Main Sessions
Main sessions of the 2011 World Copyright Summit conference programme include:
- The value in chain in the digital economy
- Collective management of rights – The solution for a sustainable digital economy?
- Creative industries in the 21st Century
- ISPs and rights holders – Finding a common ground?
- The do’s and don’ts of licensing – Monetising the usage of creative works
- Europe as a driving force of the digital economy
- The European agenda for creators
- Connecting with respect – The right balance between creators’ and consumers’ rights
- Rights/royalties: how to track them (and get paid)?
- Global cooperation in IP and copyright issues – Identifying the appropriate copyright regime for the digital age
- Specific repertoire issues: the future of the resale right; remuneration for audiovisual creators; the impact of digitisation on the books’ business…
- Territory focus: Russia
Download the conference programme here.
Conference Themes
The slogan for the World Copyright Summit 2011 – “Creating value in the digital economy / Create – Connect – Respect” – encapsulates the key themes to be developed during the two-day conference programme:
- Create: The global eco-system for creators and creative industries
- Connect: The digital economy and new business models
- Respect: Authors’ rights and the legislative & social environment
Connect: The digital economy and new business models
Europe as a driving force in the digital economy
Creators in the digital environment
Do you speak European? Multilingualism and the single digital market
Europe’s single digital market – myths and realities
Creating value in the digital economy
ISPs in the digital eco-system
Creating value with metadata compliance
Create: The global eco-system for creators and creative industries
Europe’s creative industries as contributors to economic growth
The EU and creative industries
The future of creative industries – Creating value
From Gutenberg to the eBook…what will be the economy of the digital books?
A wake up call for visual arts – Is the re-sale right in danger?
Shaping the future for creative industries: Culture and innovation – The Google approach
Building bridges between creators and the digital generation
Remuneration of audiovisual authors – Looking for fair deals
The role of creators in fostering cultural diversity
How can the creative industries respond to the challenges of the digital world?
Connecting creators’ and consumers’ rights
Respect: Authors’ rights and licensing issues in the legislative & social environment
The benefits of copyright compliance – The case of Russia
An update on European online licensing
Cooperation on IP and copyright issues – The global perspective
Cooperation on IP and copyright issues – The US perspective
The European Agenda – When the creative sector meets policy-makers
The dos and don’ts of licensing
Collective management – The solution/facilitator for the digital economy
Collective management – A European perspective
Connecting with creators and authors’ societies
Copyright management databases
New services for collective management organisations
