Final Programme
Conference venue: Hotel Przystanek, Chłopickiego St. 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Day 1 – Sunday 20/06/2021
Arrival (Toruń) – 13.00-18.00
Ice-breaking Dinner (on-site, Lokomotywa restaurant) – 19.00
Day 2 – Monday 21/06/2021
Breakfast – 8.00 – 9.00 am
10.00 Welcome speeches and Workshop opening
ice breaking and international soil introductions (M. Świtoniak, P. Charzyński, P. Hulisz, Ł. Mendyk) – 10.00-11.00am
Lectures ONE 11.00 – 13.00
i. Introduction to WRB as Lingua Franca;
ii. Organic material accumulation
iii. Mineral materials
iv. Humus horizons development
Lunch 13.00 – 14.00
Lectures TWO 14.15 – 15.30
v. Carbonates accumulation;
vi. Clay illuviation, Podzolization;
vii. Gleying process; Salinization;
viii. Soil-forming processes in specific materials and limited by natural mechanical barriers
ix. Incipient soil formation;
x. Anthropogenic soils
15.30 – 16.00 – discussion;
Dinner – 18.00 (in Przystanek)
Day 3 – Tuesday 22/06/2021
1. Breakfast – 7.30am
2. Departure by coach – 9.00
3. The application of the manual to description and classification of exemplary profiles of soils of sandy Pleistocene terraces according to WRB and discussion on the classification of the observed soils (3-4 profiles eg. Podzols, Arenosols) – fieldworks – 9.00am – approx. 5.00pm
4. Pocket Lunch – 1.00pm or any time you are hungry
5. Dinner – 18.00 (in Przystanek)
Day 4 – Wednesday 23/06/2021
1. Breakfast – 8.00am
2. Departure by coach – 8.45
3. The application of the manual to description and classification of exemplary profiles of soils of soils of morainic plateau edge zone / Vistula river Valley slope - Przy Talerzyku Vineyard - according to WRB and discussion on the classification of the observed soils (2-3 profiles eg. eg. Retisols, Luvisols, Phaezoems) – fieldworks – 9.00am – approx. 5.00pm
4. Wine tasting and Lunch – approx. 1.00 pm
5. Dinner – 18.00 (in Przystanek)
Day 5 – Thursday 24/06/2021
1. Breakfast – 7.30am
2. Departure by coach – 9.00
3. The application of the manual to description and classification of exemplary profiles of soils of poor natural drainage morainic plateau (Inowrocław, 35 km SW of Toruń) according to WRB and discussion on the classification of the observed soils (3 profiles eg. Gleysols, Gleyic Chernozems, Technosols) – fieldworks – 9.00am – approx. 5.00pm
5. Pocket Lunch – 1.00pmor any time you are hungry
6. Final remarks on soils observed during fieldworks and further discussion on theire classification. Comparison of soils in context of environmental settings .
7. Dinner (Luizjana - Dwór Artusa restaurant)+ Farewell Party – 18.00pm
Day 6 – Friday 25/06/2021
1. Departure
Soils of WRB Summer 2019: