The Digital Hollywood AI Summer Summit

Monday, July 22 - Thursday, July 25, 2024

The Defining Event: The Future of Entertainment, Media & Technology

A Virtual Event • Registration is Free & Opens June 1, 2024 - An Expected Audience of 12,000

• Speakers Note: Some Sessions will be Taped Prior to the Event - Please check with your moderator

The Evening Keynotes

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

9:00 PM - 9:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI and Safety: Governance and Restraint vs. Industry Self-Regulation

AI didn’t arrive in the past 18 months.  For nearly twenty years, AI has steadily become a technological societal force, serving as a backbone to the Medical Imaging community, directing traffic on the internet and regulating electrical power grids across the country and making possible self-driving cars. However, with the arrival of Generative AI and the anticipation of AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, and massive surge in technology investment and company valuations, there is deep concern that the exuberance of discovery will lead to an unwelcome future.  We welcome this conversation.

Speakers:

Richard Kerris, General Manager, Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, United States Science Envoy, Artificial Intelligence, CEO and co-Founder, Humane Intelligence

Mary Hamilton, Managing Director, Technology Innovation, Americas, Accenture

Dan Hendrycks, Director, Center for AI Safety

Dr. Megan Ma, Assistant Director, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), Moderator

9:00 PM - 9:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

AI and the Crisis of Creative Rights: Deep Fakes, Ethics and the Law
Even with the successful resolution of the Entertainment industry “Guilds” strike of 2023, there remains an ongoing fear that "artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to creative professions." The core AI issue sparking debate in Hollywood is not only based on compensation and creative control production. Deep fake technology in particular has raised concern about potential harmful uses, such as political disinformation, revenge porn, and misuse of intellectual property. At the same time, many “creatives” tout the game changing benefits this technology can bring to artistic and other endeavors, such as educational opportunities, enhanced freedom of expression and reduced barriers to entry. This panel will discuss these competing concerns and whether existing legal frameworks, such as right of publicity, copyright, and existing regulations, are sufficient to address this powerful technology.

Speakers:
Lisa Oratz, Senior Counsel, Perkins Coie, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

8:00 PM - 8:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

A Meditation on Bad Hollywood: A Warning from the Creative Community – “Is the Future Synthetic Entertainment”
While the “Strikes” of 2023 may have been settled, with a well negotiated and robust consideration of all things AI, nevertheless, even with the AI guardrails in place, the feeling among creatives and for good reason, continues as the “unknown impact” of AI remains front and center in our industry and for the future of creativity and entertainment. Reflecting on this past year’s “Writers’ and SAG-AFTRA Strike,” Justine Bateman, was one among many in Hollywood expressing concern for our coming “Synthetic Entertainment Future.” To quote from her Newsweek article, Bateman was passionate and direct, “AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but I refer to it as "Automatic Imitation." And as Andy Weir, author of "The Martian," has said, "before my life is over—my profession will effectively disappear.” In this session, we will continue the conversation concerning “All-Things AI,” the conversation that likely will never end.

Speakers:

Danielle Van Lier, former,Senior Assistant General Counsel, Contracts & Compliance, SAG-AFTRA, Moderator

Charlie Fink, Consultant, Forbes Columnist, “This Week in XR Podcast”

Additional speakers to be announced

The Complete Conference Agenda (The Daytime Events)

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

1 PM – 1:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

As Johnny Rotten Might Say: AI Music – Bollocks Sí or Bollocks No? 

Some say, AI is different. This technology may be black magic and maybe they’re right. But what about Sampling and Looping, Sequencers, Drum Machines and Beat Makers, Software synths and the Moog. How about the first time you became aware of the Wah Wah pedal? Does the music of Hendrix, Clapton or Zappa come to mind? The magical world of “Music and Technology” has enabled and enhanced the greatest of our popular musicians and producers for more than half a century. What is the role of the “Recorder Producer?” What about “The Wall of Sound?” What are the Beatles without George Martin, the master of “Audio Wizardry!” What would Johnny Rotten say about “Music and AI.” Let’s discuss.

