FIPP x PPA Webinar: AI Update
Join us for a webinar featuring EXCLUSIVE research carried out for FIPP and PPA by Sentinel team at Miso.ai, into the extent to which publisher content is being used without consent or permissions/licences granted and a set of ACTIONS publishers can take to prevent this and to turn it into OPPORTUNITY.
You’ll hear from a panel of leading voices:
- Lucky Gunasekara, Co-founder and CEO, miso.ai
- Sajeeda Merali, CEO, PPA
- Paul Hood, Independent Consultant / AI advisor
- Alastair Lewis, CEO, FIPP
What we’ll cover:
- The scale of AI bots currently being monitored
- Evidence we have now of widespread content violations by AI services
- Key actions publishers can take to protect themselves
- The context of this within AI Licensing and Copyright debates
- How publishers can collaborate for future licensing opportunities
- How publishers can view AI as an opportunity, not just a threat
Details for your diary:
Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2025; 3pm BST
Duration: approx 1hr 15min
Where: Zoom webinar, link available upon registration
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. FIPP Members can watch the recorded webinar here.
Not a member yet? It’s a good time to join.
Speakers
Lucky Gunasekara, Co-founder and CEO, miso.ai
Lucky is the co-founder and CEO of Miso.ai, an AI media lab building new search, personalization and advertising systems in partnership with over 150 websites around the world. As a former interaction designer, Lucky spent his 20s managing Search and NLP R&D as part of a DARPAfunded lab, before joining his co-founder and CTO, Andy Hsieh, at the small data lab at CornellTech. There the two worked on new techniques in applying foundation models to privacy-first personalization, contextual advertising and immersive search, before launching Miso.ai with the help of Bloomberg Beta.
Sajeeda Merali, CEO, PPA
Sajeeda Merali joined the PPA as CEO in 2021 with a mission to transform how it represents and supports over 250 UK multi-media business members. A strategic leader with 20+ years’ experience in publishing, she has held senior roles across B2B and consumer organisations, specialising in change management and strategy. Before the PPA, she was Chief Revenue Officer at New Statesman Media Group, leading digital and commercial growth. She also held leadership roles at Euromoney PLC and Incisive Media, where she drove cultural and strategic change. Sajeeda sits on the boards of the Advertising Association, PLS, FIPP, CAP, PAMCo, and ABC.
Paul Hood, Independent Consultant / AI advisor
Paul Hood is a seasoned publishing industry expert with over 20 years of experience driving innovation and revenue growth for prominent UK publishers, including News UK, Reach and Bauer. As an independent consultant, he specialises in developing practical transformation strategies to help publishing companies thrive and expand in today’s dynamic media landscape. Paul recently completed Oxford University’s Artificial Intelligence Programme in order to better understand how AI technology and tools can drive growth for publishers.
Alastair Lewis, CEO, FIPP
Alastair is a former Managing Director at Haymarket and Future PLC running some of the UK’s best known consumer media brands including Autocar, Stuff, FourFourTwo, How It Works and What Hi-Fi? amongst others. His 20 years in media have seen him focus on Digital Brand Development, Content, Audience and Commercial Growth as well as International Business Development and Partnerships, Digital Subscriptions, E-Commerce and Affiliate revenues.
Having launched FIPP Consulting in 2023, and in June 2024, Alastair became FIPP CEO.
