Local Information
Venue
Siria Street, 25 - Jd. Oswaldo Cruz
São José dos Campos - SP - Brazil
CEP 12216-540
Phone:+55(12)3512-9600
The
Faro
Hotel
was inaugurated in January 2010 in São
José dos Campos. Strategically located close to the large
Center Vale
mall
, as well as to the
President
Dutra
highway, it has 10 floors and 137 comfortable
apartments divided in 5 categories, besides convention room, bar,
restaurant, business center and a gym with modern equipments.
Hotel Reservation:
The
LOC will make reservation for all participants staying at the
conference hotel (Faro Hotel). Please download the
Reservation
and the
Credit Card Authorization
Forms
and
send them duly completed to sagdw(at)lna.br until
August 31, 2011
to warrant
your reservation.
Your hotel
expenses will be charged at the hotel check out - only credit cards and
cash are accepted (personal cheques and traveler's cheques are not
accepted).
Rates
at
Faro
Hotel
for our workshop will be:
Standard Room
single/double (1 double bed): R$185,00 / R$142,50 per
person
Superior Room single/double (1 double bed or 2 twin beds) : R$204,00 /
R$154,00 per person
The
daily
rates include two meals (breakfast and lunch), welcome reception
(evening of October 26, 2011), and coffee breaks.
The LOC has blocked Standard and Superior rooms but the
Faro Hotel
also has
other types of rooms at higher rates. If you prefer to book any other
type of room, please contact us by email to check availability.
Cancellation
Policy:
Changes in the arriving and
departure dates in the hotel, as well as cancellation of hotel booking
must be communicated no later than
October 10, 2011
.
São
José dos Campos (SJdC)
SJdC is currently the 4th largest city in the state of
São Paulo and the largest and most important in the
Paraíba Valley. SJC is one of the largest industrial and
technological centers of the country and the home of well known
research centers, such as the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
(
INPE
),
the Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aeroespacial (
DCTA
), the Instituto
Tecnológico da Aeronáutica (
ITA
),
the Instituto de Estudos Avançados (
IEA
), the Universidade Estadual Paulista (
UNESP
), the
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (
UNIFESP
), and the Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (
UNIVAP
).
SJdC is also the home of
EMBRAER
(Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica), the 4th largest
aircraft company in the world, and many other technological and
electronics industries, totaling more than 700 companies.
Typical temperatures in October are about
16.5°C (minimum) to 26°C (maximum).
As a city with a strong social diversity, SJC has many
different options to hang out at night, especially at weekends. Ranging
from country music bars to an (almost) authentic Irish pub, you can
find good restaurants, snack bars and night clubs near the hotel. If
you’re interested, we recommend to call a taxi at the hotel
lobby. Taxi fares are not expensive, as the distances are not long
within SJC.
Travel
Information
How to arrive in São José dos
Campos - getting to the Faro Hotel:
The best way to get to São José
dos Campos is to fly to the Guarulhos International Airport (GRU),
located only 80 km away from SJdC:
Infraero
Airports
or
Guarulhos
International Airport - GRU
.
There is also the local
São
José dos Campos airport
: used for some
commercial and military flights.
It has daily flights to several destinations in Brazil with the
Azul
and
TRIP
airlines. From the this airport to Faro Hotel the taxi fare is around
R$25-30.00 (business days) and R$35-40.00 on weekends.
Using the Transportation Provided by the LOC:
The organizing committee will provide transportation
for the participants to the Faro Hotel from the International
Airport of Guarulhos and from the city of Rio de Janeiro. Due to the
small number of people interested in using the bus from the city of
São Paulo, we decided that the bus will only depart
from the airport.
To
confirm the use of this transportation
: please inform an
identification document (RG or CPF number for Brazilians, or passport
number for foreigners) and also information about your flight
(arrival/departure time, company, flight number), until
October
10
to sagdw(at)lna.br
From
Guarulhos International Airport
:
Departure time of the bus in Oct 26: 18h
Departure time of the bus from Faro Hotel in Oct 30: 14h
In order to use this transportation, we recommend booking flights that
arrive in Oct 26 at the airport no later than 17h30 for domestic
flights or 17h for international flights. For the departure in Oct 30,
please book your flights after 16h30 for domestic flights or 17h30 for
international flights.
From Observatório Nacional/Rio de Janeiro:
Departure
time of the shuttle in Oct 26: 13h30
Departure time of the shuttle from Faro Hotel in Oct 30: 14h
Using other
Transportation from Guarulhos International Airport (GRU):
By
Bus
: You can take the bus from the company
Pássaro
Marron
to SJC at the airport. Tickets for these buses can be bought at the counter of the "Aiport Bus
Service" located in the sidewalk of the Terminal 2 of the airport or through the
company website. The trip will take about 1h30min and
costs R$16,30 (as of Sept 26, 2011). The departure
times from GRU are: 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:30 12:30 13:30
15:00 16:30 17:30 18:30 20:00 22:00.
Upon arrival to the main bus station in SJdC you can
take a taxi to the hotel. From the bus station to Faro Hotel the taxi
fare is around R$10-15.00 on business days and R$20-25.00 (double
charge) on weekends.
The return trip (SJdC to the Guarulhos airport) costs
R$18,85 and departs from the main bus station in SJdC
at: 6:15 6:30 8:00 8:50 10:30 12:00 13:30 15:30 17:30 18:30
19:30 22:00.
The strategic location of São
José dos Campos allows quick access to São Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Litoral Norte and Serra da Mantiqueira.
By
Taxi
: Taxis from the airport have fixed prices and
should cost about 238 reais (as of July 2011) and should take about
1h10m, but depending on traffic it could take up to 2h. The official
taxi company is
Guarucoop
.
Visa
Information
The citizens of the following countries are
visa exempted
to enter in Brazil: Andorra,
Argentina
, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Chile
,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Africa, South Korea, SMO of Malta, Spain, Suriname, Sweden,
Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United
Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican, Venezuela. Source: Ministry of External
Relations/Immigration Division. Updated on June, 24, 2011
If you are exempted, please be sure that your passport
is valid for more than 6 months, and check if you need vaccination. All
exemptions are valid for a stay up to 90 days.
US citizens need visa to enter to Brazil. Moreover, for
the citizens of the countries not listed above, a visa need to be
requested in a
Brazilian
Consulate
in order to attend the meeting. Letters
of invitation to apply for the visa (if required by the consulate) will
be provided upon request to
sagdw
(at) lna.br
.
Yellow fever vaccination (10 days before traveling) is
recommended if you want to include in your trip a visit to the
following states: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá. Macapá,
Roraima, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí,
Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Santa
Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás e Distrito Federal. The
vaccine protects you for 10 years.
If you have any doubt about the visa we strongly advise
to contact the embassy or consulates of these countries nearest to you.
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