SOIL STATUS AND PROTECTION Stakeholder Workshop 24th March 2015 EPA conference room, Johnstown Castle, Wexford. 9.30 - 10.00 registration 10.00 Welcome by the Chair Dr Arwyn Jones, EUROPEAN COMMISSION 10.10 EPA research programme – an eye on soil EPA 10.20 Soil status and protection project: meta-data catalogue | monitoring system | knowledge transfer Dr Rachel Creamer and Dr Francesca Bampa, TEAGASC 11.00 Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion. Move forward – what are the key priorities for soils in Ireland? Chaired by Dr Rogier Schulte, TEAGASC European Commission | Teagasc | EPA | DAFM | Geological Survey Ireland | Waikato Regional Council New Zealand | Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Germany | Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association | Farming sector | University sector | Primary and Secondary School Education 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 13.30 Parallel Workshops* 1 Soils meta-data 2 Monitoring soils 3 Soil education * Each workshop has a max capacity of persons, therefore registration form is essential and must be filled and emailed to [email protected] by 9th March 2015. 16.00 closure More information on the Soil Status project at www.teagasc.ie/soil/soil_status/. Registration form Please register your information below if you wish to attend the Stakeholder Workshop on SOIL STATUS and PROTECTION project, which will begin at 9.30 am on Tuesday, 24th of March, 2015 at EPA conference room, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, IRELAND. _______________________________________________________________________________ TITLE: FIRST NAME: SURNAME: ORGANISATION: EMAIL ADDRESS: CONTACT PHONE: POSTAL ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________________________ In the afternoon (13.30-16.00), there will be a series of parallel Take Action workshops. Please tick 2 workshops on the following list, in order to indicate which workshops you would like to attend. Please note each workshop has a maximum capacity of persons, therefore registration for is essential.  Workshop 1: Soil meta-data  Workshop 2: Monitoring soils  Workshop 3: Soil education Registration forms should be filled and emailed to [email protected] by 9/3/2015 More information on the Soil Status project at www.teagasc.ie/soil/soil_status/