PROMOTING AI FOR GOOD IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Copyright Policies for the development of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and Africa
Side Event at the 46th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the WIPO (SCCR/46)
Monday, April 7 2025 at 6:30pm to 7:30pm
at WIPO Headquarters (ROOM B), Geneva (In person and hybrid)
(A reception will be offered at the end of the event)
Organizers:
Vía Libre Foundation (on behalf of the A2K Latin America Alliance) and ReCreate South Africa
Objectives:
The session will provide case studies on copyright challenges related to data collection for research purposes in African and Latin American AI projects, in order to:
- Promote AI development in the region and foster local research.
- Demonstrate the advantages of copyright exceptions for computational analysis activities and the need for legal certainty to perform these activities in the Global South.
Panel of international experts:
Dr. Alexandra García. Biochemistry, Postdoc at CENIA (National Artificial Intelligence Center of Chile) and Latam-GPT Project Data Team Coordinator.
Prof. Beatriz Busaniche. Expert in intellectual property and digital rights and lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires and FLACSO Argentina. Member of the Data team of the Latam-GPT project. President of Vía Libre Foundation.
Prof. Gloria Emezue. Expert in Gender studies and Digital Humanities. Researcher at Lanfrica, Nigeria
Chebet Koros. Expert in intellectual property law and researcher at CIPIT, Strathmore University, Kenya
Panel moderator:
Ben Cashdan (Black Stripe Foundation Founder, former economic advisor to President Mandela, filmmaker and Co-Convener of ReCreate, South Africa).
For online ZOOM participation you need to register previously here: blackstripe.live/SideEvent
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