Speakers:

Gerald Casale, Artist, Musician, founding Member, DEVO

Daniel Rowland, Music Producer, Head of Strategy, LANDR Audio

Jessica Powell, CEO, Audioshake

Steve R. Masur, Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP, Moderator

2 PM – 2:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

AI and Identity Theft - A Taylor Swift Law – The Deep Fake Dilemma

“Deep Fakes” are not only a theft of property rights and a concern of Musicians and Hollywood personalities, bad-actors are scheming new, inventive and technologically bizarre ways to invade our privacy, our computer data and ultimately our electronic wallets. This is not a false alarm. While a “Taylor Swift Law” is needed to protect the personage of a pop star, it may be even more important to secure the personal electronic rights of everyday citizens. Recently in Hong Kong, a “Deep Fake” scheme successfully defrauded an investment company of $25 Million in a fraudulent Zoom call with visual impersonators representing colleagues. That Zoom call might have been you and a “Deep Faked” family member. 

Speakers:

Remington Scott, Founder, CEO and Chief Architect, Hyperreal® Inc., VFX, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

David Chow, Chief Technology Strategy Officer, Trend Micro, former CIO, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Will Kreth, CEO, HAND (Human & Digital), Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

4 PM – 4:40 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

AI Music Monetization: DeepMind’s Dreamtrack, The Grimes AI  Strategy: Let’s Go 50-50%

There’s no way to slow down the explosion of AI created music. It’s here, it’s now and everyone, young and old have become AI Sound Engineers by the hundreds of thousands.  So as the ocean of new music arrives, the idea of “AI Music & Monetization” has now become front and center. For example, Google’s DeepMind recently unveiled DreamTrack, an AI system allowing customizable music generation via text prompts. Their partnership with the music label EMI hints at future platforms streamlining rights-cleared AI music tailored to user taste. Such tools could enable independent musicians, creative agencies, and brands to license bespoke soundtracks on-demand. Along the same lines, the famous musician Grimes is exploring equally disruptive models, granting fans collective ownership in her AI-assisted compositions through NFTs and decentralization. It’s only the start, but with music AI software getting better and better, the market is ripe for legal monetization strategies to emerge.

Speakers:

Anthony Ramirez, Partner, Technology Transactions Group, Morrison Foerster

Alex Mitchell, CEO, Boomy

Karen Allen, CEO & Co-Founder, Infinite Album

Joanna Popper, Former Chief Metaverse Officer, CAA, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

Session III:

AI & the Creative Community – Representing the Interest of Actors - Writers - Producers - Guild Members

While the Hollywood strikes last year may now be old news, the concerns of the Guild membership, the writers and actors are far from settled. After all, creative concerns cannot always be resolved through arbitration and legal settlement. The underlying issues of Artificial Intelligence, from Deep Fakes, Virtual Humans and the ultimate ability of the AI to reason, think and author creative works is far from settled fact. Who among us can say what the future might hold. For those of you who have tried AI or perhaps have even become “Expert” in AI application, you are aware of the problems it may present. AI can as easily violate copyright of everything from image to story to voice as it can enhance the creativity of the most sophisticated artist. This our world to explore.

Speakers:

Chris McGuire, Comedy Showrunner: Martha & Snoop, The Soup, Comedy Central Roasts

Schuyler (Sky) M. Moore, Partner, Greenberg Glusker
Dan Neely, Co-Founder and CEO of Vermillio

Catherine Clinch, Veteran TV Writer, Hunter, Jake & the Fat Man, Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

5:00 PM – 5:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Hollywood Trajectory: The Generative AI Video Timeline: 2023 – 2024 – 2025 – 2026

How fast will AI take over Hollywood? That’s the question. After YouTube; After VFX and the Nightmare of Sequels, After Netflix, Amazon and cord cutting; Remember, Napster Killed the Music Industry!! What’s next? Is AI the Machine that’s going to “Eat Hollywood.” We are already beginning to understand the impact of AI on Screenwriting, AI and Virtual Charters and AI’s impact on VFX. Video Editing is clearly in the eye of the AI storm and the role of extras not to mention complicated backgrounds that will magically appear through the power of AI. In this session, we will speculate on the impact of AI on Hollywood and try to understand the impact and growth of “The AI Blob.” How soon will entire movies, TV shows and Ads being fully produced by a giant AI. 2026? 2028? What will Hollywood look like in 2030?

