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.

Other activities involving the participant:

PARIX. Training for book professionals to achieve their most ambitious goals

Antonio Ramos Revillas

Director of the University Press of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) since 2016. He holds a degree in Spanish Literature from UANL, which awarded him the Arts Prize in 2015 for his literary career. He was part of the Mexico 20 selection, organized by the British Council, Conaculta, and the Hay Festival, recognizing him as one of the 20 most important writers under 40 in the country. His most recent novel is Playa Bagdad. He is a member of the National System of Creators of Art.

Other activities involving the participant:

Literature with eggs and machaca
Panel 2: The Role of Publishers and Their Commitment to Knowledge Dissemination

Alejandra Soriano

Professional in literary studies and social communication with experience in public policy design and the production and execution of communication and management projects in the cultural sector. Her research interests focus on reading policies and libraries, studies of the reception of written culture, and gender studies related to literature. She has taught at university institutions such as Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, ICESI University, and Universidad del Rosario. She is currently the literature manager at the District Institute of Arts (IDARTES).

Claudia Bautista

She holds a degree in International Relations from UNAM, a master's in Government and Public Affairs from FLACSO, Mexico City, and is a doctoral candidate in Regional History at Universidad Veracruzana. At the beginning of her professional career, she ventured into international trade and later into academic research on organic agriculture and its dynamics. She participated in the founding and leadership of several community-based productive projects related to small-scale farming and the environment.

In 2010, she moved to Xalapa and became a co-founder of Hyperion Librería, one of the most recognized independent bookstores in the state of Veracruz. In 2018, she established the Network of Independent Bookstores, the first Mexican initiative focused on raising the profile of these businesses, managing initiatives for their professionalization, and ensuring their influence on public policies that guarantee their well-being.

In 2020, she completed a diploma in Bookstore Management and Creation at UNED and was a scholarship recipient of the international program for booksellers organized by the Frankfurt Book Fair. In the same year, she participated in the creation of the Latin American Network of Independent Bookstores (RELLI). In 2022, she took part in the CONACYT project “Towards an Observatory of Reading in the State of Mexico” with researchers from the Colegio Mexiquense.