Aura Cifuentes is a leading expert in Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), with nine years of experience in public innovation, digital government, and open data. She has held key leadership roles in Colombia, including Digital Government Director at the Ministry of Technology and Head of Public Innovation at the National Planning Department. Internationally, she has advised Etalab in France and developed smart city strategies at Inetum. Aura holds master’s degrees from Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University and has been recognized by Apolitical and the World Economic Forum as one of the 50 most influential leaders in public transformation.