The Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) and the Organizing Committee of the XVI Brazilian MRS meeting invite the worldwide community of materials research to attend the 2017 Meeting, which will be held at the Convention Center in Gramado, in the period September 10th-14th, 2017. This traditional forum will be dedicated to recent advances and perspectives in materials science and technology and will have for the first time the participation of several Latin American Materials Research Societies.