JIPEL 2024 Symposium: Strikes, Camera, Action: The Future of Entertainment in the Age of AI

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This year, JIPEL’s annual symposium will focus on this intersection of technology and the entertainment industry. Specifically, we aim to address how technology affects entertainment law by delving into the importance of key negotiating points and consequences of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, as well as the current and expected uses of generative AI in entertainment in the context of labor law and right of publicity / likeness rights.

Schedule & Panelists:

12:00pm: Lunch & Networking Session

12:45pm: Intro & Fireside Chat: History of Labor & Technology

• Thomas Kochan, Professor of Management, Emeritus at MIT 
• Mark Gaston Pearce, Former Board Member and Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) 

1:30pm: Panel: AI & Its Effects on IP Rights

• Moderator: John Monterubio, Senior Counsel at Loeb & Loeb LLP
• Panelists:
  • Matthew Bodie, Professor at University of Minnesota Law School
  • Amy Cyphert, Professor at West Virginia University
  • Justin Hughes, Professor at Loyola Law School
  • Ben Sheffner, Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Law & Policy, at the Motion Picture Association 
  • Danielle van Lier, Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, Former Assistant General Counsel, Contracts and Compliance, SAG-AFTRA 

2:30pm: BREAK

3:00pm: Panel: SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strikes - Union Negotiations & AI 

• Moderator: Olivia R. Singer, Partner at Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
• Panelists:
  • Ivy Kagan Bierman, Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP 
  • David Gunkel, Professor at Northern Illinois University 
  • Ezra Knight, SAG-AFTRA New York Local President
  • David Offenberg, Professor at Loyola Marymount University
  • Danny Tolli, Member of WGA West, Inclusion & Equity Group
  • Justin Touretz, Deputy General Counsel & National Director of Governance at SAG-AFTRA

5:00pm: Closing Remarks

**Please note: our panelists & moderators are speaking in their individual capacities, not on behalf of their employers or affiliated organizations.

**This event has been approved for 4.5 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly admitted attorneys.