Rio de Janeiro, July 26 - August 4 (2004)

DEADLINE: MAY 28th, 2004

The Brazilian School of Cosmology and Gravitation is one of the oldest and more traditional schools in Brazil, and has been periodically organized by the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) since 1976. The School has promoted the contact between students and scientists from different countries working in Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes, and related areas. Top-scientists from all over the world have given lectures in the School. Among them we can mention the following: J. Bekenstein, R. Brandenberger, Y. Choquet-Bruhat, B. DeWitt, A. Dolgov, G. F. Ellis, J. Ellis, L. Ford, W. Israel, B. Jones, A. Kirilov, E. Kolb, E. Lifshitz, V. Lukash, B. Mashhoon, V. Melnikov, V. Mostepanenko, I. Novikov, V. Rudenko, P. Srivastava, A. Starobinsky, G. Smoot, and B. Unruh. Check this link for information about previous schools.

The school will take place from Monday, 26 July to Wednesday , 4 August 2004 at the 5-star Hotel Portobello, situated near the city of Mangaratiba, 2 hours south of Rio de Janeiro.
The registration fee is US$ 120, payable by bank transfer to

BANCO DO BRASIL
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 8913-3
AGÊNCIA: 3519-X
SWIFT CODE: BRAS BR RJ RJ O
ADDRESS: Rua Lauro Müller, 116 sala 2706 - Botafogo
22290-160 Rio de Janeiro RJ.

Or by cash on arrival to the Hotel Portobello, at the counter of the Secretary of the School. The fee includes a copy of the proceedings, coffee breaks, congress kit and attendance certificate.
The cost of full lodging in Hotel Portobello in double room for the whole School (eleven days) is US 650,00 (six hundred and fifty dollars). The details for reservation will be sent to the candidates upon acceptance of his/her . application.
Some fellowships to cover lodging expenses will be available. Please indicate in the registration form if you wish to apply for one of them.

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