As was mentioned in the past announcement the workshop will take place in La Plata, Argentina, the place will be in the Electrotechnical Department, Faculty of Engineering UNLP, from 2 to 4 of November. The agenda of the meeting is almost full, please visit the web page to see the news.

http://www.congresos.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/NMESC/4WNMESC

It is important to remind people interested in participating should register in the meeting via the website

http://www.congresos.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/NMESC/4WNMESC/index

The organization is seeking financial support for participants, this economical support may only be given to those who have registered. This meeting was jointly developed by four South American countries, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, we suggest that participants from these countries to contact the local organizers for financial aid. The local organization in La Plata is trying to get reduced rates at hotels in the city. Please consult the website.

http://www.congresos.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/NMESC/4WNMESC

Please remember that the amount of places available in the hotels of the city is limited and scarce, it is suggested to make reservations in advance.

We wish to highlight important points related to the meeting:

The purpose of the meeting, is to do an exhaustive description of first principles methods, the advantages of the study of materials using them, emphasizing the importance of the ab-initio methods to predict structural, electric, magnetic, electronic properties, etc., in general, physical properties of solids. Furthermore, the purpose of this activity is to discuss some of these widely used computational methods to obtain electronic structures. It is also sought to locate the state of the art of the modern techniques on first principles calculation, focuses on the study of materials.The seminar will be carried out with the contribution of foreign and local lecturers. Oral expositions of advanced students and recent PhD's are also being encouraged to participate. The purpose is to establish relationships and cooperations to make possible the generation of new projects and the training human resources.

MAIN FIELDS OF THE WORKSHOP:

Methods of electronic structure calculations.
Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids.
Electron states at surfaces and interfaces.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Dr. Eitel L. Peltzer y Blancá. (UNLP, La Plata, Arg.)
Dr. Leonardo Errico (UNLP, La Plata, Arg.)
Dr. Javier Martinez (UNLP, La Plata, Arg.)
Dra.Helena Petrilli (U. de San Pablo, Brasil)
Dr. Ricardo Faccio (U. de La República, Urug.)
Dr. Eduardo A. Menendez Proupin (U.de Chile)
Dr. Gonzalo Gutierrez (U. de Chile)