FAQ

EVENT DETAILS

The event will take place from September 15 to 19, 2025, in São Paulo (capital), at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and Design of USP and at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, at the following addresses:

Edifício Vila Penteado (FAU-USP)
Rua Maranhão, 88 - Higienópolis
São Paulo - SP

Auditório Ruy Barbosa (Mackenzie)
Rua Itambé, 135 - Higienópolis
São Paulo - SP

In 2025, the event will be entirely in-person.

PAPER SUBMISSION

The deadline is March 16, 2025.

Submission is free, but to present an accepted paper, the author (or at least one of the authors, in case of co-authorship) needs to be registered for the event (there is a registration fee).

At the moment, no extension of the submission deadline is planned. If this happens, it will be widely announced on the event's Instagram and website.

CIDI and CONGIC 2025 will only accept submissions in the format of paper, in Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

The submission guidelines (such as word count and thematic tracks) can be accessed here.

Yes, the paper can be submitted to CONGIC, as long as it meets the event guidelines, available here.

Yes, there is no limit to submissions per author.

However, to present an accepted paper, you must be registered for the event, and each registration allows for the publication/presentation of up to 2 papers. If you have more accepted papers, you must make a new registration in your name or that of a co-author. This new registration will allow for 2 more publications/presentations.

No, there is no limit.

Yes. Accepted papers must be presented at the event, in person, in one of these modes: oral presentation or printed poster.

The presentation mode will be defined by the event's Scientific Committee, and you will be informed by email about the presentation mode defined for your paper.

No, because the presentation mode will be defined by the event's Scientific Committee. Thus, you will be informed by email about the mode defined for your paper.

Yes, they are mandatory elements and should be counted in the total word count of the paper.

In the paper template, you have more information about the paper structure, available for download here.

The recommended structure is:

• Introduction (e.g., contextualization, problem, objective, theoretical framework);
• Methodology, or Methods, or Methodological Procedures (e.g., techniques, data collection and analysis instruments, procedures);
• Results and/or Discussion;
• Conclusion, or Final considerations;
• References.

The paper template is available for download here.

The thematic tracks are:

• Communication and Media;
• Education;
• Graphic History and Memory;
• Health;
• Society;
• Information Visualisation.

The Information Design perspective should be evident in the papers. More details about the thematic tracks here.

After submission, the paper undergoes blind peer-review.

By May 30, 2025, you will receive a response with one of these situations: (1) paper acceptance, (2) acceptance pending adjustments/changes, or (3) paper rejection.

If your paper is accepted pending adjustments/changes, you will have until June 15, 2025, to submit the revised paper as requested by the reviewers.

REGISTRATION AND FEE

Submission is free, but to present an accepted paper, the author (or at least one of the authors, in case of co-authorship) needs to be registered for the event (there is a registration fee).

Registration for the 12th Information Design International Conference – CIDI 2025 and the 12th Information Design Student Conference – CONGIC 2025 must be done directly on the Even3 platform.

Registration entitles you to participate in lectures and paper presentations, and also guarantees authors the publication of the approved article(s) in the proceedings.

Registration fee varies according to registration period and participant's profile (professional or student, member or non-member of the Information Design Brazilian Society - SBDI).

SBDI members have special fees and are exempt from the workshop fee.

Registration fees here.

Join SBDI: click here.

The registration deadline is September 15, 2025, the first day of the event.

No, it is not possible to cancel the registration and request a refund, as the registration fee is due to the publication of accepted papers in the proceedings.

You can pay the fee with pix (a payment system of Brazil) or credit card.

No, it is not necessary to send documents. Simply complete the registration form on the Even3 platform.

The registration deadline for authors with accepted papers is June 15, 2025.

In this case, you have until the first day of the event ((September 15, 2025) to register and pay the fee.

The receipt can be generated directly from the Even3 platform, where the registration was made.

At the end of the event, the participation and/or presentation certificate can be generated directly from the Even3 platform, where the registration was made.

PUBLICATION OF ACCEPTED PAPERS

Accepted papers will be published in the event proceedings, available on the Blucher Design Proceedings platform. Selected papers will be recommended for publication in the InfoDesign journal.

Papers published in the proceedings will have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), a code that allows unique identification of a paper, including in the Lattes Curriculum, registered in the CrossRef database.

OTHER QUESTIONS

The paper acceptance proof can be generated directly from the Even3 platform, where the paper submission was made.

Event registration allows for the publication/presentation of up to 2 papers. If you have more accepted papers, you must make a new registration in your name or that of a co-author. This new registration will allow for 2 more publications/presentations.

No, only you or a co-author of the paper can make the presentation, which will be in-person.

There is no impediment. The peer-review process is controlled to avoid conflicts of interest between author and reviewer.