Picasa album sent by Margherita Arcangeli

Proceedings will be published by Springer (series "Studies in Computational Intelligence'')
Selected technical papers will be published in a special issue of the
Journal of Algorithms in Cognition, Informatics and Logic (currently Elsevier, soon to be Oxford University Press)


P
reviously unpublished papers in English should be sent  in LaTex  (preferably LaTeX2e) to the Organizers
MAX 18/20 pages referred to the format svmult.cls.
use of BIBTEX (splncs.bst) is encouraged (in this last case please use  \emph{} in the suitable bib file items,
splnsc.bst does not manage autonatically ITALICS). The papers that will be addressed to the Journal Special
Issue(s) will be reformatted by the editors according to LaTeX style furnished by the publisher.
The papers that
derive from contributed presentations will go through a
standard and quick further refereeing process.
Format Download:  Springer Package 

                                  
Example               

Colleagues that aim at using WORD (or other formatting programs) should contact the
Conference Italian Local Committee Member dr. Emanuele Bardone
<bardone@unipv.it>

Important Dates
Conference..................................... Dec 17-19, 2009
Final papers............................due.. February 15, 2010


 

MODEL-BASED REASONING
IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abduction, Logic, and Computational Discovery

 http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/mbr09.php


MBR'09_BRAZIL


Campinas, Brazil, December 17-19, 2009
 
Chairs: Lorenzo Magnani and Walter Carnielli


Last Updated: November 15,  2009

MBR COMMUNITY WEB SITE
http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/cpl2/


                                   

GENERAL INFORMATION


From Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 December 2009 (three days), the International Conference
MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY will be held at the State University of Campinas – UNICAMP -  in the town of Campinas, SP, Brazil.

The conference derives from a research cooperation between the Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History Science of the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP (Brazil), the Department of Philosophy of the University of Pavia (Italy) and the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the University of Siena (Italy) and continues the themes both of the Conferences "Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery" MBR'98, "Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery, Technological Innovation, and Values" MBR'01, "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Engineering: Abduction, Visualization, and Simulation" MBR'04, and "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine", MBR06_CHINA.


The previous volumes derived from those conferences are:

L. Magnani and N. J. Nersessian (eds.) (2002), Model-Based Reasoning. Science, Technology, Values, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-47244-9
L. Magnani, N. J. Nersessian, and C. Pizzi (eds.) (2002), Logical and Computational Aspects of Model-Based Reasoning,
  Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-0791-4
L. Magnani, N. J. Nersessian, and P. Thagard (eds.) (1999), Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery,
  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-306-46292-3
(Chinese edition, translated and edited by Q. Yu and T. Wang, China Science and Technology Press, Beijing, 2000).
P. Li, X. Chen, Z. Zhang, and H. Zhang (eds.)(2004), Science, Cognition, and Consciousness, JiangXi People's Press, Nanchang, China.
L. Magnani and Li. Ping (eds.) (2006), Philosophical Investigations from a Perspective of Cognition, Guangdong People’s Publishing House, Guangzhou, (published in Chinese).
L. Magnani (2006) (ed.), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Engineering. Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Logic, College Publications, London.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Model-Based-Reasoning-Science-Engineering/dp/1904987230
L. Magnani and P. Li (eds.) (2007), Model-Based Reasoning in Science, Technology, and Medicine, Series “Studies in Computational Intelligence”, Vol. 64, Springer, Berlin/New York.
http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-71985-4

CONFERENCE SITE

December 17:

IMECC- Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing
Located inside Campus at Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, 651 – State University of Campinas
CEP 13083-859 Campinas, SP, Brazil 

MAIN ROOM and ROOMS 151 and 223

http://www.unicamp.br/unicamp/en/lation
 
There will be a bus on December 17 morning from Royal Palm Tower  to the UNICAMP Campus and back to the Hotel in the
evening of the same day.


