Shocking events in Brussels
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Yesterday, March 22nd 2016, the world was shocked by the terrible news of terrorist attacks in Brussels. Only last week the kick-off meeting of our SoilCare project was held in Leuven, only 30 km away from Brussels. Many participants of the meeting travelled through Zaventem airport to reach our meeting.
We, as coordination team of the SoilCare project, express our sympathy and condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims of this terrible attack. Our thoughts also go out to the Belgian people and especially our colleagues and friends of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Bodemkundige Dienst Belgie and Milieu. We want to let them know we stand beside them in these difficult times, and wish them the courage to continue all day life.
The SoilCare Coordination team.
SoilCare kick-off meeting successful
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The SoilCare project kick-off meeting was held from 14-18 March 2016 in Leuven, Belgium. More than 60 scientists representing all 28 partners in the project took part in the meeting that was successfully closed on Friday, March 18th.
During the week of the meeting, time was spent on making detailed plans for the first 1.5 years of the project. Also, time was spent on getting to know each other better, something that is essential in such a large, international project. On Thursday, an excursion that visited several locations in the Belgian study site took place.
The coordination team is currently busy organising all material resulting from the meeting. The meeting presentations, Study Site posters and notes will be made available on this website. Later, also a number of video recordings of important presentations will be made available as well.
In the picture project leader Rudi Hessel delivering his opening speech.
SoilCare Kick-off meeting to be held in Leuven, Belgium
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Information
The kick-off meeting of the SoilCare project will be held in Leuven, Belgium, and will be hosted by our Belgian colleagues of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The meeting will be held in the week of March 14th 2016, and will last for 41/2 days.
Registration
At the moment we are busy organising the event. The meeting information page is available and the registration page for the kick-off meeting is open. Project partners are invited to register for the meeting after logging into the website, and after reading the information page.
After logging in, the link to the event registration page will be visible under the Partner Menu.
Program
The preliminary meeting program can be downloaded using the link HERE.
Meeting instructions
The meeting instructions for all participants requested to give a presentation can be downloaded HERE.
A0 poster printing service
There are two A0 poster printing services in the neighbourhood of the venue, where you can have your poster printed for the meeting. More information about this service on the meeting information page. Please note that you should arrange this printing well before the meeting!
SOILCARE contract signed by coordinator and European Commission
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Yesterday afternoon, the contract for the SOILCARE project was signed by Prof. Louise O. Fresco, Director of the Executive Board of Wageningen University and Research. A few hours later, the contract was counter-signed by the European Commission.
This means that now the project has started officially, with a starting date of March 1st 2016.
The Grant Agreement can now be electronically signed by the SOILCARE partners in the Participant Portal. All partners have received notification e-mails from the Participant Portal system.