Topic 1: Quantification of organic carbon and characterisation of soil organic matter at plot and regional scales

Tiphaine Chevallier   

Research Director at the Department of Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems of the French Research Institute for Development (IRD)


Topic 2: Stabilisation of soil organic matter: a central process in C-storing agricultural practices

Claire Chenu

Research Director at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) 
Professor at AgroParisTech, France
Coordinator of the European Joint Research Programme EJP SOIL
Chair of the Rnest network scientific & technic committee


Topic 3: The role of biodiversity in soil organic matter stabilisation and carbon storage

Petr Baldrian

Head of the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology at The Czech Academy of Sciences
Professor at the Charles University in Prague


Topic 4: Microbiological, geochemical and matter transfer interactions: an integrated approach

Wilfred Otten 

Professor of Soil Biophysics, Soil, Agrifood and Biosciences Cranfield University, United Kingdom