::soilACE::

Nota: Este programa es todavía provisional y puede estar sujeto a cambios.

Wednesday, November 26th 2008
WORKING DAY ON SCIENTIFICAL AND RESEARCH ISSUES

LOOKING to the SOUTH: SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT in WARM (dry or wet) CLIMATES


08:30 h.	Reception and Register. Set up of Posters
09:00 h.	Welcome and Opening of the Working Day
09:15 h.	"The future of Tenerife and its environment under the Humboldt´s viewpoint"
10:00 h.	"Tropical soils and humus formation: management of the fertility"
10:45 h.	"Formation of humus and C fixation: methodologies for the assessment"
11:30 h.	Coffee Break
12:00 h.	"Organic matter, soils and humus"
12:45 h.	"Quality compost: past, present and future"
13:30 h.	First POSTER Session
14:15 h.	Lunch
16:00 h.	Second POSTER Session
16:45 h.	"Participative research in Mediterranean horticultural crops"
17:30 h.	Roundtable 1: "Looking to the SOUTH, soil fertility management in warm climates" Modera:
18:30 h.	Closing of the day
20:30 h.	Official Reception

Thursday, 27 November 27th 2008
POLICIES AND GENERAL ISSUES

The ROLE of the O.M. in the XXIst CENTURY in SOILS and the ENVIRONMENT


09:00 h.	Official opening of the Conference
09:15 h.	"Organic matter and quality tourísm destinations"
10:00 h.	"The importance of the Organic Matter: a trip from North to South "
10:45 h.	"The orgánic matter as a resource for the fertility of the soils"
11:30 h.	Coffee Break
12:00 h.	"Present and future of the E.U. Soil Thematic Strategy"
12:45 h.	"Presentation of the Soil Biodiversity FAO´s internet portal"
13:30 h.	"A worldwide perspective of soils and fertilisation"
14:15 h.	Lunch
16:00 h.	"Desertification and soil degradation depending on soil uses…"
16:45 h.	"The role of the O.M. in the agricultural models in Latin America"
17:30 h.	Roundtable 2: The role of the O.M. in the XXIst century in soils and the environment
18:30 h.	Closing of the day
21:00 h.	Conference Dinner courtesy of soilACE

Friday, November 28th 2008
COMPOST, SOIL AND CROPS FROM ECO-BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

ECO-BIOLOGY and IMPROVEMENTS in COMPOST, SOILS, CROPS and FOOD


09:15 h.	"Microorganisms of the rizosphere, influence on cultivated plants"
10:00 h.	"Controlled Mircobial Composting - CMC "
10:45 h.	"Sustainability in organic and low input food production Systems, the QLIF project "
11:30 h.	Coffee Break
12:00 h.	"The quality of soils, food and the human health"
12:45 h.	"Soils, fertilisation, food and health"
13:30 h.	"The science of health-promoting food products: a panoramic view "
14:15 h.	Lunch
16:00 h.	"ISR- Induced Systemic Resistance, an eco-biological tool?"
16:45 h.	"Silicon deficiency and functionality in soils, crops and food"
17:30 h.	Roundtable 3: "Eco-biology and Improvements in Compost, Soils, Crops and Food"
18:30 h.	Summary and Official Conference Closing
19:00 h.	Closing of the Conference and Farewell

Saturday, November 29th 2008 HUMBOLDT´S VIEWING POINT, THE OROTAVA´S VALLEY AND THE TEIDE

09:15 h.	Bus departure from “Jardines del Taoro” Congress Center
10:30 h.	Technical visit
12:30 h.	Tourist visit
14:30 h.	Lunch
16:30 h.	Tourist visit
20:00 h.	Return to the "Jardines del Taoro" Congress Center