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ATBC — Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Program

Preliminary Program

A tentative overview of the daily structure of the 63rd ATBC Annual Meeting in Libreville, Gabon, 20–25 June 2027.

A forest river in Gabon, still enough to mirror the canopy and the clouds

Photo: Adeline Fayolle — forest river, Gabon

SundayJune 20th
MondayJune 21st
TuesdayJune 22nd
WednesdayJune 23rd
ThursdayJune 24th
FridayJune 25th
9:00 – 13:00Pre-conference Short Courses & Workshops
13:00 – 16:00Registration
16:00 – 17:00Opening
17:00 – 18:00Opening Plenary Session
18:00Welcome Cocktail
8:00 – 8:30Registration
8:30 – 10:00Plenary Sessions (Keynotes)
10:00 – 10:15Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15Symposia Sessions
12:15 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:30Symposia Sessions
16:00 – 17:00Coffee Break & Poster Presentations
17:00 – 18:30Plenary Session (Discussion Panels & Debates)
17:00 – 18:30Closing Session
19:00Banquet
Field Trips

Potential Panel Discussions

  1. Charting a path forward: sustainable agriculture, and resource management, conservation, and development
  2. Climate change impacts, science needs, and adaptation strategies
  3. Remote sensing for past, present, and future science and conservation
  4. Where tech meets science, conservation, and community empowerment
  5. Carbon balance of tropical systems
  6. Conservation and climate feedbacks in tropical wetlands and peatlands
  7. Sustainable management of marine and inland water resources
  8. Drought stress and the seasonal function of tropical forests
  9. Conservation challenges in zones of armed conflict
  10. Human-Wildlife coexistence in expanding anthropogenic landscapes
  11. Solutions to limit illegal wild meat trade and the emergence of zoonoses
  12. Tropical grassland and woodland responses to global change
  13. Tropical plant diversity and diversification

This is a preliminary program and is subject to change. Detailed session times, symposia, and the full schedule for ATBC2027 will be published here as preparations advance. For questions, contact atbc2027@tropicalbiology.org.