The Regional ACM Contest this year will be held at the same time in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela.

In Chile, the contest will be held in Chillán, co-organized by the Chilean Computer Science Society (SCCC) and Universidad del Bío-Bío. The contest itself is scheduled for the afternoon of November 8th, with all the preparations on the 7th (late afternoon). The winner's announcement should be done on late 8th or the 9th in the morning. Questions can be directed to the site coordinator: Federico Meza.

Before the contest, the annual week of events organized by the SCCC will be held. This week includes the XXIII International Conference of the SCCC, the "XI Encuentro Chileno de Computación", the V Chilean Congress of CS Education, the VII Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Systems, the IV Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, the III Workshop on Software Engineering, and the II Workshop on Database Systems.