The XXIII Brazilian Materials Research Society B-MRS 2025 was held in Salvador on September 28 to October 2, 2025. The event was attended by more than two thousand scientists from 36 countries representing leading Research Organizations and Universities in South and North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Among the participants from the Russian Federation was the Director of ISPM RAS, Corresponding Member of RAS, Dr. Sergey Ponomarenko with an invited lecture at the Symposium "Hybrid Materials and Devices for Energy Conversion and Storage". This traditional forum was dedicated to the latest achievements and future prospects of materials science and related technologies. It provided an excellent opportunity for scientists, engineers, and students from academia and industry to to discuss the state of the art of Materials Science discoveries and perspectives. This is an annual event and at its closing ceremony it was announced that the next XXIV Congress of the Brazilian Materials Research Society B-MRS 2026, which will be held on September 27 to October 1, 2026 in Curitiba. 
More information and the Program of XXIII B-MRS Meeting can be found at https://www.sbpmat.org.br/23encontro/