SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PROTEÇÂO RADIOLÒGICA-SBPR

SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PROTEÇÃO RADIOLÓGICA - SBPR -

BRAZILIAN RADIATION PROTECTION SOCIETY - SBPR -

Who is the SBPR? • SBPR was formed in 1986 • It is a Brazilian scientific organization of professionals who develop activities in radiation safety. • Number of members- near 300 members from all scientific and technical areas related to radiation protection applied on medicine, industry , environmental and research

Filiation SBPR is associate to: • IRPA - International Radiation Protection Association • FRALC - Radiation Protection Federation of Latin America and Caribbean.

• And is member of the Iberian and Latin American Group of Radiation Protection Societies GRIAPRA

Filiation IRPA - International Radiation Protection Association IRPA is an association of 17,000 individuals joining through 48 national societies in 60 countries worlwide. If you are a member of an Associate Society, you are a member of IRPA.

Of special interest is one figure, presented by UNSCEAR and taken from an ICRP presentation. This figures shows the four pillars of the global organisation of radiation protection: UNSCEAR, ICRP, IAEA, IRPA

Homepage- www.sbpr.org.br

Meetings organized • 2000 – Workshop on Radiation Protection in Industry • 2001 – V IRPA Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety and II Iberian Latin American Congress of Radiological Protection Societies

Meetings 2005 – RADIO 2005 – IV International Congress on Radiation Protection in Industry and – Ist Brazilian Congress on Radiation Protection These events were developed in cooperation with the ABENDE- Brazilian Association on non-destructive testing

2009 – – I Congress of Protection Against Radiations of the Countries of Portuguese Language, jointly with the Portuguese Society of Protection Against the Radiations. Lisbon, Portugal

• Organized several national courses in the area of Radiation protection in Radiology, Radiation protection in industry

2011 • II Brazilian Congress on Radiation Protection, in the scope of the International Joint Conference RADIO 2011. 17-20 May 2011- RECIFE

International Joint Conference

RADIO 2011

2011 •

Recife, Brazil, 17 - 20 May 2011

II Congress of Protection Against Radiations of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, jointly with the Portuguese

Society of Protection Against the Radiations. •

II Brazilian Congress on Radiation Protection

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V International Congress on Radiation Protection in Industry, in cooperation with the ABENDE- Brazilian Association on nondestructive testing

2011 III Congress of Protection

Against Radiations of the Countries of Portuguese Language, jointly with the

Portuguese Society of Protection Against the Radiations. Lisbon, Portugal

IX Latin American IRPA Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety – Rio de Janeiro, April, 2013

IRPA Regional Congress • IX Latin American IRPA Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety

• V Iberian and Latin American Congress of Radiological Protection Societies • III Brazilian Congress on Radiation Protection Royal Tulip Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, April 14 - 19, 2013

What can we do together? • Organization of an Ibero-american work group on radiation protection to discuss protocols and recommendation on radiation protection for medical and industrial areas • Organization of courses and meetings • Prepare didactic materials • Scientific cooperation to disseminate new technologies in radiation protection •