The call for thematic symposia is now open as part of the XXIII B-MRS Meeting program. The meeting will take place at the Salvador Convention Center, in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil), from September 28 to October 2, 2025. The chairs of the event are Luiza Amim Mercante (UFBA) and Daniel Souza Corrêa (Embrapa Instrumentação).
Proposals must be submitted by researchers with a PhD degree by November 4, 2024, using the form available at https://sbpmat.org.br/proposed_symposium/.
The program committee of the XXIII B-MRS Meeting will evaluate the proposals. The preliminary list of approved symposia will be available on November 29, 2024.
Due to the growing interest in participating in the B-MRS Meetings, the number of submitted proposals far exceeds the symposia that can be accommodated in the scientific program. The program committee will therefore give priority to proposals of exceptional interest to the materials science community.
Each symposium will receive four (4) registration fee waivers. In addition, for every 100 abstracts submitted, the symposium will receive one (1) additional waiver.
We recommend that at least two of the co-organizers rotate for symposia with previous editions. A diverse international group of four (4) co-organizers, with gender equality, is considered the best choice. Including interdisciplinary research and industrial involvement is highly encouraged for symposia. Furthermore, we suggest caution with excessive number of invited speakers, so that oral sessions are available for presentations by members of our community. Likewise, gender and geographic balance of invited speakers is strongly encouraged.