The Soil Science Society of Ireland will hold its Spring Meeting on Friday 11th March 2011 in UCD Agriculture and Food Science Centre. The programme is outlined below. We are interested in accepting posters presenting any aspect of soil science including early-stage projects. The meeting is open to all. There is no fee to attend, and coffee will be provided. Please let us know if you plan to attend, and if you wish to submit a poster, by email to sharon.orourke@ucd.ie
Room G.15, UCD Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4
Friday 11th March 2011, 10:00–16:00
No need to book, but let us know youʼre coming by email to sharon.orourke@ucd.ie
There is no charge to attend the meeting
10:00 Arrival, coffee & poster set-up
10:30
Opening
SSSI chair
10:40
Overview of the Irish Soils Information System (ISIS) Project
Rachel Creamer, Teagasc ISIS Project
11:20
Digital Soil Mapping in support of the Irish Soil Information System
Thomas Mayr, Cranfield University & Teagasc ISIS Project
11:40
Towards 2014: Planned ISIS Outputs
Reamonn Fealy, Teagasc ISIS Project
12:00
Hyperspectral Data and Soil Geochemical Properties
Sharon O
ʼRourke, UCD Soil Science & Teagasc ISIS Project 12:20
Hydrological Lag Time (vertical, horizontal and aquifer flushing) and the
Water Framework Directive
Owen Fenton, Teagasc Johnstown Castle
12:40
Lunch break & poster-viewing
13:40
Twenty Years of Forest Biogeochemical Monitoring
Thomas Cummins, UCD Soil Science
14:00
Managing our soils for food production and clean water: Agricultural
Catchements Programme
David Wall, Teagasc Agricultural Catchments Programme
14:20
Nutrient management strategies to reduce phosphorus loss from agricultural
soils
Debbie McConnell, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (Donnacha Doody)
14:40
Coffee & poster-viewing—authors at their posters to take questions
15:00
Soil Phosphate Analysis on Promontory Forts
Johanna Ullrich, UCD School of Archaeology
15:20
Soil Biodiversity in Ireland: The CréBeo Project
Aidan Keith, UCD & CEH Lancaster
15:40
Nutrient Losses from Grassland Soils of Contrasting Drainage Receiving
Dairy Soiled Water
Paul Murphy, Teagasc Moorepark
16:00
Close of meeting
UCD is out of term, so parking should be available on campus.
The Soil Science Society of Ireland Autumn Field Meeting, which is open to members, will be held in early September 2011, visiting sites of the Irish Soils Information System survey (ISIS Project).
Annual membership of the Society is
€35, €20 for students or unwaged. A special introductory Student annual rate of
€5 is on offer today only: ask at the Society desk.
