Instructions for
Abstracts Submissions

Important dates

  • Nov 09, 2024: Event announcement
  • Dec 06, 2024: Publication of the Call
  • Jan 27, 2025: First stage Abstract Submission
  • Feb 24, 2025: Notification of Acceptance + Registration Opens
  • Mar 28, 2025: Second stage Submission + Registration Closing
  • Apr 03–05, 2025: Event (start on Thursday afternoon)

PARTICIPATION

We invite researchers and practitioners from diverse fields of Design-driven research at any stage and context to apply for presenting and discussing their projects at the event. Inputs from all relevant fields and disciplines are welcome: architectural design, urban design and planning, sustainable development, interior design, landscape architecture, music, performing arts, visual arts, product design, social design, interaction design, and others.

1st STAGE SUBMISSION

Participants are selected through a peer-review process. For the first stage submission, the applicants are asked to provide:

  • extended abstract (from 800 to 1200 words), including 1 illustration (image/drawing/photo/collage etc.);
  • max 3 keywords;
  • short text (max 50 words) on practical indication regarding the media used for the in-person presentation;
  • short text (max 250 words) about how/where positioning “authorship” in research;
  • a short cv (max 100 words) not to be included in the main file you’ll be uploading;

2nd STAGE SUBMISSION

For the conference publication, the selected applicants are invited to choose between a written or a visual essay, depending on the focus of the planned presentation and preferences for publication. Layout specifications will be sent with the Email of Acceptance, as general indication please consider the following options:

Written essay. Abstract (150 words); keywords (max 3); text. (1200-2400 words); 1 image; bibliographic references; short cv (100 words).

Visual essay. Abstract (150 words); keywords (max 3); text. (800-1200 words); minimum 4 images; bibliographic references; short cv (100 words).

Images must be 21 cm base, 300dpi and free of rights or with the authorization for publication/reproduction.

CONTACT AND SUBMISSION

contact mail for further informations: ca2re@polimi.it
link for submission: https://conferences.polimi.it/e/Ca2reMilano

Written and visual essays of selected participants will be published in the conference proceedings (with ISBN). Selected participants will also contribute to the CA²RE+ database of evaluated materials (delivering digital files of the presentation and any other document presented at the event, licensed under [(CC) BY-NC-SA]). Feel free to browse the database of CA2RE+ EXPERIENCES (https://ca2re.eu/results/).

IN PERSON PRESENTATIONS

During the in-person sessions (4-5 Apr.), the selected participants will have 60 minutes to present their project and discuss their work with an international panel composed by senior staff and practitioners. We aim to experiment different in-person media presentations, avoiding frontal dynamics and PPT/screen formats where not strictly linked to the specific medium of the research. Each participant will arrange the materials needed for the presentation and discussion within 1m³ space for staging (prints, artefacts, drawings, etc.)

Submissions review process, and registration of CA²RE MILANO are managed through the conference management platform INDICO.