This is a moment like no other for Creative Commons. Over the last 25 years, CC licenses have enabled access to and the sharing of billions of digital works. 

We have a lot to celebrate! At the same time, we have some challenges ahead as we fight against an increasingly enclosed internet, that in many ways, is empowered by the privatization of AI. What is the role of CC licenses in 2025 and beyond? What do we need from organizations like CC to protect access to knowledge over the next 25 years? What do the commons look like in an age of AI?
We can't wait to hear your thoughts! 

Drop in or hang with us for the day to chat about the future of the commons and CC's response to sharing in the age of AI. 

Thank you to our sponsor, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for making this event possible.

Schedule

12:00-1:30pm - The Next 25: A Conversation About the Future of Open

Cory Doctorow, Special Advisor,
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Audrey Tang, Senior Fellow, Project Liberty Institute

Anna Tumadóttir, CEO, Creative Commons 

1:30-2:30pm - Open Hours with the CC Team

Drop in for a chat and AMA session with members of the CC team

2:30-4:00pm - Preference Signals: A Conversation About Sharing in the Age of AI and the Future of the Commons

Aubra Anthony, Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Lane Becker, President, Wikimedia LLC at Wikimedia Foundation

Zachary J. McDowell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago

Anna Tumadóttir, CEO, Creative Commons

4:00-5:00pm - Push My Buttons: AI Preferences in a Pin

Create your own preference signals in the form of a button, hosted by Jocelyn Miyara, Community and Licensing Program Manager, Creative Commons

More details and additional speakers coming soon! 

The Open House for an Open Future is a weekend-long event hosted by Creative Commons and the Wikimedia Foundation. Take a look at the schedule for March 9 hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. 

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