Doing Rights Right 2025: Opportunities and Perspectives
This event will explore opportunities and challenges in rights.
With the support of Frankfurter Buchmesse, BISG is pleased to bring together rights professionals from the book industry and beyond for "Doing Rights Right 2025: Opportunities and Perspectives." This event will explore current opportunities and challenges in book rights.
Programming will include updates from key rights professionals on their important work in support of the industry, and from the BISG Rights Committee, which has been working diligently on components of rights communication across the supply chain.
Programming Includes:
- Opening Keynote Conversation with Simon Lipskar, President, Writers House, and BISG Rights Committee Chair, Kris Kliemann
- The View From Here featuring representatives from the University Press and STM publishing sectors
- Rights Showcase Presentations from Frankfurt Rights, PubMatch, Ingram's MediaScout, and DropCap Marketplace
- and more!
A light lunch will be served and the event will conclude with a reception, where attendees will have an opportunity to catch up, learn from industry partners, and continue the day’s discussion. In-person attendees will receive a small memento of the day and one person will be randomly selected for a raffle prize souvenir.
Agenda
| January 31 | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Registration Opens |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Keynote Address: Simon Lipskar and Kris Kliemann
The president of Writers House, Simon Lipskar, will sit in conversation with Kris Kliemann, of Kliemann & Company, Chair of the BISG Rights Committee. |
| 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM |
Rights Showcase
Frankfurt Rights Presented by Jenny Kuehne, Director Rights & Licensing Solutions at Frankfurter Buchmesse, and Meike Eckern, Key Account Manager Rights & Licensing/Advertising Manager Publishing Perspectives, Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH |
| 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM |
The View From Here: University Presses
Presented by Andrea Gapsch, Acquisitions Editor, Publishing, Purdue University Press & Co-Chair, AUP IP&C Committee; and Ines Ter Horst, Director of Intellectual Property, Princeton University Press Moderated by Kendra Poster, Former Subsidiary Rights Director, Former Foreign Rights Director, Workman & FSG |
| 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM |
Rights Showcase
DropCap Marketplace Presented by Lindsay Jones, Co-Founder & CEO, and Monica Meehan, Vice President of Business Development & Rights Director |
| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
The View From Here: STM Publishers
Presented by Claire Harper, Global Rights & Licensing, SAGE Publishing, and Jessica Rutt, International Rights & Licensing Manager, RCNi. Moderated by MaryJo ("MJ") Slazak Courchesne, President, Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC |
| 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM |
Rights Showcase
PubMatch Presented by Keith Riegert, CEO, Ulysses Press; CEO, Perfect Bound |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM |
BISG Rights Committee Update
Learn more about our Rights Imprint Directory, Rights Royalty Statement Standard, and upcoming events |
| 1:20 PM - 1:35 PM |
Rights Showcase
Ingram's Media Scout presented by Dakota Reed, Business Development Manager |
| 1:35 PM - 2:05 PM |
On Licensing Content to AI Systems: Strategy and Practice
Presented by Jessica Rutt, International Rights & Licensing Manager at RCNi; Claire Harper, Global Rights & Licensing at SAGE Publishing; and Allison Brehm, Senior VP & Associate General Counsel, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Moderated by Kris Kliemann |
| 2:05 PM - 2:20 PM |
Future Areas for Standards Work on AI Licensing
Presented by Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO) |
| 2:20 PM - 2:35 PM | Open Discussion and Q&A |
| 2:35 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Coffee, Cookies, and Conversation |
Registration Options
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Registration Options
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Price |
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Virtual ticket (members + nonmembers)
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$49.00 |
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In-Person Ticket (members)
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FREE |
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In-person Ticket (nonmembers)
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$99.00 |
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WE THANK FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT.
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