Sun, Sept 20:

Pre-conference Registration and Gathering

3:00-5:00pm

Pre-conference Registration
pick up the conference materials early, with NYC Soil Survey staff

Comfort Inn Manhattan
Lobby
42 W 35th Street New York, NY 10001
directions here

6:00-9:00pm

Meet and Greet
Red Sky
47 E 29th St (between 5th Ave and Madison Ave)
Beer, Wine and Hors D’Oeuvres will be served
directions here

Mon, Sept 21:

Day 1, SUITMA 5

8:30-9:30

Registration, poster setup, light breakfast

9:30-10:45

Welcome & Opening Ceremony

10:45-11:15

1. Biogeochemical sink of elements in urban soils
Ganlin Zhang, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:15-11:45

2. Black Carbon in Soils of Urban Areas and First Results from the 'SUITMA-Study'
Thomas Nehls, Technical University Berlin

11:45-12:15

3. Urban Mosaics: The Chemical, Physical, and Ecological Characteristics of Urban Soils
Richard Pouyat, US Forest Service

12:15-1:15

Lunch

1:15-1:35

4.Soil characteristics of gravel walks in urban areas and their relationship to adjacent soils
Wolfgang Burghardt, University Duisburg Essen, Fb. Biology and Geography

1:35-1:55

5. Urban soil quality: data and tools from a European experience
Franco Ajmone-Marsan, University of Torino

1:55-2:15

6. Pedology, the Law and Urban Soils in NSW, Australia
Pamela Hazelton, University of Technology, Sydney

2:15-2:35

7. Balancing Economic Value and food security in Dakar lands occupation
Rokhaya D. Fall, National Institute of Pedology, Senegal

2:35-2:55

8. SoilArt: Introducing a Genre
Gerd Wessolek, Technical University Berlin

2:55-3:15

9. Ecological restoration in Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue inactive landfills
Kaled Alamarie, NYC DEP

3:15-3:30

Break

Urban Hydrology Session

3:30-3:50

10. Integrating manufactured soils and green wall substratum, aquifers, and native vegetated landscape in an industrial landscape on an urban estuary: the Bronx River
Paul Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute

3:50-4:10

11. Evaluation of the Stormwater Capture Potential of New York City BMPs
Kim DiGiovanni, Drexel University

4:10-4:30

12. Assessments of spatial-temporal variations in phosphorus pools and mineralization in the Bronx River bed sediments
Jingyu Wang, Herbert Lehman College

4:30-4:50

13. Improving Nutrient Management in Lawn and Gardens to Protect Water Quality
Hailin Zhang, Oklahoma State University

4:50-5:10

14. Estimability analysis of hydraulic properties parameters from measurements at a bare field lysimeter: optimization and validation
Marie-Odile Simonnot, LSGC (Nancy University, INPL CNRS)

Tue, Sept 22

Day 2, SUITMA 5

8:30-9:15

Posters and light breakfast

9:15-9:45

1. Historic Fill in NYC: History and Environmental Management Methods
Dan Walsh, NYC Office of Environmental Remediation

9:45-10:05

2. Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities: Assessing and Addressing Contaminants in Urban Soil
Hannah Shayler, Cornell University

10:05-10:25

3. Heavy Metal Contamination in New York City Garden Soils
Zhongqi Cheng, Brooklyn College

10:25-10:40

Discussion

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-11:10

4. Contamination characteristics of urban soils: a statistical analysis of soil survey data from Berlin, Germany
Beate Mekiffer, Technical University of Berlin

11:10-11:30

5. The ecological-geochemical assessment of urban soils in industrial centres of Mongolia
Natalia Kosheleva, Moscow State University

11:30-11:50

6. Spatial patterns of urban soil pollution in metropolitan Lagos
Peter Elias, University of Lagos

11:50-12:10

7. Impacts of land-use activities on trace metals distributions in urban soils: scenario from a developing country
Moshood Tijani, University of Ibadan

12:10-1:10

Lunch

1:10-1:30

8. PAH and heavy metal transport in soils: from laboratory tests to field scale experiments
Marie-Odile Simonnot, LSGC (Nancy Université, INPL CNRS)

1:30-1:50

9. Feasibility study on phytoextraction of heavy metals in sludge fields derived from lake dredging nearby Hanover, Germany
Helmut Meuser, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck

1:50-2:10

10. Arsenic stability and mobilization in soil at an amenity grassland overlying chemical waste (St. Helens, UK)
William Hartley, Liverpool John Moores University

2:10-2:30

11. Environmental impact and evolution of treated industrial soils: in situ lysimetric risk assessment
Stephanie Ouvrard, Nancy Université/INPL/INRA

