Olga Cavalli
National Director of Cybersecurity, Argentina
Co-Founder and Academic Director, The South School of Internet Governance
Bio
Olga Cavalli is an Internet leader whose work has been instrumental in promoting and increasing the participation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Internet governance ecosystem.
She currently holds the position of Argentina's National Director of Cybersecurity in the Secretariat of Public Innovation of the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers of the Presidency of Argentina. She previously held the position of Undersecretary of Information Technologies in the same Secretariat.
She is co-founder and academic director of the and , the Argentine School of Internet Governance.
She is co-editor of the book the only one on Internet Governance in the region, free for the community and available in three languages: , and . Among her recent publications, she is the co-author of a chapter in the book , where she describes the Role of States in Internet Governance at ICANN.
The German government invited her to participate in the , which includes personalities such as Angela Merkel and Vint Cerf, among others. She is also a frequent contributor writing articles and book chapters on topics related to her areas of expertise.
Between 2016 and 2021 she was a member of the of Directors. She was president of the ISOC Argentina Chapter (2015–2018).
Between 2007-2014 she was a member of the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum's .
At ICANN she was Vice Chair of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC), Council Member and vice chair of the GNSO and is currently a member of the ccNSO Council.
Olga is a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Her education includes a PHD in Business Administration, a Master in Business Administration, a Master in Telecommunications Regulation, and a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.