The 2012 SDSS-III Collaboration meeting was held June 26-29 at the Observatório Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thanks to the hard work of the local organizers a great and productive time was had by all.
The meeting caught the interest of a local major newspaper, “O Globo”, which published a nice summary of the SDSS-III project at:
http://oglobo.globo.com/ciencia/astronomia-de-olhos-bem-abertos-5329246