Conference 2023
11th Conference on Authors' Rights, 27 November 2023
Today's politics is the future of Europe.
The next conference will take place on 25.11.2024.
Retrospective:
On November 27, 2023, the 11th Conference on Authors' Rights was held in Berlin.
This year's focus was on Artificial Intelligence.
The recording of the conference's livestream is online with statements and contributions from artists, lawyers, experts and politicians from Germany and Europe. See below.
Programme
Welcome and introduction
10:30am
Welcome Address
Katharina Uppenbrink, Managing Director IU
Greeting
Prof. Jeanine Meerapfel, President of Academy of Arts
Introduction of Programme
Matthias Hornschuh, Composer, Spokesperson IU
Overview of current copyright issues
10:45am
Statements
Dr. Stephanie Schulz-Hombach, Head of the group culture an law at The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Peter Schønning, Lawyer (Dänemark)
Tamas Szigeti, Copyright Unit European Commision (live online participation)
Dr. Tobias Holzmüller, CEO GEMA
Focus on Generative AI
11:15am
Keynote
Nina George, Author, European Writers' Council
Keynote
Dr. Martin Andree, Media scientist
Keynote
Prof. Dr. Jan Nordemann KANZLEI NORDEMANN
Questions
from the audience
12:00pm
BREAK
Panel on the current situation
12:15pm
Statements
Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Department Manager Trade and Commercial law, BMJ
Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament
Discussion
Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Department Manager Trade and Commercial law, BMJ
Hanna Möllers, DJV
Dr. Till Völger, Board Member BFFS, Kanzlei ARNOLD RUESS
Questions
from the audience
1:15pm
LUNCH
From Practice
1:45pm
Spotlight on Photography
Introduction - Initial ideas for remuneration models:
Dr. Urban Pappi, Managing Director, Board Member, VG Bild-Kunst
Dorothe Lanc, Legal Advisor BFF
Konrad J. Schmidt, Photographer
Moderated by Katharina Uppenbrink
Short Statements
Nira Bozkurt (Scriptwriting), Scriptwriter
Reinher Karl (Music), Legal Adviser VUT
Leslie Malton (Acting)
Till Nowak (Concept Artist)
Questions
from the audience
2:45pm
BREAK
Panel from the Political Perspective
3pm
Musical Statement
Anna Depenbusch, Musician, Singer Songwriter
Statement
Dr. Paul Nemitz, European Commission, "AI and Democracy"
Introduction
Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner, Hausfeld Lawyers
Short Statements and Panel Discussion
Ansgar Heveling, MdB, CDU
Macit Karaahmetoglu, MdB, SPD
Dr. Thorsten Lieb, MdB, FDP
Awet Tesfaiesus, MdB, The Greens
Moderated by Friederike Hohnholz, Lawyer unisono and Matthias Hornschuh
Questions
from the audience
4pm
Concluding Summary and Closing Statement
Matthias Hornschuh, Komponist, Sprecher der Kreativen in der IU
Katharina Uppenbrink, Geschäftsführerin der Initiative Urheberrecht
4:15pm
End
Subject to change.
The program is continually updated.
Speakers
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© Anna Depenbusch
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© Sebastian Linder
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© Sebastian Linder
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© Stefan Wieland
© Klaus Mellenthin
© Joppen
© Michael S. Ruscheinsky
© Marcus Lieberenz, bildbuehne.de
Prof. Jeanine Meerapfel
Filmmaker, screenwriter and producer, president of the Academy of Arts
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© BMJ
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© Nordemann
© Till Nowak
© Nadira Arkoumanis, Lichtgeschichten
Peter Schønning
Lawyer; leading copyright expert in Denmark
Stephanie Schulz-Hombach
Head of the group culture and law at The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
© Tamas Szigeti
Tamas Szigeti
Policy Officer - European Commission
© Shari-Lynn Venus
© Marco Wehler
© Axel Voss
Dr. Axel Voss
Coordinator of the EPP Group in the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
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