Land Webinar | Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination, 15 November 2024

A welcoming message from the webinar’s chair, Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford:

Soil sustainability is the goal of soil management, a useful measure of soil sustainability is the maintenance of soil quality, as this assures the continued provision and regulation of soil ecosystem services, including agricultural productivity, continued forest growth, soil biodiversity, and water supply, among other aspects. One of the challenges that can hinder soil quality continuity is soil contamination. Such contamination can come from the use of agricultural chemicals, the activities of industry, and—as we have seen in a recent submission—the outcome of war.

This Special Issue seeks the submission of research outcomes that outline the challenges that soil quality faces from all forms of contamination. We seek contributions that address soil degradation/contamination from human activity, how human activity affects soil sustainability, and what potential solutions there might be to allow for the maintenance of soil sustainability.

Date: 15 November 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. CET | 6:00 a.m. EST | 7:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: https://sciforum.net/event/Land-5
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com

Program:

Speaker	Presentation Title	Time in CET	Time in EST	Time in CST Asia
Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford	Chair Introduction	12:00–12:10 p.m.	6:00–6:10 a.m.	7:00–7:10 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford	What Do We Mean by Soil Quality and Soil Ecosystem Services	12:10–12:30 p.m.	6:10-6:30 a.m.	7:10–7:30 p.m.
Dr. Dongxue Zhao	Sensing Technologies for Characterizing and Monitoring SQ and Soil Functions	12:30–12:50 p.m.	6:30–6:50 a.m.	7:30–7:50 p.m.
Dr. Paolo Grenni	The Importance of Soil Microbial Communities in SQ, SES and Remediation of Contamination	12:50–1:10 p.m.	6:50–7:10 a.m.	7:50–8:10 p.m.
	Q&A Session	1:10–1:25 p.m.	7:10–7:25 a.m.	8:10–8:25 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford	Closing of Webinar	1:25–1:30 p.m.	7:25–7:30 a.m.	8:25–8:30 p.m.

Registration:

This is a free webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join. 

Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.

If you’re unable to attend, register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.

Webinar Chair and Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA;
Dr. Paola Grenni, Water Research Institute, National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy;
Dr. Dongxue Zhao, Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation, the University of Queensland, Australia.

Relevant Special Issue:
“Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Nicholas B. Comerford, Dr. Paola Grenni and Dr. Dongxue Zhao
Deadline for manuscript submission: 30 June 2025

For more information, please see the following website: https://sciforum.net/event/Land-5.