🇫🇷 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
Finished Oct 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)Confirmedhost
- 13:30registration
Registration, coffee and networking
- 14:00welcome
Welcome and how today works
Lexie Kirkconnell-KawanaConfirmedspeaker · CEO
Impress
- 14:05presentation
The scene setter: Where we are in the fight for a fair share
Ricky SuttonConfirmedspeaker · Founder & Host
Future Media
- 14:15keynote
On the frontlines in Europe: Lessons from France’s Big Tech battles
Fabrice FriesConfirmedspeaker · Chairman & CEO
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
- 14:35fireside
Ask us anything
Ricky SuttonConfirmedinterviewer · Founder & Host
Future Media
Fabrice FriesConfirmedspeaker · Chairman & CEO
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
- 14:40fireside
The tools publishers have to seek damages against Big Tech
Lexie Kirkconnell-KawanaConfirmedinterviewer · CEO
Impress
Damien GeradinConfirmedspeaker · Founding Partner
Geradin Partners
- 15:00fireside
Putting a defensible value on your content
Lexie Kirkconnell-KawanaConfirmedinterviewer · CEO
Impress
Mikaël HervéConfirmedspeaker · Vice President, CRA, European Competition Practice
Charles River Associates (CRA)
- 15:20fireside
Ask us anything
Ricky SuttonConfirmedinterviewer · Founder & Host
Future Media
Damien GeradinConfirmedspeaker · Founding Partner
Geradin Partners
Mikaël HervéConfirmedspeaker · Vice President, CRA, European Competition Practice
Charles River Associates (CRA)
- 15:30networking
Networking coffee
- 16:00panel
Two models: What worked and what will work for AI
Ricky SuttonConfirmedmoderator · Founder & Host
Future Media
The Hon. Paul FletcherConfirmedspeaker · Former Australian Federal Communications Minister
Paul Fletcher & Associates
His Excellency Stephen JonesConfirmedspeaker · Australia's Ambassador to the OECD
Australian Government
- 16:30fireside
Ask us anything
Ricky SuttonConfirmedinterviewer · Founder & Host
Future Media
The Hon. Paul FletcherConfirmedspeaker · Former Australian Federal Communications Minister
Paul Fletcher & Associates
His Excellency Stephen JonesConfirmedspeaker · Australia's Ambassador to the OECD
Australian Government
- 16:40fireside
From Australia to the world: Why publishers must unite
Lexie Kirkconnell-KawanaConfirmedinterviewer · CEO
Impress
Elena PerottiConfirmedspeaker · Executive Director, Media Policy and Public Affairs
WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Pierre PetillaultConfirmedspeaker · Directeur général
Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale
- 17:10close
Final questions, thoughts and wrap-up
Ricky SuttonConfirmedhost · Founder & Host
Future Media
Elena PerottiConfirmedspeaker · Executive Director, Media Policy and Public Affairs
WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Pierre PetillaultConfirmedspeaker · Directeur général
Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale
- 17:45networking
AFP-hosted Soiree
Agence France-Presse (AFP)Confirmedhost
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
ConfirmedElena Perotti
Executive Director, Media Policy and Public Affairs
WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
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
ConfirmedPierre Petillault
Directeur général
Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale
ConfirmedRicky Sutton
Founder & Host
Future Media
ConfirmedHis Excellency Stephen Jones
Australia's Ambassador to the OECD
Australian Government