We are currently accepting abstracts for poster presentations at our 2025 Annual Conference and Early Careers Conference. You are invited to submit your abstract on the form below.
Abstract topics:
The abstract review panel is accepting abstracts in one of five topics, which link to the conference theme, Resilient Soils for a Sustainable Future:
1. Soils for People [Covering all aspects of Soil Health, Soil Functions, Indicators, Metrics, Ecosystem Service Delivery, Soil Biodiversity, and Sustainable Soils in Different Land Uses.]
2. Soils for Climate [Covering aspects such as Net Zero, Carbon Sequestration, Peatlands, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fluxes]
3. Soils for Water [Covering aspects such as Nutrient and Water management, Soil Erosion, and Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency.]
4. Advances for Soils [Covering aspects such as Sensors and Instrumentation, New techniques, AI and data, Modelling, and Decision support tools.]
5. Soils for Life [Soil, social sciences and culture, Interdisciplinary work, Stakeholder engagement, Participatory research and citizen science, and Art and culture.]
Useful Information:
Abstracts will only be considered if they meet the following criteria:
• Length: Maximum of 300 words
• Keywords: Up to 10 descriptive ‘search’ keywords must be included
• Details: Lead author’s organisation and email details must be included
Focus the weight of the abstract on the content of your presentation and not the background and context.
In the interest of fairness, all abstracts will be blind reviewed. Please do not include your name, institution or other identifying characteristics in the 300-word abstract.
Poster presenters will be expected to be available at their posters during the designated poster view times during the conference.
Early Careers Conference
You must be a BSSS Early Careers member to attend and present at the Early Careers Conference. If your abstract is chosen, we will request that you become an Early Career member if you are not already. The Early Careers Conference is free to attend for Early Career Members.
Submissions:
You can submit for both conferences, however, you will need to submit twice with the corresponding event selected below. You can submit the same project for both conferences if you wish.
If you are currently working on your project and will be collecting results later in the year, you can still submit now and have the chance to amend your presentation closer to the conference if it is selected.
Dates:
Oral abstract submissions will be open until Sunday 31 August.
Poster abstract submissions will be open until Friday 24 October.