An English speaking ICAME guide will be welcoming you at the airport, right after the Customs door, Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 - 10:00 AM. Please look for the guide with the ICAME sign and he/she will help you in organizing your arrival transfer to your hotel. If you are planning to arrive to Rio at a different time and need help, please contact Havas Creative Tours

The Conference is not organizing transfers between the airport and the hotels. For your information, here are the options you will have:

a) If informed in advance, Havas Creative Tours will be able to organize your private air-conditioning transportation with an English speaking guide. The rate is US$ 50.00 for a car - capacity 2 persons. Please contact Havas Creative Tours directly at FAX number 55-21-511-2323.

b) Some taxi companies mantain desks at the airport. A one way taxi transfer costs about the equivalent of US$ 40.00.

c) There is a shuttle bus from the airport to the Inter-Continental Hotel, passing by the Copacabana beach and will stop upon request at the main hotels. The shuttle bus schedule is available at the airport. The one way bus transfer costs about the equivalent of US$ 5.00.

*Buses will leave from Debret and Copacabana Praia Hotels at 4:30 PM.

*Please notice that no credit cards will be accepted, only cash or travellers checks.

*The Conference is organizing transportation:

In the morning, from Copacabana Praia and Debret Hotels to the Inter-Continental.

In the afternoon, from the Inter-Continental Hotel to Copacabana Praia and Debret Hotels.

Transportation schedules will be available at the Registration desk at the Inter-Continental Hotel and all Conference hotels.

The Conference is organizing transportation between hotels (Copacabana Praia, Debret and Inter-Continental) and the site of the evening Social Event. Transportation schedules will be available at the Registration desk at the Inter-Continental Hotel.

SPONSORS

CBPF - Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas

CNPQ - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

FINEP - Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos

FAPERJ - Fundação de Ampaio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

CLAF - Centro Latino Americano de Física

CAPES - Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

SBF - Sociedade Brasileira de Física

PETROBRAS

We express our gratitude to the following Organizations which have supported the Conference in the form of financial assistance or sponsorship.

BANCO DO BRASIL

XEROX

EDWARDS

JANIS

AMERSHAM

VARIG

WISSEL

OXFORD

GAMMA-LAB DEVELOPMENT, S.L.

H. STERN

Elisa Baggio Saitovitch - Chairperson

Rosa B. Scorzelli - Coordinator

Carlos Larica

Hans Pfannes

Hercilio Rechenberg

Izabel de Souza Azevedo

Livio Amaral

Miguel Araújo

E.R. Bauminger - Israel G.M. Kalvius - Germany

J.D. Cashion - Australia T. Katila -Finland

J.M.D. Coey - Ireland K. Krop - Poland

1. Coussement- Belgium J. Lipka - Slovakia

S.K. Date - India G. J. Long - USA

D.E. Dickson - UK G. Marest - France

J.L. Dorman - France R.C. Mercader - Argentina

N. Eissa - Egypt I. Ortalli - Italy

J.R. Gancedo - Spain F. Parak - Germany

S. Garcia - Cuba M.P. Pasternak - Israel

1. Gerdau - Germany V. Peña Rodrigues - Peru

V.I. Goldanskii - Russia C. Pietzsch - Germany

1. Gomez - Mexico H. Pollak - South Africa

U. Gonser - Germany T. Shinjo - Japan

P. Gütlich - Germany G. V.Smirnov - Russia

Y.F. Hsia - China I. P. Suzdalev - Russia

A. Ito - Japan H. de Waard - The Netherlands

Y.Kagan - Russia R. Wäppling - Sweden

E.E. Alp USA S. Morup Denmark

F.J.Berry UK D.L. Nagy Hungary

S.J. Campbell Australia H. Pfannes Brazil

P.Gütlich Germany H. R. Rechenberg Brazil

F.G. Jimenez Venezuela F.H. Sanchez Argentina

J.M. Greneche France R.B. Scorzelli Brazil

G. Langouche Belgium J.G. Stevens USA

F.J. Litterst Germany G. Vogl Austria

H. Micklitz Germany

Angel Bustamante Dominguez Luiz Carlos Nagamine

Boris Giordanengo Magda Fontes

Carmen Partiti Marcos Tadeu Orlando

Dalber Sanchez Candela Mauricio Custodio de Mello

Edson Passamani Paulo Henrique Domingues

Elisa Baggio Saitovitch Rosa B. Scorzelli

Henning Walf Sergei Budko

Izabel de Souza Azevedo Xia Sike

H.R. Rechenberg - Coordinator

M. Araujo

D.Guenzburger

F.J. Litterst

R.C. Mercader

H. Micklitz

F.H. Sanchez

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Locations:

