🇫🇷 Paris · 20 October 2026
From regulation to recovery to renaissance
The opening forum. Past, present and future of publisher economics — damages, working bargaining codes, and the publishers already doing the AI deals. An afternoon of operator-level conversation that runs into a curated dinner.
Programme
Confirmed · 2026Every session runs under the Chatham House Rule. Candour, not press releases. Timings are indicative and refined with confirmed delegates.
- 13:00Tour
AFP Newsroom Tour
Agence France-Presse (AFP)Confirmedspeaker
- 13:30Registration
Registration, coffee and networking
- 14:00Briefing
Welcome and housekeeping
Lexie Kirkconnell-KawanaConfirmedspeaker · CEO
Impress
- 14:05Briefing
The scene setter: Where we are in the fight for a fair share
Ricky SuttonConfirmedspeaker · Founder & Host
Future Media
- 14:20Briefing
The weapons publishers have to seek damages from the platforms
Damien GeradinConfirmedspeaker · Founding Partner
Geradin Partners
- 14:45Briefing
How to put a defensible value on your content
Mikaël HervéConfirmedspeaker · Vice President, CRA, European Competition Practice
Charles River Associates (CRA)
- 15:10Networking
Networking coffee
- 15:40Briefing
The strategy behind the world’s first working news media bargaining code
Ricky SuttonConfirmedinterviewer · Founder & Host
Future Media
The Hon. Paul FletcherConfirmedspeaker · Former Australian Federal Communications Minister
Paul Fletcher & Associates
- 16:05Briefing
How Denmark marched together to protect its media market
Karen RøndeConfirmedspeaker · Director of Regulatory Relations & Big Tech
Amedia
- 16:30Briefing
AI Licensing: What pays off, what backfires
Ricky SuttonConfirmedspeaker · Founder & Host
Future Media
- 16:55In conversation
The future: Power, value and the reckoning ahead
Fabrice FriesConfirmedspeaker · Chairman & CEO
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Ricky SuttonConfirmedpanelist · Founder & Host
Future Media
- 17:30Networking
AFP-hosted Soiree
Agence France-Presse (AFP)Confirmedspeaker
On the programme
Confirmed and invited voices. The full line-up is finalised closer to the event.
ConfirmedAgence France-Presse (AFP)
ConfirmedDamien Geradin
Founding Partner
Geradin Partners
ConfirmedProf. Dr. Thomas Höppner
Partner
Geradin Partners
ConfirmedFabrice Fries
Chairman & CEO
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
ConfirmedKaren Rønde
Director of Regulatory Relations & Big Tech
Amedia
ConfirmedLexie Kirkconnell-Kawana
CEO
Impress
ConfirmedMikaël Hervé
Vice President, CRA, European Competition Practice
Charles River Associates (CRA)
ConfirmedThe Hon. Paul Fletcher
Former Australian Federal Communications Minister
Paul Fletcher & Associates
ConfirmedRicky Sutton
Founder & Host
Future Media