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Soil in the City: Enhancing Urban Soils for Living Landscapes and Healthy Communities
June 29, 2014 @ 8:00 am - July 2, 2014 @ 5:00 pm
$250Update: full conference schedule now available!
The theme of this conference is “restoring our available urban land and optimizing local resources, while protecting environmental and human health and enhancing socio-cultural dialogue.” The conference will focus on three themes: (i) Urban Gardening, (ii) Green Infrastructures, and (iii) Greening Brownfields. This conference is for anyone working with planning, designing, constructing, and/or maintaining urban infrastructures and outdoor areas, including engineers, landscape architects, designers, biosolids management leaders, contractors/consultants, developers, builders, city planners, arborists, foresters, urban gardeners, researchers, and educators. Conference attendees will be eligible to earn up to 15 professional development credits (PDHs/CEUs).
Registration is $250.00 by April 15, 2014. After April 15, the registration price is $300.00.
Abstract submission for poster sessions will be available until March 31, 2014. Students are encouraged to submit poster abstracts. Please contact Dr. Lakhwinder Hundal to submit your abstract or if you have questions.
More information is available on the conference flier.