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Creators Conference 2025

25 March 2025
European Parliament, Brussels
Creators Conference 2025

The most recent edition of the Creators Conference took place on 25 March 2025 at the European Parliament in Brussels. Please find the programme below.

The conference, hosted by MEP Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP, Poland) and MEP Emma Rafowicz (S&D, France), was held under the patronage of the European Parliament.

It featured three panel discussions, each aligned with the priorities outlined in ECSA’s Manifesto, including artificial intelligence and authors' rights, music streaming, and contractual practices facing audiovisual composers.

The Creators Conference, founded in 2010 by ECSA Honorary President Alfons Karabuda, is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme.

Programme

11:45 - 12:00 Registration
12:00 - 12:15 Welcome and conference opening
  • Opening remarks by MEP Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP, PL)
  • Keynote by MEP Emma Rafowicz (S&D, FR)
12:15 - 13:00 'Copyright and Generative AI: Fundamental Challenges for Creators and the Way Forward'
Alexandra Bensamoun (Professor of Law at Université Paris-Saclay) (FR)
Dominick Luquer (Secretary General of International Federation of Actors - FIA) (IT)
Julia Niebler-Kaiser (Deputy General Counsel of GEMA) (DE)
Moderator: Helienne Lindvall (ECSA President)
13:00 - 13:25 Lunch break
13:25 - 13:30 Keynote speech by Iban García del Blanco

Former MEP and Rapporteur “Cultural diversity and the situation of authors in the European music streaming market”

13:30 - 14:15 'Changing the Tune: How to Build a Sustainable Music Streaming Ecosystem for Creators'
Chris Cooke (Co-Founder and Managing Director, CMU) (GB)
Ferid Lakhdar (Composer, Vice-President of ZAiKS) (PL)
Tobias Stenkjaer (Chair of Danish Pop Auteurs, ECSA Board Member)
Moderator: Aafke Romeijn (Songwriter, ECSA Board Member) (NL)
14:15 - 15:00 'Towards Fair and Balanced Contracts for Audiovisual Composers'
Adriana Moscoso (General Manager of GESAC) (ES)
Emmanuelle du Chalard (Head of Copyright Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission) (FR)
Moderator: Anselm Kreuzer (Composer, ECSA Board member) (DE)

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