SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

 

Monday, 3rd of July 2006

First day of the Symposium: Opening ceremony, scientific lectures and poster exhibitions

8:30-9:30 Registration

Opening Programme

9:30-9:40 Presentation of ISVO'06 (objectives) by Gerd Werner, Co-ordination of the REVOLSO project of the European Union
9:40-9:50 Message of Dr. Dirk Pottier, Commission of the European Union "International co-operation within the European Union"
9:50-10:30 Message of Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Governor of the State of Michoacan, Mexico
Message of His Excellency Sr. Mendel Goldstein, Ambassador of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Unión in Mexico
Opening Ceremony on the Symposium by the Rector of the University of Michoacán
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Master Conference (still to define invited speaker: S.Nortcliff IUSS, cannot come to ISVO'06)
11:20-11:40 Master Conference Larry Wilding, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, Austin, Texas, USA and member of the Organising Committee of the 18th WCSS 2006, Philadelphia, USA:  "Advancing the Frontiers of Soil Science to a Geoscience"

11:40-13:00 Lunch

Sessions Programme

Session I.- Genesis, Characterisation and Location

13:00-13:30 Paul Quantin, IRD/Ex-ORSTOM, Paris, France: "Genesis and main features of indurated volcanic soils in Latin America ( Mexico, Ecuador, Chile and Nicaragua)"
13:30-14:00 Günter Miehlich, Institute of Soil Science, University of Hamburg, Germany "The generation and enrichment of silica - a prerequisite for the formation of indurated volcanic ash soils"
14:00-14:20 Poster presentation
14:20-15:30 Poster Session and coffee
15:30-15:50 Victor Targulian Lomonosov, University of Moscow, Russia: "Self-organisation, time-scales and ecological significance of soil systems"
15:50:16:50 Three presentations of 20 min/each

This day will end with a "Mexican Night in Morelia"

 Tuesday, 4th of July 2006

Second day of the Symposium: Scientific lectures and poster exhibition.

Session II.- Rehabilitation, Ecology, Management, Productivity and Impact on the Environment
8:30-9:30 Two oral presentations of 30 min/each
9:30-9:50 Poster presentation
9:50-11:00 Poster Session and coffee
11:00-12:00 Three oral presentations of 20 min/each

12:00-13:30 Lunch

Session III.- Erosion, Hydrodynamics, Erosion modeling and Soil Conservation
13:30-14:30 Two oral presentations of 30 min/each
14:30-14:50 Poster presentation
14:50-16:00 Poster Session and coffee
16:00-17:20 Four oral presentations of 20 min/each

Night sight-seeing of Morelia, colonial city, one of the UNESCO world heritage town.

 Wednesday, 5th of July 2006

Third day of the Symposium: Scientific lectures and poster exhibition

Session IV.- Social and socio-economical aspects
8:30-9:30 Two oral presentations of 30 min/each
9:30-9:50 Poster presentation
9:50-11:00 Poster Session and coffee
11:00-12:00 Three oral presentations of 20 min/each

12:00-12:30 Symposium conclusions

12:30 Transfer by bus to Tlaxcala (450 km of distance through highways via Mexico-City). Lunch box.

18:00 Arrival to Tlaxcala

 Thursday, 6th of July 2006

19:00-19:20 Gerd Werner, Conclusions of the Symposium and Revolso project

19:20-19:50 Winfried Blum, Dept. of Soil Science, University of Vienna, Austria and President of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS):"REVOLSO and the European Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection"

19:50-20:00 Message of the Governor of the State of Tlaxcala

20:00 Symposium closing ceremony by the Rector of the University of Tlaxcala

20:00 Closing dinner and "Fiesta mexicana"