SLIC 2010

Merry Xmas!

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Dear SLIC 2010 fellows.

The Organizing Committee would like to thank you all the support and participation on the event this year. The interesting presentations, the exciting talks and the enthusiasm of participants on field trips and short courses and the nice scientific exchanging experience between professionals and students from different countries (including no-Latin American countries) made of the SLIC 2010 a big success.

The Latin American Symposium on Ichnology is now a reality and pass to integrate the group of the regular international meetings in Ichnology (ICHNIA, International Ichnofabirc Workshop, International Bierosion Workshop, International Ichnotaxonomy Workshop). SLIC 2013 will be held on Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina. Ricardo Melchor will be the organizer-in-chief and will be in contact with all of you in the proper time.

Once again, thank you very much for your support.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Ichno-Year!!!

SLIC 2010 Organizing Committee

SLIC 2010 Technical Sessions Final Program

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SLIC 2010 SIMPOSIO LATINOAMERICANO DE ICNOLOGÍA - PROGRAMA

SLIC 2010 LATINAMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON ICHNOLOGY - PROGRAM

November 02

19:45 - Opening Ceremony

20:00 - Oppening talk: Exploring the potential of Ichnology in unravelling taphonomy and ecology of Burgess Shale-type deposits.By Dr. María Gabriela Mángano, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada.

November 03

09:00 - Conference: From "quantum" ichnology to "ichnosphere" evolution: looking into the paleobiological significance of trace fossils. By Dr. Jordi María de Gibert, Univ. of Barcelona, Spain.

BIOEROSION STRUCTURES AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS

Moderator: Dr. Noelia B. Carmona

09:50 - Bioerosion on the shells of Middle Miocene (Badenian) Age Molluscs (Lapugiu de Sus, Romania). Árpad Dávid, Zoltán Zelei, Rosalia Fodor.

10:10 -Bone bioerosion in a Miocene whale-fall in NE Spain. Zain Belaústegui, Jordi M. de Gibert, Rosa Domènech, Fernando Muniz, Jordi Martinell.
10:30 - Coffee Break
11:00 - Naming trace fossils in bones. Cecilia A. Pirrone, Luis A. Buatois, Richard Bromley.
11:20 - Trazas fósiles indicadoras de relaciones entre producto y productor en el Cuaternario marino de Argentina: simbiosis entre un bivalvo infaunal y un epizoico? Ester A. Farinati, Marina L. Aguirre, Melisa Charo.
11:40 - Primeros aportes a la sistemática icnológica del Eoceno de Cuba. Jorge Villegas-Martín, Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra.
12:00 - Lunch

VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS: FOOTPRINTS, BURROWS AND COPROLITES
Moderator: Dr. Paula C. Dentzien-Dias
14:00 - Smashed coprolites happens: Permian tetrapod footprint on a coprolite from Southern Brazil. Paula C. Dentzien-Dias, Marco Aurélio G de França, Juan C. Cisneros, Cesar L. Schultz.
14:20 - Tetrapod burrow casts in floodplain deposits from Late Triassic of Southern Brazil. Rafael C. da Silva e Victor Hugo Dominato.
14:40 - Novos dados a respeito dos coprólitos provenientes da Formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior, Bacia do Araripe. Ana Emília Q. de Figueiredo, Paula C. Dentzien-Dias, Felipe L. Pinheiro, Renan A. M. Bantim, Cesar l. Schultz.
15:00 - Paleoichnological assemblage related to Crocodyliformis Baurusuchus remains, Bauru Basin, Brazil (Late Cretaceous). Felipe M. de Vasconcellos, Ismar de S. Carvalho.
15:20 - Taphonomic signatures of coprolites from Upper Cretaceous, Brazil. Paulo R. F. Souto, Maria Célia E. Senra.
15:40 - Icnitos de vertebrados na Formação Resende (Eoceno), Bacia de Resende, município de Resende, RJ. Felipe M. de Vasconcellos, Leonardo Borghi.
16:00 - Coffee Break