Plenary Sessions: Room Quartzo A + B

Parallel sessions for oral contributions:

Session A: Quartzo B

Session B: Turmalina

Session C: Topázio

Session D: Ônix

Poster Sessions: Gávea B

Explanation of Code numbers:

Day.Topic.Type of presentation,number

Days: MO, TU, WE, TH, FR

Topics: 1 to 16

Topic 1: Amorphous and nanocrystalline materials, quasicrystals

Topic 2: Biology, biophysics and medical applications

Topic 3: Catalysis and corrosion

Topic 4: Chemistry, chemical structure and bonding

Topic 5: Diluted and low-dimensional systems, clusters and small particles

Topic 6: Ion implantation, ion beam mixing and irradiation effects

Topic 7: Lattice dynamics and diffusion

Topic 8: Magnetism and magnetic materials

Topic 9: Methodology and experimental techniques

Topic 10: Metallurgy, material sciences, engineering and industrial applications

Topic 11: Mineralogy, geology and archaeology

Topic 12: Phase transitions, valence fluctuations, heavy fermions and relaxation

Topic 13: Semiconductors, superconducting, eletronic and optical materials

Topic 14: Surfaces, interfaces, thin films, superlattices and multilayers

Topic 15: Nuclear resonant scattering with synchrotron radiation

Topic 16: Theory

Type of presentation:

I = Invited Talk

OA, OB, OC, OD = Oral contribuition to parallel sessions A, B, C, and D.

OS = Oral contribuition to synchrotron radiation session

P = Poster

16:00 - 18:30 - Registration

18:30 - 20:00 - Welcome Party

Plenary Session

Chairperson: Elisa Baggio-Saitovitch ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil )

9:00 - Opening ICAME'97

HONORARY SESSION IN MEMORY OF JACQUES DANON

10:20 - Coffee Break

Plenary session

Chairperson: R.B Frankel ( San Luis Obispo, USA )

10:50 - MO.I.01

DISCOVERY OF NOVEL IRON CLUSTERS IN PROTEINS BY MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

A.X. Trautwein ( Lübeck, Germany )

11:30 - MO.I.02

Biological nanophase magnetic materials

D.P.E. Dickson ( Liverpool, UK )

12:10 - Lunch Time

14:00 - Gávea B

Poster Session: Topics 1 - 5, 7, 8, 10 - 12, 14 - 16

Chairperson: M. Araújo ( Fortaleza, Brazil )

16:00 - Coffee break

Plenary Session

Chairperson: F.J. Litterst ( Braunschweig, Germany )

16:30 - MO.I.03

FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS OF MÖSSBAUER HYPERFINE PARAMETERS

FOR SOLIDS AND LARGE MOLECULES

D. Guenzburger ( Rio de Janeiro, Brasil )

17:10 - MO.I.04

ON BISTABILITY IN MOLECULAR SYSTEMS:

PHOTOMAGNETIC STUDIES OF INORGANIC COMPLEXES

F. Varret ( Versailles, France )

Plenary Session

Chairperson: R. Coussement ( Leuven, Belgium )

9:00 - TU.I.01

INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION.

W. Sturhahn ( Argonne, USA )

9:40 - TU.I.02

NUCLEAR INELASTIC SCATTERING

A.I. Chumakov ( Grenoble, France )

10:20 - Coffee break

Plenary Session

Chairperson: D.L. Nagy ( Budapest, Hungary )

10:50 - TU.I.03

RELAXATION EXPERIMENTS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

O.Leupold ( Hamburg, Germany )

11:30 - TU.I.04

HIGH PRESSURE EXPERIMENTS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

S. Nasu ( Osaka, Japan )

14:00 - Gávea B

Poster Session: Topics 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 16

Chairperson: C.S. Partiti ( São Paulo, Brazil )

