Gabriela Szlak

Country:	Argentina
Email:	odr[at]einstituto.org
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Twitter:	@GabiSzlak

Gabriela Szlak is the Director of Regional Initiatives einstituto, the Instituto Latinoamericano de Comercio Electrónico (ILCE), which is a federation of chambers of e-commerce within Latin America. Her current responsibilities therein include directing two regional initiatives: an online dispute resolution RED/ODR initiative; and eGobernanza, which focuses on raising awaress regarding Internet governance issues for regional businesses and raising their level of participation in global Internet policy development processes. The latter project also involves solving online e-commerce disputes between businesses that have voluntarily adhered to their einstituto's code of conduct. Gabriela represents einstituto within ICANN's Business Constituency. She comes from a legal background and specializes in Civil Law and Management, as well as advising on Computer Law, Conflict Resolution and New Technologies.

Ms. Szlak joined the ICANN community as a two-time ICANN Fellow, at ICANN 39 in Cartagena and ICANN 43 in Costa Rica. She has gone on to become the Community Lead for the Newcomer's Lounge, which is a dedicated area for first-time ICANN attendees to meet one another and the rest of the community. She first began her role in the Newcomer Lounge at ICANN 44 in Prague, and has continued since then. She has also participated in the Internet Governance program of the South School of Internet Governance.

Education

• eBusiness Management Posgraduate Program, Internet Law, eCommerce, eBusiness Strategy. Georgetown University - Universidad del Salvador.
• J.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Mediator, Conflict Resolution. Buenos Aires Bar Association Mediation School
• South School of Internet Governance