CEPIC 2025 Agenda

Organised by: Paul Seheult. Back by popular demand! After the huge success of last year’s sessions, our Speed Dating is returning to CEPIC 2026 for another round of fast-paced networking and meaningful connections. In just one hour, you’ll meet a variety of visual media professionals, make new contacts, and strengthen existing relationships. Open to all CEPIC 2026 attendees. To register, contact p.seheult@cepic.org

Moderated by: Gilles Devicq. Here we will explore the role of local distributors in a global marketplace and how they add value through regional expertise and services. Industry leaders will share insights on licensing strategies, partnerships, and the key lessons learned from working with global distribution networks.

Moderated by: Gilles Taquet. This panel will provide a broad overview of the B2C market, exploring key trends, opportunities, and challenges.

Sponsored by: Wirestock | Moderated by: Andrea Stern. This session will be devoted to AI for Good: all companies proposing useful AI tools are eligible for a five-minute presentation.

Moderated by: Katherine Briggs. This one-hour legal panel will provide a comprehensive update on key AI-related legislation worldwide, including the UK’s AI proposals and TDM exception, the EU AI Act Code of Practice, and the evolving AI Fair Use cases in the USA. Experts will discuss the impact of these regulations on copyright, liability, and the future of licensing in the digital age.

The Table Area is the hub of networking at CEPIC 2026, open all three days from 09:00 to 17:00.

Moderated by: Isabelle Galy. The process of opting-out requires significant effort, resources, and often comes with trade-offs in terms of lost income or further complications, making it a very difficult challenge for many rightsholders. This session will explore existing possibilities workable for rightsholders and the propositions stemming from the AI Act and AI developers. It will also look at alternative opt-in technical solutions.

Moderated by: Anna Dickson. This session will tackle one of the most pressing questions in the industry: how to effectively license content for AI training. Drawing from real-world negotiations, experts will explore licensing models, the viability of collective licensing as an alternative to AI scraping, and strategies for ensuring fair compensation for rights holders."

Organised in collaboration with the industry standards group IPTC, hear short presentations and pitches from IPTC member organisations and others on new ideas and new technologies that can help you to do business in this fast-changing industry.

Brendan Quinn moderates a panel looking at implementing media provenance using the C2PA specification. Panellists provide views from the content production, publisher/broadcaster and vendor angles of what it really takes to implement C2PA provenance at a media organisation. What are the benefits? What unexpected complications arose? How can we clear the roadblocks on the path to adoption?

Moderated by: John Balean. In this panel, we will explore the role of blockchains, and other mechanisms, that preserve provenance, record process, and create trust and transparency in relation to image archives and licensing. This is primarily a response to the rapid circulation of visually convincing Generative AI imagery which has added a new layer of intentional and unintentional disinformation in all forms of media.

Location to be disclosed soon!

The Table Area is the hub of networking at CEPIC 2026, open all three days from 09:00 to 17:00.