CEPIC 2025 Agenda

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CEPIC 2025:
Agenda

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Table Area Day 1
Table Area
12.5.2025 9:00 AM
Day 1
CEPIC2025

The Table Area is the hub of networking at CEPIC 2025, open all three days from 09:00 to 17:00.

Diversity of Licensing Options
Panel
12.5.2025 10:45 AM
Day 1
CEPIC2025
Gilles Devicq
James Allsworth
Alan Capel
Clinton Nortje

A key panel at CEPIC 2025, Diversity of Licensing Options, will explore whether simpler licensing models drive better business outcomes. Experts will discuss the value of different licensing structures—RM vs. RF, uniqueness, quality, and the distinctions between editorial and commercial use—offering insights into the evolving landscape of content licensing.

Speed Dating
Highlight
12.5.2025 11:30 AM
Day 1
CEPIC2025

Kickstart your day with high-energy networking! Our brand-new Speed Dating sessions provide the perfect opportunity to introduce yourself and your business in quick, structured conversations. Open to all CEPIC 2025 attendees! To register, contact p.seheult@cepic.org

Lunch
Social Event
12.5.2025 12:30 PM
Day 1
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The frontline fight against disinformation and verification in visual media
Keynote Speech
12.5.2025 2:00 PM
Day 1
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Éric Baradat

Join Éric Baradat, AFP’s Director for Photography, as he delivers a powerful keynote on the frontline fight against disinformation in visual media. Drawing from decades of experience in global photojournalism, he will explore the critical role of verification, the challenges of combating fake imagery, and the evolving techniques used to uphold truth in an AI-driven world.

Framing the Truth: Fighting War Disinformation Through Image Verification
Panel
12.5.2025 3:00 PM
Day 1
CEPIC2025
Alexandru Giboi

This panel will explore the critical role of image verification in combating war disinformation, highlighting both challenges faced by photojournalists and strategies that ensure the authenticity and accuracy of visual content in conflict reporting. This Panel is organised in cooperation with EANA, the European Alliance of News Agencies.

Postlicensing how infringement tracking supports your revenue and your marketing
12.5.2025 3:45 PM
Day 1
CEPIC2025

Discover how post-licensing and infringement tracking can become powerful tools for both revenue generation and brand protection. Moderated by Alexander Kartz of Die Bildbeschaffer, this session will showcase real success stories, exploring how businesses have leveraged infringement detection to not only recover lost income but also strengthen their market presence.

New world of SEO Workshop
Workshop
12.5.2025 4:30 PM
Day 1
CEPIC2025
Raphaël Richard

In this 90-minute workshop we will discuss the evolving landscape of SEO in the age of AI, exploring how search engines like Google interpret and prioritise content. Our experts will discuss AI-driven search results, Google Discover, and essential best practices to ensure visibility and engagement in an ever-changing digital ecosystem.

Welcome Apéritif
Social Event
12.5.2025 7:00 PM
Day 1
CEPIC2025

Enjoy a Welcome Drink and Canapés as you meet international colleagues at our Opening Reception. Don’t miss the magical sunset on the terrace at 20.50 H

Table Area Day 2
TableArea
13.5.2025 9:00 AM
Day 2
CEPIC2025

The Table Area is the hub of networking at CEPIC 2025, open all three days from 09:00 to 17:00.

Building an effective distribution network
Panel
13.5.2025 9:30 AM
Day 2
CEPIC2025
Gilles Devicq
Jonathan Wells
Michael Gottschalk

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.

Overview of B2C Market
Panel
13.5.2025 10:30 AM
Day 2
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Gilles Taquet

This panel will provide a broad overview of the B2C market, exploring key trends, opportunities, and challenges.

Speed Dating
13.5.2025 11:30 AM
Day 2
CEPIC2025

Our Speed Dating sessions return for another round of rapid-fire networking, giving you the chance to meet even more industry professionals. Whether you’re following up on yesterday’s conversations or making fresh connections, this structured format ensures valuable introductions in just a few minutes per meeting. Open to all CEPIC 2025 attendees! To register, contact p.seheult@cepic.org

Lunch
13.5.2025 12:30 PM
Day 2
CEPIC2025

Pitch Presentations | AI for Good Presentation of AI tools to streamline business
Pitch
13.5.2025 3:00 PM
Day 2
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Legal panel on Legislation
Legal Panel
13.5.2025 3:30 PM
Day 2
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Katherine Briggs
Marisol Muñiz

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.

Authencity Working Group: presentation of results (CEPIC working group)
Open discussion
13.5.2025 4:45 PM
Day 2
CEPIC2025

From 16:45 H to 17:30 H, just after the coffee break. The CEPIC working group has worked on the key concept of "Authenticity". 1. Provide a definition of authenticity ; 2. Outline the importance of having trustworthy and authentic images ; 3. Provide a list of tools for fact-checking, verifying authenticity, etc.; 4. Make recommendations (projects, C2PA, etc.) ; 5. Provide some rules (policy) Member organisations of the group are: Isabelle Wirth for AFP James Allworth for Alamy Philippe François for BELGA John Balean for TopFoto Anna Dickson for Shutterstock USA

Table Area Day 3
Table Area
14.5.2025 9:00 AM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

The Table Area is the hub of networking at CEPIC 2025, open all three days from 09:00 to 17:00.

The insurmontable problem of generative AI Opt-out
Panel
14.5.2025 10:00 AM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

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 rightholders. This session will explore existing possibilities workable for rightholders and the propositions stemming from the AI Act and AI developers.

How to license for AI training?
Panel
14.5.2025 11:00 AM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

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."

Lightning talks in cooperation with IPTC
Lightning talks
14.5.2025 11:55 AM
Day 3
CEPIC2025
Brendan Quinn

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.

Lunch
14.5.2025 12:30 PM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

Update on Media Provenance and C2PA
Panel
14.5.2025 2:00 PM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

In association with IPTC Media Provenance Committee, we bring you up to date on the work to bring provable content authenticity to the media industry. Hear from industry bodies, software vendors and publishers on the increasing momentum behind implementing C2PA provenance metadata across the media ecosystem.

The role of Blockchains in the protection of image archives
Panel
14.5.2025 3:30 PM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

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.

What's new in metadata?
Workshop
14.5.2025 3:30 PM
Day 3
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Brendan Quinn

In this hands-on session, Brendan Quinn, Managing Director of the IPTC, takes participants through best practices in creating and maintaining image and video metadata. Using the Adobe Custom Metadata plugin and other popular tools, we show how to create and maintain metadata for AI licensing, AI declaration, licensing URLs and more. We also show how IPTC metadata is displayed and used in user-facing products from Google, Apple, Microsoft and others.

Annual Industry Party
Social Event
14.5.2025 8:15 PM
Day 3
CEPIC2025

Location to be disclosed soon!

CEPIC 2025:
The Future of Licensing

CEPIC 2025 starts on Monday 12th May at 9:00 H and ends on Wednesday 14th May with the Annual Industry Party. The Congress Center, including the Table Area, will be open from Monday morning to Wednesday 17.00 H

Next to the Table Area and Lounges, CEPIC 2025 features a series of Panels, Workshops, Pitch Presentations and Speed Dating sessions.

The main topic of the Conference is: "The Future of Licensing". GenAI has only strengthened the case for effective content licensing…

Come back from a break in the South of France armed with the intel, the case studies and the ideas you need to drive the next generation of business success.

Are you interested in speaking at one of our panels, showcasing your ideas in a pitch presentation, or participating in our brand new speed dating sessions? Please contact us at cepic2025@cepic.org for more information.

CEPIC 2025

From Metadata to Media Provenance: Welcoming IPTC to CEPIC 2025

We're proud to welcome IPTC as a valued partner of CEPIC 2025, bringing their expertise in global metadata and media standards to this year’s programme. From lightning talks to hands-on workshops, IPTC’s contributions will help attendees navigate the future of image licensing, AI, and content authenticity.
CEPIC 2025

Meet the Sponsors Supporting CEPIC 2025

We’re proud to introduce our confirmed sponsors for CEPIC 2025, whose support is helping shape this year’s event in Juan-les-Pins. From conference sessions and speed dating to event bags, lanyards, and official photography, their contributions are vital to making CEPIC 2025 a success.
CEPIC 2025

CEPIC and EANA partner up to strengthen image licensing and trust in visual journalism