16:00 - Coffee break

Plenary Session

Chairperson: U. van Bürck ( Munich, Germany )

16:30 - TU.T15.OS.01

TIME INTEGRATED ENERGY DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

J. Odeurs ( Brussels, Belgium )

16:50 - TU.T15.OS.02

THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE

A.F. Craievich ( Campinas, Brazil )

17:10 - TU.I.05

NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION -

PERSPECTIVES FOR MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

G.V. Smirnov ( Moscow, Russia )

20:00 - Quartzo A+B - Round Table Discussion

"Access to existing synchrotron radiation facilities"

Chairperson: E. Alp ( Argonne, USA )

DESY: O. Leupold

ESRF: R.Rüffer

APS: E. Alp

KEK-AR: X. Zhang

SPRIG: T. Harami

15 minute presentations by each member explaining the current status of these facilities, and their availability and limitations, followed by open discussion.

• How to utilize these facilities
• How to increase access
• New opportunities
• Limits

Plenary Session

Chairperson: I. Nowik ( Jerusalem, Israel )

9:00 - WE.I.01

HIGH PRESSURE MÖSSBAUER STUDIES ON Yb HEAVY FERMION

COMPOUNDS

M.M. Abd-Elmeguid ( Cologne, Germany )

9:40 - WE.I.02

NANOSTRUCTERED , DISORDERED FERROMAGNETISM AND SPIN GLASSES

I. Vincze ( Budapest, Hungary )

10:20 - Coffee break

Plenary Session

Chairperson: W. Macedo ( Belo Horizonte, Brazil )

10:40 - WE.I.03

MAGNETISM OF FE IN SINGLE AND MULTILAYER SYSTEMS AS SEEN BY CEMS AT ATOMIC SCALE

M. Przybylski ( Krakow, Poland )

11:30 - Free time for general discussion

12:10 - Lunch Time

14:00 - Organized Tour ( for more details see general information )

Parallel Sessions A - D

Session A Chairperson: K. Krop ( Krakow, Poland ) Room: Quartzo B	Session B Chairperson: C.H.W.Jones ( Vancouver, Canada ) Room: Turmalina
Session C Chairperson: C. Larica ( Vitória, Brazil ) Room: Topázio	Session D Chairperson: D. Riegel ( Berlin, Germany ) Room: Ônix

9:00 - A - TH.T1.OA.01

MICROSTRUCTURE AND GAS SENSITIVE PROPERTIES -Fe₂O₃-MO₂ (M=Sn,Ti, AND Zr) MATERIALS PREPARED BY HIGH ENERGY BALL MILLING

J.Z. Jiang ( Lyngby, Denmark )

B - TH.T4.OB.01

AFTER EFFECTS IN ZEOLITE-ENCAPSULATED ⁵⁷Co COMPLEXES

Z. Homonnay ( Budapest, Hungary )

C - TH.T6.OC.01

ALLOYING BY HIGH DOSE ION IMPLANTATION OF IRON INTO MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINIUM

H. Reuther ( Rossendorf, Germany )

D - TH.T8.OD.01

MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN R_1.5Ce_0.5MSr₂Cu₂O_10- (M=Ru and Fe) SYSTEM

I. Felner ( Jerusalem, Israel )

9:20 - A - TH.T1.OA.02

TOOL INDUCED CONTAMINATION OF ELEMENTAL POWDERS DURING MECHANICAL MILLING

F.H. Sanchez ( La Plata, Argentina )

B - TH.T4.OB.02

A NEW METHOD TO STUDY COMPLEX MATERIALS IN SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY: APPLICATION TO CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS

P.E. Lippens ( Montpellier, France )

C - TH.T6.OC.02

EPITAXIAL IRON SILICIDES GROWN ON SINGLE-CRYSTAL Si: A SUMMARY OF MÖSSBAUER RESULTS

J. Desimoni ( La Plata, Argentina )

D - TH.T8.OD.02

MÖSSBAUER STUDIES OF NEW CMR COMPOUNDS

A.H Morrish ( Winnipeg, Canada )

