ISRIC spring school on digital soil mapping, classification and assessment

[Kempen, Bas]

Dear colleague,   ISRIC - World Soil Information is pleased to announce that the Spring School will be organized from May 20 to May 24, 2019, in Wageningen, the Netherlands. ISRIC Spring School is designed for soil and environmental scientists, students, experts and professionals in natural resources management. It consists of two five-day courses that are run in parallel:   Hands-on Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) This course introduces methods and software for management, analysis and mapping of soil type and soil properties within the R environment for statistical computing. The course alternates between lectures and computer exercises and covers a variety of subjects, such as geostatistics, linear regression and machine learning for soil mapping, quantification of uncertainty, sampling, and soil map validation. The course aims at soil geographers and environmental scientists who want to learn more about the theory and practice of digital soil mapping. After this course participants will be able to apply the methods learnt to their own datasets. Lecturers are experienced pedometricians and soil data analysis specialists.     World Soils and their Assessment (WSA) This is a course on the soils of the world and their assessment. It will provide an introduction to the soils of the world and their diversity, their main forming factors, classification (according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, update 2015), and management. The course will include lectures, hands-on exercises and a field excursion in the area around Wageningen. Furthermore, a full day in the programme is dedicated to soil functions and regional planning as well as soil management strategies for soil conservation and optimization of soil functions. The course will make use of the facilities of the World Soil Museum.   For more information about the ISRIC Spring School please visit: http://www.isric.org/utilise/capacity-building/springschool/     Registration and fees The deadline for registration is March 8, 2019 ·       Until December 31, 2018         reduced fee*: 400 euro full fee: 800 euro ·       After December 31, 2018 reduced fee*: 500 full fee: 1000 euro   The registration fee includes all workshop materials, coffee and tea, lunches and spring school dinner. Registration is done through an online system.   *The reduced fee applies to BSc and MSc students, PhD candidates, staff of public (national) institutes and organizations based in ODA-listed countries; see the spring school website for more details.   The personal data that is collected through the website is processed in accordance with the applicable privacy regulations (Privacy and cookie statement).   Get inspired: A number of recorded sessions from the Spring School 2015 and 2017 can be accessed via the ISRIC's YouTube channel at: http://youtube.com/c/ISRICorg.   Please feel free to distribute this announcement to anyone interested. Apologies for cross-posting.