December 18 and 19:

Royal Palm Tower
Rua Boaventura Do Amaral 1274
Centro
Campinas, 13 015 192, Brazil
Phone: (55 19) 2117-5900
Phone Reservations: (55 19) 2117-8002
Booking fax: (55 19) 2117 8001
São Paulo office: (55 11) 5505-1812

www.royalpalm.com.br



PROGRAM


The conference will deal with the logical, epistemological, and cognitive aspects of modeling practices employed in science and cognitive science, including logical and  computational models of such practices. We solicit papers that examine the role of abduction, visualization, simulation, and other aspects in model-based reasoning from philosophical, historical, sociological, psychological, or computational perspectives. The conference is also devoted to examine the impact of Model-Based Reasoning research in the enhancement of various kinds of human cognitive skills, mental, hybrid, manipulatory, etc.  

RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS


We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
model-based reasoning in science and human cognition from the following list:

    - affordances, artifacts, and model-based reasoning
    - brain, neuroscience, and model-based reasoning
    - abduction
    - logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
    - visual, spatial, imagistic modeling and reasoning
    - simulative modeling
    - the role of diagrammatic representations
    - computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
    - causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
    - visual analogy
    - thought experimenting
    - manipulative reasoning
    - distributed model-based reasoning
    - distributed cognition, embodiment, and model-based reasoning
    - model-based reasoning in  scientific discovery and conceptual change
    - model-based reasoning and ethics
    - model-based reasoning and semiotics
    - model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
    - model-based medical diagnosis
    - model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
    - model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
    - model-based reasoning and knowledge management
    - model-based reasoning and information technology
    - the role of models in scientific and technological thinking


THE CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY

Brazilian  Logic Society  (http://www.cle.unicamp.br/sbl/ )
Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science – CLE
of the  State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil   (
http://www.cle.unicamp.br/index.php/)
Project ConsRel-  Logical Consequence and Combinations of Logics, Brazil  (
http://consrel.iv.fapesp.br/)
University of Pavia, Department of Philosophy, Italy (
http://www.unipv.it/)
University of Siena, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Italy (
http://www.unisi.it/ )
MIUR (Ministero dell'Università della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica), Italy (
http://www.miur.it/)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Silvana Borutti, Department of Philosophy, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Eduardo Bustos, Department of Logic, History and Philosophy of Science at UNED (Spanish Open University), Madrid, SPAIN
- Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Marcelo Esteban Coniglio, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Roberto Cordeschi, Department of Philosophy, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, ITALY
- Itala D'Ottaviano, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Roberto Feltrero, Department of Logic, History and Philosophy of Science at UNED (Spanish Open University), Madrid, SPAIN
- Marcello Frixione, Department of Communication Sciences, University of Salerno, ITALY
- Michel Ghins, Institut Superieur de Philosophie, Universite de Louvain, BELGIUM
- David Gooding, Department of Psychology, University of Bath, UK
- Mike E. Gorman, Technology, Culture & Communications, SEAS University of Virginia, USA
- Marcello Guarini, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, CANADA
- Ricardo Gudwin,  Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial Automation, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Viorel Guliciuc, Stefan cel Mare University, Suceava, ROMANIA
- Michael Leyton, Psychology Department, and DIMACS Center for Discrete Mathematics, & Theoretical Computer Science, Rutgers University, USA
- Mamede Lima-Marques, Departamento de Ciencias da Informacao e Documentacao, Universidade de Bras
ília, BRAZIL
- Angelo Loula, Department of Exact Sciences, State University of Feira de Santana, BRAZIL
- Shangmin Luan, Institute of Software, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. CHINA
- Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
- Cezar Augusto Mortari, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC Florianopolis, Brazil
- Woosuk Park, Humanities and Social Sciences, KAIST, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA
- Alison Pease, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, ITALY
- Joao Queiroz, Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial Automation (DCA) School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
- Lucia Santaella,  Center of Research in Digital Media, Sao Paulo Catholic University (PUCSP), BRAZIL
- Frank Thomas Sautter, Department of Philosophy, University of Santa Maria, BRAZIL
- Colin Schmidt, Institut d'Informatique Claude Chappe, University of Le Mans, FRANCE
- Gerhard Schurz, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University, GERMANY
- Cameron Shelley, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CANADA
- Paul Thagard, Director of the Cognitive Science Program, and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, CANADA
- Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA
- Riccardo Viale,
LaSCo-Laboratory of Cognitive and Complexity Sciences, Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, ITALY
- Jon Williamson, Philosophy, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, UK
- John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA

INVITED SPEAKERS AND PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

 

- Walter CARNIELLI, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL (Plenary Presentation)
- B. CHANDRASEKARAN, Computer and Information Science Department and Laboratory for AI Research (LAIR),  Ohio State University,  Columbus, US (Invited)
- Simon COLTON, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK (Invited)
- Jaakko HINTIKKA, Boston University, Boston, US (Honorary Speaker)
- Jairo JOSE DA SILVA, Department of Mathematics, Unesp-Rio Claro, R. Dez, 2527, Rio Claro, SP, BRAZIL (Invited)
- Alex KIRLIK, Institute of Aviation, Human Factors Division and Beckam Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Savoy and Urbana, IL, US (Invited)
- Lorenzo MAGNANI, Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY (Plenary Presentation)
- Mamede LIMA-MARQUES, Departamento de Ciencias da Informacao e Documentacao, Universidade de Brasília, BRAZIL (Invited)
- Claudio PIZZI, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, ITALY (Plenary Presentation)
- Paul THAGARD, Director of the Cognitive Science Program, and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, CANADA (Invited)
- John WOODS, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA (Invited)

 

SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS AND SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

All submitted papers will be carefully refereed. The precise format of the conference will be fixed after we have an idea of the number of accepted papers. We expect approximately 60 contributed presentations some of 40 and others of 20 minutes. There will be several invited presentations of 1 hour. A selected subset will be of accepted papers invited for inclusion (subject to additional refereeing) in a book, which will constitute an advanced handbook for researchers in this area. The book will be published by an international publishing house. Moreover another selected subset will be invited for inclusion (subject to additional refereeing) in special issues of suitable international journals like for example Logic Journal of the IGPS and Foundations of Science, which already hosted articles presented at MBR98, MBR01, and MBR04.

To participate to the conference authors must submit an electronic version - formatted in Microsoft Word or .RTF, or .PDF (in this last case please include source - .DOC, .TEX or other file) - of an extended abstract (total word count approximately 1000-1200). The file must also contain a 300 WORDS abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet.

No later than
May 20, 2009 please send electronically the extended abstract
to the Prof. Lorenzo Magnani at the address
lmagnani@unipv.it
AND
to Prof. Walter Carnielli at
carniell@cle.unicamp.br


SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

No later than July 31, 2009. Please send electronically a two pages symposium proposal
(3-5 presentations)
to the Prof. Lorenzo Magnani at the address
lmagnani@unipv.it
AND
to Prof. Walter Carnielli
carniell@cle.unicamp.br

 

STUDENT GRANTS 
Students and other participants are encouraged
to submit, besides the extended
abstract, an application for a grant to attend the conference.
There will  be circa  8 available grants for
participants in the amount of 300 euros each
one. The only condition in order to get
the grant is to prove that without it,
his or her participation is impossible.
Applications for grants should contain name,
affiliation, position and the reason why the
grant is important for the participant.
It should be sent to

walter.carnielli@cle.unicamp.br

by September 30, 2009.

 

REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Please Register by sending an email to Lorenzo MAGNANI
lmagnani@unipv.it  Please indicate first and last name, function, institution, full address, phone, fax and email. For information about paper submission and the program that is not available on the web sites, please contact the program chairs.


