April 8, 2011 - World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

10 Restoration and remediation of degraded lands10.1 Restoration at high altitudes10.2 Restoration of road embankments10.3 Restoration of open cast mining areas10.4 Soil restoration with native plant and seed material10.5 Bioremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals10.6 Bioremediation of soils contaminated with organic compounds.11 Special session: ‘Education in soil conservation and public awareness’11.1 Importance of soil for life and its role to society11.2 Education methods and formats across European Countries11.3 Development of multidisciplinary studies for students in the field, using new technologies to schools11.4 Means of the soil scientific community reaching the public (i.e. debates, exhibitions, mass media, art, games).VenueGRAND HOTEL PALACE*****, Thessaloniki• Address: 305, Monastiriou str.,• Location: 19 km from the airport “MACEDONIA” and 1 km from the Railway Station of Thessaloniki• Method of payment: American Express, Visa, Master Card and Euro Card are acceptedTravelling to ThessalonikiBy air: Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport is a fairly small but modern airport, located just 16 Km east of the city centre. Itis connected to a number of international and domestic locations by both scheduled and charter flights. From Athens, bothOlympic Air and Aegean Airlines have daily flights, with a flying time of 40 minutes. There are regular connections withLondon, Milan, Rome, Zurich, Munich, Dusseldorf and Moscow. The City is easily reached from the airport and takes about30 minutes by bus or taxi. Bus number 78 leaves the airport every 30-45 minutes, travelling to the railway station (journeytime 45 minutes) and the city centre (journey time 40 minutes).By train: Thessaloniki is a railway hub for the Balkans, with direct connections to Sofia, Skopje, Belgrade, Moscow,Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Istanbul, alongside Athens and other destinations in Greece.PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION• Airport express bus service for transportation to the City centre of Thessaloniki.• Several of the services also run every 30 minutes at night.• The standard fare is 0.60 Euro.Contact: José Luis Rubio, President of the European Society for Soil Conservation, jose.l.rubio@uv.esAnd Theodore Karyotis, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, karyotis@hellasnet.grMay 10-14, 2011The 27th Edition, PPS-27, of the World Congress of the Polymer ProcessingSociety; Location: Marrakech, MoroccoMay 12-13, 2011May 16-17, 2011Meeting of Working Group F meeting – Applications of Visual Soil Evaluation 16-17May 2011Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Denmark, with a follow-up day Knowledge Transfer dayfor advisors, farmers and policy makers on 18th May 2011The deadline for submission of abstracts has now passed but there are still a few places available for thosewanting to attend the VSEE workshop. Full details are at the workshop homepage (www.agrsci.au.dk/VSEE).The first 2 days, 16th and 17th May, VSEE members, ISTRO members and colleagues are invited. A moregeneral invitation to advisors, farmers, consultants etc. is made for the Knowledge Transfer meeting onWednesday 18th May. The programme for the 2-day session is now finalized. This working group meeting istruly becoming a global event! Day 1 morning will be devoted to subsoil methods and will include presentationsfrom delegates from Australia, France, Iran, Ireland, and Britain. The afternoon will consider methods for topsoilassessment and their application. The international flavour continues with presentations and methoddescriptions from delegates from New Zealand, France, Denmark, Brazil and Germany.Tuesday 17th sees field demonstrations and hands-on assessments with the aims of integrating approaches tofind further commonality and to seek consensus on dealing with subsoils. Ample time is allowed for participation,practice and discussion. The KT day will work with local Danish organizers to make comparisons and consider47