Tropentag 2025:

Reconciling land system changes with planetary health

September 10 - 12, 2025
organised by
University of Bonn / ZEF, Bonn, Germany


Oral Presentations


Abstract correction

All abstracts of accepted contributions will be compiled in the book of abstracts, which will be available at the beginning of the conference. All authors of accepted contributions will have the opportunity to revise their abstract

Therefore, you are kindly requested to check your abstract for any mistakes and to report all necessary corrections to the organising committee via info@tropentag.de. Please make the corrections visible as it is not possible to replace the whole abstract. Be aware that after August 1st, we will not process any corrections in your abstract.


Submission of full paper

Authors of accepted oral presentations are free to submit a 4 page version of their paper until October 31, 2025. These versions will be published online at the Tropentag website (http://www.tropentag.de). In order to search the fulltext of all published contributions, a search engine will be installed locally. Additionally the site will be promoted and submitted to major search engines.

In order to facilitate the process of publishing your contributions online, only Acrobat pdf files (portable document files, extension: .pdf) are accepted.

The contribution should be ca. 4 pages. For all contributions, paper size is DIN A4 (21x29.7 cm), top margin is 2.5cm, bottom, left and right margins are 2.2 cm. All images, figures and tables must be inserted directly into the text. You may use the file Template_TT2025.rtf as template for your contribution (Rich Text Format, can be imported from any major word processing software). Recommended layout and structure may be also seen from this four page version submitted for Tropentag 2015 in Berlin.

For the upload of your contribution, please use https://www.tropentag.de/submission/contributions.php


Oral presentations during "Tropentag 2025"

All accepted oral presentations are limited to 10 min presentation time. Please prepare your presentation accordingly. All oral presentations will be in-person presentations. The oral presentation sessions will be held on the following days:
Wednesday September 10 from 17:00 - 18:30, on Thursday September 11 from 10:30 - 12:00, from 13:30 - 15:00 and from 15:30 - 17:00 (UTC+2).


Submission of files for oral presentations

If you are giving an oral presentation, please upload your file no later than Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at 23:59 via this link or use the QR code:

QR code


  • Accepted formats: MS PowerPoint, PDF, or JPG (16:9 aspect ratio recommended).
  • For best results, we recommend submitting your presentation as a PDF.
  • Presentation time: maximum 10 minutes.
  • Please name your file as follows: SessionCode_LastNameFirstAuthor_ID
    Example: 5d_Smith_475
    Session codes can be found on the website agenda: https://www.tropentag.de/conference/program.php


Abstract revisions

For the upload of your revised abstract contribution, please use the e-mail address info@tropentag.de to send your contribution to the organisers of Tropentag.