7th ISS - 6th Announcement / Final
http://acd.ufrj.br/hajdu/7thISS
The Organizing Committee of the 7th International Sponge Symposium has a
series of important information to the participants of the meeting in
Búzios from May 7-13.
Symposium Proceedings
The call for papers to be published in the Proceedings of the 7th
International Sponge Symposium is already on the Symposium’s website, where
detailed instructions to authors are available. The period for manuscript
submission will last from May 15 to September 30, 2006, and we plan to have
the volume published as a top quality hardbound book in the Museu Nacional
Book Series between September and December 2007.
Location
The symposium venue, Hotel Pérola Búzios, is quite central in the small
town of Armação dos Búzios, known simply as Búzios to most people. The
hotel is located at a very short walking distance from the famous Rua das
Pedras. Either if you are going by yourself, or if you are taking the
transfer service offered by ABVTUR, you should get familiar with the
geography of Búzios downtown, so that you can easily find Hotel Pérola
Búzios on May 7 for collecting your symposium materials and attending the
opening session. For this reason, we encourage you to download and print
the map offered at the Symposium website:
http://acd.ufrj.br/hajdu/7thISS (Go to Travel & Services - Maps).
Symposium Start
The registration desk will be open from 12:00h to 16:45h on May 7, so that
you have plenty of time to collect your materials. Please arrive early; if
all participants arrive just a few minutes prior to the opening session,
scheduled for 16:45h, we will inevitably have a large queue in the
registration desk.
Weather
The temperatures predicted by the Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com)
for Búzios during the Symposium week are mild, between 20 and 26oC (68 to
79oF). By our own experience, on the other hand, we predict that days can
get warmer than that, but at this time of the year temperatures should not
exceed 30oC. This is a time when little rain is expected, but you should
bring a raincoat just in case.
Water temperature
Usually around 22oC, but can be considerably colder for SCUBA diving below
10m. If you plan to dive and have a 5mm wetsuit, bring it. Otherwise, these
can be rented from Casamar.
Hotel reservations
Hotels in Brazil usually charge at least 50% advanced payment for
reservations. If you did not pay these yet, please do so at your earliest
convenience. ABVTUR will not be held responsible for loosing the
reservations of those who did not pay in advance. There are dozens of small
hotels and “pousadas” available in Buzios, but you may have difficulty in
finding last minute accommodations close to the symposium venue. Please
settle your reservations with ABVTUR (http://www.abvtur.tur.br).
Cancellations
If any registered participant won’t be able to attend the Symposium
anymore, please inform the Organizing Committee immediately so that we can
plan in advance any necessary substitutions on the Program. Such
withdrawals are specially critical if they imply in the cancellation of
oral presentations. Please send urgent e-mail to: [log in to unmask],
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Transfers Rio de Janeiro - Búzios
We recommend that you take advantage of the transfer service offered by
ABVTUR between Rio de Janeiro International Airport Tom Jobim and Búzios
and back to the airport. This costs R$110,00 per person (today,
approximately 42 euros), which is not much more than taking a regular bus,
given the quality of the service, and the fact that you skip having to
reach Rio de Janeiro’s bus terminal (an unfriendly location for newcomers
to the city) and looking for your hotel in Búzios. Note that this service
has to be payed in advance. If you did not arrange your transfer yet,
please contact ABVTUR quickly to settle this (http://www.abvtur.tur.br).
We wish you a very good flight to Rio and a nice stay in Brazil. See you
all soon!
Eduardo Hajdu
Guilherme Muricy
Radovan Borojevic
Convenors, 7th ISS
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