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:

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
Are generative artificial intelligences tools or competition for creative individuals?
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:

Are generative artificial intelligences tools or competition for creative individuals?
Copyright law in Mexico: current challenges and perspectives

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
Among colleagues: translators commented on by their peers
Side by side: human translation and collaboration in the age of AI
Are generative artificial intelligences tools or competition for creative individuals?
Copyright law in Mexico: current challenges and perspectives

Tiago Emmanuel Nunes Braga

Doctor en ciencias de la información por la Universidad de Brasilia, maestría en educación tecnológica por el Centro Federal de Educación Tecnológica de Minas Gerais y una licenciatura en sistemas de información por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Minas Gerais. Actualmente dirige el Instituto Brasileño de Información en Ciencia y Tecnología, donde también lidera el Laboratorio de Información y Sociedad. Es docente del programa de posgrado en ciencias de la Información y miembro invitado del Comité de Gestión Técnica de la Red Global de Acceso a Datos de LCA, iniciativa liderada por ONU Medio Ambiente. Forma parte del consejo editorial de Library Trends, revista de Johns Hopkins University Press. Realiza investigaciones relacionadas con las ciencias de la información a nivel nacional e internacional.

Michelli Costa

Tiene un doctorado y una maestría en ciencias de la información, con una licenciatura en bibliotecología por la Universidad de Brasilia (UnB), donde ha sido profesora de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información desde 2017. Cuenta con una amplia experiencia en ciencias de la información, con énfasis en ciencia abierta, bibliotecas digitales e iniciativas para democratizar el acceso a la información. Lidera el grupo de investigación Laboratorio Abierto de Estudios sobre Información, Ciencia y Educación (LAICE), donde coordina proyectos de investigación y divulgación alineados con los principios de las humanidades digitales, destacando el desarrollo del portal y la biblioteca digital para los Foros brasileños de educación de jóvenes, Adultos y personas mayores.

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.

Elena Bazán

A professional in the Spanish-language print and digital publishing industry with extensive experience in the creation, management, and distribution of electronic and audio content. She has collaborated with various companies and publishers in Mexico, Spain, Germany, and China. Elena is an editor, speaker, and educator on topics related to the digital publishing industry, and serves as co-academic director of the Master’s in Publishing and Digital Marketing at Escuela de Unidad Editorial (Esue) and the University of Alcalá de Henares.

She creates books in all formats for all audiences and is currently the Head of Publishing Production at Editorial Audiolibre. Elena is also the author of El acto de nombrar (Penguin Random House), Manual de escritura competitiva (Penguin Random House), and various articles on publishing-related topics.

Other activities involving the participant:

Latin America Viva
Reinventing the page: technology, game, and transmedia narratives for childhood

Armando Montes de Santiago

He has been a member of the organizing committee of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) for 20 years. For several years, he led the International Sales department. He currently serves as General Coordinator of Exhibitors and Professionals and leads key projects for the fair, including the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Libros al Gusto.

Other activities involving the participant:

Inauguration
Inauguration
Inauguration

Carlo Carrenho

Carlo Carrenho is a Brazilian-born editorial consultant with extensive international experience, currently based in Sweden. He is the founder of PublishNews in Brazil and Italy and served as the Audiobook Ambassador at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2023 and 2024. Carlo has advised companies in over a dozen countries, including the Dreamscape audiobook publisher in the United States, and Wapi, a pioneer in the audiobook format, in Sweden. He has also worked on projects in Germany, Italy, Argentina, and other key markets. Carlo is a partner at Pop Stories, a purely digital audiobook publisher based in Rio de Janeiro.

He holds a degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo and is an alumni of the Radcliffe Publishing Course. Carlo lives in the Swedish town of Trosa with his wife, Carla, and their two children, spending summers in Santu Lussurgiu, a town in Sardinia. He enjoys movies, books, traveling, and dividing his contemplative moments between the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.

Alpine Global Collective is an international network of specialists providing strategic consulting services to publishers, digital platforms, media companies, and entertainment groups. With expertise in market intelligence, strategic communication, and intellectual property, the collective designs customized solutions for content monetization, international expansion, and audience growth. Their approach combines global reach with local knowledge across Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region, supporting both large conglomerates and emerging companies in the cultural and creative sectors.

Nacho Borraz

Nacho Borraz Fernández (Zaragoza, 1966) holds a degree in Contemporary History from the University of Zaragoza. He began his career as a bookseller at Cálamo Bookstore in Zaragoza and has worked in bookstores for 35 years. He is currently the director of La Central del Raval in Barcelona, part of the La Central bookstore group.