9:40 - B - TH.T4.OB.03

LAMB-MÖSSBAUER FACTOR OF ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED MOLECULAR STATES MEASURED BY TDMES

H. Spiering ( Mainz, Germany)

C - TH.T6.OC.03

IRRADIATION EFFECTS DETECTED BY MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY IN IRON COMPLEXES

J. Ladriere ( Louvan-La-Neuve, Belgium )

D - TH.T8.OD.03

MÖSSBAUER MEASUREMENTS IN CuFeTe₂

F. Gonzalez-Jimenez ( Caracas, Venezuela )

10:00 - A - TH.T1.OA.04

DISORDERED THULIUM COMPOUNDS

Linda Fritz ( Lancaster, USA )

B - TH.T4.OB.04

NANOMETER-SIZED MOLECULAR COMPLEXES

G.C. Papaefthymiou ( Cambridge, USA )

C - TH.T6.OC.04

ION BEAM INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN Fe-Mn BILAYERS: A MÖSSBAUER STUDY

G. Principi ( Trento, Italy )

D - TH.T8.OD.04

MÖSSBAUER EXPERIMENTS IN RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS METHOD FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURED SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS

J. Hesse ( Braunschweig, Germany )

10:20 - Coffee break

Parallel Sessions A - D

10:50 - A - TH.T14.OA.05

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY IN Fe/RARE EARTH MULTILAYERS

Ko Mibu ( Kyoto, Japan )

B - TH.T2.OB.05

ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN DYNAMICS BY DIELECTRIC RELAXATION MODELS

Y. Krupyanskii ( Moscow, Russia )

C - TH.T10.OC.05

ICEMS AND XPS STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIN, SINGLE TiN COATINGS ON IRON IN DIFFERENT SO₂ AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS

D.Hanzel ( Ljubljana, Slovenia )

D - TH.T10.OD.05

MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY EXPLAINING THE DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY IN DOPED POLYMERS

G. Filoti ( Bucharest, Romania )

11:10 - A - TH.T14.OA.06

LAYER MAGNETIZATION CANTING IN ⁵⁷Fe/⁵⁶FeSi MULTILAYER BY MÖSSBAUER REFLECTOMETRY

D.L.Nagy ( Budapest, Hungary )

B - TH.T2.OB.06

MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION: INVESTIGATION OF PROTEIN DYNAMICS

F.G. Parak ( Munich, Germany )

C - TH.T10.OC.06

LASER-NITRIDING INVESTIGATED WITH MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

P. Schaaf ( Göttingen, Germany )

D - TH.T16.OD.06

LOCAL MAGNETIC MOMENTS AND MAGNETIC HYPERFINE FIELDS OF DILUTED MÖSSBAUER IMPURITIES IN Gd, Tb AND Dy METALS

A. Troper ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil )

11:30 - A - TH.T14.OA.07

FeZr MULTILAYERS THIN FILMS IMPLANTED WITH N: MÖSSBAUER AND MAGNETOMETRY STUDY

L. Amaral ( Porto Alegre, Brazil )

B - TH.T2.OB.07

VARIATIONS IN THE FORM OF IRON OXIDE DEPOSITS IN TISSUES BETWEEN DIFFERENT GROUPS OF THALASSEMIC PATIENTS

T.G. St.Pierre ( Nedlands, Australia )

C - TH.T10.OC.07

OXIDATION STUDY BY MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY AND OPTIC MICROSCOPY STEELS FROM BOILER TUBES USED IN SUGAR INDUSTRY

G.A. Perez - Alcazar ( Cali, Colombia)

D - TH.T16.OD.07

CALCULATIONS OF HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS: THE INFLUENCE OF SIZE EFFECTS ON THE ISOMER SHIFT

S. Frota-Pessôa ( São Paulo, Brazil )

12:10 - Lunch Time

14:00 - Poster Session: Topics 1 - 5, 7 - 11, 13 - 15.

