Abstract submission

Abstracts (not exceeding 300 words and 1 page) can only be submitted after registration for the meeting via the website. After receiving the registration confirmation, please send your abstract by e-mail to boron2023@uni-hohenheim.de. Please indicate if you would prefer to present a poster or to give an oral presentation.

Abstracts need to be submitted before 14.August.2023. After this date, it will not be possible to submit or change any abstract. During the registration process you can choose to apply for an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Participants will be notified by  18.August 2023, whether their abstract has been selected for poster or oral presentation.

Abstracts are automatically withdrawn if the submitter fails to register and pay the registration fee for the conference by the indicated deadline.

Abstract format

All abstracts should be formatted according to the template which can be downloaded here. Your abstract must be prepared in English, which is the official conference language.

Oral Presentations

Please pass your presentation file to our staffs at least 3 hours before your session in a Power Point format. The slide size 4:3 is recommended.

For 20 min short talk speakers, the presentation time is 15 mins talk + 5 mins discussion.

Poster Presentations

We recommend that posters are 84.1 cm wide x 118.9 cm high (i.e., A0 size).

Posters can be mounted starting on 21 September, 5pm. Posters will be available for viewing throughout the entire conference. Presenters should be available at their posters during the assigned poster hours (to be announced). Depending on the final number of posters, a 1 min oral presentation of posters might be organized in session 1.

Best posters will be awarded a poster prize (to be announced).

A certain amount of rooms has been blocked in several hotels nearby the meeting location. Booking should be done individually by contacting the hotel and indicating “Boron2023” when making reservations. Costs are paid individually.

Rooms are blocked and rates are guaranteed until 15 July 2023 – thereafter accommodation has to be done individually and room rates may be increasing.

The hotels are within walking distance to the University (Garbe, Tagungszentrum Hohenheim, Tagungsstätte Birkach) or directly connected by a short bus ride (Traube, Apart, Hotel Filder). Additional accommodations can be found in the downtown area of Stuttgart (approximately 30 min by public transportation), and in the city districts “Möhringen” (approximately 10-15 min) or Vaihingen (approximately 15-20 min).

The University of Hohenheim is in the south of Stuttgart – only a few minutes away from the airport, the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre, and the Autobahn. The University is around 10 km away from the city center and can be reached within 30 minutes using public transportation.

Detailed information on arrival by train, car or plane can be found on the University website

You have two options to get from the airport (Busterminal) to the University of Hohenheim:

Option 1: take bus #65 (direction of Obertürkheim Bahnhof; Busterminal platform 4) to “Universität Hohenheim” (single ticket 3,70 €)

Option 2: take bus #122 (direction of Esslingen ZOB; Busterminal platform 2) to “Plieningen Post” and change to bus #76 (direction of Degerloch ZOB) or bus #70 (direction of Ruhbank) to “Universität Hohenheim” (single ticket 3,70 €)