John Degen

Executive Director of the Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) and President of the International Authors Forum (IAF) in the UK, representing over 700,000 authors worldwide. Poet and novelist. He has published three books. His essays and positions have been featured in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Author, among others. He has been a member of several literary and artistic sector boards. His debut novel, The Uninvited Guest, was shortlisted for the 2006 Canada First Novel Award.

Other activities involving the participant:

When the library knows that it is safeguarding the authors
The craft of being an author. From notebook to book

Álex Olvera

Actual presidenta de la Asociación Mexicana de Traductores Literarios. Galardonada con la Medalla Gabino Barreda al  Mérito Universitario por la UNAM, es traductora y promotora de las lenguas y las literaturas escandinavas. Ha sido ponente del Congreso Internacional San Jerónimo, becaria de las Ferias del Libro de Gotemburgo y Helsinki, y del Festival de  Literatura de Lillehammer, y de la Feria del Libro Infantil de Bologna, gracias Swedish Literature Exchange Algunas de sus  traducciones han recibido apoyos a la traducción por parte de Norwegian Literature Abroad (NORLA) y el Consejo de Artes  de Suecia (Kulturrådet).

Other activities involving the participant:

Workshop: The Editorial Translation Contract in the Light of AI
Back and forth: Translators and associationism in the age of AI

Poly Bernatene

Author/illustrator, President of ADA (Association of Argentine Illustrators) since 2003. He has published numerous children's and young adult books in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, England, Australia, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. He has also contributed to various magazines such as “Billiken,” “Jardín,” “Genios” from Clarín, and “Orsai,” and was the Co-Art Director of the magazine “Bonsai.” Additionally, he has participated in illustration exhibitions and biennials and has received national and international awards. Recently, he was honored with the “Pregonero de honor 2024” award from the Fundación El Libro of Argentina for his work in promoting and disseminating children's and young adult literature.

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When natural intelligence met artificial intelligence: A dialogue that never existed

Carlos Anaya

Editor with over 50 years of experience in the field. Chancellor of the University of Book Sciences and Arts (UNICAL). Advocate for compensatory remuneration for authors for private copying. He has proposed the creation of a book institute to unify the various sectors of the book world. He was President of the National Chamber of the Mexican Publishing Industry (CANIEM) and received the Guild Merit Medal in 2013. He is currently the Vice President of the Coalition for Legal Access to Culture, an organization that brings together groups representing and defending the rights of authors in Mexico.

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Experiences in vocational training. The case of the Jesús Raúl Anaya Rosique Chair of Book Studies.

John Degen

Executive Director of the Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) and President of the International Authors Forum (IAF) in the UK, representing over 700,000 authors worldwide. Poet and novelist. He has published three books. His essays and positions have been featured in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Author, among others. He has been a member of several literary and artistic sector boards. His debut novel, The Uninvited Guest, was shortlisted for the 2006 Canada First Novel Award.

Other activities involving the participant:

Panel: The Importance of Collective Action in Defending Copyrights
The craft of being an author. From notebook to book

María Vázquez Valdés

Poeta, editora, periodista y traductora. Autora de once libros publicados. Doctora en Teoría Crítica, maestra en Diseño y Producción Editorial, y licenciada en Periodismo y Comunicación. Ha colaborado en diversos medios y dirigido entidades como la Biblioteca del H. Congreso de la Unión.

Alma Cázares

Licenciada en Periodismo y comunicación colectiva, por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, y maestra en Diseño y Producción Editorial por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco, obteniendo la medalla al mérito universitario. Becada por la Fundación Carolina para el II Curso de formación de editores iberoamericanos, en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Con estudios en Edición global en español por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra, en Barcelona. Ha trabajado por más de treinta años en el sector editorial.

Fue Directora de Publicaciones de la Universidad Anáhuac México y recientemente ha sido nombrada Directora de Bibliotecas de la misma institución.

Ha sido invitada a participar como ponente y moderadora en diversos foros sobre edición universitaria, tanto por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad

Autónoma Metropolitana, Red de Universidades Anáhuac, Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Instituto Mora, Universidad Veracruzana, Editoriales Universitarias del Perú (EUPerú), entre otras.

Fue Presidenta del Comité de Editoriales Universitarias y Académicas de la Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana, por un periodo de dos años. Ha impartido cursos en la Universidad Anáhuac, y actualmente es docente en el diplomado internacional que realiza la Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de la Edición AC.

John Degen

Executive Director of the Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) and President of the International Authors Forum (IAF) in the UK, representing over 700,000 authors worldwide. Poet and novelist. He has published three books. His essays and positions have been featured in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Author, among others. He has been a member of several literary and artistic sector boards. His debut novel, The Uninvited Guest, was shortlisted for the 2006 Canada First Novel Award.

Other activities involving the participant:

Panel: The Importance of Collective Action in Defending Copyrights
When the library knows that it is safeguarding the authors

Jorge Comensal

Writer and editor. He has published the novels Las mutaciones (2016), translated into a dozen languages, and Este vacío que hierve (2022), as well as the essay Yonquis de las letras (2017) and the biography El biólogo de la Revolución (2024). His essays, chronicles, and articles have appeared in magazines such as Gatopardo, Tierra Adentro, nexos, The Paris Review, and Revista de la Universidad de México, of which he is currently the director. He is a columnist for El País and Chilango, and is writing the history of the reintroduction of the California condor in Mexico.

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Written with ink and chlorophyll

Grisel Vistraín

Presidenta de la Sociedad de Artistas Visuales, S.G.C.

Poly Bernatene

Author/illustrator, President of ADA (Association of Argentine Illustrators) since 2003. He has published numerous children's and young adult books in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, England, Australia, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. He has also contributed to various magazines such as “Billiken,” “Jardín,” “Genios” from Clarín, and “Orsai,” and was the Co-Art Director of the magazine “Bonsai.” Additionally, he has participated in illustration exhibitions and biennials and has received national and international awards. Recently, he was honored with the “Pregonero de honor 2024” award from the Fundación El Libro of Argentina for his work in promoting and disseminating children's and young adult literature.

Other activities involving the participant:

Panel: The Importance of Collective Action in Defending Copyrights

Rafael Morales

Matemático por la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Maestro en Ciencias Computacional por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (México) y Doctor en Inteligencia Artificial por la Universidad de Edimburgo (Escocia, Reino Unido). Ha sido investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, en Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, investigador asociado en la Universidad de Northumbria en Newcastle y la Universidad de Glasgow, en el Reino Unido. Actualmente es profesor investigador de la Universidad de Guadalajara, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (Nivel I) y miembro regular de la Academia Mexicana de Computación.

Su desarrollo como investigador ha sido en el área de los sistemas y ambientes educativos mediados por tecnologías de información y comunicación digitales, así como en el área de la Inteligencia Artificial relacionada con la implementación de memorias asociativas, distribuidas y entrópicas, que se comportan de maneras más cercanas a como lo hace la memoria humana.

Ha sido coordinador del Doctorado en Sistemas y Ambientes Educativos y es actualmente Director Editorial de la revista Apertura, en la Universidad de Guadalajara.

María Fernanda Mendoza Ochoa

Egresada con Mención Honorífica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Cuenta con  la especialidad en Propiedad Intelectual por el Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México y un diplomado en  Derecho de las Telecomunicaciones, por el Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM. Hasta 2009 fue directora  general CemPro, sociedad de gestión colectiva. Imparte cursos y talleres sobre la materia en diversas universidades del  país, colabora con Conaculta, ANUIES y la CANIEM; 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.

Other activities involving the participant:

Workshop: The Editorial Translation Contract in the Light of AI