The Ruth Cardoso Cultural and Exhibition Center in Maceió, Brazil is well-suited to host the SBPMat - Brazilian Materials Research Society - MRS 2023 convention. The center has over 4,700 square meters of exhibition space and several auditoriums that can accommodate between 75-1,000 people. It is fully air-conditioned and located only 1 km from popular beaches. Maceió has over 6,700 hotel rooms near the center and an international airport with direct flights from major Brazilian cities and Lisbon, Portugal.
2. Convention Center - 5 km from many
hotels.
Expsansion to be finished in JULY 2023.
Many Hotels very close to the beaches.
6,751 accomodations around the
Convention Center.
40 min from the Airport to the Convention
Center
Concentration of restaurants, shopping and
entertainment center
Maceió: Everything close and everything easy.
3. • State of conservation of the physical
structure and facilities:
In excellent condition and maintenance
• Area available for exhibition, food
court and accreditation:
Fair Pavilion: An exhibition area on the
ground floor of 4,727 m².
• Structure and capacity of the rooms
for activities:
5 themed rooms - 2 with 75 seats each
and 3 with 90 seats each; with a
movable drawing board chair.
Business Center with 6 different
computer positions with 6 logical points.
Ruth Cardoso Cultural and Exhibition Center
• Support structure for meeting and parallel activities:
Auditoriums:
Theater with 1251 seats
Auditorium with 464 seats – modulated in 2 of 232
seats (simultaneous translation booths)
2 auditoriums with 500 seats
2 auditoriums with 200 seats
1 auditorium with 1,000 seats (can be modulated)
• Central air conditioning system
Fully air-conditioned
9. Maceió: Everything close and everyting easy
Ruth Cardoso Cultural and
Exhibition Center
(1 km from Pajuçara beach and less then 3
km from Ponta Verde beach)
13. More or less 25 daily flights
Alagoas has flights from the main
national companies: Latam – Gol – Azul
– Itapemirim.
We also have a connection to Europe
through direct flights with Tap;
Direct flights to/from: Guarulhos (SP),
Congonhas (SP), Campinas (SP), Ribeirão
Preto (SP), Galeão (RJ), Porto Alegre (RS),
Confins (MG), Recife (PE), Salvador (BA),
Fortaleza (CE), Brasília (DF), Lisboa (PT)
Zumbi dos Palmares International
Airport (MCZ)
18. You are always
welcome to Maceió-
AL, Brazil
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Carlos Jacinto da Silva
Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal de
Alagoas
cjacinto@fis.ufal.br
Prof. Mário Roberto Meneghetti
Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology,
Universidade Federal de Alagoas
mrm@qui.ufal.br
