The SFP 2025 plenary session was attended by Manolis Dimitriadis, Chief Information Manager and Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Business Process Manager. With an active role in international meetings, seminars and forums, AUTODIA, represented by its executives, confirms its commitment to continuous improvement and the promotion of efficiency and innovation in the collective management sector.
The objectives remain to keep the Organization up to date, upgrade its expertise and progress in order to meet the ever-changing needs of the industry and the demands of the digital music ecosystem.
The SFP plenary session provided an important platform to assess the progress of last year's Forum, present strategic updates, and agree on new proposals that will shape the future of the industry's data exchange infrastructure.
ICMP presented developments in AI and the Music Marketing Metrics initiative, while CISAC provided an update on progress on IPI and ISWC services, as well as plans to upgrade CIS-Net 2 and the TIS standard.
The working group on project data exchange, with a survey of over 60 companies, identified practices, needs and challenges, leading to the release of MWN 1.3 and the planning of updates to CWR 2.2 to modernize and improve efficiency. The Agreements Data Exchange Group reviewed comments on the CAF (Common Agreements Format) standard, proposing updates to expand its use.
In parallel, the Royalty Data Exchange group held workshops to prioritize the most pressing issues in royalty data exchange, which will guide the next phase of development of the CRD (Common Royalty Distribution) standard.
The Audiovisual Data Exchange group presented research results on music management in advertising, as well as a proposal for the new AVR+ electronic cue sheet format, based on the Global Cue Sheet Standard 2.0, to improve the management of audiovisual rights.
An important milestone was the implementation of the Common Counterclaims Policy, adopted by 18 Collective Management Organizations (CMOs), which helped to rapidly resolve thousands of counterclaims, demonstrating the value of coordinated global policies.
During the plenary session, the DDEX Secretariat presented updates on the MWN 1.3 standard and its adoption support, while the event included sponsor presentations and social networking sessions, highlighting the importance of collaboration for music rights innovation and standards development.