Monday Jan. 12th, 2009
Introductions, welcoming remarks and expected workshop outputs (Sanginga/Sanchez/Jama/BMGF) Overview of AfSIS project objectives (Session chair: Dr. Bashir Jama)

-Objective 1: GlobalSoilMap.net (Hartemink)
-Objective 2: GSM/AfSIS Data Systems (Ahamed)
-Objective 3: Soil health surveillance and mapping (Walsh)
-Objective 4: Management/policy interventions (Huising)
-Objective 5: User outreach (Okoth)

Overview of related international initiatives:

-AGRA Soil Health (Jama)
-CIESIN (Levy)
-HarvestChoice (Wood)
-CH2MHill (Harpster)
-CGIAR (Shepherd/Simons)
-International Nitrogen Initiative (Palm/Denning)
-NUANCES (Vanlauwe/Huising)
-IUSS Working Group on Digital Soil Mapping (McKenzie)

Tuesday Jan. 13th, 2009 Discussion of soil health surveillance and mapping protocols (Session chair: Dr. Hempel)

AfSIS context (Walsh)
-Population growth and demand for ecosystem services
-Climate and landcover change
-Soil health
-Trade-offs and feedback mechanisms
-Decision analyses & management recommendations

AfSIS sentinel site framework (Vagen/Gumbricht)
-AfSIS Sampling scheme
-Primary measurements & existing database
-RS covariates (Landsat, MODIS, SRTM, etc.)
-Other covariates Discussion of soil health surveillance and mapping protocols cont.

Spectral libraries and diagnostics (Shepherd)
-Regional lab setups
-Spectral interpretation of soil condition
-Multilevel models and prediction frameworks (Walsh)
-Multilevel/hierarchical model framework
-Prediction and mapping
-Uncertainty, variability, risk
-Examples using legacy data
-Worked examples from Mali & W. Kenya

Wednesday Jan. 14th, 2009 Field trip to Katuk-Odeyo sentinel site 

-Transect walk, climate and land cover change in the Lake Victoria Basin
-Demonstration of AfSIS field sampling procedures
-Examples of community-led land rehabilitation and adaptation measure (Kalacha, Koala)
-Water quality demonstration
-Field spectroscopy demonstration

Thursday Jan. 15th, 2009
AfSIS/GDSM global spatial data infrastructure (Session chair: Dr. McKenzie)
-Data standards and specifications (Ahamed/Levy)
-Legacy and field data capture
Spatial data infrastructure (Harpster/Wood)
-AgCommons and New Approaches for Data Collection and Outreach
-HarvestChoice: Spatial Data Challenges and Linkages with AfSIS
-Use of legacy data for digital soil mapping (McKenzie)
-Models and approaches for soil legacy data interpretation
-Australian/global example

Discussion of working group tasks and expected outputs
WK 1: Use case definitions and impact pathways (Ahamed/Okoth)
WK 2: Legacy data standards and analyses (Hartemink/McKenzie)
WK 3: New data collection standards and analyses (Walsh/Shepherd)
WK 4: Management recommendation standards and analyses (Huising/Palm)

Friday Jan. 16th, 2009 Working groups reconvene 

Plenary reports from working groups (Session chair: Dr. Sanginga)
• WK1 Report
• WK2/3 Report
• WK4 Report

Plenary discussion of follow ups (Session chairs: Dr. Sanchez/Sanginga)
Closing comments (Sanchez/Sanginga/Jama/BMGF)