Program
The final Scientific Program is now available here.
Monday 20th
| 16:00 - 19:00 | Registration and placement of posters |
Tuesday 21st
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Registration and placement of posters |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Opening Ceremony |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Opening lecture. Past, present and future of compost research
Prof. Ed Stentiford, University of Leeds (UK) |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Opening lecture. Compost as a tool to suppress plant diseases: Established and putative mechanisms
Prof. Michael Raviv, Agricultural Research Organization (Israel). |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break and poster session |
| Session 1 | Nutritional aspects of the use of compost in agriculture. Role in global food security Chair: Peter Kuikman and Bart Vandecasteele |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Keynote lecture. Phosphorus fractions in organic materials and their effects on soil P levels and crop nutrition
Prof. Rodrigo Ortega Blu, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Chile) |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Crop yield and N management in an organic horticultural rotation with compost, commercial organic fertilizer and green manure
Pinto R, Brito LM and Coutinho J (Portugal) |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Nitrogen recovery and use efficiency of potato in an integrated compost fertilization in an andosol soil
Nakidakida TG and Hayashi H (Japan) |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv. Webbs Wonderful) shoot and root growth in different grades of compost and vermicomposted compost
Duggan T and Jones P (Ireland) |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Effects of vermicompost and soil ratios on qualitative properties and minerals element contents of Basil (Ocimum basilicum L)
Hosseini Farahi M and Noroozinejad M (Iran) |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Growth and yield of carrot (Daucus Carlota L.) as influenced by organic wastes and NPK application in the humid ultisol location
Law-Ogbomo KE, Ighalo SA, Osaigbovo AU and Ogedegbe SA (Nigeria) |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Developing site-specific fertilizer recommendations in Ethiopia: a quick-scan tool based approach in the CASCAPE project innovation team
Heesmans H, van Beek CL and Elias E (The Netherlands/Ethiopia) |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch time and poster session |
| Session 2 | Impact of organic amendments on soil sustainability Chair: Michael Raviv and Maria M Martínez |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Keynote lecture. The complexity of soil sustainability: linking organic C levels to soil biological properties and soil resilience
Prof. Maria De Nobili, University of Udine (Italy) |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Impact of long term compost amendments on soil fertility, soil organic matter distribution and nitrogen mineralization
De Clercq T, Elsen A, Vandendriessche H and Merckx R (Belgium) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Multi-criteria indexes to evaluate the effects of repeated organic amendment applications on soil quality
Obriot F, Stauffer M, Goubard Y, Vieublé-Gonod L, Revallier A and Houot S (France) |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Can simple indices derived from soil incubations explain soil and maize response to organic and mineral fertilization in real agroecosystems?
Fiorentino N, Bertora C, Ventorino V, Fagnano M, Pepe O and Grigniani C (Italy) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | The relevance water- , nutrient- , and hormonal homeostasis in the molecular and physiological mechanisms involved in the plant growth promoting action of humic substances
Olaetxea M, Mora V, Bacaicoa E, Garnica M, San Francisco S, Casanova E, Zamarreño AM, Baigorri R, Erro J, Urrutia O and García - Mina JM (Spain) |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Using compost amendments to enhance soil health and replant establishment of tree-fruit and berry crops
Forge TA, Neilsen D, Zebarth B, Neilsen G, Kenney E, Hashimoto N and Watson T (Canada) |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Insights into the suppressiveness of composts against Phytophthora nicotianae by omics
Blaya J, Macías R, Santísima-Trinidad AB, Pascual JA and Ros M (Spain) |
Wednesday 22nd
| Session 3 | Recycling of organic wastes in agriculture Chair: Claudia Kammann and Hanneke Heesmans |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote lecture. Carbon accounting for compost - from feedstock to farm
Dr. Sally Brown, University of Washington (USA) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Development of markets for using compost in horticulture- Victoria Australia
Vujovic S(Australia) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Recycling of organic wastes in Brazil: composting, substrate and fertilizer manufacture
Silva CA (Brazil) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Characterization of the digestate from microalgae anaerobic digestion and co-digestion with sewage sludge for agricultural use