REGISTRATION FEES:


Before October 31, 2009:
          Standard:   Euro 180,00           (to participate in all the activities of the Conference Social Dinner included)
          Phd Students: Euro 120,00
          Master Students and Undergraduates: Free


After  October 31, 2009: 
          Standard:   Euro 220,00            (to participate in all the activities of the Conference Social Dinner Included)
          Phd Students: Euro 150,00
          Master Students and Undergraduates: Free


One day only:  Euro 75,00

No refunds will be granted after   December 1st.
Terms & Conditions: an administration fee of Euro 75,00 will be charged for cancellations confirmed in writing by  December 1st.



METHOD OF PAYMENT:


I: SWIFT TRANSFER

Bank (Swift) Transfer to BANCA REGIONALE EUROPEA S.p.A
Branch Pavia - Sede
Banca Regiornale Europea
Strada Nuova 61 C –27100 –Pavia- Italy
SWIFT BLOPIT22XXX
Bank Code 06906.11301
CIN K                                
Acc. n. 46719 COMITATO CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE MBR '09 - BRAZIL

IBAN: IT08K0690611301000000046719
please indicate  CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE MBR09
The wire has to be effected with charge "OUR".
Please ask your BANK to clearly indicate in the order of payment
your first and last NAME.

In case of problems please contact Pino Capuano, Local Administrator
email:
emdip14@unipv.it.
If you prefer, you can mail an international check to
COMITATO CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE MBR '09 - BRAZIL, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy .


II: CREDIT CARD:


To pay by using, you would have to sign up to PayPal, and during the registration insert your credit card data.

PayPal-Standard-Logo




Here the summary of the fees:

Before October 31, 2009:
Euro 180,00
After October 31, 2009:
Euro 220,00

Before October 31, 2009 (PhD student):
Euro 120,00
After October 31, 2009 (PhD student):
Euro 150,00

After having registered to PayPal, to transfer the amount, (1) click on "send money", (2) insert the email lmagnani@unipv.it, and (3) finally select "services" among the three options concerning the type of purchase you are going to make (as shown here). Then, follow the instructions and remember to click twice on "send money" to complete your transaction. You will receive a confirmation email shortly after the payment.

You can also take advantage of the bottom here (following the given instructions):
WARNING! PAY PAL ACCOUNT BELOW CLOSED on Jan 11, 2010

Conference Fees

ACCOMMODATION

To book a reservation please follow the instructions below:

PREFERABLY BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 2009

Royal Palm Tower
Rua Boaventura Do Amaral 1274
Centro
Campinas, 13 015 192, Brazil
Phone: (55 19) 2117-5900
Phone Reservations: (55 19) 2117-8002
Booking fax: (55 19) 2117 8001


www.royalpalm.com.br

 

Single (01 person) R$ 205,00 =  Euro 63
Double or Twin (02 persons) R$ 230,00 = Euro 70
Breakfast:  R$ 18,00  (open  to non-guests as well)   Euro 5,50
Meal (Lunch or dinner) from
$ 25.90 to $ 59.00
Euro from  7 to 18

RESERVATIONS at ROYAL PLAM TOWER
for the event MBR09_BRAZIL through EMAIL:


For reservations at the HOTEL PALM TOWER in Campinas
for the event Model - Based Reasoning in Science and
Technology please send an e-mail to the address
centraldereservas@royalpalm.com.br and Carolina Trevisan 
carolina.trevisan@royalpalmtower.com.br
and complete the information below:
 
- Event: Group Model - Based Reasoning in Science and Technology
- Hotel: Royal Palm Tower (Campinas - SP/Brazil)
- Number O.R.: 6462 (Reference Number)
- Apartment Type: Standard (indicate one or two bed apartment)
 
- Length of stay:      ________________________________
 
- Guest(s) Name(s): ________________________________
 
- Payment Type:      ________________________________
 
 
 
After sending the form by email, our reservations department will 
follow up your reservation request and will contact about the payment.
The request does not guarantee your reservation. The reservation
will only be confirmed upon availability.
 
For any questions please contact the 
Phone Reservation Center:
(55 19) 2117-8002
Booking FAX:
(55 19) 2117-8001

 

The credit card details can be sent by fax, after the reservation
is confirmed (the Hotel will
contact the guest)
.

 

ADDITIONAL (CLOSELY RELATED) HOTELS:

1) Hotel Opala Barao
Rua Barao de jaguara, 1136- Downtown  Campinas, SP
Tel: (+55)(19) 3202-4999 - Fax: (+55)(19)3234-7114


2) Hotel Park Tower
R. Duque de Caxias, 443-  Downtown  Campinas, SP
Tel: (+55)(019) 3737-5400 Fax: (+55)(019) 3232-6832
Toll Free : 0800-7701755 Email:
parktower@terra.com.br
http://www.parktower.com.br/home.php

3) Ibis Campinas Av. Aquidaban, 440 -Downtown  Campinas, SP
Tel: (+55)(19) 3731-2300 - Fax:  (+55)(19)3731-2310
e-mail:
h5469.reservas@accorhotels.com.br
http://www.accorhotels.com.br/guiahoteis/ibis/hotel_main.asp?cd_hotel=126

If the Hotels above will be completely booked please email
dr.  Alexandre Costa Leite <
costaleite@cle.unicamp.br>



IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline........................May 20, 2009
Notification of acceptance............... Sept 15, 2009
Conference..................................... Dec 17-19, 2009
Final papers............................due.. February 15, 2010

 

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Lorenzo MAGNANI
Director of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies in Philosophy
Director, Computational Philosophy Laboratory
<
http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/>
Department of Philosophy,
University of Pavia,
Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Author's Webpage:
<
http://www.unipv.it/magnani>
Office: +39-0382-506283, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
Email:
lmagnani@unipv.it


Walter CARNIELLI
Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science – CLE
State University of Campinas – UNICAMP
P.O. Box 6133 13083-970 Campinas -SP, Brazil
Phone: (+55) (19) 3521 6518
Fax: (+55) (19) 3289-3269

Email: carniell@cle.unicamp.br
Website:
http://www.cle.unicamp.br/prof/carnielli


LOCAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATORS (Brazil)

Walter CARNIELLI
carniell@cle.unicamp.br and Alexandre COSTA LEITE  costaleite@cle.unicamp.br
Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science – CLE
State University of Campinas – UNICAMP
P.O. Box 6133 13083-970 Campinas -SP, Brazil
Phone: (+55) (19) 3788-6519
Fax: (+55) (19) 3289-3269


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

BRAZIL
Walter Carnielli  (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP)
Itala D'Ottaviano (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP)
Alexandre Costa Leite (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP)
Juliana Bueno-Soler   (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP)
ITALY
Lorenzo Magnani
(University of Pavia)
Emanuele Bardone (University of Pavia)
Tommaso Bertolotti (University of Pavia)
Pino Capuano (University of Pavia)
 

HOW TO REACH Royal Palm Tower -  HOW TO REACH UNICAMP

The MBR09 will be  held  at the State University of Campinas
(UNICAMP) on December 17,  and at the Royal Palm Tower Campinas on
December 18-19, both in the city of Campinas at the state of São
Paulo, Brazil.

Campinas  is approximately 100km  North of São Paulo City.
Probably, you will be arriving at São Paulo-Guarulhos
International Airport (GRU) located in the metropolitan area of
São Paulo City.

There are basically two simple ways to reach Campinas  from GRU:

 

  1) By taking a plane from GRU to Viracopos-Campinas International

Airport (CPQ);

 

 If you decide to take the short trip from GRU São Paulo to CPQ, this

flight should be booked at the same time you  buy your ticket to

Brazil.

Then  take a bus or a taxi from CPQ to downtown Campinas, to the

hotel Royal Palm Tower  or directly to Barão Geraldo district  (where

the State University of Campinas is located).

 

 2) By  taking a bus from GRU (São Paulo) to downtown Campinas.

 

Ask  for "Caprioli Shuttle Bus  to Campinas". [The Ticket Agency of Caprioli

Turismo is on the sidewalk outside the Ground Floor (Arrival Floor) of
Terminal 2, WING-C.
You have to buy the ticket at the CAPRIOLI information
desk. Buses depart from parking lot arrival floor in WING-C to Campinas downtown
.]

The Caprioli Shuttle takes 1 hour 45 minutes   from  Cumbica  Airport

(Guarulhos) directly to downtown Campinas (price  around  US 10, but

please remember to change money first).

 

Departures from Sao Paulo airport are:   6:30 AM,  7:30 AM, 9:00 AM,

10:30 AM, 12:00 Noon, 2:00 PM, 5:30 PM,  4:00 PM, 5:30 PM, 7:30 PM,

10:00 PM,

00:15 AM,  2:00 AM, but please  re-check   at:

 

http://www.caprioliturismo.com.br/usuario/GerenciaNavegacao.php?caderno_id=065

 

The bus stops in Campinas in just  two places:

 first at  "Largo do Pará " and then (final stop) at the main  Bus

Terminal Station. It  is  better to  get off at  "Largo do Pará" and

take a taxi to the  hotel Royal Palm Tower (just a  10 minutes  trip).

But  if  you miss it,  you may  take a 25  minutes trip from the  Bus

Terminal Station to the Hotel. Just show to any taxi driver (in case

you cannot speak any Portuguese and find a monolinguistic taxi driver)

a slip of paper  with;

 

 "Por favor leve-me ao Hotel  Royal Palm Tower.

Rua Boaventura do Amaral, 1274. Obrigado".

 


There will be a shuttle  bus on December 17  leaving the hotel Royal Palm Tower   to UNICAMP   in the morning and back to the hotel in the evening of the same day.

If, for any reason, you get lost  or find any difficulty, please
call (19) 9768 1628.

More details (prices, dates, reservations & info in general):

Flights from GRU (São Paulo) to CPQ (Campinas):
http://www.voegol.com.br
http://www.tam.com.br

Buses from CPQ to downtown Campinas and/or from GRU to downtown
Campinas (you can also buy your ticket upon arrival):
http://www.caprioliturismo.com.br

The State University of Campinas:
http://www.unicamp.br

The main Hotel: Royal Palm Tower
Rua Boaventura Do Amaral 1274
Centro
Campinas, 13 015 192, Brazil
Phone: (55 19) 2117-5900
Phone Reservations: (55 19) 2117-8002
Booking fax: (55 19) 2117 8001
São Paulo office: (55 11) 5505-1812

www.royalpalm.com.br



Info on Campinas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campinas,_Brazil

Other HOW TO REACH CAMPINAS:

http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~icca8/information.html


CPQ (Campinas) Airport:
http://www.infraero.gov.br/usa/aero_prev_home.php?ai=215
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viracopos_International_Airport

GRU (São Paulo) Airport:
http://www.infraero.gov.br/usa/aero_prev_home.php?ai=217
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo-Guarulhos_International_Airport

Official event transportation and tourism agency "Janette Turismo":
 
Pick up - From Cumbica Airport (Guarulhos) to The Royal Palm Tower
 
Drop off - From The Royal Palm Tower to Cumbica Airport (Guarulhos)
 
Prices:
 
Congonhas Airport to Hotel:  US$ 145 or R$ 240,00
Guarulhos (Cumbica) Airport to Hotel: US$ 135 or R$ 220,00
Campinas (Viracopos) to Hotel: US$ 30 or R$ 50,00
 
Prices are the same for pick-up  or drop off.
 
For reservations  it is necessary to send us your full name and
flight details or schedule until 24 hours before the flight.
 
Contacts:
 
e-mail: Janette Naufal Mohannak <janette@janetteturismo.com.br>
Phone  number: 55 19 3294-2416
NEXTEL: 55*89*25349
Mobile: 55 19 7808-5032
Site: www.janetteturismo.com.br


(see again this updated web page for possible  alterations of these instructions)