Art Law Conference 2025

Schedule

Fri Oct 24 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins | Ottawa, ON

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Ottawa's 3rd annual Art Law Conference by Artists' Legal Services Ottawa (ALSO), featuring a one-day symposium on art, law, and technology.
About this Event

Artists' Legal Services Ottawa (A.L.S.O) returns this year with its 3rd Annual Art Law Conference, happening Friday, October 24, 2025, at:

📍La Nouvelle Scene Gilles Jardins Theatre at 333 King Edward Street in Ottawa, ON!

Join us for a one-day symposium on art, law, and technology, featuring:

  • A series of topical panels tailored to artists working across various categories of artistic practice, such as music, visual arts, performing arts, television and film, and new media.
  • Opportunities to hear from some of Canada’s leading scholars and lawyers in entertainment, intellectual property, and technology law, as they delve deep into nuanced questions of law and business in the arts.
  • A keynote on artificial intelligence and its implications for the arts.
  • A networking session providing artists the opportunity to mingle with lawyers and scholars to ask specific legal questions and make connections.

The creative industries stand at a historic crossroads. As technologies like AI accelerate at breakneck speed, and global markets depend on digital platforms, artists face a paradox: unprecedented opportunity and unprecedented vulnerability.

This Conference will:

  • Equip artists with the practical tools to navigate copyright, contracts, AI, and more.
  • Facilitate dialogue between artists, lawyers, scholars, and creative industry leaders.
  • Foster cross-sector collaboration.
  • Provide a platform for underrepresented voices in the arts, particularly Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+, disabled, and emerging artists.

FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA COMING SOON!

Breakfast refreshments and a light lunch will be provided, with accommodations made for common dietary restrictions.

CPD credits will be available to eligible attendees from the legal profession.

This event is generously supported by the City of Ottawa's Cultural Funding Unit.


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Artists' Legal Services Ottawa (A.L.S.O.) est de retour cette année pour présenter sa 3e conférence annuelle sur le droit de l'art, qui aura lieu le vendredi 24 octobre 2025 au 

📍Théâtre La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins, situé au 333, rue King Edward, à Ottawa, en Ontario ! 

Soyez des nôtres pour un symposium d'une journée sur l'art, le droit et la technologie, qui comprendra :

  • Une série de tables rondes thématiques explorant les questions juridiques et commerciales pertinentes à diverses disciplines créatives, telles que la musique, les arts visuels, les arts de la scène, la télévision, le cinéma et les nouveaux médias. 
  • L'occasion d'entendre certains des plus éminents universitaires et avocats canadiens spécialisés dans le droit du divertissement, de la propriété intellectuelle et des technologies, qui approfondiront des questions juridiques et commerciales nuancées dans le domaine des arts.
  • Un discours liminaire sur l'intelligence artificielle et ses implications pour les arts.
  • Une séance de réseautage offrant aux artistes l'occasion de rencontrer des avocats et des universitaires afin de leur poser des questions juridiques spécifiques et de créer des contacts.

Les industries créatives se trouvent à un tournant historique. Alors que les technologies telles que l'IA progressent à une vitesse vertigineuse et que les marchés mondiaux dépendent des plateformes numériques, les artistes sont confrontés à un paradoxe : des opportunités sans précédent et une vulnérabilité sans précédent.

Cette conférence permettra :

  • De doter les artistes d'outils pratiques pour s'y retrouver dans les domaines du droit d'auteur, des contrats, de l'IA, etc.
  • De faciliter le dialogue entre les artistes, les avocats, les universitaires et les chefs de file des industries créatives.
  • Encourager la collaboration intersectorielle.
  • Offrir une plateforme aux voix sous-représentées dans le domaine des arts, en particulier les artistes autochtones, noirs, racialisés, 2SLGBTQ+, handicapés et émergents.

LE PROGRAMME COMPLET DE LA CONFÉRENCE SERA BIENTÔT DISPONIBLE !

Un déjeuner et un dîner léger seront servis, en tenant compte des restrictions alimentaires courantes.

Des crédits de formation professionnelle continue (FPC) seront offerts aux participants admissibles issus de la profession juridique.

Cet événement bénéficie du généreux soutien du Service du financement culturel de la Ville d'Ottawa.

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Where is it happening?

La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins, 333 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, Canada

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CAD 30.00 to CAD 65.68

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