ANDESCON is the biannual Technical and Scientific Conference of the Andean Council of the IEEE that brings together IEEE professionals and scientists from the Andean countries. The tenth edition of this IEEE event will be held in the wonderful city of Quito in Ecuador. The ANDESCON conference is an opportunity for professional members, academics, researchers and industrialists to will meet and present the developments and technological advances that move the Andean region countries.

In consideration of the current situation that humanity is experiencing, especially the research community and in accordance with the request for non-mobilization to combat COVID-19, the Organizing Committee of IEEE ANDESCON 2020, in concert with the Steering Committee and IEEE Andean Council, has decided that the conference will run as a virtual conference (i.e., using remote audio/video support) and not as an in-person event.

The articles must be submitted in digital format (PDF) through the paper submission page. Papers must be written in English. Papers must use the IEEE conference format. The maximum length is six (6) pages per article including illustrations and references. Each paper should indicate appropriateness for the scope of the Conference, originality and quality of the technical content, whole organization and writing style. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. All previous Andescon editions that meet the SCOPUS guidelines have been included in this index.

For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors must register and present the paper at the conference; no-show paper will not be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. All papers will be cross‐examined using anti‐plagiarism automated software tools.