ROUND TABLE: NEW FRONTIERS IN ICHNOLOGY
Moderator: Dr. María Gabriela Mángano
16:30 - Introduction
16:35 - Conference: Turbulent lifestyle: Cyanobacteria on Earth's sandy beaches - Today and 3 billion years ago. By Dr. Nora Noffke, Old Dominium Univ., USA
17:15 - The Déjà vu effect: The role of animal-matground interactions in the explotation of underutilized ecospace. Luis A. Buatois, María Gabriela Mángano.
17:30 - The role of macrobial mats in the preservation of dinosaur tracks from the Souza Basin (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). Ismar de S. Carvalho, Leonardo Broghi, Giuseppe Leonardi.
17:45 - Trace fossils in the Middle Triassic hypersaline carbonates of Tatra Mountains, Poland. Alfred Uchman, Piotr Jaglarz.
18:00 - Debate

November 04
09:00 - Conference: Paleoecological ichnology: Bringing trace fossil producers to life. By Dr. Masakazu Nara, Kochi Univ., Japan.

ARTHROPOD TRACE FOSSILS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS, PALEOSOLS AND PLANTS
Moderators: Drs. M. Victoria Sanchez and Marcelo Krause
09:50 - Ocorrência de Hexapodichnus isp. em arenitos da Formação Botucatu, Jurássico-Cretáceo da Bacia do Paraná (Araraquara, SP, Brasil). Bernardo de C. P. M. Peixoto, Marcelo A. Fernandes.
10:10 - Xiphosurid trackways in a marginal marine setting from the Lower Cretaceous (Agrio Formation) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Diana E. Fernández, Pablo J. Pazos.
10:30 - Coffee Break
11:00 - Taphonomy of modern traces in volcanoclastic deposits: The eruption of Chaitén volcano (2008-2010) as a natural laboratory. Ricardo N. Melchor, Jorge F. Genise, M. Victoria Sánchez, Laura Sarzetti, A. Martín Umazano.
11:20 - Neoichnological studies on Diphaglossinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae): Tracking the origin of fossil bent cells (Celliforma isp. nov.). Laura Sarzetti, Jorge F. Genise, M. Victoria Sánchez, Juan L. Farina.
11:40 - Elipsoideichnus meyeri Roselli 1987, a fossil bee nest from the Eocene of Uruguay. Mariano Verde, Jorge F. Genise.
12:00 - Presencia de Palmiraichnus castellanosi (Roselli 1938) en las islas canarias. Francisco La Roche, Jorge F. Genise, C. Castillo, J. de la Nuez, M. L. Quesada, C. Garcia.
12:20 - Lunch

14:00 - Conference: Perspectives on continental freshwater ichnology. By Dr. Ricardo Melchor, Univ. Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina.
14:50 - The constructor of Teisseirei Roselli 1939. Juan L. Farina, Mariano Verde, Jorge F. Genise.
15:10 - Dung beetle pupation chamber. M. Victoria Sánchez, J. Marcelo Krause, M. G. Gonzáles, P. A. Dinghi, Jorge F. Genise.
15:30 - New trace fossils of cicadas from the Middle Cenozoic of Chubut, Argentina. J. Marcelo Krause, Jorge F. Genise, Pablo Puerta.
15:50 - Plant-insect interactions in Gondwana flora: A new quantitative approach. E. R. S. Pinheiro, G. P. Tybusch, R. Iannuzzi.
16:10 - Borings of xylophagous insects in Early-Miocene Age petrified woods (Mikófalva, Bükk Mountains, Hungary). Árpad Dávid.
16:30 - Coffee Break

17:00 to 19:00 - POSTER SESSION (posters formal presentations; posters will be exposed during all the SLIC 2010)

# Devonian Lingulichnus in the Paraná Basin. Carolina Zabini, Elvio P. Bosetti.
# Earliest Givetian Cephalopoda ‘roll marks’ in the Paraná Basin? Elvio P. Bosetti, Carolina Zabini, Rodrigo S. Horodyski.
# Phycosiphon at the biotic crisis in the Latest-Eifelian/Earliest-Givetian boundary, Paraná Basin, Brazil. Elvio P. Bosetti, Rodrigo S. Horodyski, Jeanninny C. Comniskey.
# Icnofósseis do Paleozóico Inferior do Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Caiubi Kuhn, Leticia P. Subtil, Silane A. F. da Silva-Caminha.
# Icnofósseis da Bacia do Parnaíba: as contribuições de William Kegel. Antonio Carlos S. Fernandes, Vera M. M. da Fonseca, Luiza C. M. de O. Ponciano, Diego E. Gracioso.
# Microbially induced sedimentary structures in Gondwana glacigenic deposits. Deise M. da Silveira, Renata G. Netto.
# Life in the Late paleozoic Ice Age: trace fossils on glacially influenced deposits in a Late Carboniferous fjord-valley of Western Argentina. Elizabeth R. Schatz, María Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois, Carlos O. Limarino.
# Icnofósseis do Paleozóico Superior do Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Leticia P. Subtil, Caiubi Kuhn, Silane A. F. da Silva-Caminha.
# Paleohelcura trackway from the Botucatu paleodesert (Neocomian), Brazil. Marcelo A. Fernandes, L. B. R. Fernandes.
# Dolomitization and porosity in Thalassinoides-bearing carbonates of the Riachuelo Formation, Cretaceous, Northeastern Brazil. Samuel Noll, Francisco M. W. Tognoli.
# Novos registros icnológicos na Formação Jandaíra (Cretáceo Superior), Bacia Potiguar, RN. Rommulo M. C. Barreiro, Maria Célia E. Senra, Antonio Carlos S. Fernandes.
# Bioturbation of an Early Miocene shallow marine siliciclastic succession (Radostyán, Hungary). Rozália Fodor.
# New bird tracks from Rio Negro Formation (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene), Atlantic coast of Río Negro Province, Argentina. Silvia Aramayo.
# The megatunnels of the South American Pleistocene megafauna. H. T. Frank, L. G. Lima, F. Caron, F. S. Buchmann, M. Fornari, R. P. Lopes.
# Fiddler crab bioturbation (Uca tangeri, Ocypodidae) in the Piedras estuary and fossil Neogene counterparts in the Western Guadalquivir Basin (Huelva, SE Spain). Zain Belaústegui, Fernando Muñiz, Jordi M. de Gibert.
# Paleovertebrate tunnels of the granitic area of Porto Alegre and Viamão (Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil). H. T. Frank, L. G. Lima, F. Caron, F. S. Buchmann, M. Fornari, R. P. Lopes.
# Paleovertebrate tunnel pattern in granitic terrains: An example from Viamão (Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil). R. S. Stevaux, H. T. Frank, L. G. Lima, F. Caron, F. S. Buchmann, M. Fornari, R. P. Lopes.

20:00 - Symposium Dinner

November 05
08:50 - Conference: Ichnology of Quaternary tropical carbonates with emphasis on ichnogenic porosity and permeability. By Dr. H. Allen Curran, Smith College,USA.

WORKSHOP: APPLICATIONS OF ICHNOLOGY TO STRATIGRAPHY
Moderator: Dr. Francisco M. W. Tognoli
09:40 - Depositional and erosional inferences based on ichnofabric analysis of the Taió Sandstone, Paraná Basin, Brazil. Francisco M. W. Tognoli, renata G. Netto, Joel C. de Castro.
10:00 - Ichnology of regressive shallow marine deposits: An example from the Upper Permian of the Paraná Basin, S Brazil. João Henrique D. Lima, Renata G. Netto, Ernesto L. C. Lavina.
10:20 - Glossifungites Ichnofacies in slope deposits of the Calumbi Formation, Sergipe Sub-Basin, Northeastern Brazil. Maria Rosilene F. de Menezes, Renata G. Netto, Paulo C. Galm, Carol C. Johnsson, Francisco M. W. Tognoli.
10:40 - Coffee Break
11:00 - Determinación de condiciones paleoecológicas con la aplicación de la icnología en las unidades informales B-1 y B-4 de la Formación Misoa del Eoceno medio, sureste del Lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela. José N. Méndez, Nicolás Escalona.
11:20 - Miocene hyperpycnal channel-levee complexes, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Facies associations and trace fossil distribution. Juan J. de Ponce, Noelia B. Carmona.
11:40 - Impact of hyperpycnal flows in offshore benthos: A case of depauperated marine Cruziana suite. Renata G. Netto, Rogério S. de Souza.
12:00 - Ichnological signatures of the Rio Bonito sedimentary succession in the central block of Iruí coal mine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rosana Gandini, Renata G. Netto, Henrique P. Kern, Ernesto L. C. Lavina.
12:20 - Lunch

14:00 - Conference: Perspectives on the applications of ichnology in facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy: Gaps, grey zones and opportunities. By Dr. Luis A. Buatois, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada.
14:50 - Core analysis
16:15 - Coffee Break
16:45 - Core analysis

19:00 Closing Ceremony

SLIC 2010 – 3rd Circular Updated

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LATIN-AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON ICHNOLOGY

Third Circular - Updated in October 7th, 2010

Oct 30 to Nov 07, 2010, São Leopoldo, Brazil

The Latin-American Symposium on Ichnology – SLIC 2010 will be held in São Leopoldo, south of Brazil, at the Rio dos Sinos University (UNISINOS). The main objective of this Symposium is to bring ichnologists and students from South America and from all over the world to share and discuss ideas related to Ichnology. There will be oral and poster presentations as well as invited conferences

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. Additionally, three field trips are planned to examine shallow-marine, marginal-marine and continental deposits bearing trace fossils. Two mini-courses, one round-table and a mini-workshop covering relevant aspects of Ichnology are also planned.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Directive Group:

President: Renata G. Netto (UNISINOS, Brazil))

Vice-president: Ricardo N. Melchor (Univ. Nac. de La Pampa, Argentina)

Secretaries: Noelia Carmona (CONICET, Argentina) and Francisco Tognoli (UNISINOS, Brazil)

Treasurers: Renata G. Netto and Francisco Tognoli

Scientific Committee: M. Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois (Univ. Saskatchewan, Canada), and Jorge Genise (MACN/CONICET, Argentina)

Executive Group:

Coordination of invited talks: Renata G. Netto

Coordination of round-table: M. Gabriela Mángano

Coordination of mini -workshop: Luis A. Buatois

Coordination of technical sessions: Mariano Verde (Univ. de La República, Uruguay, oral) ande Antonio Carlos S. Fernandes (Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil, poster)

Coordination of short-courses: Ricardo Melchor

Coordination of field trips: Renata Netto and Francisco Tognoli

Coordination od infrastructure: Renata G. Netto and Deise M. Silveira (UNISINOS, Brazil)

SCHEDULE

Oct 29 – Nov 01 – Pre-symposium field trip (FT01)

Field trip to visit Devonian shallow-marine deposits
(Furnas and Ponta Grossa Fms.),
and Permo-Carboniferous glacial and marine deposits (Mafra and Rio do Sul Fms.) of the Paraná Basin. The field trip starts in Curitiba, where all participants must arrive on October, 29, and finishes in São Leopoldo, where SLIC 2010 will be held. Field trip leaders: Dr. Renata Netto (UNISINOS), Dr. Francisco Tognoli (UNISINOS), Dr. Mario Assine (UNESP).

Minimum/maximum number of participants: 15/40

Registration deadline: expired

Nov 02 – Short-courses*

"Icnology of Continental Environments" – Dr. Jorge Genise (MACN/CONICET, Argentina) and collaborators.

"Bioerosion" – Dr. Silvio Casadio (Univ. Nac. La Pampa, Argentina).

*The short-courses will be taught in Spanish.

Minimum/maximum number of participants: 5/50

Registration deadline: October 20, 2010

Nov 03-04 – Technical Session

Conferences:

Nov 02, 20h – Dr. María Gabriela Mángano, Univ. de Saskatchewan, Canada (opening talk): Exploring the potential of ichnology in unravelling taphonomy and ecology of Burgess Shale-type deposits.

Nov 03, 8h – Dr. Jordi M. de Gibert, Univ. de Barcelona, Spain (CF01): From "quantum" ichnology to "ichnosphere" evolution: looking into the paleobiological significance of trace fossils.

Nov, 03, 19h – Dra. Nora Noffke, Old Dominion Univ., USA (Round-table "New frontiers in Ichnology"). Turbulent lifestyle: Cyanobacteria on Earth's sandy beaches – Today and 3 billion years ago.

Nov 04, 8h – Dr. Masakazu Nara, Kochi Univ., Japan (CF02): Palaeoecological ichnology: Bringing trace fossil producers to life.

Nov, 04, 14h – Dr. Ricardo Melchor, Univ. Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina (CF03). Perspectives on continental freshwater ichnology.

Nov 05, 8h – Dr. H. Allen Curran, Smith College, USA (CF04). Ichnology of Quaternary tropical carbonates with emphasis on ichnogenic porosity and permeability.

Nov 05, 14h – Dr. Luis A. Buatois, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Canada (CF06). Perspectives in the applications of ichnology in facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy: gaps, grey zones and opportunities.

Nov 02, 19-20:30 h - Round-table "New frontiers in Ichnology".

Nov 04, 20h - Symposium Dinner (tickets can be purchasing during the SLIC 2010)

Nov 05 – Mini-workshop/short-course*
"Applications of Icnology to Stratigraphy", with studies of particular cases during the morning, and examination of cores in the afternoon.

Nov 06-07 – Post-symposium field-trips

FT02 – Field trip to visit ichnofossiliferous outcrops at Rio Grande do Sul State, with emphasis on Mesozoic non-marine trace fossils from the Paraná Basin, and some Cenozoic records. Field-trip leaders: Dr. Renata G. Netto (UNISINOS), Dr. Rafael Costa da Silva (CPRM, Brazil) and Ms. Paula Dietzen Dias (UFRGS, Brazil).

Minimum/maximum number of participants: 15/40

Registration deadline: expired

Important! The tour will be done with a light vehicle (van), so consider taking only the necessary luggage to travel more comfortable.

REGISTRATION FEES

SLIC 2010	UNTIL July 30, 2010		AFTER July 30, 2010
CATEGORY	SBP/IAS/SEPM/APA MEMBER¹	OTHERS	SBP/IAS/SEPM/APA MEMBER¹	OTHERS
Professionals	R$ 320,00	R$ 400,00	R$ 450,00	R$ 500,00
Students	R$ 160,00	R$ 200,00	R$ 270,00	R$ 300,00

SHORT-COURSES²	UNTIL July 30, 2010		AFTER July 30, 2010
CATEGORY	SBP/IAS/SEPM/APA MEMBER¹	OTHERS	SBP/IAS/SEPM/APA MEMBER¹	OTHERS
Professionals	R$ 32,00	R$ 40,00	R$ 54,00	R$ 60,00
Students	R$ 16,00	R$ 20,00	R$ 27,00	R$ 30,00

¹Membership receipt must be sent to slic2010.brasil@gmail.com, in order to pay the reduced registration fee.

² Registration fee on short-courses is exclusive to participants of the SLIC 2010.

FIELD TRIPS¹	UNTIL July 30, 2010	AFTER July 30, 2010
FT01	R$ 600,00	R$ 800,00
FT02	R$ 400,00	R$ 600,00
FT03	R$ 400,00	R$ 600,00

¹Field-trip fee includes transportation between the outcrops, lodging (double base accommodations), meals and field guide. Single accommodation can be provided by additional costs. If you prefer single accommodation, please contact Francisco Tognoli at slic2010.brasil@gmail.com with the subject FIELD TRIP SINGLE ACCOMODATION.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR REGISTRATION

To register for the SLIC 2010, ask for the apllication forms at slic2010.brasil@gmail.com. Fill out the application forms and send it to Francisco Tognoli at slic2010.brasil@gmail.com. Payment by credit card is feasible, but only VISA is accepted.

Once processed the registration, a confirmation message will be sent to the e-mail address indicated on the form. Participants requiring a formal receipt of registration for accountability must send an e-mail to slic2010.brasil@gmail.com.

Attention! Receipts will be issued exclusively in the name of the person or the institution that actually register at the symposium.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Deadline: CLOSED

Guidelines for submission: the abstracts – for oral or poster sessions – may be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Abstracts should be written single space, Times New Roman. Title: bold, center; short and informative, font size 14 p. Name of the authors: font size 12 p, centered. Postal address: font size 10p, center, including institutional affiliation and email.Text: font size 11p, justified. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Foreign words in relation to the language adopted in the abstract should be in italics. References, figures, graphs and tables should not be included.

Abstracts should be sent to slic210.brasil@gmail.com with the subject ABSTRACT SUBMISSION. It should be stated which author will be the presenter and the preferred mode of presentation, whether oral or poster. The submission will be confirmed only after the registration of the author which will be the presenter.

Oral presentations: The format of the 2010 SLIC allows host 50 oral presentations, of which 10 will be presented in the mini-workshop "Applications of Ichnology to Stratigraphy". If the number of submissions for oral presentations exceeds that mentioned number, the Scientific Committee will select the works to be presented in this modality. The final decision on the format of presentation of approved abstracts will be informed by e-mail to the presenter author until August 31, 2010.

For more information about abstract submission, please contact Noelia Carmona or Francisco Tognoli at slic2010.brasil@gmail.com, with the subject ABSTRACT INFORMATION.

PAPERS PUBLICATION

The journals Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia and Ameghiniana, both indexed on ISI, will publish papers related to the works accepted for presentation in the SLIC 2010 in their regular issues. Those interested in submit manuscripts to RBP should observe the instructions to authors at www.sbpbrasil.org and send the files to netto.re@gmail.com. Those interested in submit manuscripts to Ameghiniana should observe the instructions to authors and submission at www.scielo.org.ar/revistas/ameg. The phrase "This paper was presented in the Latin American Symposium on Ichnology – SLIC 2010" must be included at the end of the acknowledgments.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations will last 15 min, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussions. The time will be absolutely observed by chairpersons, so we advise you to plan well the length of your presentation to avoid interrupting it. The audio-visual material must be digital and built in PowerPoint, preferably version 2007.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Posters may occupy a maximum area of 0.90 cm x 1.20 cm. Please do not apply plastic film or plastic terminations; the poster display area only allows fixing light material. For this reason, and to ensure the best viewing of the work, it is recommended to print the poster on glossy paper.

The poster presentations will last at least half a day. However, the posters can be exposed for longer periods, depending on the number of presented posters and the available space for your display. There will be no formal presentation to the large group. The author presenting the poster should stay in the exhibition hall during the time determined to the poster exhibition. Be aware of the intervals; most of the participants use this time to visit the posters.

For more information about instructions for oral and poster presentations, please contact Noelia Carmona or Francisco Tognoli at slic2010.brasil@gmail.com, with the subject INFORMATION ABOUT WORK PRESENTATION.

ACCOMODATION DURING THE SLIC 2010

The city of São Leopoldo is located in the Vale do Rio dos Sinos region and compounds the Porto Alegre metropolitan area. It is around 31 km far from Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul State, where the Salgado Filho International Airport and the Bus Station of Porto Alegre, the two main poles of arrival in the region, occur. The access between the two cities is easy and occurs primarily by the BR-116 Road. The Trensurb – the metropolitan train – connects the two cities, with stations at the bus station and the airport. Transportation between the train stations and other points of both cities is made by bus (integration lines). For more information about the integrated transport system of Trensurb, visit www.trensurb.gov.br. The cost of travel by taxi between the two cities is between R$ 80.00 and R$ 100.00. If you prefer to use a taxi, use the cooperated taxi services with recruitment within the airport.