Chairperson: P. Domingues ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil )

16:00 - Coffee break

16:30 - Parallel Sessions A- D

16:30 - A - TH.T14.OA.08

THERMALLY ACTIVATED PHENOMENA IN Fe-Al MULTILAYERS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES

M. Carbucicchio ( Parma, Italy )

B - TH.T9.OB.08

IN SITU ANALYSIS OF PLANETARY SURFACES BY MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

G. Klingelhofer ( Darmstadt, Germany )

C - TH.T15.OC.08

THE / TRANSITION IN IRON: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHASES REVEALED BY NUCLEAR FORWARD SCATTERING OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

H.F. Grunsteudel ( Grenoble, France )

D - TH.T8.OD.08

MAGNETIC HYPERFINE FIELD AT DILUTED ⁵⁷Fe IN VAPOR QUENCHED RARE EARTH FILMS

E.C. Passamani ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil )

16:50 - A - TH.T14.OA.09

NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING AND MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS ON IRON (III) SPIN-CROSSOVER COMPLEX

H. Grünsteudel ( Lübeck, Germany )

B - TH.T9.OB.09

METHODOLOGY OF INTERFACIAL REGIONS IN NANOCRYSTALS

M. Miglierini ( Bratislava, Slovakia )

C - TH.T12.OC.09

RELAXATION AS SEEN BY NUCLEI: COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL MÖSSBAUER SPECTRA AND NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

H. Winkler ( Lübeck, Germany )

D - TH.T8.OD.09

A MÖSSBAUER STUDY OF Pr_n(Fe,Mo)_m COMPOUNDS WITH n:m= 2:17,1:12 AND 3:29

M. Morariu ( Bucarest, Romania )

17:10 - A - TH.T3.OA.10

ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

D.C. Cook ( Norfolk, USA )

B - TH.T9.OB.10

ADVANCES IN MÖSSBAUER DATA ANALYSIS

Paulo Souza Jr. ( Vitória, Brazil )

C - TH.T7.OC.10

DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

B. Sepiol ( Vienna, Austria )

D - TH.T8.OD.10

STUDY OF FERROFLUIDS BY MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY

H.D. Pfannes ( Belo Horizonte, Brazil )

20:30 - Conference Banquet

Plenary Session

Chairperson: R. Gancedo ( Madrid, Spain )

9:00 - FR.I.01

A study of nanocrystalline prepared by ion implantation

G.L. Zhang ( Shanghai, China )

9:40 - FR.I.02

Mössbauer spectroscopy to investigate jump mechanisms on an atomic scale

Y. Yoshida ( Shizuoka, Japan )

10:20 - Coffee break

Plenary Session

Chairperson: R. Mercader ( La Plata, Argentina )

10:50 - FR.I.03

Metal and alloy studies using interference studies

B. Fultz ( Pasadena, USA )

11:30 - Free time for general discussion

12:10 - Lunch Time

Plenary Session

Chairperson: F. Berry ( Milton Keynes, UK )

14:00 - FR.I.04

Application of the Mössbauer effect in mineralogy

G. Amthauer ( Salzburg, Austria )

14:40 - FR.I.05

The magnetic soils of Brazil

J.D.Fabris ( Sete Lagoas, Brazil )

15:20 - FR.I.06

Recent applications of ¹⁹⁷Au Mössbauer spectroscopy

F.E. Wagner ( Munich, Germany )

16:00 - Concluding Remarks

P.Gütlich ( Mainz, Germany )

16:30 - Farewell Party

SOCIAL PROGRAM

Sunday, September 14^th

18:30 - 20:00

Welcome Cocktail at the Inter-Continental Hotel

Wednesday, September 17^th

14:00 ( duration: from 14:00 to approx. 22:00 hrs )

Organized Tour with dinner at a Barbecue House ( Churrascaria ).

An unforgettable ride along Rio's most celebrated beaches. An exciting cable car ride will take you to the summit of the Sugar Loaf Mountain for a breathtaking view of the Guanabara Bay, most of Rio's beaches, the downtown district, Niteroi across the bay with the long bridge that links it to Rio. For those who prefer to visit the Corcovado Mountain an alternative tour will be offered.

An early dinner at the Barbecue House will close the tour.

Thursday, September 18^th

20:30 - Conference Banquet

Conference participants and accompanying persons are welcome to attend the

Conference Banquet. The price for the Banquet (US$ 55,00) is not included in the

Conference fee.

Cost: Bookings will be accepted up until Tuesday, September 16^th ( 18:00 hrs. )

Friday, September 19^th

16:30 - Farewell Party with Cocktail at the Inter-Continental

Accompanying Persons Program

Sunday, September 14^th

18:30 - 20:00

Welcome Cocktail at the Inter-Continental Hotel

Tuesday, September 16^th

"LEGEP and Casa do Pontal"

A ride along Barra da Tijuca and Recreio beaches will give you an idea of how Rio is growing and expanding.

