Dolores Sancha
Chief Legal Officer & Compliance, Spain, Portugal and Latin America
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

She began her career at an international law firm in Barcelona, where she became the corporate partner of the firm. Since 2019, she has led the Legal and Compliance departments of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial for the markets of Spain, Portugal and Latin America, contributing strategic vision and solid expertise in corporate law, intellectual property, and regulation of the cultural and digital sectors.

Her profile combines expertise in M&A, intellectual property, digital rights, publishing contracts, and compliance policies across the nine jurisdictions in which Penguin Random House’s Spanish and Portuguese division operates. She has participated as a speaker and expert in discussions on copyright protection and the impact that new regulations have on publishing activity.

Dr Jessica Sänger is Director for European and international Affairs at Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German publishers and booksellers association). In this role, she is responsible for representing the interests of the book sector at EU and United Nations institutions and for relations with the association’s umbrella organisations. She is currently Chair of the Freedom to Publish Committee of the International Publishers Association (IPA). From 2019 to 2024, she was Chair of the Copyright Committee of the IPA. Ms Sänger joined Börsenverein in 2008, where she was Deputy Head of the Legal Department from 2011. She studied law in Exeter and Mainz and trained for the bar in Mainz, from where she also received her Doctorate in law. Previous roles include a period as trainee case handler at the European Commission’s DG COMP (Media Unit) and management of an LL.M programme in Media Law. Ms. Sänger has been a visiting lecturer at Louisville and Bristol law schools for copyright, free speech, constitutional law, and law of broadcasting and the press.

Ben Santucci is the co-founder and CEO of Showcase Books, an audience intelligence platform for publishers. Showcase tracks every major reader audience on social media across six countries and counting. By monitoring thousands of bookshops, influencers, authors, imprints, and libraries, publishers unlock real-time insights on reader growth, engagement, and trends. The music industry has used real-time fan data to guide its acquisition and commercial strategies for a decade. Showcase is helping the book industry catch up. Before founding Showcase, Ben was a strategy consultant in London and Milan working on legacy industry transformations powered by consumer data. Showcase is based in London and Paris and works with publishers across the US, UK, and Europe.

Mara Hartung is Head of Account Management, Publisher Accounts GSA at Zebralution Digital Publishing, where she is responsible for the strategic development of German-language publishing partnerships, with a focus on digital audiobooks, ebooks, and print-on-demand. Her professional background is rooted in the audio industry, including several years of experience in content acquisition and publisher relations at Storytel, through which she gained extensive knowledge of digital publishing and distribution. She holds a degree in comparative literature, with an emphasis on contemporary European literature, and works at the intersection of content, technology, and publishing strategy.