CPDP LatAm 2026 will be hosted by the Center for Technology and Society of FGV Direito Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 12 and 13, 2026, and will be followed by a side-event on risk managment in AI, on 14 August. CPDP LatAm is the Latin American edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP), an international event that has been held for more than 15 years in Brussels, Belgium, and continues to be the main conference on data governance in the region.
The 2026 edition is dedicated to the discussion of data governance for interoperable and cooperative digital sovereignty. It also connects to a collaborative event for the discussion of the proposed papers, the Privacy Law Scholars Conference LatAm (PLSC LatAm), which will take place online, in the last week of September 2026. Finally, the conference includes a thematic track dedicated to technological solutions that strengthen privacy and cybersecurity, MyData LatAm.
Accepted languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Submitted articles must be original and exclusive to this process, and cannot be simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
The CPDP LatAm 2026 Call for Papers prioritizes articles related to:
Interdisciplinary analyses are highly encouraged. If you have any questions about the compatibility of a potential submission with the theme of this call, please contact us (contact@cpdp.lat).
Submitted articles will undergo prior anonymized selection carried out by the Scientific Committee and the Multisectoral Advisory Board of CPDP LatAm. Those who are approved in this stage must be submitted through the system of journals in which the special volumes of CPDP LatAm will be published, to go through the peer review process.
Submissions in English that successfully complete the peer review process will be published in a special issue of CPDP LatAm in the International Review of Law, Computers & Technology and edited by Professors Luca Belli and Nicolo Zingales. Submissions in Portuguese and Spanish that successfully complete the peer review process will be published in a special issue of CPDP LatAm of the Brazilian Journal of Fundamental Rights and Justice (Qualis A1), edited by Professors Ingo Sarlet and Ivar Hartmann.
Authors of the selected submissions will be invited to submit their working papers for closed comments during the Latin American meeting of the Privacy Law Scholars Conference. PLSC LatAm will take place in an online format in Septembre 2026. More details coming soon.
The articles selected to compose the special editions of CPDP LatAm will receive a prize of R$2,500 per article. Authors of proposals for articles selected for the peer review process – regardless of quantity – will receive an exemption from the participation fee for CPDP LatAm 2026. Authors may choose to donate the prize to a charity.
The CPDP LatAm Scientific Committee will also award the “Danilo Doneda Award” for the best paper, consisting of a prize of R$2,500 for the first place and prizes of R$1,250 reais for the other finalists.
CPDP LatAm invites researchers to submit academic papers, especially in the areas of Law, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Computer Science, Economics and Public Policy, but also from other areas of knowledge relevant to the central theme of the event.
At least one of the authors of the article submitted to the Brazilian Journal of Fundamental Rights and Justice must have a PhD, PhD, SJD or equivalent.
The following categories of authors may participate in the call by submitting their paper proposals that will be evaluated as those of the other authors but, due to compliance and anti-corruption rules, are not eligible to receive the cash awards:
Launch of the call for papers | February 2026 |
Submission of the first draft (5,000 – 7,000 words) | 30 May 2026, 23:59 (UTC-3) |
Communication of pre-selection of drafts and submission to the respective journals | 30 June 2026 |
CPDP LatAm Conference | 12 – 13 August 2026 (satellite events on 11 and 14 August) |
Peer review result (initial version) | Variable, depending on the respective journals |
Possibility of participating in PLSC LatAm (online event) | September 2026 |
Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee and the Multisectoral Advisory Board and selections will be made based on both the quality and relevance of the papers. Selected articles will be submitted to a peer review process.
The pre-selected articles presented at PLSC LatAm, depending on the progress of the peer review process in the respective journals, may be reviewed to incorporate the feedback received during PLSC LatAm.
Initial papers should contain between 5000 and 7000 words. Texts in Portuguese and Spanish must follow the format guidelines set forth by DF&J, while texts in English must follow the guidelines set forth by IRLCT.
We strongly recommend using reference managers such as Zotero.
The text of the work should not include the name of the author(s) and all references to the author(s) should be deleted (including the file metadata, if they identify the authors).
The identification, title, and affiliation of the authors must be indicated in the body of the email sent to papers@cpdp.lat, with the subject “Submission – Article – CPDP LatAm 2026”. Submissions that do not meet these criteria will be rejected.