Registration and abstract submission are now open for the fourth edition of the Seeing and Acting Workshop (SAW) that will take place at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra, September 24-26, 2026 in Coimbra, Portugal.

Please register here: SAW 2026 – Seeing and Acting Workshop | Eventos | Universidade de Coimbra

For the fourth edition of SAW, we have, once again, an exciting and stimulating group of Invited Speakers:

·  Marina Bedny, Johns Hopkins University, USA

·  Jeffrey Bowers, University of Bristol, , UK

·  Tim Kietzmann, University of Osnabrück, Germany

·  Robeta Klatzky, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

·  Kami Koldewyn, Bangor University, UK

·  Marius Peelen, Radboud University, Netherlands

·  Elizabeth Tibbetts, University of Michigan, USA

The goal of SAW is to provide a forum for cognitive science/neuroscience researchers from a range of perspectives who are interested in Perception and Action, broadly construed, to come together to discuss their research and develop new directions and collaborations. The format of the workshop is intended to encourage extensive discussion among participants. To this end, we have scheduled only a small number of invited speakers, and there are no concurrent talks. In addition to the individual seminars, there will be a poster session for students, postdocs and other researchers to present their work.

Abstract submission for posters closes on July 30, 2026. The five best abstracts whose first author is a student or postdoc will receive a 200 euro award sponsored by NeuroVerse.

Registration for the workshop will be open in a couple of weeks. To register, submit a poster abstract, or for more information, please visit: https://www.uc.pt/cogbooster/saw/2026/ and SAW 2026 – Seeing and Acting Workshop | Eventos | Universidade de Coimbra

Please note that there are a limited number of places (~120), which will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. To secure your place, please register as soon as possible. Note that you can register now and submit an abstract later (but before the July 30, 2026 deadline).

SAW is powered by the ERA Chair CogBooster, and by the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Workshop Organizers:

Jorge Almeida, Alfonso Caramazza, Paul Downing, Mel Goodale, Zoe Kourtzi, Angelika Lingnau, and Isabel Pavão Martins