Registration includes:

GOLD: 
Opening session, Forum of Leaders - Corporate Management, closing session, technical sessions, Expomet fair, complete bag with Congress proceedings, welcome cocktail, and  gala dinner, except for the category marked with (**).     

SILVER 1:
Opening session, closing session, technical sessions, Expomet fair, complete bag with Congress proceedings, and welcome cocktail.     

SILVER 2:     
Opening session, Forum of Leaders - Corporate Management, closing session, Expomet fair, complete bag with Congress proceedings, welcome cocktail, and gala dinner, except for the category marked with (**).     

Additional gala dinner ticket  = U$ 50,00     
     
NOTES:   
1) The status of ABM member is valid for the individual person category only;     
2) Employees of ABM member companies will be entitled to an additional rebate of 10% 
    over total registration fee;     
3) Even though a paper has several authors, only one of these may register as the 
    speaker;     
4) (*) Professors, graduate students or post-graduate students will be required, as 
    previously mentioned, to submit written proof of their status by fac-simile: (55 11) 
    5534-4330 c/o Margareth Nunes

(**) Gala Dinner not included

PUBLICATIONS
In addition to publications in the Congress annals, the works presented will contest for additional publication in the Tecnologia em Metalurgia e Materiais, Materials Research and Matéria magazines, during 2010.

EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATION RIGHTS RESERVED TO ABM.

TECHNICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AWARDS
ABM affiliates authoring the best technical contributions presented in the events sponsored by the institution will receive Technical Acknowledgement Awards granted by the Association and sponsored by the associate companies.
The solemn award ceremony occurs during the Annual ABM Congress.
Get to know the technical acknowledgement awards which the works can contest for, by visiting www.abmbrasil.com.br/premios.

THEMES
Be informed about the scope of each theme in www.abmbrasil.com.br/congresso/2009/subjects.asp

VENUE
EXPOMINAS
6030, Amazonas Avenue - Gameleira
30510-000 - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais
Phone: (55 31) 3334-5145
www.expominas.com.br

OPERATION HOURS OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
July 13^th, 2008 (Monday) - from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
July 14^th, 2008 (Tuesday) - from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
July 15^th, 2008  (Wednesday) - from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
July 16^th, 2008 (Thursday) - from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Your safety and welfare are assured during the event by the coverage of civil liability insurance, managed by RANA Administradora e Consultoria de Seguros Ltda.
Phone: (55 11) 3214-6232 - www.ranaseguros.com.br

GENERAL INFORMATION
Phone: (55 11) 5534-4333 - Fax: (55 11) 5534-4330
Extension 118: Rosangela Ziliotte - rosangela@abmbrasil.com.br
Extension 112: Erika Akashi - erika@abmbrasil.com.br
Extension 186: Taís Simões Maia - tais.maia@abmbrasil.com.br
Events Manager: Reinaldo B. Nascimento - reinaldo@abmbrasil.com.br

EXPEDIENT
President: Karlheinz Pohlmann
Vice-President: Nelson Guedes de Alcântara
Chairman of the Board: José Luiz Brandão
Asset Director: Hideyuki Hariki
Executive Director: Horacídio Leal Barbosa Filho
Directors:
Antonio Siqueira Viana
Ayrton Filleti
Carlos Alberto Briganti
Carlos Cunha Dias Henriques
Carlos de Moura Neto
Celso Antonio Barbosa
Delmar Barros Ribeiro
Evando Mirra de Paula e Silva
Fabricio Batista Vieira
Fernando José Gomes Landgraf
Hermenio Pinto Gonçalves
Jones Belther
Márcio Frazão Guimarães Lins
Marcos Alexandre Stuart Nogueira
Pedro Gutemberg Quariguasi Netto
Regional Minas Gerais:
Director: Janaína Maria França dos Anjos
Vice-Director: Ledomiro Braga da Silva
Events Manager: Reinaldo B. Nascimento
Event Organization:
Event Leader Analyst - Rosangela Ziliotte
Events Analysts - Margareth Nunes
Support: Erika Akashi, Renata Puga, Rosa Emilia Vieira de Moraes e Taís Simões Maia
Proceedings Edition: Cristina Fleury Leitão
Promotion and realization: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração - ABM