Event Summary

During the assembly of the Brazilian Society of Carcinology (SBC), held in Recife
(PE) in November 2018, on the occasion of the X Brazilian Congress on Crustaceans
(CBC), it was decided that the city of Santos (SP) would be chosen as the seat of the
XI CBC, in 2020. It was also approved that this event would be under the responsibility
of professors, researchers and students from State of São Paulo University (UNESP).
At the same time, in Washington (USA), it was decided during the meeting of The
Crustacean Society (SBC), that the TCS Summer Meeting would be held in Brazil,
together, when the event was named CBC.TCS.Santos, to be held at the Bourbon
Santos Convention Hotel, in Santos, on the Coastal Center of the State of São Paulo.
However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event had to be postponed to June 6-
9, 2022, as well as decided to be held in virtual format, due to the emergence of new
mutations of this virus, worsening the situation in most major Latin countries and to
ensure the safety of all participants. The congress was already being developed on
a computerized platform, which was added to video streaming studios installed in
three rooms in the same hotel initially proposed, which would act as a video emission
center. Held every two years, the CBC is an event promoted by SBC, where the
results of scientific investigations in the Carcinology Area are presented. TCS, in turn,
holds two annual events, the winter one in the USA and the summer meeting
(Summer Meeting) in other countries. The study of crustaceans has grown
exponentially throughout the world, always assuming a prominent position in national
and international scientific scenarios. Due to the commitments assumed by Brazil
during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (ECO92)
and compliance with the terms of the Convention on Biodiversity, it is up to our country
to advance in the inventory of native carcinofauna, be it marine, freshwater or
terrestrial. Thus, the conferences promoted by SBC and TCS have as common
objectives to bring researchers together and stimulate the exchange of knowledge,
providing their participants (researchers and students) with quality events. The theme
of the event will be “Tradition and Innovation: Integrative Approaches to the Study of
Crustaceans”, being structured to include 04 conferences, 10 symposia (with about
50 lectures), work presentations (oral and videoposters) and 07 mini-courses.

Annals of XI Brazilian Congress on Crustaceans / The Crustacean Society - Summer Meeting Brazil 5