Mariana Lef

Mariana Lef is an ICT agent within the public sector devoted to expand digital access and promote citizen appropriation of new technologies. She has been working for seven years in digital inclusion policies of the Government of Argentina. She led the Núcleos de Acceso al Conocimiento (www.nac.gob.ar) Program, authored the strategic plan and channeled the Argentina Conectada (www.argentinaconectada.gob.ar) broadband iniciative; also was actively involved in the Digital Terrestrial Television Plan (www.tda.gob.ar). At the moment, within the Ministry of Federal Planning, she is collaborating with multiple state agencies in the design of innovative programs like Recuperar Inclusion (National Addiction Prevention And Treatment Program blending digital infrastructure and social recovery), and Plan Nacional de Cibersalud (www.cibersalud.gob.ar). Ms. Lef holds a BA in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a Posgraduate Degree in Technological Services Managament from Universidad de San Andrés, both in Argentina.