CEPIC and EANA are strengthening their partnership in 2025 to promote trust in visual journalism and enhance industry standards for image licensing and copyright protection. This collaboration will be highlighted at CEPIC 2025, featuring a keynote by AFP’s Éric Baradat and a panel on combating war disinformation through image verification.
CEPIC 2025

Thank You to PicRights: Our Silver Sponsor for CEPIC 2025

CEPIC is delighted to welcome PicRights as a Silver Sponsor for CEPIC 2025, continuing their valued support by sponsoring the conference panel on infringement tracking and providing the official event lanyards once again. As a global leader in copyright enforcement services, PicRights plays a vital role in protecting the rights of press agencies, photographers, and visual content creators, and we look forward to connecting with them at this year’s event.
CEPIC 2025

Thank You to FotoArena – Our Official Photo Platform Sponsor for CEPIC 2025

We are thrilled to have FotoArena return as a CEPIC 2025 sponsor, continuing their tradition of hosting the official event photo platform for all attendees. As a leader in news and sports photography and a top Brazilian stock agency, FotoArena ensures that every networking moment, panel discussion, and special highlight from CEPIC 2025 is captured and available for download.
CEPIC 2025

Introducing Speed Dating at CEPIC 2025 – Thanks to Our Sponsors PICSEL & Bikini Lists

We’re excited to launch Speed Dating at CEPIC 2025, a brand-new networking event designed to help attendees connect quickly and efficiently. A huge thank you to our sponsors, PICSEL and Bikini Lists, for making this happen. Be sure to sign up and join us at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM on Day 1 and Day 2 for this incredible opportunity.
CEPIC 2025

Thank You to Alamy for Supporting CEPIC 2025

We’re excited to welcome Alamy back as a Bronze Sponsor for CEPIC 2025, once again supporting the event by sponsoring the official CEPIC t-shirts available at registration. As a global leader in stock imagery, Alamy continues to empower creatives with diverse and high-quality content, making them a valued partner in the visual media industry.
CEPIC 2025

IMAGO Returns as a Sponsor for CEPIC 2025

We are thrilled to welcome IMAGO back as a Bronze Sponsor for CEPIC 2025, where they will once again be sponsoring our delegate bags and joining us with a dedicated table. As a leading global visual content provider, IMAGO continues to support the industry with high-quality editorial and creative stock imagery.

FAQs

If you have questions, be sure to check out our FAQs below, they might have the answers you're looking for! If not, feel free to reach out to us directly at cepic2025@cepic.org

Why should I attend CEPIC 2025?

It is the only event in the visual media licensing industry that offers three days of nonstop networking with visual media professionals from 30+ countries.

The place to attend conferences, roundtables and workshops focusing on the latest developments in the visual media licensing industry.

This is the place to meet agencies’ CEOs and sales representatives, as well as footage suppliers, industry service providers, technology specialists, legal professionals, and the creative minds that innovate the visual media licensing industry, all in one place.

How does CEPIC 2025 work?

CEPIC is all about networking. So to make the most of your participation, you should arrange as many meetings as possible before CEPIC 2025 starts.

After registration and payment, CEPIC will grant you access to the Participants List so that you are able to contact all registered attendees and arrange your meetings.

For higher visibility and comfort for your meeting, you can add a Table to your registration as a delegate for a separate fee.

Why is CEPIC 2025 returning to the South of France ?

It is a blessed area in Europe, sunny, full of culture, good food, and gorgeous landscapes, and importantly it has an international airport. The Nice airport is the second largest airport in France (after Paris). Juan les Pins, en route to Cannes is easily accessible from the Nice airport, by train, bus or taxi. Delegates may easily combine business with pleasure, adding a few days on for the Riviera, Provence, the Alps, Corsica, Monaco and Italy. Finally the Palais des Congrès of Juan-les-Pins is pefectly fit for the purpose of the CEPIC 2025.

Venue: ANTIPOLIS – Palais des Congrès d’Antibes
Address: 60 Chem. des Sables, 06160 Antibes, France

To visit the ANTIPOLIS Summit Center – click here

Still have questions?

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Sponsors of CEPIC 2025

Supported by Industry Leaders

Global players from across the visual media industry, are among our sponsors and partners.