5th INTERNATIONAL SOIL CLASSIFICATION CONGRESS
The congress proper will span three days, preceded by a four-day pre-congress field workshop. The field workshop starts the morning of 1 December in Pretoria and ends on 4 December in the evening in Bloemfontein. Delegates are requested to arrive at Pretoria in the evening of 30 November. (You will fly into Johannesburg.)
The field workshop will expose participants to the soils of Pretoria (manganiferous soils), Lichtenburg (aeolian, granitic and dolomitic agriculture soils), Potchefstroom (Technosols and aeolian agricultural soils), Sasolburg (high-activity clay agriculture soils), and the Vredefort meteor impact site.
The congress will take place from 5-7 December 2016 in Bloemfontein.
Delegates may participate in either or both these events.
This congress is the official congress of Commission 1.4 (Soil Classification) of the International Union of Soil Sciences and is supported by the Soil Science Society of South Africa and the University of the Free State.