2:30-2:50

12. Optimizing the thickness of mineral soil deposits on fly ash and coal gangue for agricultural reclamation - conceptual approach and preliminary results from Huainan (China)
Lutz Makowsky, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck

2:50-3:10

13. Evaluation of pollutant transfer from a BOF steel slag used in road construction
Michel Legret, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees

3:10-3:30

Break

Soil Carbon & Land Use Session

3:30-3:50

14. Effects of land use and vegetation cover on soil temperature in urban ecosystem
Yulia Savva, Johns Hopkins University

3:50-4:10

15. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Hudson Valley, New York: An Urban-Rural Pilot Study
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies

4:10-4:30

16. Carbon in urban soils: three amendments to enhance sequestration
Luke Beesley, Liverpool John Moores University

4:30-4:50

17. Carbon Sequestration in Forest Soils Disturbed By Coal Mining and Urban Land Use in Ohio
Klaus Lorenz, Ohio State University

6:30-10PM

Conference Banquet Dinner
--Circleline Cruise around Manhattan
--Meet at 42nd Street and the Hudson River (West side)
--Included with Full Registration

THE BOAT LEAVES PROMPTLY AT 7PM

Wed, Sept 23:

Day 3, SUITMA 5

Technosols Session

8:30-9:00

Posters and light breakfast

9:00-9:20

1. How much human-made material for a Technosol?
Christophe Schwartz, Nancy Université/INPL/INRA

9:20-9:40

2. Properties and genesis of Ekranic Technosols of Torun airport
Przemyslaw Charzynski, Nicolaus Copernicus University

9:40-10:00

3. The initial composition of waste constructed Technosols can affect the survival and behaviour of anecic earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)
Benjamin Pey, Nancy Université/INPL/INRA

10:00-10:20

4. Phytoavailability of metals explained by physical weathering of technic materials in Technosols
Christophe Schwartz, Nancy Université/INPL/INRA

10:20-10:40

Break

Urban Soil Survey Session

10:40-11:00

5. Soil Survey Data: Applications for watershed, municipal, and storm water management planning.
Lisa Krall, USDA-NRCS Connecticut

11:00-11:20

6. Soil Mapping and Interpretations; Essex County Soil Survey, New Jersey
Edwin Muñiz, USDA-NRCS New Jersey

11:20-11:40

7. Application of U.S. Soil Survey Geochemical Characterization Data to Urban Areas
Mike Wilson, USDA-NRCS-National Soil Survey Center

11:40-12:00

8. The Bronx River Watershed Soil Survey
Richard K. Shaw, NRCS New York

12:00-5:00

Travel to North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park

• Lunch

• History of Central Park lecture: Central Park Conservancy Staff

• The Mannahatta Project, Eric Sanderson, Wildlife Conservation Society

• “What’s Next for SUITMA” discussion

• Tour of Soils Lab: Matt Brown, CPC

• Soil Pit, East Meadow

• Soil texture contest, urban style (with nitrile gloves).

• Group photo shot; closing ceremony.

Thu, Sept 24:

NYC Field Tour, Part II

Leave 7:45 SHARP, from CUNY Grad Center by bus

8:30 am

1. Big Egg Marsh restoration Project, George Frame, Ph.D., NPS

9:45 am

2. Fountain Ave Landfill, John McLaughlin & Kaled Alamarie, NYCDEP

12:00 pm

3. Native Plant Center, Victory Blvd, Staten Island, Ed Toth, NYCDPR

lunch

1:30 pm

5. Greenbelt Rec Center, Brielle Ave, Staten Island, soil pit in giant coal ash mound with lab data

2:45 pm

4. Staten Island Bluebelt storm water treatment, NYCDEP

Travel back to CUNY Grad Center (return to Graduate Center ~5pm)

Fri, Sept 25:

NYC Field Tour, Part II

Leave 7:45 SHARP, from CUNY Grad Center by bus

8:15 am

1. Greenstreets storm water capture site, 110th St & Amsterdam Ave, Bram Gunther, NRG

9:30 am

3. Sims Hugo Neu metal recycling center stormwater mgmt system, Edgewater Rd, Hunts Point, Paul Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute

10:30 am

2. Soundview Park, 2 soil pits in chunky fill, (one in heavily trafficked turf section, one in low use mugwort area), with lab & infiltration data showing use dependent properties, Marit Larson, NRG

lunch

2:00 pm

4. Kissena Corridor West, 1 soil pit in less chunky fill, mugwort cover, with lab & infiltration data; tour of million trees project sites and Korean Community Garden (if possible), Mike Feller, NRG

Travel back to CUNY Grad Center (return to Graduate Center ~4-5pm)