On behalf of the Research Team EF Microbiology, Soil Science, Food Quality and Agricultural Genetics and (OBSIDIAN), Bydgoszcz-Toruń Branch of the Polish Soil Science Society and the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, we cordially invite you to the SUITMA International Seminar, focused on current problems of urban, industrial, traffic, mining and military areas soils research. 

Date: 10th May 2024 (Friday).

Venue: Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Lwowska 1, auditorium 135.

Format: hybrid (in-person and online).

We invite you to submit your proposed topics for papers and posters.

Deadline for registration with presentation (abstracts up to 300 words) - April 15th, 2024.

Deadline for registration without presentation - May 5th, 2024.

Information on the qualification and form of presentation will be sent by April 28th, 2024.

Participation in the seminar is free. All lectures will be delivered in English.

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Oral presentations:

The seminar session presentations will generally take 15 minutes (including Q&A).

Link to the online presentations (MS Teams platform) will be sent a few days before the seminar. 

All oral presentations saved in pdf format should be sent to sulik@umk.pl by 5th May 2024.  

Poster presentations:

The poster can be prepared in any graphical program or Microsoft Office PowerPoint, saved in PDF, and sent to sulik@umk.pl by 5th May 2024. 
All posters will be available online for all registered participants. 

Each poster author will give a very short (not longer than 5 minutes) oral presentation (maximum 3-5 slides, MS PowerPoint). 

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Organizing and Scientific Committee:

Piotr Hulisz

Przemysław Charzyński

Sławomir Sulik

Kinga Milewska

Sylwia Pindral

Adam Michalski

Michał Dąbrowski

Kinga Kujawiak

Sanjana Dutt

Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh

Marcin Świtoniak

Seminar Programme 

Time zone: Central European Time (CET), UTC +1 

9:15 - 9:30  Welcome speeches.

9:30 – 10:00 Keynote presentation

Ali Boularbah (University Cadi Ayyad, Morocco): Trace elements contents and human health risk of vegetables of Marrakech urban market garden.

10:00 - 11:15 In-person oral session

10:00 - 10:15 Rugana Imbaná (Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil): Soil quality index approach to assess ecological restoration of post-dam affected sites.

10:15 - 10:30 Ludwika Poręba (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation Research State Institute, Poland): Impact of development on the content of

  selected macro-elements and contaminants in the soil.

10:30 - 10:45 Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh (Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Iran): Suitability of coastal soils for Salicornia

  production with direct seawater irrigation.

10:45 - 11:00 Abdourahamane Tankari Dan-Badjo (Abdou Moumouni University, Niger): Spatial distribution of metallic trace elements in soils of 

  Komabangou gold zone in Niger.

11:00 - 11:15 Damian  Murach (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland): Diversity of Technosols developed on heaps of historical arsenic and copper

  ore mine in Czarnów, Sudety Mts., SW Poland.

11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:15 Online oral session

11:45 - 12:00 Jinming  Duan (Anhui University of Technology, China): Distribution characteristics of soil nutrients and heavy metals in typical coal mining

                        subsidence areas in Huainan and their comprehensive evaluation.

12:00 - 12:15 Amir Parnian (National Salinity Research Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Iran): Mental health effects of

  soil erosion and dust storm: Obstacles and ‎prospects for enduring development.

12:15 - 12:30 Huu Tuan Tran (Van Lang University, Vietnam): Machine learning approaches for predicting microplastic pollution in peatland areas.

12:30 - 12:45 Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen (Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam): Application of phytoremediation and chelates to

  remediate heavy metal-contaminated soils in Thai Nguyen mining sites.

12:45 - 13:00 Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad (University of Hyderabad, India): Healing and edible plants inhabiting contaminated soil act as toxins and

   tonics in human.

13:00 - 13:15 Jingyu Sun (Anhui University of Technology, China): Preparation of modified biochar materials and their adsorption properties to methylene

   blue in water.

13:15 - 13:30 Coffee break

13:30 - 14:20  Poster session

13.30-13.35 Andrzej  Greinert (University of Zielona Góra, Poland): Construction and demolition waste in urban soils in the context of their water

                        characteristics.

13.35-13.40 Kinga Kujawiak (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland): Soils of allotments as a reservoir of microplastics.

13:40-13.45 Adam Solarczyk (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland): Influence of contemporary environmental transformations on water

                        properties of non-anthropogenic urban reservoirs (Gniezno, Poland).

13:45-13.50 Dominika Gmur (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation State Research Institute, Poland): The influence of chelating agents on
                        the example of CA, EGTA, and EDTA on the phytoextraction process of rare earth elements (REE).

13:50-13.55 Tibor József Novák (University of Debrecen, Hungary): Abandoned preindustrial lime-burning kiln platforms as a substrate for neo-

                        pedogenesis of technogenic soils.

13.55-14.00 Linda Signorini (University of Naples Federico II, Italy): Urban agriculture valorization through nature-based solutions: The impact of green

  barriers on air quality, soil health, and food safety.                      

14:00-14:05 Zafar Urooj (University of Karachi, Pakistan): Effectiveness of compost inoculated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa AAC1 and rock phosphate.

14:05-14:10 Ali Muqarrab (University of Agriculture Multan, Pakistan): Use of vermicompost in regenerative agriculture.

14:10-14:15 Dandan  Guo (Anhui University of Technology, China): The impact of different fertilization modes on soil physicochemical properties, enzyme

  activity, and maize yield.

14:15-14:20 Hossein Beyrami (National Salinity Research Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Iran): Determination of

                        quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) irrigation requirement in saline soil condition

14.20 – 14.45 General discussion. Seminar's closure.

15:00 – 16:00 Short Field session (only for in-person participants).