ASAI, the Argentine Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, is an annual event intended to be the main forum of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community in Argentina. The symposium provides a forum for researchers and AI community members to discuss and exchange ideas and experiences on diverse topics of AI. The Eighth Argentine Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, ASAI 2006, was held during 4 – 5 September 2006, in Mendoza, Argentina. ASAI 2006 was part of the 35th JAIIO, the 35th Argentine Meetings on Informatics and Operations Research, organized by SADIO.