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1 Global Challenges and Soil Security

Oral Session
Opening Session

Tuesday, May 19, 2015: 7:55 AM-2:05 PM

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7:55 AM
Introductions
8:05 AM
Welcome & Comments-- Mark Hussey & Craig Nessler
8:30 AM
Soil, Climate and Policy.
Michael Jeffrey, Commonwealth of Australia
9:00 AM
US Soil Policy.
David W. Smith, USDA-NRCS
9:30 AM
Securing Soil, Food, and Energy Production in Agroecosystem.
Julie Borlaug, Borlaug Institute
9:45 AM
Insights on Soil Security and Water Security.
Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University
10:05 AM
Soil Security: Rationale.
Alex B. McBratney, The University of Sydney
10:15 AM
Break
10:35 AM
Energy, Economics, Climate Change and Soil Security.
Bruce McCarl, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M
11:05 AM
Human Health: Another Major Challenge of Global Soil Security.
Florence Carre, INERIS; Julien Caudeville, INERIS; Corinne Hulot, INERIS; Roseline Bonnard, INERIS; Olivier Bour, INERIS; Martine Ramel, INERIS
11:35 AM
How Soil Security is Important to Biodiversity.
Helaina Black, The James Hutton Institute
12:05 PM
The Anhropocene.
Haly L. Neely, Texas A&M University
12:10 PM
Lunch
1:10 PM
Soil Security: Dimensions.
Damien Field, The University of Sydney
1:25 PM
Discussion Led by Facilitator
1:55 PM
OECD Co-operative Research Programme, Biological Resourse Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems.
Vangimalla R. Reddy, USDA-ARS
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