Ribeirão Preto October, 2008

Dear Participant at the XXXIII Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Immunology

The Organizing Committee is honored with your presence in our Annual Congress of Immunology. The Meeting was organized under the supervision of the Scientific Committee, the Brazilian Society of Immunology and with the help of several Brazilian scientists. Our main goal is to provide you with a dynamic international forum of rich scientific debates and to offer to the members of our society and to the invited speakers’ new information about intervention in the immune system. Besides this specific research topic, we will also address subjects of general interest to immunologists, providing you with a diversified scientific program. The congress will offer a total of 12 Round Tables; 1 course, 11 lectures, 10 sessions of express oral presentations, poster sessions, and several other activities. In addition, we prepared an agenda with social activities to offer all the participants ample opportunity to meet informally with your colleagues.
October has an average maximum temperature of 30,3oC in Ribeirão Preto and it is the beginning of the rainy season. The Address of the convention center is Rua Bernardino de Campos,999, city center, and it is within walking distance of most hotels. A reference point is the São Francisco Hospital.
Oxford Eventos (sbi2008@oxfordeventos.com.br, phone 16 39671003) is the company operating the Congress and its personnel are ready to assist you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require additional traveling information or would like to know more about your stay in Ribeirão Preto. You can also consult our web page www.sbi.org if you need further information about the Congress.
The Organizing Committee is very pleased with your participation. We wish you a very pleasant stay in Ribeirão Preto and hope that you will feel satisfied with the Congress activities.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

João Santana Silva
President IMUNORIB2008