Soils for Europe Conference: Healthy Soils for a Sustainable Future
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About the Conference
The Soils for Europe conference, co-organised by SOILL-Stepup and other Mission Soil projects, will highlight panels on the Mission Objectives, including cross-cutting sessions aiming to showcase the latest research being developed across Europe. It will explore the impact and contributions of scientists, policymakers, land managers, civil society, and industry representatives in research and innovation.
The conference will be open to all researchers and practitioners in an effort to bring together the best and most innovative initiatives in the European space, including a day dedicated to the Living Labs initiatives.
Conference Themes
The conference will cover a wide range of topics essential to soil health and sustainability:
- Reduce land degradation and desertification, advancing strategies to halt soil erosion, compaction, and sealing;
- Preserve and increase soil organic carbon stocks, highlighting soil's role in climate mitigation and sustainable farming;
- Stop soil sealing, supporting sustainable urban planning;
- Increase reuse of urban soils, supporting land recycling;
- Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration, addressing contaminants, waste, and strategies for remediation;
- Prevent erosion and improve soil structure, showcasing innovations for sustainable land management;
- Improve soil literacy and citizen engagement, promoting awareness, education, and citizen science initiatives;
- Reduce the EU global footprint on soils, addressing the global impacts of EU consumption on soils;
- Boost monitoring and harmonised soil data, moving towards comprehensive, accessible European soil information systems;
- New technologies and innovations to enhance soil health, showcasing advances in technological development in fields such as remote sensing, low impact agriculture, and automatisation of monitoring procedures;
- Enhance soil biodiversity, recognising soils as living systems and ensuring their protection;
- Quantifying sustainability and impacts of solutions for soil management and health.
Call for Abstracts
The conference is currently accepting both oral presentations and posters for the following sessions:
- Reduce Land Degradation and Desertification;
- Preserve and Increase Soil Organic Carbon Stocks;
- Prevent Soil Sealing;
- Increase Reuse of Urban Soils;
- Prevent and Reduce Soil Pollution and Enhance Soil Restoration;
- Prevent Erosion and Improve Soil Structure;
- Improve Soil Literacy and Citizen Engagement;
- Reduce the EU Global Footprint on Soils;
- Boost Monitoring and Harmonised Soil Data;
- New Technologies and Innovations to Enhance Soil Health;
- Enhance Soil Biodiversity.
Submission deadline: 31 March 2026
To learn more about the call, click here.
Registration
Registration for Soils for Europe 2026 will open in mid-March 2026:
- Regular attendee: 150€
- Student attendee: 50€
The event is co-organised by the following Mission Soil projects: BEST4SOIL, BIOEAST, Carbon Farming CE, CURIOSOIL, ECHO, InBestSoil, Minagris, MONALISA, NBSOIL, Path4Med, SOB4ES, Soil Health BENCHMARKS, SOILPROM, SoilTribes, Soils For Europe, Soil-X-Change, SPADES, SPRINT, and Trails4Soil.
Additional participating projects include BONARES and the Hungarian Ombudsman For Future Generations.
Find all event information on the conference website.