2024 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture with Gadi Oron

Artificial Intelligence and Collective Rights Management: the Future or the End?
by Gadi Oron, Director General, CISAC
Chaired by Professor Sir Robin Jacob
About the speaker
Gadi Oron is Director General of CISAC, the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies. In this role, he oversees the activities of the world’s largest network of authors societies, covering more than 120 countries and representing over 230 collective management organisations and 5 million creators of music, film, TV, literature and visual art.
An entertainment and intellectual property lawyer by training, Mr Oron has had leading roles in different sectors of the music and creative industries. An expert in international copyright and entertainment law, he held both private practice and in-house positions and represented the creative sector to governments, legislators, and international bodies.
Mr Oron serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international ISAN (standard for Audiovisual works identification) agency. He is also Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London, where he teaches on copyright and the creative industries. He is one of the specialist editors of Copinger & Skone James on Copyright and authored book chapters and articles on copyright and intellectual property.
He has been named by “Legal 500” as one of the leading lawyers in France and by Variety Magazine as one of the top Power Players in the international music industry.