diff --git a/scripts/lib/speaker-matcher.js b/scripts/lib/speaker-matcher.js
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+const { matchAttendeeToPersons, loadPersons } = require('./person-matcher.js');
+
+function matchSpeakers(speakers, personsList) {
+  const persons = personsList || loadPersons();
+  const map = new Map();
+  for (const speaker of speakers) {
+    const attendee = { name: speaker.name, email: speaker.email || '' };
+    const match = matchAttendeeToPersons(attendee, persons);
+    if (match.matched) {
+      const personName = match.file.replace('.md', '');
+      map.set(speaker.name, `[[00 Kontext/Personen/${personName}]]`);
+    } else {
+      map.set(speaker.name, null);
+    }
+  }
+  return map;
+}
+
+function escapeRegex(s) {
+  return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
+function replaceSpeakerNames(text, map) {
+  const entries = [...map.entries()]
+    .filter(([_, link]) => link !== null)
+    .sort((a, b) => b[0].length - a[0].length);
+
+  if (entries.length === 0) return text;
+
+  const pattern = entries.map(([name]) => escapeRegex(name)).join('|');
+  const re = new RegExp(pattern, 'g');
+
+  return text.replace(re, (match) => {
+    return map.get(match) || match;
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = { matchSpeakers, replaceSpeakerNames };
diff --git a/scripts/test/speaker-matcher.test.js b/scripts/test/speaker-matcher.test.js
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+const { describe, it } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const { matchSpeakers, replaceSpeakerNames } = require('../lib/speaker-matcher.js');
+
+describe('matchSpeakers', () => {
+  const persons = [
+    { file: 'Christian Kauer (KRAH).md', fm: { vorname: 'Christian', nachname: 'Kauer', email: 'c.kauer@krah-gruppe.de' } },
+    { file: 'Frank Herberg.md', fm: { vorname: 'Frank', nachname: 'Herberg', email: 'f.herberg@krah-gruppe.de' } },
+    { file: 'Stefan Theile-Ochel.md', fm: { vorname: 'Stefan', nachname: 'Theile-Ochel', email: 's.theile-ochel@krah-gruppe.de' } }
+  ];
+
+  it('matches by email when available', () => {
+    const speakers = [{ name: 'Christian Kauer', email: 'c.kauer@krah-gruppe.de' }];
+    const map = matchSpeakers(speakers, persons);
+    assert.equal(map.get('Christian Kauer'), '[[00 Kontext/Personen/Christian Kauer (KRAH)]]');
+  });
+
+  it('matches by full name when email missing', () => {
+    const speakers = [{ name: 'Frank Herberg' }];
+    const map = matchSpeakers(speakers, persons);
+    assert.equal(map.get('Frank Herberg'), '[[00 Kontext/Personen/Frank Herberg]]');
+  });
+
+  it('returns null wikilink for unmatched speaker', () => {
+    const speakers = [{ name: 'Unknown Person' }];
+    const map = matchSpeakers(speakers, persons);
+    assert.equal(map.get('Unknown Person'), null);
+  });
+
+  it('handles multiple speakers in one call', () => {
+    const speakers = [
+      { name: 'Christian Kauer' },
+      { name: 'Frank Herberg' },
+      { name: 'Foo Bar' }
+    ];
+    const map = matchSpeakers(speakers, persons);
+    assert.equal(map.size, 3);
+    assert.ok(map.get('Christian Kauer'));
+    assert.equal(map.get('Foo Bar'), null);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('replaceSpeakerNames', () => {
+  it('replaces speaker names with wikilinks in text', () => {
+    const map = new Map([
+      ['Christian Kauer', '[[00 Kontext/Personen/Christian Kauer (KRAH)]]'],
+      ['Frank Herberg', '[[00 Kontext/Personen/Frank Herberg]]']
+    ]);
+    const text = 'Christian Kauer: Hallo. Frank Herberg: Hi Christian Kauer.';
+    const out = replaceSpeakerNames(text, map);
+    assert.ok(out.includes('[[00 Kontext/Personen/Christian Kauer (KRAH)]]'));
+    assert.ok(out.includes('[[00 Kontext/Personen/Frank Herberg]]'));
+    assert.ok(!out.includes('Christian Kauer:'));
+  });
+
+  it('skips unmatched speakers (null wikilink)', () => {
+    const map = new Map([['Unknown', null]]);
+    const out = replaceSpeakerNames('Unknown: Hello.', map);
+    assert.equal(out, 'Unknown: Hello.');
+  });
+
+  it('does longest-name first to avoid partial overlaps', () => {
+    const map = new Map([
+      ['Christian Kauer', '[[Christian Kauer]]'],
+      ['Christian', '[[Christian Hermann]]']
+    ]);
+    const out = replaceSpeakerNames('Christian Kauer hat gesprochen.', map);
+    assert.ok(out.includes('[[Christian Kauer]] hat gesprochen.'));
+    assert.ok(!out.includes('[[Christian Hermann]]'));
+  });
+});