PLRI looks forward to welcoming you to Paris!
Please find the provisional programme below. Information about speakers follow shortly.
Three excellent reasons to join the Publing Lending Right International Conference:
- The PLRI Conference is free of charge; coffee breaks, the cocktail reception and dinner are also covered by PLRI and La Sofia, who are delighted to invite you.
- The PLRI conference thrives on active engagement with delegates and the audience. Each panel will give you the chance to join in the discussion and ask questions. Special simultaneous breakout sessions will encourage interaction and networking among delegates. ‘Ask the Expert’ hotseats will round off the conference day.
- The PLRI Conference takes place in the beautiful Hotel de Massa
Please register by 9 September with Ms Rosan van Genderen at info@plrinternational.com; we will then arrange with you all further details – including your arrival times, any allergies or preferences for the breakout sessions.
23rd September – provisional program
14.00 – 15.00 Guided Visit to La Sorbonne / 1 (max 30 participants)
15.15 – 16.15 Guided Visit to La Sorbonne / 2 (max. 30 participants)
Venue – Hôtel de Massa, 38, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques
17.00 – 17.30 Extraordinary AGM (For PLRI Members and Member Candidates Observers are possible upon request)
18.00 Welcome cocktail and jazz concert for all registered delegates of the PLR International Conference and local invites
24th September – provisional program
Venue – Hôtel de Massa, 38, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques
8.30 Conference registration
9.00 – 9.30 Opening by PLRI International and Special Guests
9.30 – 9.45 Keynote speech: Business as usual or a paradigm shift? Writing and being read in the era of AI – an authors’ perspective
9.45 – 10.30 Why PLR matters (a lot) – Fair compensation, human creativity and cultural diversity.
Panel and audience discussion from author’s, visual author’s and publisher’s perspectives .
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Break out session / 1
- – What is fair compensation – PLR beneficiaries and adequate funding
- – One size doesn’t fit all – how to set up a successful scheme
- – Transparancy – distribution, lending data, and adding challenges of AI
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 13.15 In memoriam Jim Parker and Maureen Duffy – PLR champions
13.15 – 14.00 Back to basics: What is a public library from a legal perspective?
14.00 – 15.00 Break out session / 2 (same topics, different participants)
- – What is fair compensation – PLR beneficiaries and adequate funding
- – One size doesn’t fit all – how to set up a successful scheme
- – Transparancy – distribution, lending data, and adding challenges of AI
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 16.15 Money well spent? The use of PLR for cultural or social purposes. Panel and audience discussion
16.15 – 16.45 Getting the balance right: PLR and the sustainability of the publishing sector , Panel and audience discussion
16.45 – 17.00 Wrap up & Closing Remakrs
19.00 – 22.00 Joint Conference Dinner
