CISAC hosts a new edition of the training programme on identifiers and metadata for music societies in Latin America and the Caribbean

CISAC organised a specialised training session on identifiers and metadata for music societies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The training, supported on this occasion by LATINAUTOR and the Colombian society SAYCO, took place on October 29 and 30 in Bogotá, Colombia, and was attended by more than sixty technicians in charge of documentation, distribution, and systems processes in their respective societies in the region.

Representatives from CISAC, LATINAUTOR, and the societies SADAIC and SACM gave presentations on the progress of the CIS-Net 2 project, as well as on the IPI, ISWC, DDEX, and LATINNET, and other topics such as the management and documentation of cue sheets, CISAC’s Binding Resolutions and Professional Rules, conflict resolution in the management of musical work rights, the registration of works with Artificial Intelligence, and the priorities and activities of the Music Repertoire Group (MRG), among others.

The seminar included two days of theoretical and practical sessions, panel discussions, and hands-on exercises, with use cases and Q&A sessions at the end of each thematic block. 

Adrián Restrepo, CEO of LATINAUTOR, highlighted the importance of working together so that all societies in the region can adopt new technologies and thus achieve more efficient management of the documentation of works.

Cesar Ahumada, CEO of SAYCO, stressed the importance of training for technicians from music societies in the region. He pointed out that these meetings allow for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge and ideas so that musical works can be identified, registered, and remunerated correctly and in a timely manner.