Date: 19-21 May, 2024

Venue: Florence, Italy

Summary: The custodian of soil science will celebrate its centennial contribute to the nature and human wellbeing in 2024.

The event will also empower the linkages with different disciplines, policy makers, stakeholders, institutions, and associations to effectively address civil society needs within agriculture, forestry, environment, urban planning, energy, education, and other societal issues.

The celebration will occur on May 19th and will be followed by two intense days of congress, with plenary and parallel scientific sessions. Both soil scientists and specialists from other disciplines will participate to each session, focusing on past achievements and future challenges.

The congress will be followed by technical/scientific excursions that will range from short local to long trips, spanning from Alps to Sicily.

A pre-congress visit to Villa Lubin in Rome, the historical place where the IUSS was founded, is scheduled on May 18th.

Sessions:

1. Equity, diversity, and inclusivity in soil sciences

2. Soil and humanity

3. Soil Governance

4. Soil health in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

5. Soil in the circular economy

6. Soil in the digital era

7. Soil sciences impact on basic knowledge

8. Other

URL: https://centennialiuss2024.org/

Contacts:

Organizing secretariat

Email: centennialiuss2024@aimgroup.eu