Publications and Submissions

Abstracts must follow the template below and be sent to xxsidmc2025@fcdef.uc.pt by September 28, 2025.

Document writing guidelines:

• Format as per template.
• Margins: All margins should be 2 cm.
• Do not use paragraph formatting.
• Text: Fully justified and single-spaced (1.0).
• Font: Cambria, size 10.
• Titles in all capital letters.
• Authors: Names in bold. First and last names of each author, followed by a number in a larger font than the affiliation line.

• Maximum of two affiliations per author, and affiliations in italics.

• Titles (PT and EN): May not exceed 30 words each.
• Abstract and Summary: May not exceed 300 words each. Keywords: maximum 5, all in lowercase letters, separated by semicolons (;).
• Keep the gray shaded line before the English Title, Author Names, Affiliation, Abstract, and Abstract.

Submission

• The Word file must identify the last name (last name) and first name (first name) of the proposing author (e.g., mendes_rui_XXsdmc2025coimbra).
• The same author may be the first author of a maximum of two abstracts.
• Abstracts will be accepted if and only if both the first and last authors are registered for the event.
• Maximum of six authors per abstract.

Submission must be made by the first author.

The author must express a preference for:

• Area (only one) for abstract classification:

1. Development, Learning, and Motor Control;
2. Affordances, Perception, and Action;
3. Development in Contexts;
4. Developmental Problems and Disorders
5. Motor Development and Sports Talent

• Presentation format (only one):

1. Oral presentation
2. Poster.

Each author will be responsible for printing their poster - A0 size [84.1 cm x 118.9 cm] and vertical orientation.

Poster Presentations

Poster presentation sessions will take place in Pavilion 2 – Volleyball Room, following the schedule, and the first author must be present.

The organizers will be responsible for identifying the posters numerically.

Each author will be responsible for placing their poster on the corresponding scoreboard (properly identified) within the schedules defined by the organizers, and removing it immediately after the presentation session.

Poster display times:

• Friday: 9:30-11:00 and 12:30-16:00.
• Saturday: 9:00-10:45.

Note: Posters must be removed by the author after the presentation session.

Book chapters must follow the template and be submitted to xxsidmc2025@fcdef.uc.pt between October 6 and 10, 2025.

Article submission requires that the abstract has been approved for presentation at the XX SIDMC.

Submission must be made by the first author.

Authors should carefully read the Chapter Writing Guidelines.