Abstract submission for poster or oral presentation is open from the 4th of May (00:00h UTC+1, Lisbon) until the 29th of May (23:59h UTC+1, Lisbon). We strongly encourage you to carefully read all the rules before submitting an abstract, as the inability to fulfill the requirements stated forward may result in the rejection of your submission. If you have any doubts regarding the following rules, feel free to contact the organizing committee by e-mail at bluethinkconference@gmail.com.
Goal
The main goal of the Blue Think Conference is to offer students affiliated with CIIMAR and CCMAR an opportunity to casually share their scientific achievements with the community, as well as to engage in a relaxed exchange of ideas and experiences with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
Participants
Registration for BTC2026 is open to University of Porto (UP) and University of Algarve (UAlg) affiliates interested in Environmental and Acquatic Sciences.
Abstract submission is restricted to participants who are directly affiliated to CIIMAR, CCIMAR, UP, and UAlg or whose affiliation ceased within one year of the BTC2026 (i.e., 4th of September, 2025). The presenting author must be present on the day.
Master students, PhD students or research fellows without a PhD degree are eligible for oral and poster presentations.
Bachelor students are invited to submit an abstract for poster presentation.
Registrations
Registration and abstract submission are free of charge and can be done in the Registration section of this website.
The information provided during submission is of the exclusive responsibility of the submitting participant and cannot be altered after submission.
The content of the abstract and the list of authors submitted are of the sole responsibility of the submitting participant and cannot be altered after submission.
Each participant is allowed to submit only one abstract as a presenting author for either oral or poster presentation.
During submission, participants are required to select which session they belong to. This option will determine the session in which the presentation will be included and should be carefully chosen as it cannot be altered by the participant. The organizing committee reserves the right to alter this option, however, under exceptional conditions and for organizing purposes only.
During submission, participants will be asked to choose if they wish for their abstract to be included in the Book of Abstracts which will become publicly available after the conference. This publication will be assigned with a DOI. If the participant declines publication, the submitted work will only be mentioned by its title in the Conference Guide which has no publication effects.
All abstracts submitted after the deadline established (29th of May 2026) or that are not submitted through the channel specified above will not be eligible.
Abstracts must rigorously follow the formatting guidelines described on the template provided in this website. Submissions which do not follow these formatting guidelines (including title, authors list and affiliations, and abstract) may be considered ineligible for the conference.
Abstracts
All abstracts submitted for presentation in BTC2026 must:
- Be written in English.
- Follow all formatting guidelines available on the template provided
- Not exceed one page.
- Include the email of the presenting author.
Abstract evaluation
All abstracts submitted for oral presentation and considered eligible for the conference will be subjected to an evaluation process by members of the Scientific Committee.
Evaluation will be anonymous and performed in a double-blinded review format, all while avoiding potential conflicts of interest.
According to the final classification, the submitted abstracts can be:
- Accepted for oral communication
- Indicated for poster presentation
Oral communications
It is mandatory for all presentations to be in English.
The presenting author must send the presentation in PDF format to the BTC2026 Organizing Committee’s email address at bluethinkconference@gmail.com until no later than August 27th.
The file names should follow the format SURNAME_NAME_TOPIC_BTC2026.
Poster presentation
It is mandatory that all posters respect the following guidelines:
- Must be written in English.
- ISO 216 A0 (841 × 1189 mm) or A1 (594 × 841 mm) and in the portrait (vertical) orientation.
- Posters will be exhibited during the conference day. The placement and removal of the posters must be done by the authors.
Final remarks
Certificates of Participation for all oral and poster communications will be sent by email to the presenting author. Certificates of Attendance will be made available to anyone who participated, after the conference and upon request.
The Book of Abstracts will be sent by e-mail to all participants and will become available on the conference website when the DOI is available.
Contacts
If you have any doubts regarding BTC2026 or the rules provided in this document feel free to contact the Organizing Committee through our email at bluethinkconference@gmail.com.