George Mercer
WA Branch President and Conference Chair
Soil Science Australia
Conference Themes
Boodja Katitjin: soil stewardship and storytelling
- First Nations knowledge and connection to country
- Soils in society: anthropology, art, education and identity
- Soils in urban systems, citizen science and gardening at home
Soil security and resilience
- Water use efficiency, repellence, flooding and drought in soil systems
- Soil contamination: microplastics, pharmaceuticals, PFAS, AMR and others
- Mitigating climate risk: planetary boundaries, climate unpredictability and on-farm resilience
Soil constraints, amendments and engineering
- Soil constraints: acidity, sodicity, salinity, and compaction.
- Soil amendments: clay, lime, gypsum, soil wetters and other amendments
- Soil engineering: deep ripping, spading and other amelioration strategies
Soils-first agronomy and land management
- Enhancing productivity: mineral fertilisers, biofertilizers and microbial inoculants
- Innovations in agronomy, farming systems and precision agriculture
- Soil rehabilitation in eroded, marginal and post-mining landscapes
Soil health, conservation and sustainability
- Soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Natural capital, carbon projects and regenerative agriculture
- Waste-to-resource: biochar, compost, manure and less-linear economies
Soil organic
matter and nutrient dynamics
- Understanding soil function, microbial processes and plant-soil interactions
- Optimising nutrient management: nutrient use efficiency, leaching and losses
- Soil organic matter, carbon and energy dynamics
Technology, data
processing, and artificial intelligence
- Modelling, mapping, monitoring, and sensing
- Hardware, software and decision support tools
- Artificial intelligence, big data and future technologies
Soil description, classification and national inventories
- Soil morphological characteristics and field survey methods
- Soil taxonomy: national and international classification
- Soil databases, national inventories and data standards
Policy, planning and governance for soils
- Soils extension, training and certification for national soil literacy
- ESG frameworks, market incentives, and other soil investments
- Local and national governance, planning and policy for soils
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Call For Abstracts Open
Registrations Open
Call For Abstracts Close
Early Bird Registration Close
Soil Judging Competition
Welcome Reception and Registration
Conference Sessions
Field Trips
