The World Copyright Summit announces the participation of world renowned creators and industry leaders for event 7 & 8 June
NEW keynote speakers recently confirmed include:
Javed Akhtar, scriptwriter, lyricist, poet and human rights activist;
Carlo d’Asaro Biondo, Vice-President, EMEA, Google;
Jean-Michel Jarre, composer, lyricist and UNESCO ambassador;
Frank Stella, painter and sculptor
With one week to go before the third edition of the World Copyright Summit on 7 & 8 June 2011 in Brussels, more than 550 participants have already confirmed their attendance to this biennial event. Creators, policy-makers and all stakeholders involved in the creation, production, licensing, distribution and dissemination of creative works will meet to exchange ideas and debate the future of intellectual property and creative content such as music, books, movies, and visual arts in the digital environment.
To check the upcoming programme, please click here.
More than100 speakers — including creators and European Union policy-makers — will share their vision and exchange views during the Summit.
As of today, 2011 Keynote Speakers confirmed include:
- Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services (video message)
- Carlo d'Asaro Biondo, President, Southern and Eastern Europe, EMEA, Google
- Hervé Di Rosa, French visual artist and CISAC Vice-President
- Jonathan Faull, European Commission Director General of DG Internal Market and Services
- Robin Gibb, legendary singer and songwriter of the Bee Gees and CISAC President
- Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- Márcia Regina Vicente Barbosa, Director of Intellectual Property Rights, representing Ana de Hollanda, Minister of Culture of Brazil
- Jean-Michel Jarre, author, composer and performer
- Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia and music composer
- Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Digital Agenda
- Robert Levine,author of “Free Ride – How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back”
- Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Livre Chairman and CEO
- Jean-Paul Philippot, Administrator General, RTBF and President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU/UER)
- Frank Stella, painter and sculptor / Chair of CISAC’ International Council of Creators of Graphic, Plastic and Photographic Arts(CIAGP)
For more information about the main speakers, please, click here.
The panellists at the Summit will come from the creative, media and IT sectors and will represent such diverse companies and organisations as, among others: Access Copyright; ADAGP; ALCS; APRA/AMCOS; ARTISJUS; ASCAP; Authors Guild; BEUC; Bloomsbury Publishing; BMI; BPK Photo Agency; Childnet International; CIAM; CIADLV; Copyright Alliance; Cristina Mora Literary & Film Agency; DACS; Danish Consumer Group, Deezer; Downtown Music Publishing; Eircom; EMI Music Publishing; Europa Media Group; European Broadcasting Union; European Commission; European Composer & Songwriter Alliance; European Parliament; First Music Publishing; GEMA; Google; Hachette Livre; IFPI; IMPALA; Marc Chagall Estate; Motion Picture Association; Music Publisher Association; OCLC; Pearson; PRS for Music; RAO; SABAM; SACD; SACEM; SGAE; SGDL; SOCAN; SODRAC; Songwriter Association of Canada; Sotheby’s; Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Nokia; peermusic; STIM; TEOSTO; UNI-MEI; Universal Music Group; Warner/Chappell Music; WIPO; ZDF; and 7digital.
The 2011 World Copyright Summit is organised by CISAC and supported by numerous organisations on the partner and advisory committees, which represent every sector of the intellectual property industry.
