Com o objetivo de atender participantes de todo o Brasil e do exterior em 2006, os Simpósios Brasileiros de Banco de Dados e de Engenharia de Software são eventos promovidos anualmente pela Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, e organizados pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina em parceria com o IDESTI.

The 9th IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education will be held in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, from July 27 to 31, in 2009. It is organized by the Federal University of Santa Catarina and IDESTI (Institute for Education, Research and Institutional Development on Social Management of Information Technology), in cooperation with the Brazilian Computer Society.