Solé M, Folch M, Tàpies J, Matamoros V, Garfí M, García J and Ferrer I (Spain) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Co-composting as a method to produce a nutrient rich compost from olive mill waste to use as a substitute for growing strawberries in the UK
Mortimer N, Fletcher L and Velis C (UK) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Evaluation of a nitrification inhibitor in nitrogen stabilization, fertility potential and biochemical properties during the composting process of sugar mill residues
Martinez MM and Ortega Blu R (Chile) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Effect of compost amendment on the growth of ornamental plants in a soilless substrate for green roofs
Di Bonito R, Biagiotti D, Giagnacovo G, Canditelli M, Campiotti CA (Italy) |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Phosphorous availability of seven organic manures in a sandy soil
Cardoso CE, López F, Orden L, Rodríguez R and Díaz J (Argentina/Colombia) |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Plant residue compost impacts on Chinese cabbage growth and organic matter fractions in a red soil
Mohamed I and Chen F (China/Egypt) |
| Session 4 | Environmental impacts and health risks associated to the use of compost in agriculture Chair: Ed Stentiford and Asunción Roig |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | Keynote lecture. Health risks associated to solid waste composting: From production to use in agriculture
Prof. Martí Nadal and Jose Luis Domingo, University Rovira i Virgili (Spain) |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | P leaching and effects of long term application of compost versus other fertilizer types
Vanden Nest T, Vandecasteele B, Ruysschaert G, Cougnon M, Houot S, Reheul D and Merckx R (Belgium/France) |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch time |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Influence of organic and inorganic amendments on the bioavailability of arsenic and cadmium in soils
Rocco C, Seshadri B, Adamo P, Bolan NS and Naidu R (Italy/Australia) |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution in Barrax, Albacete, Spain
Komnitsas K and Bartzas G (Greece) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Poster session |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | ISHS meeting |
Thursday 23rd
| Session 5 | Challenges for the development and testing of next generation organic amendments Chair: Sally Brown and Mariluz Cayuela |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote lecture. Interaction of compost and biochar
Prof. Claudia Kammann, Hochschule Geisenheim University (Germany) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Biomass or Biochar - Which is superior at improving hydraulic properties?
Spokas KA, Watts D, Jun T, Weis R, Novak J and Feyereisen G (USA/South Korea) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Can biochar reduce nitrogen pollution from chicken manure? Assessing biochar’s biogeochemical fate and policy opportunities
Ryals R, Hastings MG, King D, Tang J (USA) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Combination of biochar and clinoptilolite for nutrient recovery from liquid fraction of digestate
Kocaturk NP, Bruun S, Zwart K, Brussaard L and Jensen LS (Denmark/The Netherlands) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Addition of clay, biochar and their mixture during composting with earthworms: a strategy to reduce carbon emissions?
Barthod J, Rumpel C and Dignac M-F (France) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Are biochar and hydrochar adequate materials as substrate constituents? A summary of the research carried-out at UPV
Fornes F and Belda RM (Spain) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| Session 6 | Nutrient and organic matter recycling via integration of biochar and compost. Perspectives from Europe's FP7 Chair: Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero and Carlos Alberto Silva |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Investigating the nutrient adsorption capacities of various waste-derived biochars
Ms. Chibi Takaya. University of Leeds (UK) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Potential of biochar in composting: effect on process performance and greenhouse gas emissions
Dr. Claudio Mondini. CRA (Italy) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Interaction of biochar with compost, plant health, yield and soil quality: balancing risks and opportunities!
Dr. Bart Vandecasteele, ILVO (Belgium) |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | New insights on the interaction between biochar and soil N2O
Dr. Mariluz Cayuela. CEBAS-CSIC (Spain) |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Biochar as a soil amendment in vegetable crops developed under greenhouse conditions in Spain
Dr. Carolina Martínez, TECNOVA (Spain) |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Lunch time and poster session |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Round Table. Does biochar qualify for a role in sustainable agriculture and circular economy? Chairman: Prof. Peter Kuikman. Alterra (The Netherlands). Participants
Introductory talk. What might biochar cost?. |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Closing session |
| 20:00 | Symposium dinner |
Friday 24th
| 08:30 - 19:00 | Technical and cultural visit |