11 - 13 November 2020, virtual meeting (Zoom)

Item 1: Report of the work performed by GLOSOLAN in 2019-2020 - Ms. Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair and Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator

Item 2: Presentation of the outcomes of the First Plenary Meeting on Soil Spectroscopy - Ms. Fenny van Egmond, ISRIC

Item 3: Presentation of the new GLOSOLAN webpage - Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN coordinator, FAO

Item 4: Report from the Asian Soil Laboratory Network (SEALNET) - Ms. Gina Nilo, SEALNET Chair

Item 5: Report from the Latin American Soil Laboratory Network (LATSOLAN) - Ms. Floria Bertsch, LATSOLAN Chair

Item 6: Report from the African Soil Laboratory Network (AFRILAB) - Mr. Joseph Uponi, AFRILAB Chair

Item 7: Report from the Near East and North African Soil Laboratory Network (NENALAB) - Mr. Abdelmjid Zouahri, NENALAB Chair

Item 8: Report from the European and Eurasian Soil Laboratory Network (EUROSOLAN) - Mr. Giorgi Ghambashidze, EUROSOLAN Chair

Item 9: Report from the Pacific Soil Laboratory Network (ASPAC) - Mr. Rob de Hayr, ASPAC facilitator

Item 10: Report from GLOSOLAN members from North America - Mr. Christopher Lee, USDA

Item 11: Endorsement of the GLOSOLAN Terminology - Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator

Item 12: National Soil Laboratory Networks (NASOLANs) - Mr. Filippo Benedetti, FAO

Item 13: Presentation of the Global Soil Laboratory Assessment 2020 | Laboratories capacities and needs - Ms. Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair

Item 14: Discussion on the need to review the FAO Soils Bulletin 74 – “Guidelines for Quality Management in Soil and Plant Laboratories” - (http://www.fao.org/3/W7295E/W7295E00.htm) - Moderators: Mr. Rob de Hayr, GLOSOLAN Vice-Chair and Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator

Item 15: Presentation of the SoilBON initiative - Mr. Carlos Antonio Guerra, SoilBON

Item16: Presentation of the Fields4Ever initiative - Mr. Adrián Ferrero, CEO, Biome Makers

Item 17: Definition of the work plan of GLOSOLAN on soil biodiversity - Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator

Item 18: Endorsement of the units of measure to use in GLOSOLAN SOPs - Mr. Rob de Hayr, GLOSOLAN Vice-Chair

Item 19: Endorsement of the GLOSOLAN SOPs 2019-2020 and discussion on the SOPs review procedure - Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator

Item 20: Identification of the SOPs to harmonize in 2020-2021 - Moderators: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator and Ms. Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair

Item 21: An innovative approach to the harmonization of the SOPs in GLOSOLAN – the case of the SOP on OC by Tyurin - Ms. Shamrikova Elena, Russian Federation

Item 22: Sustainability of methods - Mr. Filippo Benedetti, FAO

Item 23: Development of transfer functions – progresses, needs and way forward - Mr. Richard Ferguson, USDA - Moderators: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator, Ms. Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair  

Item 24: Review of the GLOSOLAN work plan and decisions for the year 2020-2021 - Ms. Lucrezia Caon, GLOSOLAN Coordinator