Part of the charm of the museums and the galleries of Rio is their diversity.

They include private collections such as the "Casa do Pontal", which hosts around 3.500 pieces of the Brazilian artisans, and the "LEGEP", a gemstone shop and museum which reflects the diversity of the huge deposits of precious and colored gemstones that are to be found throughout the country.

They are hidden treasures that you must discover!

Wednesday, September 17^th

Organized Tour ( See "Social Program" for description )

Thursday, September 18^th

20:30 - Conference Banquet

Friday, September 19^th

16:30 - Farewell Party with Cocktail at the Inter-Continental

Additional Information

Conference venue

The Conference will take place at the Inter-Continental Hotel Convention Center, located at Av. Prefeito Mendes de Morais - 222, São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro.

Registration desk

The Conference Registration desk will be open on Sunday evening, September 14^th , from 17:00 to 18:30, and Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 18:00, at the Inter-Continental Hotel Convention Center. Only registered persons may participate in the Scientific Sessions and attend the Social events offered by the Conference.

Proceedings and Editorial office

The office will be located at "Salão Executivos", and it will be open for the participants from 14:00 to 18:00.

Mail and messages during ICAME'97

For the duration of the meeting, mail should be addressed to:

Delegate name and registration number

ICAME'97

Hotel Inter-Continental Rio

Av. Prefeito Mendes de Morais, 222 - São Conrado - Rio de Janeiro - RJ

22610-090 Brazil

Phone: +55 21 322-2200 Fax: +55 21 322-5500

Projection facilities

Overhead projection and slide projection will be available to all Conference speakers. Speakers with special requirements are kindly requested to inform the Conference secretariat of their requirements in advance. Slides should be deposited with the projectionist sufficient time prior to the beginning of the session in which they are to be used, in order to facilitate their correct usage.

Posters

Poster contributions are to be presented in three sessions: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Posters should be put up in the early morning and removed after the respective session.

One of the authors should be available for discussion during the time assigned to the poster session in the program.

The poster-board dimensions are 2 m wide x 1 m high.

Exhibition

An exhibition of scientific equipment related to Mössbauer spectroscopy is set up during the Conference at the hotel's Convention Center.

Meals and shopping

A wide variety of restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets are available at São Conrado Fashion Mall which is located close to the meeting venue.

A limited number of vouchers for lunch at the Intercontinental Hotel will be available for a reduced price at the registration desk. A light buffet for Tuesday evening will also be available for a reduced price.

Shops and most offices are open 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Saturday. Most shopping centers and malls remain open from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Many pharmacies and small grocery stores are open on Sunday.

Excursion and Banquet

Participants intending to attend excursions and/or the Banquet Dinner are kindly requested to confirm these bookings at the Organizing Secretariat.

Banking and foreign exchange

The Brazilian currency is the "Real"(R$). The official exchange rate is published daily in the newspaper. Cash and travellers cheques are easily exchanged with hotel cashiers, banks and travel agencies.

Banco do Brasil will be at the Convention Center to attend all participants on their needs.

At the airport you can exchange money upon arrival before retrieving your baggage.

Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club Card and various other credit cards are accepted in most hotels, restaurants and shops.

Travel agent / Flights

HAVAS Creative Tours, the Official Travel Agency, can provide all the necessary tourist services which include: hotel accommodation at special rates, tours, rent-a-car, assistance and transfers at the International Airport.

International and domestic flights arrive at Rio de Janeiro's International Airport, located approximately 35km from the meeting venue.

Outward bound reservations should be confirmed with the relevant airline at least 72 hours before departure.

Official carrier

VARIG ( Brazilian Airlines ) is the official carrier of the event and through its regional offices is prepared to give participants and companions special fares and full asssitance to accomodate their travelling requirements.

Transportation

The Conference will provide special bus services from the Conference hotels to the Inter-Continental Hotel.

Disclaimer of liability

The organizers do not accept any liability for injuries or losses of whatever nature incurred by participants or accompanying persons, nor for loss or damage to their luggage or personal belongings.