About ISLA

The Information Systems in Latin America Conference (ISLA 2020) aims to discuss Information Systems role in society and, more specifically, the ways the discipline has evolved over the years, with special attention to the idiosyncrasies of IS research and practical application in Latin America. Authors are encouraged to submit papers or videos that contribute to the development of IS as a field of study and practice. Particularities of the region should be taken into account whenever they may lead to different approaches or different results to those the field has experienced elsewhere.

This ISLA 2020 is an ancillary event for the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2020), and it will accept rigorous and high-quality IS/IT/MIS research in and about Latin America in Spanish, Portuguese, or English. The totality of the conference will be held in a virtual format.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers must describe completed research. Completed research papers will besubmitted via the submission system, and they will be peer-reviewed using a double blindsystem and presented in a session format. Each session will consist of three or four competitive papers accepted through the review process. Sessions will include 10-minvideo presentations, followed by a live Q&A and discussion time. Full papers must notexceed 10 pages (approx. 5,000 words) and must conform to the ISLA 2020 submission template. Full papers that are accepted will be published in their entirety in the conference proceedings and included in the AIS e-Library.
• Research-in-progress papers will be submitted to double blind review. Upon acceptance, RIP papers will be presented by authors in short 10 min videos, followed by adiscussion. All RIP papers will be judged on the merit of the research idea. RIP papers must not exceed 5 pages (approx. 2,500 words) and must conform to the ISLA 2020 submission template. These papers will also appear in the proceedings and the AIS e-Library.

Committees

Program Committee

• Marie Anne Macadar (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Program co-chair
• Guillermo Rodríguez-Abitia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) - Program co-chair

Organizing committee

• Alexandre R. Graeml (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil) - Conference co-chair
• José Antonio Robles (Universidad ESAN, Peru) - Conference co-chair
• Rita C. Berardi (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil) - "Your research in a video" chair
• Aurora Sánchez (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile) - Publications co-chair & Technology co-chair 
• Valter Moreno (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Publications co-chair
• Indira Guzmán (Trident University, USA) - Technology co-chair
• Gladys Simpson (Florida International University, USA) - Communications co-chair
• Edimara M. Luciano (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) - Communications co-chair

Contact

All questions about submissions should be e-mailed to isla2020.program@lacais.org