We are excited to introduce another one of our fantastic speakers for the upcoming CEPIC Congress 2024: Isabelle Galy from ClusterIA. With extensive experience in the French and local AI ecosystem, Isabelle serves as the Vice President of ClusterIA, the AI startups association, and is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology.

We are thrilled to announce one of our esteemed speakers for the upcoming CEPIC Congress 2024: Antoine Julienne from IFRRO. Antoine brings a wealth of experience in policy-making, particularly in the legal domain, having previously served with the Greens/EFA group in the Legal Affairs Committee at the European Parliament.

CEPIC is thrilled to announce BRIA as one of the sponsors for the upcoming CEPIC Congress 2024. BRIA, a leading organisation dedicated to ethical AI solutions, will be playing a pivotal role in shaping discussions on the ethical use of AI during the congress.

Today, a pivotal new report by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee has been released calling for better support and compensation for creators, through a statutory scheme to pay them for their copyright, and the establishment of new support mechanisms for freelancers. One of the standout recommendations from the report is the implementation of The Smart Fund, which is aimed at compensating creators for private copying of their content.

CEPIC is delighted to announce that for the sixth year in a row, Google will be sponsoring the annual Congress and reaffirming its commitment to support the visual content licensing industry.

We are delighted to introduce Franck Bardol, an esteemed Associate Professor and Deep Learning Instructor, who will be taking the stage as a keynote speaker at the upcoming CEPIC Congress 2024. Join us on Thursday, May 16th, for an engaging keynote conversation titled "The limits of AI, Ethics and the protection of intellectual property," where Franck will share his profound insights into the complex intersection of artificial intelligence, ethical considerations, and intellectual property rights.

We are excited to share a significant development in the realm of news media standards: Google LLC has officially become a Voting Member of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), a global technical standards body for the news media.