Luis González Martín

Invitado de Honor

He is the General Director of the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez (FGSR), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting reading and innovating in the book industry. He holds a degree in Law and a master's degree in Labor and Tax Consulting from the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 1992, he joined the Senior Corps of State Administrators, and since then has held various senior positions within the Spanish Administration. In his most recent role at the Ministry of Culture, he launched the Reading Promotion Plan 2001-2004. During these stages, he also served on the Steering Committee of the international nuclear fusion project (JET) and on the Board of Directors of Enresa, and was awarded the Distinguished Cross of Saint Raymond of Peñafort. Since joining FGSR in 2004, he has launched projects such as Readmagine, Renodo, Lecturalab, Canal Lector, Lectylab, and PARIX, and has led or participated in European projects like Tisp, Aldus Up, Sidt, Creative Shift, ThinkPub, and 1234redes. He is the 3rd Vice President of the Spanish Association of Foundations and a member of the Madrid City Council’s Council of Culture, appointed by unanimous decision of all political groups.

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Panel 3: Get studying. Bookstores and publishers at the desk

Hugo Setzer Letsche

Setzer has an Industrial Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and an MBA from the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas. He is the CEO of the publishing house El Manual Moderno, and president of the Mexican Chamber of Publishers, as well as the Vice-President of the Advisory Board of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC). He was the chairman of the International Publishers Association and the founding chairman of the Mexican Center for the Protection and Promotion of Copyright (SGC). He was the president of the Ibero-American Chapter, a member of the Board of Directors of STM; president of the Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, and member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations.