Extended program from 4th - 9th August and 15th - 18th August will be announced soon
Dear Colleagues,
In order to help you to plan your travel arrangements to the meeting in Brazil next year please find some useful basic information here.
City: Sao Paulo
Arrival day: 10th August*
Departure day: 15th August*
*These are the dates for those who are attended only the Conference, if there is any interest on coming earlier and/or leaving later just let us to know.
Passport and Visa
All passports need to be valid for the minimum of 6 months.
Some countries need to apply previously for VISA to come over to Brazil. We suggest you apply as a Tourism Visa (VITUR). In case you have doubts we recommend to get in touch with the Brazilian Embassy in your country or in a country nearby.
We will provide invitation letters in case you need. Please let us to know by sending an e-mail to e.scapes.oistat@gmail.com
Please find attached the Entrance Visa in Brazil file with all countries and conditions listed.
About Sao Paulo
Airports
When booking your tickets please notice the Sao Paulo International airport is GUARULHOS (GRU) distant 45 km from the city center.
Sao Paulo local airport is CONGONHAS (CGH) for some other Brazilian cities destination.
Accommodation
As reference for accommodation in Sao Paulo, we had been searching for some hotels which could offer special prices for groups. We can have some deals with 4 stars hotels category around areas of interest for the meeting logistics, which costs around 90,00 euro /120,00 US dollar (single rooms) and 100,00 euro/ 140,00 US dollar (double/shared rooms), including continental breakfast.
Food
Eating in Sao Paulo costs from 6,00 to 20,00 euro / 9,00 to 30,00 US dollar.
You can even spend more if you like!
Local Transport
You can go around the city by tube for 1,00 euro each way or by taxi for around 12,00 euro per 10km (if you are lucky on not getting stuck in traffic jam).
We don’t recommend taking buses as they are not very well signalized for foreigners (neither for Brazilians who doesn’t live in Sao Paulo)
Basic and previous Information we need from you
In order to organize the event and the pre booking in the hotels we need to get some feedback from you with your show of interest on attending to the event. This is not a registration form though, but very helpful for us to plan the event.
Name: ____________________________
Country: __________________________
Institution: ________________________
Commission to attend:
(_) Education (_) Performance Design (_) Research
Interest on presenting a paper: (_) Yes (_) No
Interest on leading a workshop: (_) Yes (_) No
Letter of invitation needed: (_) Yes (_) No
Hotel booking (_) through the event (_) by yourself
In case is through the event please mark: (_) single room (_) double room
Length of stay : __________________________
Notes: __________________________________
Registration will open next March 2014.
Sao Paulo, 23 December, 2013
Aby Cohen & Rosane Muniz
e.scapes.oistat@gmail.com
ABrIC/ OISTATBr
