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27 to 30 August 2010, in Itatiba, São Paulo

Note: The symposium will be transmitted live on the Internet at http://itv.netpoint.com.br/uk (from Saturday 28th, 8:15)

O simpósio será transmitido pela internet a partir de sábado (28/8), às 8h15, em http://itv.netpoint.com.br/uk

The Frontiers of Science programme is a prestigious series of international meetings for outstanding early career scientists, run in the UK by the Royal Society, in the USA by the National Academies, by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. These multidisciplinary meetings aim to bring together future leaders in science to discuss the latest advances in their fields, and to learn about cutting edge research in other disciplines in a format that is designed to encourage informal networking and discussion, and to explore opportunities for collaboration.

The UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science meeting will see 78 outstanding early career scientists, with up to 20 years postdoctoral experience, participating: 35 from the UK, 35 from Brazil and 8 from Chile (to be nominated by the Chilean Academy). The conference will feature 9 sessions as follows, with the members of the organising committee who devised them:

• Biofuels: new developments, challenges and limitations: Araxi Urrutia, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath Anamaria Aranha Camargo, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research – São Paulo

• Brain plasticity: Holly Bridge, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford Fernando Cendes, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

• Deep Earth system: Richard Kirby, School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth Ricardo Trindade, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science, University of Sao Paulo (USP)

• Mathematical modelling of populations and disease: Jonathan Dawes, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath Henrique Bursztyn, National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA)

• Planet formation and evolution: Dalia Chakrabarty, Department of Statistics, University of Warwick Silvia Helena Paixão Alencar, Department of Physics, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

• Plant development and climate change: Kerry Franklin, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol Mariana Cabral de Oliveira, Bioscience Institute, University of Sao Paulo (USP)

• Quantum entanglement: Peter Vukusic, School of Physics, University of Exeter Marcelo Knobel, Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

• Regulation of energy metabolism: Saif Haque, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London Alicia Kowaltowski, Chemistry Institute, University of Sao Paulo (USP)

• Science Journalism and Public Perception on Science: Marcelo Knobel, Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Richard Kirby, School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth

It is hoped that this meeting, by challenging outstanding scientists to discuss the big questions at the frontiers of their fields and others, will stimulate participants to consider new directions in their research and help build new links between scientists from both nations, which may lead to international and cross-disciplinary collaborations.