DMLA Leadership + AI Summit
September 30, 2026 |
Harvard Club, NYC
Registration is now open!
DMLA Leadership + AI Summit
Registration is Now Open
September 30, 2026 | Harvard Club, New York City
Program highlights include:
Leadership-level conversations on digital media and AI
Copyright, licensing, provenance, authenticity, and trust
Discoverability, search, and the evolving content ecosystem
Networking with senior leaders, innovators, and industry peers
75th Anniversary Reception to follow
Latest Summit News
Founding & Lead AI Summit Partner
DMLA is proud to announce Google as the Founding & Lead AI Summit Partner for the DMLA Leadership + AI Summit, taking place September 30, 2026, at the Harvard Club in New York City.
As a global leader in search, discovery, artificial intelligence, and digital innovation, Google brings an important perspective to the conversations shaping the future of media, technology, licensing, and content ecosystems.
Google has been a longstanding supporter of DMLA and an active participant in industry initiatives focused on the evolving relationship between technology, content, and creativity. Its support of the Leadership + AI Summit reflects the importance of bringing together leaders across media, technology, AI, publishing, advertising, licensing, and legal to explore both the opportunities and challenges ahead.For more information, go HERE.
Keynote Speaker: Kira Pollack
Kira Pollack is a visual journalist, researcher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of photography, AI, authorship, and the future of the visual record.
Ms. Pollack is the 2026 Global Jury Chair of World Press Photo, former Director of Photography at TIME.
She was also a recent Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where she researched how AI can contextualize photographic archives and preserve photographer authorship and legacy.
She was also a Distinguished Fellow at the Starling Lab, co-anchored by Stanford and USC, where she focused on visual authorship and authenticity in photojournalism.
75 Years of Leadership.
A New Era for DMLA.
We are now the Digital Media Leadership Alliance
For 75 years, DMLA has been a trusted voice in media licensing—setting standards, supporting creators, and advocating for the protection of rights.
Today, we take the next step.
We are expanding from a focus on licensing to leadership, and a broader role across the digital media ecosystem—bringing together leaders in content, technology, rights, AI, and policy to help shape what comes next.
Same DNA, broader vision.
From Licensing to Leadership
Expanding our leadership across the full digital media ecosystem—
spanning content, technology, rights, and innovation.
Across the ecosystem:
Content creation
Global distribution
Licensing & rights management
AI & technology innovation
Metadata & 'discoverability
Legal & policy leadership
Leading the Digital Media Ecosystem
Advocacy — Shaping policy, copyright, and the future of AI
Education — Insights and intelligence for a rapidly evolving industry
Connectivity — A global network across content, technology, and law
Uniting creators, distributors, technology innovators, and legal leaders.
Lead. Influence. Connect.
Join the leaders shaping the future of digital media
Built on advocacy, education, and connectivity—DMLA membership connects you to the people, insights, and influence driving the industry forward.
Whether you are a creator, distributor, technology innovator, or legal expert—this is where the ecosystem comes together.
Shape what’s next.
Join our community of industry leaders across content, technology, and law—working together to define the future of the industry.
The media landscape isn't just changing; it’s being rewritten. Today, content, technology, and AI are inseparable. Our new name signals our evolution—from observers to active collaborators. Whether you are a disruptive startup or a global powerhouse, we are here to ensure your voice defines the future of the industry.
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