Alejandra González Barranco

Director of Ediciones Tecnológico de Monterrey. She holds a degree in Journalism and Information Media and a master’s in Humanities with a specialization in Literature from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She teaches in the Departments of Humanistic Studies and Languages at the same institution and works as a tutor at the Writing Center of the Monterrey Campus. She also collaborates with the Board of Directors of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC) through the Regulatory Commission.

Sofía Calle

Academic editor and researcher. Consultant in scientometrics and editorial visibility strategies for Latin America and Europe. She holds a PhD in Information and Communication from the University of Zaragoza. She has directed publishing imprints and academic journals in Ecuador and served as Vice President of the Network of University Presses of Ecuador (REUDE). Author of publications on academic publishing, impact metrics, and scientific communication.

Esteban Giraldo González

Director of the Piloto Public Library of Medellín for Latin America. Holds a PhD in Documentation: Archives and Libraries, a Master’s in Creative Writing, and degrees in Political Science and Social Communication. Member of the research group “Cartography of Ibero-American Academic Publishing.” He has worked as an editor for Grupo Planeta, the National University of Colombia, Universidad Santo Tomás, and the Humboldt Institute. Founder of Yarumo Libros. Former Vice President of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Amanda Ramalho

Coordinator of the SciELO Books collection. Latin American representative for Thoth Open Metadata, where she promotes the strengthening of open infrastructures for open-access books and the creation, management, and dissemination of metadata for books and chapters. Member of the Board of Stewards of the Open Book Collective (OBC). Librarian and holds a Master’s degree in Science from the University of São Paulo. She has extensive experience in digital book publishing, metadata indexing and interoperability, professionalization of editorial processes, and the promotion of open access in academic and university presses.

Juan Felipe Córdoba

Director of the Editorial of the Universidad del Rosario. Consultant in Colombia for the International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, an autonomous body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He served as president of the Association of University Presses of Colombia (ASEUC) and, from 2009 to 2015, of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC). In 2019, he received the Rubén Bonifaz Nuño Recognition for University Publishers, awarded by UNAM at the International Book Fair for University Publishers (Filuni).

Other activities involving the participant:

Tribute to the Association of Latin American and the Caribbean University Presses (EULAC)
The Value of Ibero-American Networks in Recognizing Spanish and Portuguese as Languages of Science
Creation of the Ibero-American Network of University Presses