Presented by CISAC, the World Creators Summit is the leading international and cross-industry event addressing the future of the creative community and the entertainment business in the digital economy.
The event’s slogan, “Create – Connect – Respect,” encapsulates the event’s vision of a fair and sustainable environment for the creative sector.
This biennial event aims at establishing a constructive dialogue, exchange ideas, debate diverse viewpoints and discuss the remedies linked to intellectual property and creative content online with all the stakeholders in the new digital economy, from creators, rights organizations and guilds, to content service providers, broadcasters, telecommunications operators, hardware manufacturers, legal experts and policy-makers.
Featuring appearances from more than 80 of the biggest influencers and industry luminaries in the creator-rights space, speeches and panels will illustrate the major issues to be addressed at the Summit and contained in the event slogan “Create – Connect – Respect”:Creating and monetizing creative works in the digital eraCultivating a fair and sustainable environment for the creative sectorSupporting innovation and digital growth with new solutions developed by collective management organizations and PROsThe role of policy-makers and copyright legislation in supporting the digital development of the creative sectorHow to balance the protection of creators and consumers' access to worksConfirmed speakers include:Robert Ashcroft, CEO, PRS for Music (UK)Eric Baptiste, CEO, SOCAN (Canada)Rick Carnes, Songwriter and Performer / President, SGA - Songwriters Guild of America (USA)Richard Conlon, Senior VP, Corporate Strategy, BMI (USA)Simon Darlow, Songwriter and Producer / Chairman, BACSA (UK)Axel Dauchez, CEO, Deezer (France)Christophe Depreter, CEO, SABAM (Belgium)Mitch Glazier, Senior Executive Vice President, RIAA (USA)Michael Grecco, photographer (USA)Eric Hilton, Songwriter/Performer/Producer (USA)Rupert Hine, Songwriter/Performer/Producer (UK)Ana De Hollanda, Singer/Songwriter, former Minister of Culture (Brazil)Andrew Jenkins, Executive VP, Universal Music Publishing International (UK)Kirit Joshi, Senior Vice President Worldwide IS&T, Sony Music Entertainment (USA)Zahavah Levine, Director of Content Partnerships, Android, Google (USA)Helienne Lindvall, Songwriter and Musician / Columnist, The Guardian (UK)John LoFrumento, CEO, ASCAP (USA)David Lowery, Writer, Singer, Songwriter and ProducerUrsula Mackenzie, Chief Executive, Little, Brown / President, The Publishers Association (UK)Adam Parness, Principal Content Acquisition Manager, Amazon (USA)Stacie Passon, Filmmaker (USA)Ralph Peer, CEO, Peermusic (USA)Simon Raymonde, Songwriter/Performer/Producer (Cocteau Twins)Jean-Noël Tronc, CEO, SACEM (France)Eric Walter, Secretary General, Hadopi (France)
4 Jun 2013 @ 08:00 am
5 Jun 2013 @ 06:00 pm
Duration: 1 days, 10 hours
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
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