José Diego González

José Diego González M. currently serves as the Technical Director of the Editorial Ecosystem area at Cerlalc, where he has been working since 2023. He holds a Master’s degree in Publishing from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and a degree in Literature from the University of the Andes, Bogotá. He is a cultural manager, editor, and researcher specializing in the study of the publishing market. Since 2020, he has represented Cerlalc on the Governing Board of the International ISBN Agency.

Other activities involving the participant:

Children’s Book Routes: circulation, connections, and opportunities in Iberoamerica
Ethics, transparency, and oversight in the use of AI

Vivian Lavín

(Santiago de Chile, 1967) is a journalist with extensive experience in the cultural field. Since 2001, she has hosted the radio program Vuelan las Plumas on Radio Universidad de Chile. She is the author of three books of interviews with Chilean and Latin American writers and intellectuals, and co-author of the illustrated book on botany Viaje Natural. An Encounter Between Art and Science (VLP Ediciones, 2021). In Spain, she published the essay Pisaremos las calles nuevamente (Cuatro Lunas, 2023), based on the testimonies of three former political prisoners from the Chilean dictatorship.

In 2018, she founded the literary agency VLP Agency, representing authors and publishers from Latin America and Spain, becoming a pioneer in the internationalization of Chilean books in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Korea and China. She is a member of the Observatory of Books and Reading and served as president of the Society of Literary Rights (SADEL) from 2021 to 2025.

She has been recognized by the Society of Chilean Writers, the Chilean Book Chamber, awarded the Journalistic Excellence Prize for Pobre el que no cambia de mirada, and the Alejandro Silva de la Fuente Prize from the Chilean Academy of Language, among other distinctions.

Other activities involving the participant:

Latin America Viva
From manuscript to readers: the role of literary agents in children’s and young adult literature

Myrian Bahntje

She was born and lives in Bahía Blanca, where she studied Visual Arts Teaching and worked as an art educator for many years. Today, she is a freelance illustrator who collaborates with various national and international publishers, creating works aimed at children and young audiences.

She is the President of the Association of Illustrators of Argentina (ADA), an organization through which she coordinates and takes part in exhibitions, fairs, and other activities related to illustration.

Other activities involving the participant:

Collective strength: Illustrators associations and networks

Alejandra Ramírez Olvera

Presidenta de la Asociación Mexicana de Traductores Literarios.Traductora y promotora de las lenguas y las literaturas escandinavas. En 2025, fue traductora residente del Oversetterhotell, en Oslo, Noruega, y fue seleccionada para participar en la escuela de verano de Traducción Literaria del British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) en Norwich, Reino Unido. El ángel de lo extraño, en el que participa con una traducción de la obra de H. C. Andersen, fue galardonado por el Banco del Libro de Venezuela en la categoría Traducciones.

Alejandra R. Olvera és presidenta de l'Asociación Mexicana de Traductores Literarios, així com traductora i promotora de les llengües i les literatures escandinaves. L’any 2025 va ser traductora resident de l’Oversetterhotell, a Oslo, Noruega, i va ser seleccionada per participar a l’escola d’estiu de Traducció Literària del British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) a Norwich, Regne Unit. El ángel de lo extraño, en què participa amb una traducció de l’obra de H. C. Andersen, va ser guardonat pel Banco del Libro de Venezuela en la categoria de Traduccions. 

Other activities involving the participant:

Inauguration
Workshop: Drafting and reviewing publishing contracts for translators: How to include AI clauses
Among colleagues: translators commented on by their peers
Side by side: human translation and collaboration in the age of AI
Copyright law in Mexico: current challenges and perspectives

María Fernanda Mendoza Ochoa

Egresada con Mención Honorífica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Hasta 2009 fue
directora general CemPro, sociedad de gestión colectiva. Imparte cursos y talleres sobre la materia en diversas universidades
del país; instructora para actividades de formación de CERLALC, sociedades de derechos reprográficos, bibliotecarios, editores
y autores en países latinoamericanos. Consultora del International Authors Forum para México y América Latina.

Llicenciada amb Menció Honorífica per la Facultat de Dret de la Universitat Nacional Autònoma de Mèxic. Fins al 2009 va ser directora general de CemPro, societat de gestió col·lectiva. Imparteix cursos i tallers sobre aquesta matèria en diverses universitats del país; instructora en activitats de formació del CERLALC, de societats de drets reprogràfics, bibliotecaris, editors i autors en països llatinoamericans. Consultora de l’International Authors Forum per a Mèxic i Amèrica Llatina.

Other activities involving the participant:

Workshop: Drafting and reviewing publishing contracts for translators: How to include AI clauses
Copyright law in Mexico: current challenges and perspectives