Speakers:

Paul Trillo, Artist, Writer, and Director

Renard T. Jenkins, President, i2a2 LLC, President, SMPTE

Jen Hollingsworth, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Flawless AI

Phillip Fury, Immersive Technology Innovator and Advisor

Peter Csathy, Chairman, Creative Media, Moderator

Session II:

The Elvis Act: The Tennessee Deep Fake 2024 Law

Is this the first of many, a prelude to a “Federal Law” or an interesting step to secure the “Individual Rights in the face of Deep Fakes,” serving as a bellwether for future legislation, but ultimately not the final word on the subject. Tennessee’s “Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act” passed earlier by their state legislature this year and exclusively limited to Tennessee residents is directed specifically to the issues of “Deep Fakes” and to the protection of Recording Artists and others impacted by “Voice Cloning” and other AI technologies. In this session, our speakers will address the specifics of “The Elvis Act,” with the thought that this piece of legislation is likely a “Canary in a Coal Mine,” one of the first legislative steps that may indicate of how public and political sympathies could be harbingers of AI legislation and legal decisions coming in the future.

Speakers:

Christopher Kenneally, Sr. Director, Content Marketing, Copyright Clearance Center, Moderator

Edward Klaris, Managing Partner, Klaris Law 

Matthew D. Asbell, Partner, Lippes Mathias LLP

Kevin J. Greene, John J. Schumacher Chair, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School

Additional speakers to be announced

Session IV:

AI and Consumer Privacy & Safety: The Unrecognized Dangers in Everyday Technology

Not unlike the problematic impact of “Social Media,” plus powerful SmartPhones enabling negative echo chambers which enhance for many and especially among the young, personal depression, and even self-harm, AI with an entirely different set of psychological and technological tools, presents a host of new problems. While we are all quite aware of “Deep Fakes,” and how they can be used to invade privacy, innovative AI consumer technologies like “AI Sunglasses” with hidden audio and video recording capabilities, for a teen in a school or social setting may present privacy problems as well. AI carries a host of unfamiliar risks. Facial analysis tools are often less accurate than we had hoped. And chatbots, which our teens interact with as friends, can at times exhibit unusual behavior. As innovation continues accelerating, we must evaluate if convenience overrules emerging dangers.

Speakers:

Albert Thompson, Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson 

Adam Katz, CEO, Sightly

Additional speakers to be announced

Wednesday, July 24^th, 2024

Noon – 12:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI the Controversy: Innovation & Transformation vs. Threat to the Future

The impact of AI on all industry sectors, from Entertainment and Communications to Law and Manufacturing is ongoing and clearly transformational. For those of you who have tried AI or perhaps have even become “Expert” in AI application, you are well aware of its significant impact and the problems it may present. While job loss may be balanced by new and creative industry innovation, there is no question that AI presents a future of ethical and technological unknowns and question marks.

Speakers:

Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Hertz Lichtenstein & Young LLP

Lauren Fried, Partner, Loeb & Loeb, LLP

Paul Lekas, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

Silke Meixner, Digital Customer Experience Strategy, ZS Associates

Meeka Bondy, Senior Counsel, Technology Transactions & Privacy Group and Co-Chair, Film and TV Group, Perkins Coie LLP. Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

Session III:

“Is AI Music the Piracy Machine? As Brian May has Stated, “It’s Gonna Get Very Weird Very Quick”

Let's take an AI Music test. Google “Best in AI Music Deep Fakes” and you will be taken on an amazing tour of “Music Imposters,” including “Deep Fakes” of Britney Spears, Frank Sinatra singing obscene Rap Lyrics; the infamous Drake/The Weeknd, “Heart on My Sleeve” having become a massive hit in a few days and Freddie Mercury singing "All I Want for Christmas,” a “Perfect Clone” of a Queen performance. And the technology behind AI song generators are becoming dangerously professional. It’s no wonder that Brian May, Queen’s lead guitarist and song writer is quoted having said, “It’s Gonna Get Very Weird Very Quick.” Music is always the artform first impacted by the combination of technology and the Internet because it does not require extensive bandwidth. In this session we bring together some of the best in the music business.

Speakers:

David Hughes, Strategic Music Industry Consultant, former CTO, RIAA, VP Strategy, Sony Music, Moderator

Chris Horton, SVP Strategic Technology, Universal Music Group’s (UMG)

BT, Producer, Composer, Technologist, Soundlab.AI

Additional speakers to be announced

1 PM – 1:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI Music and Creatives: A Relationship of Abundance and Trepidation

For the musician, solo artist, producer or A&R executive, the arrival in all its glory of “AI technology” is akin to the second coming of Napster. Napster arrived in 1999 and within a year or so effectively wiped out the “Record Industry” as it was then fashioned. And it has taken a couple of generations of musicians and technology to assemble a new and “more or less” thriving industry. Today, there is a massive listening audience, well designed and music friendly internet and mobile platforms, year-round and flourishing “Live Performance” opportunities and tons of “Merch.” And into this mix has arrived AI, the technology “Superpower” that makes “Synths” and "Drum Kits” look primitive. In this roundtable of “Creatives” we will explore our hesitancy to embrace AI, come clean in discussing the obvious dangers of copyright and “Deep Fake” while also grappling with the “Power of AI” as a “Creativity Tool.”

Speakers:

Eímear Noone, Award Winning, Composer, Conductor and Producer

Diaa El All, co-founder and CEO, Soundful

Dr. Martin Clancy, Musician, Academic & founding Chair, IEEE Global AI ethics Arts Committee, Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

2 PM – 2:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI & The Hollywood Writer: Man-Made/Machine Made - Screenwriter vs. The Machine

Let’s see what the expert say. In this session of professional Hollywood screenwriters, we will breakdown the AI Screenwriting process. Our experts, all of whom are familiar with the best in AI Writing software, so that hopefully, will guarantee that the machine-made will be given a fighting chance. Compare and contrast. Let’s start out with a concept, “Create a Series of Prompts.” The AI is generally helpful in “Creating a first page, first breakdown of characters, first explanation of the arc. But what comes next? Can our experts “Prompt” the AI to approach the idea of “Storytelling?” What about “Human Emotion.” Is the professional writer wasting time “Prompting Deep Thoughts” with a robot with limited imagination. Perhaps not. Perhaps the AI is stimulating our “Writer’s Roundtable.” What is the state of the art in “Professional” AI screenwriting.

Speakers:

Mark Goffman, Writer/Producer, The Umbrella Academy, Bull, Limitless

Mike Gioia, Co-Founder, Pickaxe

Nadira Azermai, founder, ScriptBook

Christian Cantrell, Writer, Former VP of Product, Stability AI

Monica Landers, Founder & CEO, StoryFit, Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

3 PM – 3:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session III:

The State of Generative AI Law: The Precedents – The Cases Currently in Progress

The illustrious history of copyright infringement lawsuits are filled with fascinating results. Most recently, the Supreme Court ruled that Andy Warhol infringed on photographer Lynn Goldsmith's copyright when he created a series of his famous silk screen images based on a photograph Goldsmith shot of the late musician Prince in 1981. So it is with great interest that the “AI Training Data” lawsuits make their way through the courts, The NY Times vs. OpenAI and Microsoft; Getty Images against Stability AI; a Class Action lawsuit filed against Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt; a Programmers’ Class Action against Github among others. In this session, discuss status of “Copyright Law.”

