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2024 Speakers Included:

Amy Isbell

Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations,
Universal Music Group

Beverly Macy

Lecturer,
UCLA Anderson School of Management

Member, Executive Board Innovate,
UCLA

Bill Colitre

Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports, Inc.

Karyn Temple

Senior Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association

Lori Fena

Co-Founder & Head of Business Development,
Personal Digital Spaces

Michael Grecco

Founder & Board Member,
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.

Ned Sherman

Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer,
Skybound

Founder,
Digital Media Wire

Paul Sweeting

Co-Founder,
RightsTech Project

Founder & Principal,
Concurrent Media Strategies

Sneha Deo

Responsible AI Product Lead,
Microsoft

2024 Agenda:

Opening remarks

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Speakers:
Ned Sherman, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Skybound
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Ned Sherman
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer,
Skybound
Paul Sweeting
Director,
RightsTech Project

granting permission: designing a licensing model for generative ai

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Artists, authors, and media companies agree that the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI models requires a license and remuneration to rights owners. But how would such a licensing regime be implemented? If direct licensing is impractical at the scale required, how should any collective licensing system be designed? How would it be managed? Are existing collective licensing systems up to the task? This panel will examine how artists and rights owners in different media sectors thinking about the challenge.

Panelists:
Lori Fena, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco, Founder & Board Member, The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory, CEO & Co-Founder, Figaro.ai

Moderator:
Paul Sweeting, Director, RightsTech Project
Lori Fena
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development,
Personal Digital Spaces
Michael Grecco
Founder & Board Member,
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Lydia Gregory
CEO & Co-Founder,
Figaro.ai
Paul Sweeting
Director,
RightsTech Project

keynote conversation: AI, Innovation and copyright

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
A conversation with Pamela Samuelson, the Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California, Berkeley.

Creators and copyright owners have been buffeted by disruptive technology more than once in recent decades, but none has been quite as disorienting as generative AI. An AI’s ability to learn how to conjure images, text and music that closely resembles the work of human artists and authors in a matter of seconds has raised confounding questions as to whether and how the new technology can be reconciled with existing copyright law and with notions of authorship and creativity. A renowned copyright scholar and attorney, Professor Samuelson’s has been a prominent, and at times controversial, voice in the debate on AI, innovation and copyright.

Keynote Speaker:
Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law

Interviewer:
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law,
Berkeley Law
Sophie Goossens
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP

COFFEE break

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Coffee Break sponsored by:

opting out of ai training

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
Palisades Ballroom
While artists and rights owners await action by lawmakers and the courts on copyright rules for generative AI, do-not-train tags, data “poisoning,” and other new technical measures could offer another avenue for creators to protect their work against unlicensed use to train AI models. This panel will highlight the latest tools being developed, how they’re being implemented and who is adopting them.

Panelists:
Wendell Adams, CEO, PrimeLab.io
Bill Colitre, Vice President & General Counsel, Music Reports, Inc.
Sneha Deo, Responsible AI Product Lead, Microsoft
Joel T. Jordan, Founder & President, Synchtank

Moderator:
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt, Director, Innovation & Education, International Music Managers Forum
Wendell Adams
CEO,
PrimeLab.io
Bill Colitre
Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports, Inc.
Sneha Deo
Responsible AI Product Lead,
Microsoft
Joel T. Jordan
Founder & President,
Synchtank
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
Director, Innovation & Education,
International Music Managers Forum

lunch

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom

update on AI regulation and legislation

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
An overview of the latest AI-related regulatory and legislative initiatives. Where things stand, from implanting the European Union’s AI Act, to copyright laws, to antitrust enforcement and creating a federal publicity right.

Presenters:
Nikki Bhargava, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Sophie Goossens, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Amy Isbell, Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations, Universal Music Group
Nikki Bhargava
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Sophie Goossens
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Amy Isbell
Senior VP, Public Policy and Government Relations,
Universal Music Group

the price of rights in the age of ai

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
From song catalogs, to film and television libraries, to literary estates, copyrights have been a hot asset class. But has the market cooled? How has the rapid growth of generative AI affected valuations, and what does the new macroeconomic environments portend for the future of rights investing?

Panelists:
Peter Harvey, CEO, RoyFi
Duff Berschback, EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing, Concord Music Publishing, LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi, President, Music Managers Forum - US

Moderator:
David Bloom, Senior Contributor, Forbes
Peter Harvey
CEO,
RoyFi
Duff Berschback
EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Publishing,
Concord Music Publishing, LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi
President,
Music Managers Forum - US
David Bloom
Senior Contributor,
Forbes

break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Coffee Break sponsored by:

copyrighting generative ai

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
In the most of the world, works created by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted. But works containing AI elements alongside the work of human creators sometimes can be. But where is the line? How much AI is too much? How can creators make sure their works containing AI elements can be protected?

Panelists:
Ben Berman, CEO, AppMana
Albhy Galuten, Senior Fellow, Intertrust Technologies
Josh Love, Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Matthew Neco, Attorney & Mediator, Unaffiliated

Moderator:
David Fink, Partner, Venable LLP

Ben Berman
CEO,
AppMana
Albhy Galuten
Senior Fellow,
Intertrust Technologies
Josh Love
Partner,
Reed Smith, LLP
Matthew Neco
Attorney & Mediator,
Unaffiliated
David Fink
Partner,
Venable LLP

ai and content id

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Identifying and detecting works produced by AI is essential for filtering AI content from streaming royalty pools and preventing fraud. This panel will highlight the latest efforts to develop effective AI detection and identification tools and their integration with real world services and applications.

Panelists:
Virginie Berger, Chief Business Development & Rights Officer, Matchtune
Amadea Choplin, Chief Operating Officer, Pex
Will Kreth, CEO, HAND

Moderator:
Beverly Macy, Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Member, Executive Board Innovate, UCLA
Virginie Berger
Chief Business Development & Rights Officer,
Matchtune
Amadea Choplin
Chief Operating Officer,
Pex
Will Kreth
CEO,
HAND
Beverly Macy
Lecturer,
UCLA Anderson School of Management,
Member, Executive Board Innovate,
UCLA

reception

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
Palisades Ballroom
Interested in Sponsoring? 
Contact Tinzar Sherman for more information.

2024 Sponsors & Media Partners: 

Reed Smith, LLP
We provide our people with first-rate opportunities for continuing learning and development. This is a key part of our strategy to attract and retain top talent. We are committed to preparing our people for success. Our Learning and Development (L&D) and Human Resources teams collaborate with our partners, professional staff subject-matter experts and leading external presenters to deliver a broad range of both legal and professional skills programs.
Visit reedsmith.com
Venable
Venable is a firm of trusted advisors serving businesses, organizations, and individuals in many of the most important aspects of their work. With more than 850 professionals delivering services globally, we help clients connect quickly and effectively to the experience and insights key to achieving their most pressing objectives. We foster a diverse culture that helps ensure our ability to attract, retain, and elevate the most talented professionals in the country, who work on behalf of our clients.
Visit venable.com
UCLA Center for Media, Entertainment & Sports
Located at UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Center for Media, Entertainment & Sports is the leading center for business thought leadership in media, entertainment and sports. The center offers MBA courses, instructional programs for undergraduates, conferences and industry partnerships designed to showcase innovation and business leadership.
Visit anderson.ucla.edu
Fusicology
Fusicology.com is a multifaceted website media entity, promoting progressive music culture through event listings and relevant content. Fusicology as a whole provides a national hub reaching trend setting multicultural urbanites. Our site and newsletter specialize in providing relevant information for early adopters that include the musically forward.
Visit fusicology.com
Westside Digital Mix 
Westside Digital Mix is an informal networking group for digital media & entertainment professionals who live or work on the Westside in Los Angeles — from the South Bay to Malibu, West LA to the Pacific Ocean. These monthly ‘curated’ social/business mixers are a great way to catch up with friends, colleagues, and meet new industry insiders.
Visit Westside Digital Mix
IAEL
The IAEL was officially founded in 1977 at MIDEM, the main international trade fair of the music business held each January in Cannes. Over the past thirty years, the IAEL has come to fulfil a unique role for lawyers involved in the industry throughout the world. It has expanded enormously in terms of both the numbers of its members and the scope of its activities. Nonetheless, continuity of membership combined with the energy of its officers, past and present, mean that the Association’s style remains distinctly personal.
Visit iael.org
Streaming Video Technology Alliance
The Streaming Video Technology Alliance is a global technical association addressing critical challenges in streaming video. By educating the industry on the technical nature of the issues, providing a neutral forum for collaboration across the video ecosystem, and publishing documentation that defines technical solutions, the SVTA is helping to improve the streaming video experience at scale. Over 100 companies including network operators, content rights holders, OTT platforms, service providers, and technology vendors – representing some of the biggest names in global streaming – participate in bi-weekly working group activities and quarterly face-to-face meetings. For more information, please visit www.svta.org.
visit svta.org
Digital LA
Digital LA is LA’s largest digital entertainment networking group, reaching more than 50,000 digital professionals weekly via our newsletter and social media. Attendees include Hollywood executives from movie studios, agencies, game companies, and labels, as well as Silicon Beach startup CEOs, VCs, investors, angels, and more.
visit digitalla.net
Canadian Music Week
WHERE MUSIC, TECH + BIZ CONVERGE: Now in its 41st year, the Canadian Music Week Conference is still the premier annual music business and networking event in Canada and coming back in 2023 it’s in person live! We promise to deliver a world class experience in the Heart of Toronto once again. This year we’re featuring a 3-day music summit covering all sectors of the industry.
visit cmw.net
IGDA
As an international organization, the IGDA is a U.S.-based 501(c)6 non-profit professional association that exists as a global network of collaborative projects and communities comprised of individuals from all fields of game development - from programmers and producers to writers, artists, QA and localization. We bring together developers at key industry conferences, in over 90 Chapters and in Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to improve their lives and their craft. We advocate on behalf of our membership to ensure quality of life, perpetuation of our craft and preparing the next generation of developers. Whether you're a student with a goal to become a game developer or a seasoned veteran, regardless if you're based in the U.S. or any country/region in the world, whether you're an indie developer or in a AAA studio, whether your primary platform is a PC, console or a tabletop - we welcome you home to the IGDA!
Visit igda.org
M2 Insights
M2 Insights focuses on the driving forces of emerging technologies and market ecosystems. Tracking communities in digital, experiential and immersive markets, we deliver actionable insights and analysis through our published and custom research.
visit m2-insights.com
Infiom
Infiom is a dynamic global accelerator at the forefront of fostering innovation and growth in disruptive technology sectors, including Generative AI, Web3, Metaverse, AR/VR, and blockchain ecosystems. Their mission revolves around supporting both emerging ventures and established Fortune 500 companies by providing access to capital, resources, and strategic partnerships. Infiom's multifaceted approach includes specialized programs like the Infiom BOOST initiative, which assists ventures in navigating the complexities of fundraising, business development, and technology adaptation in the fast-paced environments of emerging technologies. Notably, in collaboration with the BNB Chain, Infiom also launched the Infiom Founders Academy, a groundbreaking initiative that successfully catapulted nine AI X Web3 ventures to success in 2023. With a commitment to propelling innovation, Infiom leverages a vast network of industry leaders, accelerators, investors, and corporate partners to empower organizations to thrive amidst the rapid evolution of disruptive technology domains.
visit infiom.com