Report on the 6th Brazil InterPore Chapter Conference

The 6th Brazil Interpore Chapter Conference on Porous Media occurred from 7-9 August 2023, at the Sirius laboratory, in Campinas – SP – Brazil. Sirius is a fourth-generation Brazilian synchrotron laboratory, and it was the conference venue for the first time. Sirius is part of the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), one of the national laboratories of the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). There were 104 participants, with representatives from all Brazilian regions (North, Northwest, South, and Southwest), as well as eighteen from outside Brazil. The conference attracted many students, post-docs and young researchers and foster interaction with senior researchers and professors from academia and industry.

The conference brought 12 plenary speakers, 18 oral presentation and 23 posters covering a variety of porous media areas: synchrotron; theory, modeling, numerical methods; energy and industrial application; green world; biotechnology; oil science and microfluidic and smart materials. Read the full report here.