The Graduate Program on Chemistry of the São Paulo State University (UNESP)  is organizing the 1st Advanced School on Materials for Photonic Applications - Glasses, Optical Fibers and Sol-Gel Materials (SAMPA) to be held at the Institute of Chemistry (UNESP), Araraquara-SP, Brazil, from 6 to 14 October, 2012.

The 1st SAMPA is supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) and is addressed to graduate students who are pursuing a Master or PhD degree in Chemistry, Physics of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) in graduate programs all over the world.

The main purpose of the 1st SAMPA is to convey to the participants an updated overview about the recent scientific and technological advances on the school topics. The program of the 1st SAMPA has been planned to cover important topics relating the processing, properties and applications in optical fibers, glasses, and sol-gel materials.

All lectures will be given by invited speakers who are recognized worldwide by their scientific contributions in those fields.