This volume presents proceedings from the 19th IFIP World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. The proceedings of the World Computer Congress are a product of the gathering of 2,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss a myriad of topics in the ICT domain. Of particular note, this marks the first time that a World Computer Congress has been held in a Latin American country.

Topics in this series include:

- The 4th International Conference on Theoretical Computer Science

- Education for the 21st Century- Impact of ICT and Digital Resources

- Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks

- Ad-Hoc Networking

- Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security, and Mobility

- The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond

- History of Computing and Education

- Biologically Inspired Cooperative Computing

- Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice

- Applications in Artificial Intelligence

- Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software