
Byron Adams (moderator), Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
Gemma Collins, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany LOEWE Centre for Translation Biodiversity Genomics
Claudia Colesie (University of Edinburgh, UK
Jackie Goordial, University of Guelph, Canada,
Jasmine Lee, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

Soil Biodiversity at High Latitudes and Elevations
Amanda Koltz (moderator), Washington University, USA
Stephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee, USA
Paul Kardol, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Julia Seeber, EURAC Research, Austria
Frank Hagedorn, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Switzerland

Soil Biodiversity in the City
Loren Byrne (moderator), Roger Williams University, USA
Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jessica Davies, Lancaster University, UK
Pedro Crous, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, The Netherlands

Soil Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture
Johan Six, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (moderator)
Gerlinde de Deyn, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire, USA
Jonathan Leake, University of Sheffield, UK
Sara Sanchez Moreno, INIA-CSIC, Spain

Toward a global soil biodiversity observatory
Wim van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, the Netherlands (moderator)
Ronald Vargas, UN FAO, Italy
Luca Montanarella, European Commission, Italy
Carlos Guerra, SoilBON, Germany
Diana Wall, GSBI, USA

The underestimated role of soil animal diversity in bioturbation
Lijbert Brussaard, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands (moderator)
María Briones, Universida de Vigo, Spain
Ingrid Lubbers, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
André Franco, Colorado State University, USA
Jeppe A. Kristensen, University of Oxford, UK

Ecological Networks in Belowground Communities
Marcel van der Heijden, University of Zürich, Switzerland (moderator)
Alison Bennett, Ohio State University, USA
Noah Fierer, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Elly Morrien, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tancredi Caruso, University College, Dublin, Ireland
Climate change-induced wildfire effects on soil biodiversity
Richard Bardgett, University of Manchester, UK (moderator)
Lizzie Wandrag, University of York, UK
Konstantin Gongalsky, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Mac Callaham, US Forest Service, USA

Soil Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Katharine Suding, University of Colorado, USA (moderator)
Sara Baer, University of Kansas, USA
Raul Ochoa Hueso, University of Cádiz, Spain
Susana Rodríguez Echeverría, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Jasper Wubs, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Soil Biodiversity and the Stabilisation of Carbon in the Soil
Bruce Hungate, USA (moderator)
Gerrit Angst, Czech Republic
Colin Averill, Switzerland
Kate Buckeridge, Luxembourg
Cynthia Kallenbach, Canada
What we are reading
South American Mycorrhizal Research Network YouTube Channel
Camila Monroy Gúzman, UNAM
Daniel Acosta García, UNAM
César Marín, University of O'Higgins
Guillermo Bueno, University of Tartu
Camille Truong, UNAM
Soil Biodiversity and Resilience to Climate Extremes
Organized by the GSBI
Dr. Wim van der Putten, The Netherlands (moderator)
Dr. Franciska de Vries
Dr. Tancredi Caruso
Dr. Mary Firestone
Dr. Cameron Wagg
Targeting, Monitoring, & Conserving Soil Biodiversity: Soil Biodiversity Observation Networks Across the Globe
Organized by the GSBI
Dr. Carlos Guerra, Germany (moderator)
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez, Canada
Dr. Luca Montanarella, Italy
Dr. Ika Djukic, Austria
Dr. Erin Cameron, Canada
First Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment: From science to policy - January 2021
Organized by the GSBI
Dr. Kate Scow, USA (moderator)
Dr. Loren Byrne, USA
Dr. Charlene Janion-Scheepers, South Africa
Dr. Wim van der Putten, The Netherlands
Dr. Junling Zhang, China








