The Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) and the Organizing Committee of the XVIII Brazilian MRS meeting invite the worldwide community of materials research to attend the 2019 Meeting, which will be held at the Balneário Camboriú-SC, in the period September 22nd-26th, 2019. This traditional forum will be dedicated to recent advances and perspectives in materials science and technology and will have the participation of several Latin American Materials Research Societies