The LA/CS-NET is co-organising together with the EU Cyber Direct the first edition of the Latin American Cybersecurity Research Symposium. The Symposium seeks to provoke discussions and questions around the assumptions and biases of cybersecurity research and bridge communities of researchers from the region. The Symposium will result in a report that will serve as an input to inform future research. The event will also serve to kick-off the activities of the Latin American Cybersecurity Research Network (LA/CS NET).