Local Organizing Committee

Dr. Daniel Atencio
Institute of Geosciences - USP
e-mail: datencio@usp.br

Dr. Marcelo B. Andrade
São Carlos Institute of Physics - USP
e-mail: mabedean@usp.br

Preliminary Schedule

You are responsible for booking your own Hotel room.

Monday, November 6
Local: Noble room (Salão Nobre) Institute of Geosciences - USP, São Paulo, SP

Morning: Lectures
09:00 Registration
09:30 Raman Spectroscopy: rare earth minerals
(Marcelo B. Andrade - São Carlos Institute of Physics - USP)

10:00 Rare minerals from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(Andrezza A. Azzi - Institute of Geosciences - USP)

10:30 Mineralogy of Araxá and Cajati carbonatites
(Daniel Atencio - Institute of Geosciences - USP)

. Visit to the Museum of Geosciences

Afternoon: Lectures
14:00 Luminescent materials based on rare earth ions
(Hermi Felinto de Brito - Institute of Chemistry - USP)

15:00 Rare Earth Process Mineralogy Studies / Technological Characterization Laboratory Facilities and Expertise - University of Sao Paulo
(Henrique Kahn/ Juliana L. Antoniassi - LCT-Polytechnic School - USP)

16:00 Rare earth and high field strength element mineralisation in magmatic roof zones
(Adrian A. Finch - University of St Andrews)

17:00 Evidence for hydrothermal remobilization of REE and HFSE in eudialyte bearing nepheline syenites of the Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland
(Anouk Borst - University of St Andrews)

17:30 Luminescence of REE bearing minerals
(Nicola Horsburgh - University of St Andrews)

Night Hotel 1: GO INN JAGUARÉ

Tuesday, November 7
Local: Araxá, MG
transport is provided for participants from São Paulo to Araxá
Night: free shuttle service to Hotel 2: PLAZA INN FLAT ARAXÁ

Wednesday, November 8
Local: CBMM, Araxá, MG
transport is provided for participants from Hotel 2 to CBMM
Morning: CBMM Mining visit


Wednesday, November 8
Local: Center of Characterization/CCEM/IFSC-USP, São Carlos, SP
transport is provided for participants from Araxá to São Carlos
Afternoon: Raman and X-diffraction facilities visit
Night: free shuttle service from Sao Carlos to Hotel 3: Hotel Joli

Thursday, November 9
Local: JORCAL, Cajati, SP
transport is provided for participants from Hotel Joli to JORCAL
Morning: JORCAL Mining visit
Night: free shuttle service from Cajati to São Paulo

*ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES: SÃO PAULO CITY, OPTIONAL TOURS
You are responsible for booking your own Optional Tours.

1 - "It's a free walking tour around São Paulo, offering a historical, touristic, cultural and local overview of the city!"
(SP Free Walking Tour)

2 - "Ibirapuera Park was founded on 21 August 1954, during the 400th anniversary of the city of São Paulo."
(Ibira Walking Tour)

Reading 1 - "The economic and financial centre of Brazil is also a cultural hotbed that attracts residents from all over the world."
(BBC Travel Sao Paulo)
Reading 2 - "Urban Geotourism and the Old Centre of São Paulo City, Brazil."
(Old Centre of Sao Paulo)

Preliminary list of speakers and participants

Adrian A. Finch - University of St Andrews
Marcelo B. Andrade - São Carlos Institute of Physics - USP
Hermi Felinto de Brito - Chemistry Institute - USP
Henrique Kahn - Polytechnic School - USP
Juliana L. Antoniassi - Polytechnic School - USP
Daniel Atencio - Institute of Geosciences - USP
Andrezza A. Azzi - Institute of Geosciences - USP
Gianna Maria Garda - Institute of Geosciences - USP
Frances Wall - University of Exeter
Anouk Borst - University of St Andrews
Nicola Horsburgh - University of St Andrews
Alfredo A. A. E. de Queiroz - São Carlos Institute of Physics - USP
Vinicius Hector Abud Louro - Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences -USP
Igor Vasconcelos Santana - University of Brasilia
Reynaldo Contreira
Leandro Alvares Machado - São Carlos Institute of Physics - USP
Adriele R. dos Santos - Federal University of São Carlos