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- Media Panel 10 December 11:50AM - 12:10PM
Blueprints for Governing Digital Speech
During COVID-19, platforms struggled to balance curbing misinformation with protecting free expression, often failing at both and eroding public trust. A 2021 Pew Research study found that 60% of U.S. adults saw social media as a major source of false information, with 43% reporting encounters with significant misinformation. These failures reveal gaps in transparency and accountability. How can policy, technology, and platform leadership work together to protect truth and rights while ensuring transparency, inclusivity, and resilience?
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- Music Panel 9 December 5:00 - 5:30PM
Authorship and Distribution, from Print to Music
From publishing and journalism to film and music, AI is blurring the lines between inspiration, imitation, and ownership. As machines learn to write, design, and distribute creative work at scale, long-standing notions of authorship and value are being rewritten. This session explores how technology is reshaping the creative supply chain—from who gets credit to who gets paid—and what the next era of rights, royalties, and responsibility will look like across every medium.
Central Stage - Picture Panel 8 December 1:00 - 1:30PM
Global Blockbusters, Local Roots
As audiences converge and tastes diversify, global hits depend on authenticity as much as scale. This conversation examines how actors and producers navigate casting, finance, and distribution across continents, and how to shape stories that honor cultural nuance while appealing to worldwide audiences.
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- Gaming Fireside 8 December 5:35 - 5:50PM
From Melodies to Multiplayers
As Imagine Dragons’ longtime manager, Mac Reynolds has helped build one of the world’s most successful music brands. Now, he and his brother Dan Reynolds, the band’s frontman, are channeling that same creative and business savvy into gaming with Night Street Games and recently launched the beta of Last Flag, a multiplayer game. In this chat, Mac shares how he made the leap into interactive IP and explores where the worlds of music and gaming intersect, overlap, and diverge.
Explore by Instagram - Gaming Fireside 9 December 5:10 - 5:30PM
The Game That Plays You
We think we play games. But what if games are the ones playing us? This session dives into how modern games learn your behavior, control emotion, and predict your next move. It’s a wake-up call for creators and players who live inside systems that know them better than they know themselves.
Explore by Instagram - Music Keynote 10 December 11:20 - 11:35AM
This Is How I Reimagined Music with AI
What happens when imagination meets technology? In this keynote, King Willonius shares how he used artificial intelligence to reimagine the art of music creation. By feeding the machine with his own experiences, emotions, and creative experiences, he demonstrates how AI turns into a true collaborator rather than a tool. This session reveals a new way of composing where human memory and machine intelligence create sound that feels both personal and limitless.
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