A PROPOSAL TO HOST HCP 2009 IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Helio da Motta and Gilvan Alves
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
INTRODUCTION
The Brazilian center for Research in Physics (CBPF) is one the leading research
Institutes in Brazil. CBPF physicists have been active members in the High Energy
Physics field for several decades. In fact, HEP was the driving force in the founding
of the Institute over 40 year ago thanks to the work and determination of figures
like the late Prof. Cesar Lattes. In the more recent decades, CBPF has been
present in several HEP experiments at FERMILAB (E691,E769,E791,E831,D0)
and CERN (DELPHI). CBPF is also an active member of the Pierre Auger
Observatory.
Moreover, Rio de Janeiro State is the home of a large HEP community, with
physicists from several other institutions like the Rio de Janeiro State University
(UERJ), Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), Pontifícia Universidade Católica
do Rio de Janeiro (PUCRJ) and Fluminense Federal University (UFF). Physicists
from all these institutions have been active in several experiments in the last
decades. Brazilian physicists from other States have also a strong participation in
several HEP experiments like the MINOS, SELEX, cosmic rays and heavy ion
experiments.
At the present physicists from CBPF and other Institutes in the State of Rio de
Janeiro are involved in the new experiments that will take place at LHC: CMS,
LHCb and Atlas. In all the experiments we have been involved we have taken
responsibilities in several of the aspects of the experiment. CBPF group is one of
the responsible for the design, construction and operation of the Forward Proton
Detector at D0. CBPF was also a leading institution in Brazil in the development of
HEP software and computing. CBPF was the first institution in Brazil to establish
and operate a computer network with several computers of different hardware and
the first to push for the establishment of the internet connection. Rio de Janeiro
State University hosts what is currently the biggest grid system in all Latin America:
a Tier 2 designed to work within the LHC grid. The State and its Institutions are
fully connected to the web.
ABOUT RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio de Janeiro is one of the main cities in Brazil: an economic, cultural, political
and scientific center. Rio de Janeiro is accessed by its International Airport,
conveniently located about 15 km from downtown Rio. A 440 year old seaside city
surrounded by mountains, Rio de Janeiro is a major tourism destination, either
domestic and international with a mix of beaches, mountains and history.
The city has 24,000 hotel rooms with an estimated increase of 5,000 over the next
few years. The hotel sector has maintained a rate of occupation of 68% over recent
years and new investments are constantly being made in this sector, with hotels
available ranging from the most famous international chains to excellent national
hotels. These are concentrated mainly in the South Zone, Barra and the downtown
area, catering for all possible professional and personal tastes, with infrastructure
up to international standards. Many of these hotels have excellent convention
centers, with facilities for handling events with up to 2,200 participants.
Rio offers innumerable leisure activities from simply going to the many beaches,
tracking in the forest, hang gliding, diving, sailing and many more. Its 6,000,000
inhabitants welcome over 1,000,000 visitors a year that come either for pleasure or
business (or both). The State of Rio de Janeiro itself is a major tourism destination
with a fantastic offer of beaches (both south and north of the city) where pristine
beaches and primeval forests meet and where many resorts offer all kinds of
amenities one would expect.
There are many facilities available in the city - auditoriums and rooms suitable for
holding events, some in unusual and creative surroundings. Services available
from the many companies established in Rio, specializing in the organization of
congresses, fairs, exhibitions and social events, include creation, assembly,
planning and production of everything from start to finish of an event, such as
audiovisual equipment, simultaneous translation, air, land and cargo transport,
travel agencies.
The city itself, is one of the most beautiful in the world, with its tropical resort
atmosphere, curving beaches, mountains and forests, good weather, wonderful
scenery, an active cultural environment, both local and international, wonderful
restaurants, and world class shopping at competitive prices. On a par with all major
European or American cities, and with the additional advantage of being populated
by warm and friendly people. Of all who visit Rio for the first time, 98% put it at the
top of their list for obligatory future destinations.
According to the statistics of the International Congress and Convention
Association, Rio de Janeiro is one of the 9 cities most sought after in the world for
holding international congresses, and its rating is on the rise. In 2004, according to
ICCA International Congress and Convention Association, Rio de Janeiro was in
the 1st place in the America's ranking, for the last seven years, as a destination for
international meetings and 26th in the world. There are around 200 events already
programmed for the city up to 2009.
Rio has hosted conferences and meetings of all kinds and sizes. We can mention,
for instance, the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development,
Rio 92, when 122 heads of state were present in Rio, or the Latin America,
Caribbean and European Union "Cimeira", with 42 heads of state and government,
or the World Cardiology Congress, in 1998, which brought around 19,000 experts
to the city from around the world, or the Americas Telecom, in April 2000, with
27,000 participants, or some of the events already booked for the city up to 2007.
We present here some of the international events that are already schedule to Rio
de Janeiro for the next few years.
2006
2006
May
May
2006 July
2006 July
2006 July
2006
2006
August
September
2006 September
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
January
March
July
August
August
April
July
Wireless International Conference 2006
3rd Naval Industry and Offshore Conference
Anima Mundi 2006
19th International Symposium on Mathmatical Programing ISMP 2006
XXVI Physics in Collision
9th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
World Congress of the International Measurement Confederation IMEKO
XXXVI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
2007 World Congress of Nephrology
2007 FETA Freight Systems International Worldwide Conference
15th Pan American Games 2007
11th International Conference on Computer Vision - ICCV 2007
13th International Congress of Immunology - IUIS
NANO 2008 – International Conference on Nanostructured Materials
2008 International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors
2008 September
2008 November
International Conference of Agricultural Engineering
13th International Congress of Endocrinology
2009
August
27th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union - IAU
September
17th International Congress on Heat Treatment of Materials
2009
2010
Table 1: Some conferences already scheduled to Rio until 2010
CONFERENCE DATE AND VENUE
We we will need at least 18 months to organize the HCP 2009. The conference
would be set at one of the many Rio de Janeiro’s hotels with conference facilities.
We consider also taking HCP 2009 to any of the many paradisiacal beach resorts
available south and north of the city. Final decision on the venue will be very
dependent on the number of participants.
INSTITUIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPORT
In the appropriate time we will apply to the National Council of Science and
Technology (CNPq) and to the Rio de Janeiro State Foundation for the Endowment
of Research (FAPERJ) as well as to other organization for financial support.
OUR EXPERIENCE
CBPF has experience in hosting meetings of very different sizes. The following
tables show some of the events organized by CBPF in the recent years.
2006
Event
Date
IC 2006 - 5th International Conference on
Mathmatical methods in Physics
Atendance
April
75
2005
Event
Date
Atendance
Fourth Workshop on Future Low Energy
Neutrino Experiments
Angra dos Reis, RJ
2nd IUPAP International Conference on
Women in Physics
XI International Conference on Hadron
Spectroscopy - HADRON 05
February 2005
100
May 2005
145
August de 2005
200
2004
Event
Date
Attendance
67th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society
Fourth International Winter Conference on
Mathematical Methods in Physics
August 2004
200
August 2004
150
2003
Event
Date
Attendance
X ICFA School on Instrumentation in
Elementary Particle Physics
International Workshop on Trends and
Perspectives on Extensive and
Non-Extensive Statistical Mechanics
Tenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on
General Relativity
December 2003
100
November 2003
120
July 2003
570
7th International Conference on Materials
and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and
High Temperature Superconductors
May 2003
200
Date
Attendance
2002
Event
IUPAP International Conference on
"Quantum Entanglement, Complexity and the
Physical Basis for Quantum Computation"
Workshop "Trends on Nanostructured
Magnetic Materials"
Fourth Latin American Symposium on High
Energy Physics
December 2002
90
October 2002
120
October 2002
120
Event
Date
Attendance
Heavy Quarks 2000
Analog Models for General Relativity
October 2000
October 2000
150
42
2000
SOME INFORMATION ON RIO DE JANEIRO INFRASTRUCTURE
Rio de Janeiro International Airport:
Runways: 2 (4,8 km each)
Terminals: 2 (144.000 sq.m each)
Gates: 12 (International: 7 Domestic: 5)
Capacity: 15 million pax/year; 520 flights p/day
About 20 minutes from main hotels.
Air Companies with flights to Rio de Janeiro:
Aerolineas Argentinas
Air France
American Airlines
ANA
Angola Airlines-TAAG
Avianca
BRA
British Airways
Continental Airlines
Gol
Iberia
KLM
Lan Chile
Loyd Boliviano
Lufthansa
Ocean Air
Pluna
Scandinavian
Spanair
Swiss
TAM
Tap Air Portugal
United Airlines
VARIG
VASP
Hotels: (City)
Nr.
Class
Rooms
Auditoriums
Capacity
14
*****
4.678
109
19.720
27
****
3.357
73
6.432
45
***
4.089
79
590
26
**
1.716
11
60
61
*
2.324
1
0
7
---
234
0
0
122
Motels
5.182
2
20
50
Apart
2.060
2
100
352
Totals
23.864
277
26.922
Committable rooms: 12.000
Some hotels with Convention Facilities:
Capacity: From 500 to 2.200
people
1- Caesar Park Hotel
2- Copacabana Palace Hotel
3- Inter-Continental Rio Hotel
4- Hotel Glória
5- Le Méridien Copacabana Hotel
6- Pestana Rio Atlântica Hotel
7- Rio Othon Palace Hotel
8- Sheraton Rio Hotel & Towers
9- Sofitel Rio de Janeiro
10- Sheraton Barra Hotel & Suites
http://www.caesarpark-rio.com
http://www.copacabanapalace.orientexpress.com
http://www.interconti.com
http://www.hotelgloriario.com.br
http://www.meridien-br.com/rio
http://www.rioatlantica.com.br
http://www.hoteis-othon.com.br
http://www.sheraton-rio.com
http://www.sofitel-brasil.com.br
http://www.sheraton.com
Capacity: From 50 to 450 people
1- Everest Rio Hotel
2- Excelsior Copacabana Hotel
http://www.everest.com.br
http://www.windsorhoteis.com
3- Califórnia Othon
4- Copacabana Sul Hotel
5- Grandarrell Ouro Verde
6- JW Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro
7- Leblon Palace Hotel
8- Leme Othon Palace Hotel
9- Luxor Hotel Regente
10- Marina Palace Hotel
11 - Meliá Confort Barra
12- Merlin Copacabana Hotel
13- Miramar Palace Hotel
14 - Novo Mundo Hotel
15- Plaza Copacabana Hotel
16- Rio Copa Hotel
17- Rio Internacional Hotel
18- Sol Ipanema Hotel
19- Transamérica Flat Barra
http://www.hoteis-othon.com.br
http://www.copasul.com.br
http://www.grandarrell.com.br
http://www.marriottbrasil.com/riomc
http://www.leblonpalace.com.br
http://www.hoteis-othon.com.br
http://www.luxorhoteis.com.br
http://www.hotelmarina.com.br
http://www.solmelia.com
http://www.hotelmerlin.com.br
http://www.windsorhoteis.com
http://www.hotelnovomundo-rio.com.br
http://www.windsorhoteis.com
http://www.riocopa.com
http://www.riointernacional.com.br
http://www.solipanema.com.br
http://www.transamerica.com.br
CONCLUSION
CBPF has a long and well established tradition in HEP and has been an active
Institute in the field. We have a large experience in hosting scientific meetings and
do have all the facilities and infrastructure for a meeting like HCP 2009. Rio de
Janeiro is one of the world leading destinations for conferences and meetings and
we have all the means and support for such venture. We are firmly committed to
make HCP 2009 a success as well as a pleasant event that will bring considerable
gains to the HEP community in the world and in Brazil. In a field like ours where
international collaboration is a fundamental need and a prerequisite to any work
worth doing, the setting of meetings and conferences should reflect this
international reality. Therefore, we ask for our proposal to receive fully
consideration and a favorable decision. There is a blank line in table 1 waiting for
HCP 2009.
Hope to see you in Rio in 2009