As AI systems operate across sectors and borders, existing infrastructure — often developed for specific uses in different industries — faces new challenges. But effectively deployed infrastructure also presents an opportunity to chart a path forward through those challenges, as it has for prior disruptions of the intellectual property system. AIII is a neutral panel on AI for creators, rights-holders, developers, and other experts to exchange ideas and explore practical solutions.
In the digital age, IP infrastructure — such as watermarks, authentication tools, standards, metadata, digital identifiers, rights management and content recognition systems, and digital distribution frameworks — has been developed by rightsholders and creators to build new business models that safeguard their rights. Typically, infrastructure is developed by the private sector because to work effectively, infrastructure must reflect both the needs of creators and rightsholders and the diverse business models, workflows and conventions of different industries. Experience shows that the most effective and sustainable solutions emerge from collaboration between creators, rights holders, and tech companies to determine how best to shape the systems that support their industries.
At the same time, WIPO is a member state driven organization that is committed to providing transparency. And the work of the AIII will ultimately allow WIPO’s Member States to make more informed policy decisions based on technical and practical reality.
AIII does not set policy or legal standards. Instead, it focuses on how technical systems and tools can effectively support creators, copyright owners, and innovators while also promoting the development of AI technology in a rapidly evolving environment.
AIII is a joint project of the IP and Frontier Technologies Division and the Copyright Management Division.
The official launch of AIII will take place on March 17, 2026 at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva and online.
March 17, 2026
AIII Launch Event
The Road to AIII - A Podcast series on IP in the age of AI
Leading up to the launch of AIII, WIPO released a series of video podcasts that took a closer look at intellectual property infrastructure — what it is, how it works, and how it is impacted by AI.
Program of the AI Infrastructure Interchange (AIII) Launch Event
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
10.00 – 10.10 Opening remarks
Daren Tang
10.10 – 10.30 High-level remarks
H.E. Ernest Urtasun Domènech
H.E. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni
Reform of the Administration, Morocco
10.30 - 10.40 Coffee break
10.40 – 11.20 Panel discussion: Looking back along The Road to AIII
Kenichiro Natsume
Matt Hervey
Solange Cesarovna
Alessandra Sala
Dante Cid
11.20 – 11.30 Keynote speech
Chris Horton
11.30 – 12.15 Panel discussion: Lessons learned from technical collaborations and how to apply in the age of AI
Garrett Levin
Mark Isherwood
Bruce MacCormack
Ana da Motta
12.15 – 12.35 Keynote speech
Imogen Heap
12.35 – 12.45 Presentation: From Vision to Reality
Andy Carne
12.45 – 13.00 Presentation: A View From Outside the IP Ecosystem
Utkarsh Saxena
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 14.40 Keynote speech
Ren Ito
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14.40 – 15.05 Presentation by WIPO Secretariat: What is next for AIII?
Ulrike Till
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Benoît Müller
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Garrett Levin
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15.05 – 15.20 Video: Voices from the Technical Exchange Network
15.20 – 16.10 Panel discussion: What are stakeholders hoping that AIII achieves?
Ulrike Till
Vered Horesh
Ariana Arciniega
Malumbo Mkandawire
Guoyi Zhao
16.10 – 16.55 Floor interventions from Member States and Observers
16.55 – 17.00 Closing remarks
Kenichiro Natsume
17.00 – 18.30 Reception and performance in collaboration with CLIP
Sylvie Forbin
