A headshot of Francisco J. Rivas Mesa used by permission from the Ministry of Culture of Mexico, here cropped, next to Somos El Bien Común" by Eréndira Derbez for Creative Commons, here cropped, licensed via CC BY 4.0.

Nos sentimos profundamente honrados de anunciar que el discurso de apertura de la Cumbre CC 2023 estará a cargo del artista sonoro, músico, investigador, y gestor cultural mexicano Francisco J. Rivas Mesa, también conocido por su nombre artístico Tito Rivas.

Zack worked on CC Search and moved to Openverse when the project migrated to the WordPress community in 2021. Through his work Zack aims to improve the discoverability and abundance of openly licensed digital content. He hopes his work in open-source technology can play a role in broader initiatives to create an open, more equitable…

Victoria Heath (Photo by Hannah Rosen, CC BY)

Victoria is a researcher with a creative edge—using effective communication tools and techniques to increase accessibility to global issues and policies. Before joining Creative Commons, she worked in content creation and knowledge translation roles at the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) and MaRS Discovery District, and has conducted policy research for the Womenpreneur…

Thomas C. Rubin is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Special Counsel at the law firm Quinn Emanuel. For many years, he was Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft, where he led product development and global policy related to copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. He has testified about orphan works before…

As Director of Communications for Creative Commons, Dee oversees multi-channel communications strategies, creative production, and media relations. Dee has decades of experience in marketing communications and creative production. She is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, animator, and videographer with a multifaceted career in industries ranging from education to technology and the arts to non-profit leadership.…

Dr. Cable Green is the Director of Open Knowledge at Creative Commons. He works with open education, science and research communities to leverage open licensing, content, practices and policies to expand equitable access and contributions to open knowledge. Cable’s work is focused on identifying complex problems (e.g., UN SDGs) where open knowledge is a critical…

Brent Moran (Photo by Victoria Heath, CC BY)

Raised on a Christmas tree farm in central Missouri, Brent’s previous experience includes farm work, playing music, writing music, driving a taxi, acting in plays, building sprinkler systems, plowing snow, reading math papers, writing math papers, and algorithmic pricing. He currently lives on the western edge of Germany with his fiancée, where he enjoys riding…

Alex is an activist for openness and transparency and consumer empowerment. He discovered that Creative Commons responded well to his content aspirations on the belief that while “content is king” really, “context rules” as dictated by the creators and/or if with consumers’ contribution. His job entails strengthening, widening and deepening Creative Commons’ embrace across Africa.…

“Somos El Bien Común” by Eréndira Derbez, here cropped, is licensed via CC BY 4.0.

The CC Global Summit is now just one week away! As we make the final preparations for this first opportunity to gather in person at a Summit in several years, we are excited to unveil the program that will take place 3–6 October in Mexico City.

“Somos El Bien Común” by Eréndira Derbez, here cropped, is licensed via CC BY 4.0.

[read this post in English >] “Somos El Bien Común” by Eréndira Derbez is licensed via CC BY 4.0. ¡Falta solo una semana para la Cumbre Mundial CC! Mientras hacemos los preparativos finales para esta primera oportunidad de reunirnos en persona en una Cumbre en varios años, estamos entusiasmados de presentar el programa que se…