.icosm2020.sggw.pl/

2nd circular: https://www.iuss.org/media/2nd_circular_icosm_2020_krakow.pdf

2020 Soil Biology Lab Skills Course
Monday, 31. August 2020 to Friday, 4. September 2020

Location 

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Details 

!Postponed from June 2020!

Deadline for registration: 27 February 2020

Website: www.wur.eu/lab-skills-course

4th International Organic Phosphorus Workshop
Monday, 7. September 2020 to Friday, 11. September 2020

Location 

Björkliden, Sweden

Details 

!Cancelled!

Conference website: https://www.arcticcirc.net/our-projects/organic-phosphorus2020

2020 SSSA Kirkham Conference
Monday, 14. September 2020 to Thursday, 17. September 2020

Location 

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Details 

Questions? Please contact Kirkham Conference Chair Brent Clothier at brent.clothier@plantandfood.co.nz. 

Website: www.soils.org/membership/divisions/soil-physics-and-hydrology/kirkham-conferences

7th International Scientific Conference "Reflection of bio-, geo-, antropospheric interactions in soils and soil cover"
Monday, 14. September 2020 to Saturday, 19. September 2020

Location 

Tomsk, Russia

Details 

Deadline of registration and abstract submission: April 30, 2020

Contact: soiltsu90@mail.ru

Website: http://www.bio.tsu.ru/

Download: First Circular
Download: Application Form

8th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2020)
Tuesday, 15. September 2020 to Thursday, 17. September 2020

Location 

International Conference Center, Geneva, Switzerland

Details 

Abstract submission deadline: April 19, 2020

IUSS members get 20% discount on all registration fees, but do not proceed to payment until notification.
Due to the developing health and economic situation across the globe, it is recommend that you do not book flights or hotels. 

Website: https://wsf-8.sciforum.net/

First IUSS Conference on Sodic Soil Reclamation
Thursday, 17. September 2020 to Saturday, 19. September 2020

Location 

Changchun, China

Details 

Due to the current epidemic the conference will be postponed to a date which will be decided later

Deadline for abstract submission: July 1, 2020

Deadline for full text of paper: Aug. 1, 2020

Contact: wangzhichun@iga.ac.cn

Website: http://ssr.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65578

WRB Workshop Summer 2020
Sunday, 20. September 2020 to Friday, 25. September 2020

Location 

Toruń, Poland

Details 

!Postponed from June 2020!

Regular fee payment deadline: 15 May 2020

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/summerwrb/home

3rd ISMC Conference – Advances in Soil Systems Modeling
Thursday, 24. September 2020 to Sunday, 27. September 2020

Location 

Tianjin, China

Details 

!Postponed to May 2021 due to the unpredictable safety conditions and travel restrictions under Covid-19!

Abstract Submission will open on 15th February 2020

Conference website: https://soil-modeling.org/ismc-conference/ismc-conference


IX National Symposium on Control of Soil Degradation and Recovery
Wednesday, 30. September 2020 to Friday, 2. October 2020

Location 

Elche, Spain

Details 

!Postponed from May 2020!

Deadline for abstract submission: 29 February 2020

Website: https://condegres.es

VI International Soil Classification Congress in 2020 in Mexico
Thursday, 8. October 2020 to Friday, 16. October 2020

Location 

Mexico

Details 

FIELD WORKSHOP- Cuatro Ciénegas-Querétaro: October 8-13, 2020

CONGRESS- Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro: October 14-16, 2020

XII INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro: October 19-24, 2020

V INTERNATIONAL COURSE-WORKSHOP OF SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro: October 19-24, 2020

Congress website: http://iscc2020.org/

GSS 2020 – 4th Global Soil Security 2020 Conference - "Global Soil Security: Beyond the Soil to Human Health."
Monday, 12. October 2020 to Thursday, 15. October 2020

Location 

Seoul, Korea

Details 

!Postponed from June 2020!

Abstract submission deadline: July 13, 2020

Website: http://www.globalsoilsecurity2020.org/

Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils
Monday, 12. October 2020 to Friday, 16. October 2020

Location 

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Details 

Read more: http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/resources/events/detail/en/c/1264612/

International Conference Contaminated Sites 2020
Monday, 26. October 2020 to Wednesday, 28. October 2020

Location 

Trnava, Slovak Republic

Details 

!Postponed from June 2020!

Abstract submission before March 20, 2020

Conference website: http://contaminated-sites2020.sazp.sk/

SUSTREM2020 Conference - Empowering Sustainable Land Management for the Future
Thursday, 29. October 2020 to Friday, 30. October 2020

Location 

Cape Town, South Africa

Details 

!Postponed to October 2021!

Early bird registration ends on 30 June 2020

Read more: https://nicola-org.com/save-the-date/

ISCRAES 2020 - International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems
Tuesday, 3. November 2020 to Friday, 6. November 2020

Location 

Dublin, Ireland

Details 

Abstract (flash and poster) submission deadline: July 31, 2020

Standard registration deadline: August 31, 2020

Symposium website: http://www.iscraes2020.org/

Download: media/iscraes_flyer_updated.jpg
2020 ASA, CSSA & SSSA Annual Meeting
Sunday, 8. November 2020 to Wednesday, 11. November 2020

Location 

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Details 

Abstract submission deadline: May 27 to receive the discounted rate, final deadline June 9, 2020

Website: https://www.acsmeetings.org/

Soils Conference 2020 – Soils, investing in our future
Sunday, 29. November 2020 to Friday, 4. December 2020

Location 

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Details 

Soil Science Australia and New Zealand Society of Soil Science’s joint conference

Short & Extended Abstract Submissions Deadline: May 31, 2020

Website: https://www.soilscienceaustralia.org.au/soils-conference-2020/

Download: media/ssa_nzsss_ppt_conference_slides.pptx
International workshop Soil conservation and Environmental Protection
Thursday, 3. December 2020 to Saturday, 5. December 2020

Location 

Imola, Italy

Details 

Deadline abstract submission: September 30, 2020
Registration form to be sent to geolab@geolab-aps.it

Download: media/soil_conservation_and_environmental_protection_december_2020_first_circular.pdf
Global Soil Conference 2020 - Caring Soils Beyond Food Security
Wednesday, 9. December 2020 to Sunday, 13. December 2020

Location 

New Delhi, India

Details 

Receipt of Abstracts Deadline: 30 June 2020

Download: media/globalsoilconference2020.pdf
2nd joint workshop on digital soil mapping and GlobalSoilMap WGs
Monday, 14. December 2020 to Friday, 18. December 2020

Location 

Goa, India

Details 

Abstract submission is open until June 1, 2020

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/soilmapping2020

2021

Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20)
Tuesday, 2. February 2021 to Thursday, 4. February 2021

Location 

FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy

Details 

!Postponed from June 2020!

Read more: http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/resources/highlights/detail/en/c/1263718/

International Colloquium on Soil Zoology
Sunday, 28. March 2021 to Friday, 2. April 2021

Location 

Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy

Details 

Early bird registration until December 31, 2020

Website: https://icsz2020.eurac.edu/

100 years of agricultural experimentation at the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw
Thursday, 27. May 2021 to Friday, 28. May 2021

Location 

Warsaw and Skierniewice. Poland

Details 

!Postponed from May 2020!

Deadline for Submission of abstracts: January 31, 2020

Conference website: http://sggw2020.pl

Global Conference on Sandy Soils
Sunday, 30. May 2021 to Thursday, 3. June 2021

Location 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Details 

Conference website: https://sandysoils.org/

Deadline for Abstract submission is March 31, 2021 (postponed)

Download: media/global_conference_on_sandy_soils.pdf
5th International Conference on Contaminated Land, Ecological Assessment and Remediation CLEAR2020
Wednesday, 9. June 2021 to Friday, 11. June 2021

Location 

Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

Details 

A new call for abstracts and participation will be announced shortly.

Deadline for abstract submission: January 31, 2020

Conference website: http://clear2020.mdx.ac.uk/

Download: media/flyer_a4_call_for_abstracts_v3.pdf
17th International Clay Conference 2021 (17th-ICC) - New interfaces: bridging continents and cultures with clays
Sunday, 11. July 2021 to Friday, 16. July 2021

Location 

Istanbul, Turkey

Details 

Call for thematic sessions: open until July 2020

Conference website: www.icc.aipea.org

Invitation Letter /media/invitation_letter_of_17th_icc_2021.pdf

2nd call for thematic sessions /media/icc2021_2._call_for_thematic_sessions.pdf

XXIII Latin-American Congress of Soil Sciences (XXII CLACS)
Sunday, 22. August 2021 to Friday, 27. August 2021

Location 

Florianópolis, Brasil

Details 

Website: www.slcs.org.mx

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/clacs.cbcs2021

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clacs.cbcs2021

Eurosoil 2020, Connecting people and soil
Monday, 23. August 2021 to Friday, 27. August 2021

Location 

Geneva, Switzerland

Details 

!Postponed from August 2020!

Website: http://eurosoil2020.com/

Pre-Program: https://www.iuss.org/media/eurosoil_2020_pre-programm.pdf

Early Bird Registrations deadline: 27 May 2021

1st International Joint Congress on “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the context of the European Green Deal”
Thursday, 9. September 2021 to Monday, 13. September 2021

Location 

Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy

Details 

!Postponed from October 2020!

Deadline of abstract submission: 31 May 2020

Contact: Prof. Carmelo Dazzi, carmelo.dazzi@unipa.it

Website: https://www.ecocycles.net/essc2020

Download: media/2nd_circular_essc-eurecys_2020.pdf
International Symposium on Forest Soils (ISFS2020) - Forest Soils under Global Change: Processes, Biodiversity and Ecological Services
Sunday, 17. October 2021 to Wednesday, 20. October 2021

Location 

Hangzhou, China

Details 

!Postponed from October 2020!

Deadline for abstract and poster submission: May 30, 2021

Conference website: http://isfs2020.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1

The Third Global Soil Biodiversity Conference
Monday, 1. November 2021 to Wednesday, 3. November 2021

Location 

Dublin, Ireland

Details 

Website: http://gsb2021.ie/

9th International Acid Sulfate Soils Conference - Acid Sulfate Soils: Progress, Policy and Prospects
Sunday, 21. November 2021 to Friday, 26. November 2021

Location 

Adelaide, Australia

Details 

!Postponed from November 2020!

Abstract Submission and Conference Registration opens: 1st November, 2019

Abstract Submission and Early Registration closes 1st February, 2020

Website: https://biological.adelaide.edu.au/acid-sulfate-soil/iassc/

2022

22nd World Congress of Soil Science 2022
Sunday, 31. July 2022 to Friday, 5. August 2022

Location 

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Details 

Current website: https://www.soils.org.uk/wcss2022