Papers may be submitted to the X IFM in three formats: Poster, Abstract, or Full Paper.

The contribution must be original and unpublished, and must not have been submitted to any journal or other conference. The methodology, as well as the concepts contained in the manuscripts, are the sole responsibility of the authors. By submitting a paper, the authors confirm compliance with all legal, ethical, and professional standards.

Papers may be written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. The main document must not contain any author identification or references that could reveal the identity of the author(s).

If written in a language other than English, the paper must include an abstract in English. If written in English or Spanish, an abstract in Portuguese is required.

All submitted papers will be evaluated through a peer-review process.

A maximum of two submissions per author (as first author or co-author) is allowed. Inclusion in the conference programme is subject to the registration of at least one author.

The process of submission, review, notification of acceptance, and upload of the final versions will be managed via the UAlg conferences platform. Authors must therefore submit their work through the online submission system https://conferencias.ualg.pt/ifm2026/submissions.

Proposals must be submitted according to the template available below:

Guidelines for Abstract or Poster – Here

Guidelines for Full Papers – Here

10th February 2026 – Deadline for submissions

17th March 2026 – Deadline for notification of acceptance of proposals

24th March 2026 – Deadline for registration and payment at early-bird

20th April 2026 – Deadline for registration and payment within the extended deadline

1) Book of Abstracts

All submissions will have their abstracts included in the book of abstracts, subject to registration, by at least one of the authors, by 23 April. The book of abstracts will be made available on the conference website during the conference.

2) Partner Journals

Authors of selected high-quality conference papers will be invited to submit their work through a fast-track review process to our partner journals, benefiting from an accelerated peer-review. Other authors will be invited to submit their revised versions for publication in the conference e-book.

BAR – Brazilian Administration Review (link)

Cuadernos de Gestión (link)

EJTHR – European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation (link)

TMS – Tourism & Management Studies (link)

RAC – Revista de Administração Contemporânea (link)

3) e-Book with peer review, DOI and ISBN

Authors will be invited to submit short manuscripts of 3,000–4,000 words for publication in the conference e-book, which will undergo double-blind peer review by two independent reviewers. Depending on the quality of the accepted papers, the e-book will be considered for possible indexation in Scopus and/or Web of Science.

Deadline for submission: 1st July 2026

Expected publication date: early 2027