Speakers
Ana María Bermúdez Salomón is a publisher at Penguin Random House Mexico and a passionate advocate for accessibility in the Mexican publishing industry.
Ana María Cabanellas is a lawyer, publisher, and writer. She directs the Grupo Claridad, which publishes the Heliasta, Claridad, Unaluna, and Tobogán imprints.
After a Master in Medieval History, Anne went into journalism, advertising and public relations before joining FEP. In 2004, she became Director.
Caroline Sutton is CEO for the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM)
Catriona MacLeod Stevenson is General Counsel and Deputy CEO at the Publishers Association (UK).
Dalton Morato is the Director of Legal, Administrative, and Institutional Relations at ABDR – Brazilian Association of Reprographic Rights
Elisa Molinari is the project manager of Fondazione LIA, an Italian non-profit organization which promotes the adoption of accessibility in the publishing industry, where she is responsible of projects, events and training activities aimed at spreading the culture of accessibility.
Enrique Krauze is an acclaimed Mexican historian, essayist and publisher. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and a PhD in History.
Eseohe Arhebamen-Yamasaki is U.S. Head of Communications for Springer Nature Group.
Gvantsa Jobava (1986) is the Vice President of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the past president of Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association.
Iban García del Blanco served as Member of the European Parliament (EP) during the IX term, from July 2019 to July 2024, and was was part of the negotiating team for the Artificial Intelligence Act
James Taylor joined the IPA As Director of Communications and Freedom to Publish in January 2018.
Jennifer Clement is President Emerita of the human rights and freedom of expression organization PEN International.
Dr. Jessica Sänger is Director for European and International Affairs at Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German publishers and booksellers association).
Jonathan Hernández is an associated researcher at the Library and Information Institute. Chair, IFLA FAIFE Committee.
José Ignacio Echeverria is the President of the Grupo Iberoamericano de Editores.
Karine Pansa is the President of the International Publishers Association as well as Publishing Director of Girassol Brasil Edições.
Kristenn is Managing Director at World Expression Forum AS, as well as a consultant, chair of the Freedom to Publish Committee in the International Publishers Association and chair of Norges Televisjon.
Laura Brady is a digital publishing consultant with a focus on accessible book publishing workflows.
Margarita Cuéllar Barona is the director of the Regional Center for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cerlalc).
Maria Strong is the Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy and International Affairs for the United States Copyright Office
Marisol Schulz Manaut is the Director of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) and the Spanish Book Fair and Literary Festival of Los Angeles (LéaLA).
Melissa Fleming is Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations, having taken up her post in September 2019.
Dr. Michiel Kolman is Senior VP Strategic Networks at Elsevier where he has worked for 30 years.
Miha Kovač is professor at the Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies at the University of Ljubljana.
Mingzhou Zhang is a Standing Member of the Publishers Association of China and a former President (2018-2022) of IBBY.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, Human rights lawyer and Head of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded Сenter for civil liberties
Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) BA, MA, MFA, is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives.
Quetzalli de la Concha is a Specialist Lawyer in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Creative Content. Speaker.
Rachel Martin is a pioneering force in the realm of sustainability, driving impactful change as the Senior Global Director of Sustainability at Elsevier.
Richard Charkin is a former president of the International Publishers Association and the United Kingdom’s Publishers Association.
Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations at the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).
Simon de Jocas is an experienced educator and publisher with over 35 years of experience.
Professor of political science and Director of the university-wide research infrastructure V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg.
From 2020 till 2024 Stephan de Valk has been chair of the Educational Publishers Forum of the International Publishers Association (IPA); currently he is vicechair.
Sylvie Forbin is the Deputy Director General, Copyright and Creative Industries Sector, of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
