Upcoming events - SSSA-SSSC Joint Webinar on Soil Health

Cross-cultural and international scientific cooperation is essential as we face global issues of climate change, food security, water security, and environmental restoration. We have much to learn from scientists around the world, and our efforts will be strengthened and more effective when soil scientists are working together. To promote such collaboration and communication in soil science, the Joint Working Group of the Soil Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of China is pleased to announce the second scientific webinar jointly sponsored by the two societies. The webinar will focus on Soil Health on December 5, 2023, 8:00-10:00 AM (US Eastern Time) and simultaneously on 21:00-23:00 AM (China Beijing Time).

 

The webinar will feature four invited speakers:

• Limei Zhang, Professor, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Soil health depends on inherent soil properties in the black soil region in Northeast China.”
• Harold M. van Es, Professor of Soil Science, Cornell University, Former President of SSSA, “Factors of soil health and benchmarking approaches.”
• Yuji Jiang, Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Community assembly and functional regulation of soil microorganisms and animals in farmland.”
• Kristen Veum, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, ASA President-Elect, “The Soil Health Assessment Protocol and Evaluation (SHAPE): a national approach.”

 

All are invited to attend the webinar, accessible through Zoom at https://msu.zoom.us/j/98853166717

Live streaming through YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/live/Z_9SCK2ZnRU

Koushare at: https://www.koushare.com/lives/room/162258

 

Organizing Committee:

Elizabeth Rieke, Soil Health Institute

Kristen Veum, USDA-Agricultural Research Service

Xiaoyuan Yan, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yong-Guan Zhu, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Contacts:

Fang Wang (wangfang@issas.ac.cn), Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wei Zhang (weizhang@msu.edu), Michigan State University

Marie Johnston (mjohnston@sciencesocieties.org), Soil Science Society of America