2024-06-13 –, Room D - Water Studio
Creative Commons is leading a global conversation towards an international instrument on open culture, possibly a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Culture, in order to recognize the role that open access plays in supporting various cultural policy objectives. As UNESCO points out “a world without culture is a world without a future”, so what role does access to culture play in building unified futures where cultural diversity can flourish and where everyone can enjoy culture as a global public good? This session will present CC's work so far and stimulate a debate with participants, especially to inform the conversation around the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies for the public good.
Brigitte is Creative Commons' Director of policy and open culture, where she drives policy reform and transforms the cultural sector in support of better sharing of knowledge and culture.
Before joining CC, she worked for a decade as a legal officer at WIPO and then ran her own consultancy, advising Europeana, SPARC Europe and others on copyright matters.
Currently located in the Netherlands where she lives with her husband and two kids, Brigitte grew up living in eight different countries across North America, Africa and Europe but Montréal is where she proudly comes from.
Brigitte is a fellow at the Canadian think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Université de Montréal and a master’s in law from Georgetown University. She has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2003.