Tuesday 9th May

Arrival Day

Wednesday 10th May

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in the Visual Communications Industry

Vision for the Future
Where Creativity Meets Technology and Celebrates a Brave New World

• 10:30 H Hiring & Diversity 

• 11:00 H Diversity & Inclusivity: The point of view of the Content Providers

• 11:30 H Diversity and Inclusivity : Aggregators

• 12:00 H AI Bias verse Unconscious Bias

• 14:00 H Diversity and Inclusivity : Ecosystem

• 14:30 H – 15:15 H Diversity and Inclusivity : From Creator to Consumer – All speakers together -

Thursday 11th May

Everything You Need To Know About Artificial Intelligence

It takes five months to make a law, and even longer to change practices, but technology does not wait. Artificial intelligence has already invested the creative industries while the basic ethical questions are not solved and the legal issues are barely formulated.

Furthermore the race between nations to become the world center of innovation in artificial intelligence has begun. Between ethical considerations and economic pressures, which way will be chosen by the major legislations, from the US to China?

Our panel brings together legal experts from different backgrounds. The focus will be on copyright and on privacy. As AI becomes more advanced, questions are raised about who owns the copyright in AI generated works and how they should be protected. There are also concerns about how privacy and data protection are affected and if existing laws, such as GDPR, are suficient or outdated to regulate AI.

• Florian Koempel, IP lawyer, UK on international IP law reform competition, from the USA to China over the EU, UK, Israel, Singapore etc. (video conference)

• Yordanka Ivanoka, DG Connect  European Commission, on the state of play in the EU 
  (video conference)

•  First Q & A session

• Stéphanie de Roquefeuil, UPP (Union des Photographes Professionnels), France
  From the point of view photographers and a country with high copyright standards

• Anna Skurczynska, Open Law UK On the situation in the UK, AI reform

•  Nancy Wolff, DMLA, USA on US

• Second Q & A Session

Join our expert panelists as they delve into the world of generative AI.

With AI technology revolutionizing the licensed stock media industry, it is crucial to understand how to leverage your library and actually generate revenue on the heals of this explosion. This panel discussion will focus on legally clean image datasets and how you can prepare your library to meet the growing demand for clean, diverse, and representative data.

The panelists will also discuss how joining the Dataset Shop can help make generative AI ethical, while also providing a source of revenue for copyright holders and ensuring their rights are protected. This is a unique opportunity to learn how to leverage your stock photo library and become a part of the clean data movement.

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to gain valuable insights into the content business and the role of AI, and learn how you can make a positive impact in the fight for ethical AI. Join us for what promises to be a dynamic and informative discussion!

• Michael Osterrieder, CEO of vAIsual

• Amos Struck, CEO of Stockphotos.com

• Alan Capel, Director of Business Transformation at Alamy

• Joe Naylor, CEO of ImageRights

• AI Ethical Guidelines (download here PDF)

• Copyright Enforcement Guidelines

• With Florian Koempel, Nancy Wolff, Mark Milstein (VAIsual), Yair Adato (BRIA) on the CEPIC AI Ethical Guidelines for the Re-Use and Production of AI Visual Content

• Andy Parsons, Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe on the PAI’s Responsible Practices for Synthetic Media – Partnership on AI – Synthetic Media

 The panel will explore how copyright infringement companies may deal with cases involving AI generated content. We will have views from both sides of the Atlantic and different juridictions.

We will present concrete examples.

Moderator: Valérie Théveniaud-Violette

• Nancy Wolff, DMLA, USA

• Christophe Ralite, PixTrakk, copyright enforcement company, France

• Jean-Marie Léger, Enthémis, France

The Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) is a coalition of over 1000 members focused on bringing authenticity to creative content and restoring trust in media, through provenance technology. For the past 3 years, the CAI has developed open specifications, open-source software, and active collaborations between camera manufacturers, software makers, governments, journalists, and human rights defenders to ensure that consumers can know the origins history of their content and creators can take credit for their work. This year, with the mainstreaming of generative AI, is an important year of action and impact for the initiative.

