Harnessing AI to measure soil biodiversity

September 24, 2025, 6:00 MDT, 8:00 EDT, 13:00 BST, 14:00 CEST

Moderated by Wim van der Putten

Soil biodiversity plays a vital role in driving the ecosystem processes that sustain life on Earth. Yet, uncovering and measuring this vast, hidden network of organisms beneath our feet has long been a complex and time-consuming challenge. Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed how we study soil biodiversity by streamlining and improving methods, models, and data analysis. In this webinar, discover how AI is being harnessed to measure soil biodiversity through tools such as automated species identification, spatial analysis, and more. Join us to learn from leading experts in the field on the successes, challenges, and pitfalls of using AI to measure soil biodiversity.

Moderated by Wim van der Putten (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands). Panelists are Doina Bucur (University of Twente, Netherlands), Denis Willett (North Carolina State University, USA), Miklós Dombos (Center for Agricultural Research Institute for Soil Sciences, Hungary), and Alexandre Wadoux (James Cook University, Australia).