Program
Preliminary program
| Keynotes | Session 1: Innovative Tools and Approaches for Acid Sulfate Soil Characterization | Session 2: Biogeochemistry and Reactive Mineralogy in Acid Sulfate Soils | Session 3: Microbial and Ecological Interactions in Sulfidic Environments | ||||
| Session 4: Management, Mitigation, and Infrastructure Challenges in Acid Sulfate Soil Environments | Session 5: Policy, Risk Assessment, and Sustainable Land Use | Session 6: Geological and Regional Perspectives on Acid Sulfate Soils |
Sunday
| 09:00 | Pre-Conference field trip |
| 17:00 | Ice breaker party |
| 18:30 | The night ends |
Monday
| 09:00 | Opening adresses |
| 09:10 | Keynote 1: Robert Fitpatrick The wonder, beauty, and interconnectedness of acid sulfate soils in protecting our planet |
| 10:00 | Fika |
| 10:30 | Oral 1: G. Sohlenius The formation of sulfidic sediments in the Baltic Sea – a review |
| 10:50 | Oral 2: M. Melville Quaternary geological settings for formation of acid sulfate soils in many coastal settings |
| 11:10 | Oral 3: M. Melville The Holocene Infilling of "Lake Tweed" in Northern New South Wales |
| 11:30 | Oral 4: A.C.A.L. Fall Coastal and inland acid sulfate soils in the Saloum River Basin, West central Senegal, West Africa |
| 11:50 | Oral 5: G. Lancaster Incubation trials for site acidity validation - Net acidity case studies |
| 12:10 | Lunch break |
| 13:10 | Keynote 2: Mats Åström Trace element behavior in boreal acid sulfate soils |
| 13:50 | Oral 6: S. Conrad Iron and sulfur isotope dynamics in acid sulfate soils: Tracing redox processes and element mobility in northern Sweden |
| 14:10 | Oral 7: R. Fitzpatrick Schwertmannite formation and properties as an indicator of biogeochemical processes at low pH in acid sulfate weathering environments |
| 14:30 | Oral 8: L. Kononova U(V) stabilization during Fe(II)-catalyzed transformation of U(VI)-sorbed schwertmannite and jarosite |
| 14:50 | Fika |
| 15:20 | Oral 9: M. Yli-Halla Composition of pipestems in acid sulfate soils |
| 15:40 | Oral 10: V. Wong The effect of fire on soil chemistry in a sulfidic peat swamp |
| 16:00 | Oral 11: J. Reynolds The ambiguous peats of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: Assessing sulfidic traits |
| 16:20 | Oral 12: C. Näsi The use of geochemical fingerprinting for locating and reducing metal discharge into the Baltic Sea |
| 16:40 | Oral 13: B. Thomas (R. Fitzpatrick) Mineralogy and geochemistry of efflorescent sulfate salts from secondary acid sulfate soils, Ranger Uranium Mine |
| 17:00 | Meeting |
| 18.00 | The day ends |
Tuesday
| 09:00 | Keynote 3: Åsa Lindgren TBD |
| 09:40 | Oral 14: T. Kronberg Corrosion behaviour in acid sulfate soils – A laboratory study |
| 10:00 | Fika |
| 10:30 | Oral 15: M. Nystrand Developing acid sulfate soil management for improved water status, MASSIW |
| 10:50 | Oral 16: A. Nyberg Effects of gypsum treatment on acid sulfate soils in W Finland |
| 11:10 | Oral 17: S. Virtanen Estimation of changes of hydraulic properties of AS soils due to ripening |
| 11:30 | Oral 18: R.K. Thakur A comparative study of soil acidification using Incubation and MRM method in northern and southern Sweden |
| 11:50 | Oral 19: R. Quirk Sustainable Sugar Cane Management on Acid Sulfate Soils to Raise Soil pH and Organic Carbon |
| 12:10 | Lunch break |
| 13:10 | Oral 20: N. Kaur Sustainable Coastal Redevelopment in North Queensland: navigating co-mingled contaminated land and acid sulfate soil challenges |
| 13:30 | Oral 21: S.-E. Dear Collaboration between industry and government to deliver innovations in acid sulfate soil management |
| 13:50 | Oral 22: E. Niemelä Iron leaching and its management in boreal peatland forestry dominated catchment |
| 14:10 | Oral 23: A. Johnson Swedish hypersulfidic soil material incubations suggest temperature mainly drives regional microbial community variation |
| 14:30 | Oral 24: R. Carroll Sulfur regulation on microbial biodiversity in montane peatlands across south-eastern Australia |
| 14:50 | Fika |
| 15:20 | Oral 25: E. Leyden Flood-Driven Changes in Sediment Sulfide Accumulation in the Coorong: Insights from the 2022–2023 River Murray Flood |
| 15:40 | Oral 26: R. Fitzpatrick Evolutionary acid sulfate soil-landscape models for undrained and drained freshwater peaty swamps overlying limestone in the Lower South-East of South Australia |
| 16:00 | Poster session incl. 1 min pitch per poster |
| 17.00 | Meeting |
| 18:00 | Pons medal award |
| 18:30 | Conference dinner |
| 21:00 | The night ends |
Wednesday
| 09:00 | Keynote 4: Katerina Rodiouchkina Sulfur isotopes... |
| 09:40 | Oral 27: P. Österholm Addressing the EU Water Framework Directive with regards to Acid Sulfate Soils: Management Limits and Possibilities |
| 10:00 | Fika |
| 10:30 | Oral 28: E. Högfors-Rönnholm Best practices for sustainable stabilisation and reuse of sulfidic soils with minimised environmental impact (MinImpact) |
| 10:50 | Oral 29: A. Saafan Determining minimum cover thickness for sulfidic soil landfills based on soil water retention characteristics |
| 11:10 | Oral 30: N. Nguyen Duy Can soil amendments improve phosphorus (P) use efficiency of crops grown on oxidized acid sulfate soils with contrasting soil P availability? |
| 11:30 | Oral 31: T.H. Pham Can solarization enhance phosphorus availability in acid sulphate soil? |
| 11:50 | Oral 32: A. Simojoki Do agricultural practices affect greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated mineral and organic-rich acid sulfate soils? |
| 12:10 | Lunch break |
| 13:10 | Oral 33: A. Nyman Re-evaluation of acid sulfate soil data using robust Compositional Data Analysis (CoDa) for understanding multi-elemental systems |
| 13:30 | Oral 34: A. Boman Geophysical methods for mapping acid sulfate soil properties |
| 13:50 | Oral 35: V. Estévez Mapping of acid sulfate soil types in Laihianjoki River catchment: A multiclass classification |
| 14:10 | Oral 36:V. Estévez Cross-regional transfer learning to predict acid sulfate soils in Finland using Random Forest |
| 14:30 | Oral 37: P. Österholm A rapid field-compatible protocol for the identification and risk assessment of acid sulfate soils along the Baltic Sea |
| 14:50 | Fika |
| 15:20 | Oral 38: P. Hulisz Vertical zonation of soil horizons in a reverse delta landscape: A multivariate approach to acid sulfate risk |
| 15:40 | Oral 39: W. Widyatmanti The acid sulfate soil distribution mapping for sustainable coastal management in the Buffer Area of Nusantara capital city, Kalimantan, Indonesia |
| 16:00 | Oral 40: S. Mattbäck How can we use generative artificial intelligence to assist in solving acid sulfate soil–related challenges? |
| 16.20 | Post-excursion information |
| 16:30 | IUSS Acid Sulfate Soils Working Group Meeting |
| 18:00 | The day ends |
Thursday
| 09:00 | Post-Conference field trip |
| 17:00 | The day ends |
Friday
| 09:00 | Post-Conference field trip |
| 17:00 | The day ends |
Saturday
| 09:00 | Post-Conference field trip |
| 17:00 | The day ends |