| Monday, 10 July 2006: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM | |||
| Convention Center, Grand Ballroom AB, Second Floor | |||
| WCSS Opening Ceremony | |||
| Sponsor: | Meetings and Events | ||
| Presiding: | Donald Sparks, University of Delaware | ||
| 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 8:15 AM | Don Sparks, IUSS President | ||
| 8:20 AM | Honorable Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware | ||
| 8:30 AM | Stephen Nortcliff, IUSS Secretary General | ||
| 8:35 AM | Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, World Food Prize, and A. Colin McClung, 2006 World Food Prize Laureate | ||
| 8:45 AM | Michael Clegg, U. S. National Academy of Sciences | ||
| 8:55 AM | Bruce Knight, Chief, USDA-NRCS | ||
| 9:05 AM | Ed de Mulder, IUGS Past President | ||
| 9:15 AM | Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, Presentation: Soil Science and the Challenge of Sustainable Development | ||
| 10:00 AM | Adjourn | ||
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