The Charles Clark Memorial Lecture and Drinks Reception at London Book Fair

Dr Andres Guadamuz, Reader in IP Law, University of Sussex In discussion with Dan Conway, Chief Executive, Publishers Association.

The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) became clear for all to see when ChatGPT burst into the discussion last November. Government policy is to make the UK a world leader in AI and committed to spending £900m towards this goal in the recent budget. AI relies on deep learning from existing content, including words, images and music protected by copyright. The UK’s publishing and other creative industries are themselves already world leaders for the content they have created and produced. As a specialist in both AI and copyright Dr Guadamuz is ideally placed to explain the challenges on both sides and to give his perspective on what this means for the future of copyright.

Chair: Dan Conway, CEO, Publishers Association
Dan became CEO of the Publishers Association in 2022, having previously been the membership organisation’s Director of External Affairs and leading the team responsible for policy, public affairs, communications, media relations, research & statistics. Alongside his role at the Publishers Association, he is a Board Trustee for World Book Day, and Non-Executive Director at Publishers’ Licensing Services.

Speaker: Dr Andres Guadamuz, Reader in IP Law, University of Sussex
Dr Andres Guadamuz is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. His main research areas are on artificial intelligence and copyright, open licensing, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts. He has written two books and over 40 articles and book chapters, and also blogs regularly about different technology regulation topics.