María Isabel Cabrera

Director of the University of Granada Press. President of the Union of Spanish University Presses (UNE) and a member of its Board of Directors since 2012. She holds a PhD and is a professor in the Department of Art History at the same institution and has been a member of the University Institute for Research on Peace and Conflicts since 2015. She serves as director, editorial board member, and member of scientific committees for various journals and monograph collections, and also works as a reviewer. She has participated as a researcher in numerous R&D projects and has directed the project “Heritage and Memory of Francoism: Conservation or Reinterpretation in Democratic Spain.”

Other activities involving the participant:

Creation of the Ibero-American Network of University Presses

Gustavo Solórzano

Writer, editor, critic, translator, and professor. Director of the Editorial of the State Distance University (Universidad Estatal a Distancia). He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and a Master’s in Latin American Literature from the University of Costa Rica, where he has served as a professor. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Philology. Winner of the 2023 Aquileo J. Echeverría National Poetry Award. Member of the editorial board of Káñina magazine (University of Costa Rica). Author of 12 books, including Nadie que esté feliz escribe (2017) and La culpa (2023). He edited and translated La oscuridad intacta (poetry by Dana Gioia, 2020) and co-edited Volume 20 of Sobre 21. Literaturas costarricenses del nuevo siglo: ensayos (ECR, 2021).

Other activities involving the participant:

Creation of the Ibero-American Network of University Presses

Lorena Ruiz Serna

Microbiologist. Holds a Master’s degree in Science and Technology Communication and Dissemination from the University of Oviedo and the OEI. Director of the Editorial Fund of the Universidad Antonio Nariño. She has focused her experience on science communication, with an emphasis on the publishing sector. She served as editorial coordinator of the popular science magazine Innovación y Ciencia for 10 years. Since 2008, she has held positions as secretary, treasurer, and board member of the Colombian University Publishers Association (ASEUC). She is part of ASEUC’s journal committee and participates in the responsible metrics project led by ASEUC, ASCUN, and the Colombia Consortium.

Gubisha Ruiz Morán

Master’s degree in Editorial Design and Production and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Communication Design from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco campus. She is part of the Publications and Editorial Promotion Directorate at the General Rectorate of the same institution. Member of the Redalyc-AmeliCA Journal Evaluation Council and participant in the Spanish documentation group of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). Recently appointed as a member of the advisory technical group of the National System of Scientific and Humanistic Publications of the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation.

Remedios Pérez García

Vice President of the Spanish Union of University Presses (UNE) and Director of the Publishing House of the Universitat Politècnica de València. Holds degrees in Art History and Library and Information Science. Technical advisor at the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) for the development of quality criteria for journals and the DIAMAS project.

María Fernanda Pampín

Doctor in Literature and holder of a degree in Letters from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She currently directs the publications of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). She was a doctoral and postdoctoral researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at UBA, where she collaborates in the publications area. Her academic work includes articles on Latin American and Caribbean literature in specialized books and journals, as well as studies on publishing policies in Ibero-America.

Other activities involving the participant:

Creation of the Ibero-American Network of University Presses
Editorial Communication: An Unfinished Task

Sebastián Endara

Head of the Publications Unit at the Universidad Católica de Cuenca. He holds a Doctorate in Education and Society from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s in Local Development from PYDLOS–Universidad de Cuenca, and a degree in Human Sciences with a specialization in Cultural Development from the Universidad de Cuenca. His area of expertise focuses on social education and critical thinking, with a career that integrates teaching, research, and philosophical reflection on the connections between culture, politics, and society.

Guillermo Chávez

Deputy Director of Academic Journals and Digital Publications at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) since 2015, with primary responsibilities including the implementation of institutional initiatives to strengthen and consolidate UNAM’s peer-reviewed academic publications. At the same institution, he also serves as Technical Secretary of the Council of Academic and Peer-Reviewed Publications, Coordinator of the Network of Directors and Editors of Academic and Peer-Reviewed Journals, and member of the Technical Committee of the Institutional Repository. Additionally, he is the Technical Coordinator of the Latindex system, ambassador for the Crossref agency of the International DOI Foundation, and a member of the Commission for the Development of Technological Platforms and Integration with Information Systems of the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation.