EVENTS

 Scientific Centre of the  

Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna

Austrian-Polish Workshop:
SoIL ORGANIC MATTeR and 
eLEMENT INTERACTIONS
20^th - 23^rd April 2005

    ORGANIZERS

  ALVA Austria, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Lebensmittel-, Veterinär- und Agrarwesen
    AGES, Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit
    Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna 

  PROGRAMME                             

   Wednesday, April 20, 2005

     18:00   Welcome session;
                 Sobieski Saal, Scientific Cent. of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Vienna  
                        ●    Welcome Addresses,
                               -   Prof. Dr. M. A. Herman, director of the Scientific Centre
                               -   Doz. Dr. G. BEDLAN, president of ALVA Austria

                   Opening Lecture

                   ●      Austria – a general geographic survey
                         Prof. Dr. O. Nestroy, TU Graz

19:00   Get-together party in the Ritter Saal

   Thursday, April 21, 2005

   Chairperson:  K. Aichberger

     09:00   Welcome and Introduction remarks
                 K. AICHBERGER, AGES Linz, and  A. BADORA, Univ. Lublin

09:15   The role of organic matter in adsorption processes
            M. GERZABEK, University of  Natural Resources, Vienna

09:35   Low molecular weight and high molecular weight organic carbon for     
            the complexation of some trace elements in soil
            A. BADORA, Agricultural University of Lublin

09:55   Changes of total and extractable forms of Cd in soil affected  
            by organic matter and liming
            T. FILIPek, Agricultural University of Lublin

   10:15   Influence of organic carbon content in soil on the availability of     
               micronutrients for plants
               J. KORZENIOWSKA, E. STANISLAWKA-GLUBIAK,
               Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Wroclaw

10:35    Coffee break

Thursday, April 21, 2005 (continued)

Chairperson:  A. Badora

       11:00   Einfluss unterschiedlicher Düngungsarten  auf den  
                  organischen Kohlenstoffgehalt im Boden
                  E. Stanislawka-GLubiak, J. KorzeniOwska,
                  Institute of  Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Wroclaw

11:20   Effects of different agricultural management strategies on soil organic matter
            H. SPIEGEL, G. DERSCH, J. HÖSCH and M. DACHLER,
            AGES, Institute for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition, Vienna

   11:40  Long term effects of soil compost amendment on functional and   
              structural diversity and microbial activity
              H. INSAM, Institute for Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

12:00   Soil organic matter in the Czech Republic (POSTERPRESENTATION)
            P. CERMAK, Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Brno

 12:10   Lunch break

 Chairperson:  T. Filipek

 14:00   The  effect of afforestation of  former agricultural land on soil
             organic carbon
             H. Smal, Agricultural University of Lublin

 14:20   Forest soil  as carbon sink – carbon stock and carbon stock changes
             F. MUTSCH, R. HACKER, Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests, Vienna

    14:40   The influence of different forms of sulphur fertilization on the content  of  sulfate in soil 
                after spring barley and orchard grass harvest
                J. Kozlowska-Strawska, Agricultural University of Lublin

      15:00    Coffee break

        Chairperson:  M. Gerzabek

      15:30   Organic matter in alpine soils and it’s importance to site quality
                  A. BOHNER, Research Centre f. Agriculture i. alpine regions, Gumpenstein

       15:50  Organic matter and some element contents in soil profiles of alluvial water 
                   race in the mountain regions of Bieszczady – Poland
                   L. Wozniak, Technical University, Rzeszow

     16:10    Organic matter and some element contents in soil profiles of meadows in the
                  mountain regions of Bieszczady – Poland
                  S. Dziedzic, Technical University, Rzeszow

     16:30    Statement on soil organic matter and EU-strategies
                  K. Katzensteiner, University of Natural Resources, Vienna

     16:50    Final discussion

       19:00   Dinner

Friday, April 22, 2005

    08:00   Field  excursion to:

·         Soil sites in the Marchfeld area

·         Vegetable – farm

·         Soil laboratory of AGES,Vienna

   16:00   Return  to the mansion of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna

   18.00   Heuriger

Saturday, April 23, 2005

   10:00    Vienna sightseeing tour with Prof. O. Nestroy as guide