2nd Nordic Biochar Seminar

95 participants from 14 countries, 30 oral presentations and 35 poster presentations-this was the 2nd Nordic Biochar Seminar, held in Helsinki at 14-15 February 2013!

The University of Helsinki Biochar team is proud to have hosted this milestone event in biochar research in Northern Europe! Additionally, we are very happy that the conference brought together people from all over the world, from India to Canada, in addition to European countries!

Many of the presentations and posters can be accessed here.

Furthermore, in December 2013 the international peer-reviewed open access journal Agricultural and Food Science has  published the Biochar Special  Section (Vol 22, No 4 2013) based on the papers submitted by the seminar participants. More information can be found on their website.

1. Nordic Biochar Seminar, Oslo, Norway

Two conference days, four sessions, 16 oral presentations and two poster sessions together with panel discussion- that was the First Nordic Biochar Conference, a milestone event of biochar research in Nordic countries! The conference brought together researchers from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and UK to share their experiences and first stunning results on possibilities and constraints in temperate climate. 

The University of Helsinki Biochar research team thanks Bioforsk and especially Mr. Adam O'Toole for his dedication for organizing the conference and making it possible for us to share our first results!

The conference presentations are available in their website. 

3rd UK Biochar Conference 2011

More than 150 researchers, practitoners, government officials, companies, social enterprises and NGOs met in Edinburgh on the 24 - 26th May for the the 3^rd UK Biochar Conference.  One third of the delegates attended from outside of the UK  (those who were able to find their way around the ash clouds from Icelandic volcano).

 

The conference was preceded by an official unveiling of new pilot-scale 'specified biochar' production
pyrolysis facility at the UKBRC on the 24th of May.  On 25th and 26th of May, about 20 oral presentations as well as more than 50 posters of latest biochar research were presented.  

 

The meeting was an important milestone for both the UK and global biochar communities and a report on the event is in preparation which will be able available on this website in due course. The conference was covered live and webstreamed, courtesy of Environment and Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network (ESKTN). The link can be accessed from here.

Many of the presentations given in the conference will be published in special issue of a scientific journal, "Earth & Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh", expected to be out in mid-2012.

2nd Finnish Biochar seminar

University of Helsinki Biochar Research group is pleased to have held the 2nd Finnish Biochar Seminar, in Viikki Science Library, Helsinki,  February 14, 2011.  The seminar  included 14 oral presentations and invaluable discussion opportunities to all Finnish as well as Estonian Biochar researchers.

Thank you to all those who attended and presented your work. We have posted all the presentations to special page in this blog (see "2nd Finnish Biochar Seminar"). Although most of the presentations were held in Finnish, hopefully guests interested in them will be able to understand their content.

3rd International Biochar Conference

3rd International Biochar Conference was held in Rio de Janeiro, September 12 – 15, 2010. The conference ran over the course of four days and included 85 oral presentations and approximately 85 poster presentations, ample networking opportunities, side meetings, discussion groups, display booths, and a field trip opportunity to see the famous Terra Preta sites in the Amazon. The conference featured internationally-renowned speakers—who covered all aspects of biochar including production and utilization systems, field trials, commercial and user experience, policy, education, new research, Terra Preta, and future trends.

Many of the presentations given in the conference will be published in special issue of a scientific journal, Brazilian Agricultural Research (PAB), expected to be out in mid-2011. 

Till then, please have a look of a collection of presentations and posters presented in the conference on the official website.

Welcome to new Biochar blog!

Dear guest!

It is my pleasure to welcome you to our new blog on behalf of University of Helsinki Biochar team. This blog is created in order to share the knowledge on Biochar, and especially agricultural use of it (AgriChar). This promising black material has been used for agricultural purposes for over 2000 years, being once recognized as even more valuable than gold. We hope to share here news and links from all over the world, contributing so to the spreading of understanding of biochar practices.

On behalf of University of Helsinki biochar team,

Priit