Progress 07/01/09 to 10/31/09
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416) This conference will bring many of the world�s leading scientists together to discuss the state-of-the-art in understanding soil organic matter dynamics and new approaches and ideas to move the science forward. In addition, specific sessions on quantification methods for soil C accounting, key management issues related to soil C response, and a workshop activity to advance the potential for more integrated databases and monitoring capabilities for soil C, will have practical application for emerging policies related to soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation. A special issue of contributions from the symposium will be published in the International Journal Plant and Soil. Approach (from AD-416) The conference is scheduled for July 6-9, 2009 in Colorado Springs. The size of the conference will be ca. 300 participants. The symposium will include plenary sessions all four days and three (3) parallel oral sessions each on July 7 and 8, posters July 7-9, and an evening workshop in July 7. A half-day field trip of Colorado soils along an altitudinal gradient will take place on July 6th. The Symposium will present the latest research on soil organic matter (SOM) across the globe and help highlight future research directions� that will address global carbon cycles and global change. Report for the �International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: Land Use, Management, and Global Change� (July 6-9, 1009). The previous meeting of this group was held in Europe, with the 2009 meeting then scheduled in the United States. The ARS scientist served with nine others on the Organizing Committee. Arrival by the participants from many countries was on July 6, with the first plenary session titled, �Climate and Soil Organic Matter (SOM) dynamics�. In the afternoon, three parallel sessions were held entitled, Session 1, Nitrogen and SOM dynamics, Session 2, SOM dynamics in flooded, organic, alpine and high latitude soils, Session 3, Biofuels, SOM and net greenhouse gas (GHG) balance. On July 8 the plenary session was entitled, �SOM, soil disturbance, and tillage. The parallel afternoon sessions were entitled, Session 4, SOM and soil depth, Session 5, Soil C quantification for GHG accounting, and Session 6, SOM�global and regional perspectives. On July 8, the plenary session was entitled, Developments in SOM characterization methods and the final (afternoon) plenary session served as the conference closing session, with the ARS scientist providing the conference summary. Several hundred individuals attended from numerous countries around the world to interact. The meeting was highly successful for building and establishing relationships and provided a forum for many speakers including from USDA (NRCS and ARS). Tours included to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado and a soils tour up into the mountains of Colorado, including for Alpine soils. This conference brought many of the world�s leading scientists together to discuss the state-of-the-art and new approaches and ideas to move the science forward. In addition, specific sessions on quantification methods for soil C accounting, key management issues related to soil C response, and a workshop activity to advance the potential for more integrated databases and monitoring capabilities for soil C, had practical application for guiding emerging policies related to soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation.
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