CPDP LatAm 2024

Update on CPDP LatAm 2024 Review Process and Schedule Postponement

Dear Authors,

We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to inform you of a delay in the review process for the CPDP LatAm 2024 call for papers. Unfortunately, considering the 2 week extension of the CfP and some technical problems we faced with the submission process, we will need to extend the timeline by at least one month.

We understand that this may affect your plans, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Rest assured, we are working diligently to ensure that the review process is completed as soon as possible and that the new schedule will be communicated to you in due time.

Thank you for your understanding and patience. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Best regards,
CPDP LatAm 2024 team

Call for papers
Data governance: from Latin America to the G20

Short Description

CPDP LatAm 2024 will be hosted by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, in Rio de Janeiro, on 17 and 18 July 2024. CPDP LatAm is the Latin American edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference – an internationally distinguished event that has been taking place for over 15 years in Brussels, Belgium.

Considering the Brazilian Presidency of the G20 during 2024, the fourth edition of CPDP LatAm will be dedicated to the core transversal topic of “Data Governance: From Latin America to the G20”, and will be followed by a one-day event on “Digital Sovereignty in the G20”, on 19 July 2024.

CPDP LatAm 2024 will be an official side event of the T20, the group of think tanks of the G20.

The 2024 CPDP LatAm combines the three core tracks: the Latin American edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), the MyData LatAm track, and the Privacy Law Scholars Conference LatAm (PLSC LatAm).

The CPDP LatAm Call for Papers 2024 will focus on the following general theme “Data Governance: From Latin America to the G20”. Contributions from all disciplines related to the conference theme are welcome, and interdisciplinary papers are highly encouraged.

Submissions are welcomed in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. This call for papers welcomes authors willing to produce complete articles to be published in the official publications of CPDP LatAm. Their articles must be original and exclusively submitted to this process – thus, without having been submitted to any other publications in advance. Non-accepted articles are free to be submitted to other publications. If you wish to have your paper considered for publication, you must follow the author guidelines of the relevant publication outlet (see below, “Review Process and Publication”).

Relevant topics

The CPDP LatAm Call for Papers 2024 prioritises articles related to:

      • Comparative analyses of specific data protection issues on data govern between Latin American and G20 countries
      • Comparative analyses of specific data protection issues in G20 countries
      • Digital Public Infrastructure and data protection in Latin America and the G20
      • Comparative analyses of data security in Latin America or the G20
      • Good and bad practices of data security governance
      • Holistic Frameworks for Data Governance
      • Community-Driven Data Governance Alternatives
      • Data infrastructure and data as infrastructure
      • Data Localization and data transfer mechanisms
      • Empirical analyses of data protection frameworks implementations and their social, economic, and cultural impacts
      • Regional and international frameworks dedicated to data governance
      • Interactions between artificial intelligence and data governance frameworks
      • Privacy-enhancing technologies and data governance
      • Data Governance for Blockchain technologies and the Web3
      • Legaltech and Lawtech approach to data protection
      • Data Governance for Artificial Intelligence Data Governance for Extended Reality (XR)
      • Privacy-enhancing technologies, Digital Public Infrastructure and Public Interest Technology
      • Algorithmic transparency and algorithmic discrimination
      • Ethical and/or Regulatory Approaches to AI
      • Portability and interoperability of datasets
      • Analyses on group privacy and other collective rights
      • Analyses of good or bad practices in Personal Data Governance
      • Challenges and opportunities for automated management of data protection compliance
      • Inclusive Digital Transformation and Data Protection
      • Accessibility issues and Privacy techniques for people with disabilities
      • Usable privacy and security case studies
      • Case studies of discrimination stemming from (ab)use of personal data in Latin America
      • Case studies of AI applications that might be particularly interesting in tackling Latin American issues with data-driven solutions
      • Digital Public Infrastructure and data governance
      • Data Rights, Workers and Platform Regulation
      • Data Protection and Environmental Regulation

    Interdisciplinary analyses are highly encouraged. If you have any doubts about the compatibility of a prospective submission with the theme of this call, please contact us

    Review Process and Publication

    Authors of the selected paper proposals will be invited to present their working papers for closed peer-feedback feedback during the  Latin American meeting of the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC). PLSC LatAm will take place in October 2024. More details are forthcoming. 

    After the peer feedback, submissions in English that pass the peer-review process successfully will be published at the CPDP LatAm special issue of the Oxford University Press International Data Privacy Law journal, edited by Prof Luca Belli and Prof Nicolo Zingales. Submissions in Portuguese and Spanish that successfully complete the peer review process will be published in a CPDP LatAm special issue of Revista Brasileira de Direitos Fundamentais e Justiça [Brazilian Journal of Fundamental Rights and Justice] (Qualis A1), edited by Prof Laura Schertel Mendes, Prof Ingo Sarlet and Prof Ivar Hartmann.

    Research awards for best interdisciplinary papers

    Articles selected for inclusion in the CPDP LatAm special issues will receive a total award of 2500 Brazilian Reais per article. Authors of article proposals selected to enter the peer review process – independent of their number  – will receive a free pass for CPDP LatAm 2024. Authors may choose to refuse to receive an award and devolve it to a charity.

    The CPDP LatAm Scientific Committee will also assign the “Danilo Doneda Award” for the best interdisciplinary paper, consisting of a 2500 Brazilian Reais prize and a 1250 Brazilian Reais prize to each runner-up.

    Further details:

    Eligible authors

    CPDP LatAm invites, for the submission of academic papers, researchers especially from the areas of law, social sciences, philosophy, computer science, economics and public policies, but also from other areas of knowledge relevant to the event’s central theme.

    At least one of the authors must hold the title of PhD, SJD, or equivalent for submissions to the Revista Brasileira de Direitos Fundamentais e Justiça.

    Ineligible authors

    The following are not eligible for the awards, although they may submit papers to the call:
    • Public Servants; and
    • Collaborators at Fundação Getulio Vargas.

    Important dates:

        • Deadline for first draft (5000 – 7000 words) submissions: June 10th 2024, at 11:59 PM

        • Selection of initial drafts and communication to pre-selected authors: July 5th, 2024.

        • Results of the peer review: August 30th, 2024. 

        • Possibility for selected papers to participate to PLSC Latam: TBA. 

        • Submission of final drafts integrating all comments (10000 – 15000 words): October 25th 2024.

        • Presentation of final versions of the papers included in the special issues and offcial release: January 25th 2025.

      Submissions will be analysed by members of the Scientific Committee and members of the Multistakeholder Advisory Committee, and selections will be based on both the quality of their content and their relevance. Selected articles will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Authors of selected submissions will also be invited to organise dedicated sessions to present their findings at CPDP LatAm 2024. 

      Instructions for Submissions

      Initial draft papers shall contain between 5000 and 7000 words, excluding footnotes/ references and bibliography. OSCOLA style must be followed for submissions in English. Please observe the author guidelines in the Oxford University Press International Data Privacy Law website. ABNT standards must be followed for submissions in Portuguese or Spanish. The text of the work must not include the name of the author(s), and all references to the author(s) must be excluded (including the pdf file’s metadata, if it identifies the authors). Submissions that do not meet these criteria will be rejected. Submissions and separate identification information of the authors must be sent to papers@cpdp.lat.

      The final version of the articles shall have a length between 5000 and 7000 words, excluding footnotes/references and bibliography. Submissions will be analyzed by members of the Scientific Committee and members of the Multistakeholder Advisory Committee, and selection will be based on both the quality of their content and their relevance