The 7th IASSC was held in Vaasa, Finland during the last week of August 2012, incl.:

• a pre-conference tour to the Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site
• welcome reception hosted by the city of Vaasa
• three days with oral sessions, including a half-day public session, and poster sessions
• a mid-conference tour to the Söderfjärden impact crater filled with cultivated Acid Sulfate Soil and test fields and the Risöfladan test field 
• conference dinner at restaurant Strampen
• two post-conference one-day excursions along the coast (NE) and inland (SE) from Vaasa

We had 112 participants from 10 countries: Finland 76, Sweden 14, Australia 12, USA 2, Nigeria 2, Malaysia 1, Thailand 1, Poland 1, Czech Republic 1, the Netherlands 1, China 1, and 8 accompanying persons. 

Downloads:

The abstracts have been published by the Geological Survey of Finland GTK: (http://arkisto.gtk.fi/op/op56/op_056.pdf)

 Oral presentations

 Mid-conference tour, Guidebook (pdf, 5 MB)

 Post-conference excursions Guidebook (pdf, 14 MB)

 Photos and  Videos

A summary and some presentations will (probably) be published in ASSAY Issue 62 in March 2013: (http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/resources/periodicals/newsletters/assay) 

THANKS!

The organisers want to thank all those who helped us to make the conference a successful one. We also want to thank all the participants for excellent presentations, a good and inspiring spirit and good company. We will meet again in South Korea in 2014 and/or at the 8th IASSC in 2016!

HEAD ORGANISERS:

The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
The Acid Sulfate Soil Working Group (ASS WG) of the International Union of Soil Sciences  

In co-operation with: