A regional symposium of the Latin American Studies Association
The hybrid component will allow people to attend and participate in person in Costa Rica, or remotely via the Internet.
The website is available in Spanish and English.
To enter the Symposium sessions virtually you should use the Zoom video conferencing system. We recommend that you download the latest version of this platform in advance of your presentation and use the Zoom desktop client to participate. However, if you prefer to use the web version, please use the Google Chrome browser for the best experience.
To know the day and time of the session(s) where you will participate, please check the Program Book or Online Program.
Regular Sessions
Registered participants with an active role in the Symposium – presenters, chairs, discussants, and organizers – will be able to enter the session or sessions in which they participate – panel, roundtable, or workshop – through the Symposium website. The following steps will guide you to find your session.
Plenary Sessions
The Symposium has plenary sessions. Active participants – presenters, chairs, discussants, and organizers – of the plenary sessions must enter their session using the zoom link sent to their emails one hour before the session.
Yes. As an active participant in a session, you will receive one reminder email 1 hour before your session starts. This email will have the name, time, and specific room where your session will be held. It will also have a direct link to the Symposium website, where you can join your session virtually if you are not in Costa Rica.
All the sessions and events are scheduled following the local time in Costa Rica, Central Standard Time (CST).Â
If you would like to make sure you are registered for the Symposium, look for your name in the list of registered participants.
Certificates can be downloaded on the website after the conclusion of the event. Certificates will be downloaded in PDF Format.
The chair, whether in-person or virtual, is responsible for ensuring that all the presenters and the discussant adhere to the agreed time limits, and for coordinating the question-and-answer session with the audience after session members have completed their presentations. It is suggested that the chair let the panelists and attendees know at the beginning of the session when there will be space for comments or questions.
The discussant, virtual or in person, should summarize key conclusions and identify issues for further discussion in the various papers presented by the session members. He or she might wish to situate the participants’ work within larger academic debates, but should not use the occasion to present a separate paper of her or his own.
The organizer's tasks, virtual or in person, occur primarily before the Symposium begins. The organizer was responsible for assembling the session and confirming everyone's participation, including the chair, the discussant, and the paper presenters or presenters without papers. The organizer should advise the LASA Secretariat promptly of any changes in the composition of the session.
The organizer should have communicated with session participants in advance of the Symposium date to ensure that paper presenters delivered their written work to the designated discussant in a timely fashion.
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