Speakers:

Moiya McTier, Senior Advisor, Human Artistry Campaign

Chad Hummel, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Principal Owner, Law Offices of Chad Hummel

Peter Csathy, Chairman, Creative Media, Moderator

Additional Speakers to be announced

4 PM – 4:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

The Legal Implications of Chatbots & Virtual Human Discussion

As chatbots and virtual humans become increasingly integrated into our daily lives, a complex web of legal implications arise. In this session, we will explore the legal considerations surrounding the development, deployment, and interaction with these AI-powered entities. Our panel will delve into topics such as data privacy, intellectual property, liability for AI-generated content, and the ethical consequences of human-AI interaction. While our current legal landscape may be more focused on customer service and retail advice, the future of human to virtual human interaction suggests an increasingly complex world of personal dependance, relationship in the form of AI girl and boyfriends, personal healthcare advice beyond “WebMD” and Virtual Humans providing psychological care. In time, complex Virtual Human services will be commonplace, and its legal implications will be exceedingly interesting.

Speakers:

Meeka Bondy, Senior Counsel, Technology Transactions & Privacy Group and Co-Chair, Film and TV Group, Perkins Coie LLP. Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

Registration will Open - June 1, 2024

There will be no charge to attendees

Speaker Submission: If you wish to submit a speaker - email - Click Submission - indicating session(s) you would like to be considered - indicating day, time, and session name. We request that you include a bio of the speaker and a backgrounder of the company.

Sponsoring Organizations - Various Options including hosting online "Content Spaces" & "Panels" during this Virtual Summit. "Content Spaces" will have full Zoom Room - Demo capability along with other interactive and display features. Please complete the form for further information - Click Here

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The Complete Agenda - Click Here

The Evening Keynotes - Click Here

 I. Track One: AI: Artists of the 21st Century

II. Track Two: Virtual Humans and Robotics

III. Track Three: AI and Hollywood Production

IV. Track Four: AI and Music: Artists vs. Tech

V. Track Five: AI Startups & Investment

VI. Track Six: AI & Threats, Bias & Rights

VII: Track Seven: AI Fashion & Design

VIII: Track Eight: AI & the IMOs: The In My Opinion AI Roundtables

To View By Day - In Eastern Time Zone

I. The Evening Keynotes, July 22nd - 24th

II. Tuesday, July 23rd - Noon - 5 PM

III. Wednesday, July 24th - Noon - 5 PM

IV. Thursday, July 25th - Noon - 5 PM

Speaker Submission: If you wish to submit a speaker - email - Click Submission - indicating session(s) you would like to be considered - indicating day, time, and session name. We request that you include a bio of the speaker and a backgrounder of the company.

Sponsoring Organizations - Various Options including hosting online "Content Spaces" during this Virtual Summit. "Content Spaces" will have full Zoom Room - Demo capability along with other interactive and display features. Please complete the form for further information - Click Here

To View By Track - Click Here

The Evening Keynotes - Click Here

 I. Track One: AI and the Future of Film, Video

II. Track Two: Virtual Humans and Robotics

III. Track Three: AI and Hollywood Production

IV. Track Four: AI and Music: Artists vs. Tech

V. Track Five: AI Startups & Investment

VI. Track Six: AI & Threats, Creative Rights

VII: Track Seven: AI Fashion  & Design

VIII: Track Eight: AI & the IMOs: The In My Opinion AI Roundtables

To View By Day - In Eastern Time Zone

I. The Evening Keynotes, July 22nd - 24th

II. Tuesday, July 23rd - Noon - 5 PM

III. Wednesday, July 24th - Noon - 5 PM

IV. Thursday, July 25th - Noon - 5 PM

To View By Track - Click Here

The Evening Keynotes - Click Here

 I. Track One: AI & Future of Film, Video

II. Track Two: Virtual Humans & Robotics

III. Track Three: AI & Hollywood Production

IV. Track Four: AI and Music: Artists vs. Tech

V. Track Five: AI Startups & Investment

VI. Track Six: AI & Threats, Creative Rights

VII: Track Seven: AI Fashion & Design

VIII: Track Eight: AI & the IMOs: The In My Opinion AI Roundtables

To View By Day - In Eastern Time Zone

I. The Evening Keynotes, July 22nd - 24th

II. Tuesday, July 23rd - Noon - 5 PM

III. Wednesday, July 24th - Noon - 5 PM

IV. Thursday, July 25th - Noon - 5 PM