Andy Parsons, director of the Content Authenticity Initiative, will provide an up-date. Andy will explain the technology and its potential, provide updates on the latest CAI and C2PA standard developments, and describe the critical and exciting path forward.

Paul Melcher, a respected industry expert, will moderate the conference, guiding the discussion and ensuring a seamless event. Thierry Secretan, a renowned photojournalist and Imatag evangelist will present the impact of AI in the news, providing valuable insights and exploring the challenges and opportunities it presents. To conclude the conference, Mathieu Desoubeaux, Imatag CEO, will showcase a demonstration of a CAI-compliant Provenance Service, highlighting the practical application of this groundbreaking technology and offering attendees a glimpse into the future of content authentication.

Speakers: Andy Parsons, Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe ; Mathieu Desoubeaux, Thierry Secretan, Paul Melcher IMATAG, Rob Sewell SmartFrame

An exciting panel of experts will discuss whether ‘AI-generated art’ is the product of human endeavour using creative tools, or a machine derivative work?  We will try to answer the question: Where will AI-generated work sit in the pantheon of art? Our panellists will address the terminology, do we need new definitions for photography, artist, copyright, review the benefits for the cultural sector and the ethical and legal rivers to cross.

Boris Eldagsen, a photographer and a self-proclaimed ‘promptographer’, has just refused the Sony WOP prize and joins our panel of experts to discuss whether ‘AI-generated art’ is the product of human endeavour using creative tools, or a machine derivative work?  We will try to answer the question: Where will AI-generated work sit in the pantheon of art? 

• Boris Eldagsen, photographer, declined the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 on the ground that it was #AI generated (video conference)

• Alan Capel, Alamy, UK

• Sam Habibi Minelli/ GruppoMETA, Italy

• Suzan Hazan, Digital Heritage Israel (video conference)

• Isabelle Doran, Association of Photograhers (viedo conference)

• Octav Ganea, Romanian press photo news agency  Inquam Photos

• Elmir Huremovic, director general of the FENA news agency in Bosnia&Herzegovina  

• Stéphanie Pochon, Avisa Partners, Creativity Works! secretariat, Brussels    

• Marie-Avril Roux Steinkühler, IP lawyer, Mars IP

• Christophe Walter-Petit, legal counsel, AFP

The Annual Industry Party will take place at the Pirate Beach, 5 minutes on foot from the Antipolis Congress Center. 

The beach Les Pirates is a treasures island and a gourmet restaurant, on the edge of the Pine Forest of Juan les Pins. It is a magical place with its long golden sandy beach and its pontoons facing the Mediterranean … 

Buffet with Italian accent, wine

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Friday 12th May 

Focus on Photography, Videos and Tools

On Friday, May 12, 2023, the CEPIC Congress will be exceptionally open to photographers for an exceptional fee of 50 € for the whole day. 

This rate includes : Participation in the conferences, access to the exhibition area of the Antipolis Congress Center, a buffet lunch and two coffee breaks as well as the opportunity to meet photo agencies from around the world. 

The invitation is only available through a special CEPIC link.

Coffee Break in GOULD Room (Table Area)

1. Intro. Presentation of panel and companies represented
2. Is there really a market for video and who’s making the money? How video is being used? What’s the market looks like? Who are the users? How collections are built? Trends?
3. How to host and distribute video that you have created? Relationships and services to contributors. Upload formats and processes. Vertical videos and other trends. Commissioned works…
4. Differences and similarities in video distribution Business and licensing models, services to clients, pricing, contributors revenue schemes, rights clearances
5. Closing remarks Industry changes and challenges, AI, technology, what’s next?       

NFT is a new opportunitie for agencies and photographers. 

The session will provide an overview on what you need to know  and understand about NFT, experience feedback from a professional who added NFT to his commercial offer

and a presentation of the NFTs portal NFINITI.

This seminar is organized in partnership with PixWays, the French leader in digital services for the professionals in photography, press, publishing, communication and for brands, and BlockChain Magic, leading the worldwide photographs’ NFTs portal NFINITI, and Roger-Viollet the famous French agency.