São Leopoldo is just 26 m above sea level. In November, the average temperature ranges between 25° and 30° C and relative humidity can be high. The rate of rainfall is low, but scattered rains? may occur. Information about the infrastructure, history and events, as well as city maps can be obtained in www.saoleopoldo.rs.gov.br or www.vivasaoleo.com.br.

The hotel capacity in São Leopoldo is modest, but is able to receive the participants of the SLIC 2010. However, be sure to make your reservation in advance, to avoid be out of place. Pegatur - Travel and Tourism Ltd. is the official travel agency of the SLIC 2010 and offers accommodations in major city hotels with promotional prices until June 30, 2010. For reservations and information, contact Ms. Marlise Petry (marlise.pegatur@via-rs.com.br). Below you will find the list of leading hotels in São Leopoldo and promotional fares for the SLIC 2010:

RATES (up to June 30, 2010)	SUAREZ www.hotelsuarez.com.br	CONFORT	EXPRESS	LABOR
RATES (up to June 30, 2010)	SUAREZ www.hotelsuarez.com.br	www.hotelexpress.tur.br		LABOR
Apt. single	R$ 127,00	R$ 89,00	R$ 89,00	R$ 85,00
Apt. double	R$ 154,00	R$ 105,00	R$ 105,00	R$ 105,00
Apt. triple	R$ 175,00	R$ 140,00	-.-	R$ 135,00
Apt. quadruple	-.-	-.-	-.-	R$ 160,00

Rates includes breakfast, but not include service taxes (+10%). For reservations, please contact Pegatur Turismo by e-mail (marlise.pegatur@via-res.com.br) or by phone 00 55 (51) 35908530 or 35895366.
In addition to the offerings above, there is the Hotel 10 São Leopoldo, which is close to Unisinos, but outside the downtown (BR-116, near the corner with Av Unisinos). This hotel offers two types of apartments, with one or two double beds, with prices around R$ 90.00 for single or double occupation, and R$ 110.00 for triple or quadruple occupation. More information can be obtained at www.hotel10.com.br.

THE CAMPUS OF UNISINOS

UNISINOS has a broad, tree-lined campus, of easy access and with excellent infrastructure to host the participants of the SLIC 2010. The symposium will take place in the Auditorium Sergio Concli Gomes, located in the hallway I of Building 6. The direct access of vehicles and pedestrians to Building 6 is through Gate D. However, Building D can be accessed from any gate or inner area of the campus.

From the Trensurb Unisinos Station, there is a shuttle bus from the Central Co. that makes the connection between the train and the internal areas of the campus. The trip is free but you must pick the ticket with the transport controller, in the boarding area.

The campus has at least six self service restaurants offering lunch and dinner buffet style by weight and several canteens offering snack service and a la carte dishes. It also has outpatient clinics with emergency services (ambulance), pharmacy, banks (Bank of Brazil, Banco Real, Banco Santander, Banrisul, Caixa Economica Federal), a bookshop and stationery, and shops. Sports recreation area, public computer rooms with Internet access, library and the Museum of Geological History of Rio Grande do Sul are also available.

For more information about the campus and the campus map, please access www.unisinos.br.

THE SLIC 2010 IS SUPPORTED BY:

Univerisdade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.

Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia - SBP

International Association of Sedimentologists - IAS

Society for Sedimentary Geology - SEPM

CNPq - Brazilian Technologic and Scientific Research Council

CAPES - Brazilian Agency for Graduate Education

FAPERGS - Rio Grande do Sul Scientific Research Fundation

CPRM - Brazilian Geological Survey