SUBMISSION PROCESS

Important dates

  • May 09, 2025: Call for Abstracts Published
  • Jun 16, 2025: First Stage Submission (Abstracts)
  • Jun 23, 2025: First Stage Submission (Abstracts)
  • Jul 07, 2025: Notification of Acceptance & Registration Opens
  • Jul 31, 2025: Early bird registration (80 EUR)
  • Sep 08, 2025: Second Stage Submission
  • Sep 15, 2025: Full price (120 EUR) registration closes
  • Oct 08–09, 2025: Workshop
  • Oct 09–11, 2025: CA²RE Évora Conference

For the submission, the applicants are asked to present one of the following:

  • Extended illustrated abstracts: 800-1200 words including illustrations (max two A4 pages of images, as an integral part of the submitted file) in an anonymous PDF file;
  • Artefacts: 600-800 words including illustrations (max four A4 pages of images, as an integral part of the submitted file) in an anonymous PDF file.

And include, in addition:

  • A short reflection on the importance and role of the design-driven research approach, methodologies, techniques and tools employed in the research project (max 250 words), referring as well to the conference’s main topic, should be included on both previous formats.
  • A short CV (max 100 words) should be uploaded as a separated PDF file.

Layout specifications will be sent with the email of acceptance.

Each participant will have 60 minutes to present and discuss their work. This session with international reviewers will constitute a second peer review.

During the in-person presentation, participants are encouraged experimental presentation formats through live performances, live reports from construction sites, office and research environments, movie clips, virtual 3-dimensional meeting places, etc.

All accepted contributions will be included in the conference book of abstracts.

PUBLICATION

Selected applicants will be invited for publication, depending on the focus of the planned presentation and discussion with international reviewers.

(Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license).

Submissions review process, and registration of CA²RE Évora are managed through the management platform.