1. Annual Seminar on New Strategy Selfoss, Iceland – May 2010 Ólafur Arnalds LBHI Soil Soc – Network on Soil Science

2. SoilSoc network brings together teachers, students and researchers on the multidiciplinary field of soil sciences. Purpose for soil science in Nordic countries: Increase and improve interaction among students, teachers and researchers. Improve the diversity and quality of graduate education Create a motivating study environment for Nordic students of soil science

4. SoilSoc encourages students to obtain degrees in Soil Science

5. Development and Annual Meetings Meeting in Helsinki 2.3.2006, where SoilSoc was founded Meeting in Iceland 16.-19.11.2006, where the outlines of the SoilSoc collaboration where decided Meeting in Copenhagen 22.-23.11.2007, where future SoilSoc intensive courses were planned and the outlines of the SoilSoc programme agreed on Meeting in Uppsala 27.-28.11.2008, where the outcomes of the first two SoilSoc intensive courses and the SoilSoc minor at HU-AF were presented, and future courses and collaboration with graduate schools were planned Meeting in Ås 26.-27.11.2009, where two new board members were acknowledged and both past and future courses were discussed and planned

6. Krisina Lindström (UH) Anu Mikkonen (UH)

7. Importance of annual meetings (Board) Meetings mostly funded by NOVA. Meetings: key instruments for the development and the fruitful activity of the SoilSoc Network Active student involvement in all meetings, from all member universities.

8. Several Courses

11. Bioinformatics for the environmental scientists University of Helsinki

13. Soil Degradation, Erosion and Restoration

17. Microbial N transformations and NO/N2O emissons UMB

21. Remediation of contaminated soils KVL LIFE

24. Nova Prize 2009 Very encouraging and helpful! Money used for student mobility and helping with annual meetings

26. Denmark Ole K. Borggaard, LIFE Lis Jonge, Dr., Agroecology and Environment Karina K. Jessing, PhD student Finland Kristina Lindström, UH Tarja Lehto, Prof., Forest Soil Science Anu Mikkonen, PhD student Iceland Ólafur Arnalds, SoilSoc network leader Taru Lehtinen, MSc student Norway Trond Borresen, UMB Shahid Nadeem, PhD student Sweden Sara Hallin, SLU Ella Wessén, PhD student and SoilSoc network secretary