Studies and research related to open data in Science will be considered and must meet the following requirements:

1. It must be related to one single topic of the congress.
2. The authors of the article can be up to a maximum of 5.
3. A summary of a maximum 300 words is required as first input, once the summary is approved, the complete article with a maximum of 10 pages will be requested.
4. Selected articles will be submitted using the EasyChair platform.
5. All articles must be original and not appear simultaneously in another journal or conference.
6. Research papers will be received according to the schedule established for the congress.
7. They may be written in English or Spanish.
8. Presentation templates will be available, which are not mandatory for use.
9. Oral presentations should be presented in Spanish or English.

Articles will be reviewed according to the following criteria:

• There will be a responsible chairman/chairwoman by each topic who will organize the entire process of selecting articles and bringing support to the authors.
• Two reviewers will be assigned for each accepted article who will define its approval
• The approved article will be presented on the day of the congress.

Scientific Committee:

This Committee will be formed by the chairs of the thematic topics of the congress, which must meet requirements established by the organizing committee, including: Publications related to open data or open science, more than two years of experience in research. The congress will prioritize the participation of national chairs and respecting gender equality.

The contents of the scientific articles will be published in an indexed magazine of the Central University of Ecuador or in the Open Latitudes Magazine edited by the Datalat Foundation.

Submit your proposal

Aimed at people from 18 to 25 years from Latin America who can present infographics of projects on open data. A total of 5 infographics will be selected that meet the following conditions:

1. Infographics can be digital or printed
2. The team can be up to a maximum of 4 people and with gender parity
3. Can be presented in Spanish or English
4. The first three places will be rewarded with three awards of USD 300

Submit your proposal

The congress looks to include presentations about advances on open data in science from around the world, a conference will be selected for each topic raised, for which organizations or research groups that have carried out projects with impact results are invited to submit a proposal.

Applications for keynote conferences can be submitted on the congress website and will be selected by the organizing committee.

The contents of the conferences will be published in the indexed magazine of the Central University of Ecuador or in the Datalat Foundation`s Open Latitudes Magazine.

The approach suggested is experimental laboratories that allow attendees to understand the functionality of tools, methodologies, and other processes around open science data or open science. Researchers and organizations are invited to submit workshop proposals on the thematic areas of the congress.

The partner organizations will also be able to propose workshops and the organizing committee will select the workshops for the main event. Each workshop should last a maximum of 105 minutes (1h45).

The contents of the hands-on workshops will be published in the final report of the event and in the indexed magazine of the Central University of Ecuador or in the Datalat Foundation`s Open Latitudes Online Magazine.

Submit your proposal

A co-creation space will be promoted during the congress to work toward a proposal to develop good practices for the implementation of an Open Science framework in Ecuador. This will include forums with experts and working groups within the partner organizations. The following topics could be worked on the space:

• Structure of a framework for open science
• Required legal framework 
• Open science ecosystem

The developed proposal will be published on the Datalat Foundation participation website for further contributions.

This space will be organized by the scientific committee and all the participants will be able to register for the different forums and make their contributions.

The content results from the working groups will be published in the congress report and in the indexed magazine of the Central University of Ecuador or in the Datalat Foundation`s Open Latitudes Magazine.