CEPIC CONGRESS 2014 BERLIN A HUGE SUCCESS / Delegates from all over the world praise the organization of the Congress as the best ever

Berlin (ots) - Every year CEPIC brings together picture agencies
from all over the world and becomes, for a few days, the Centre of
the Picture Industry. After Barcelona in 2013, this year's Congress
was held in the heart of Berlin, only a few blocks away from the
Brandenburger Tor.

For an industry that is rapidly assimilating the challenges that
photography is experiencing these days, with over 500 participants
from 280 agencies from 35 countries the congress was a huge success.
The central location, the venue, the seminars, the technology, the
networking area, overall logistics, the seminars and even the music
at the Annual Party; all was beautifully organized by CEPIC´s new
Congress Manager Carlos Vicente and his team who received much praise
for an insuperable work. Despite the amount of participants
everything worked without flaw, allowing delegates to concentrate in
their networking endeavor of making new business contacts while also
attending very informative seminars and conferences. Conferences
ranging from topics both highly technical to intensely informative,
such as Client Panel, Video Metadata within the IPTC, Social Media,
Google Image Search latest news, the Cultural Heritage debate, from
the RDI to the CIF and detailed politics on coming EU legislation all
gathered extraordinary attendance, much larger indeed than many
previous Congresses.

Full video coverage for the CEPIC Congress with interviews and
seminars is available in the CEPIC YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CEPICCONGRESS

The annual industry party organized for all delegates took place
at the Kalkscheune, a wonderful location just a few streets away from
the Congress Center with a beautiful central court, making it
possible to enjoy the wonderful weather we had in the German capital.
A live band contributed to a relaxing atmosphere, greatly appreciated
by delegates, involved in continuing to build their yearlong
relationships. As part of any good stay in Berlin, CEPIC made sure
that participants also had the opportunity to discover the city with
tours and tickets for museums made available, thanks to its Sponsors
and Partners. Without them the CEPIC Congress 2014 wouldn't have had
such great support at every level and wouldn't have become this
successful.

The location for next year's CEPIC congress is being surveyed
among participants at this time and soon one of the three cities
offered will be announced, nonetheless this hasn't stopped 31
companies from already booking tables for 2015 as they are confident
that wherever our industry will gather again in 12 months they are
sure to get the same quality level than CEPIC in Berlin 2014.

"A great Congress was just closed in Berlin ten days ago, I could
say that it was one of the best events that CEPIC has ever organized.
We were impressed to see the response: a good number of Delegates
and companies coming to Berlin for their annual gathering; great
participation in our seminars, all proving how important it is to be
informed on what is happening and how it may affect our daily
business. We did our best to bring the best speakers to inform us
about the most burning matters and the response has stimulated us to
keep this high quality in coming years. We offer our huge
appreciation for the support we recieve, year after year, from the
very important companies that sponsor CEPIC to be able to organize
this event. To all of them, sponsors, speakers, delegates a big thank
you. We are now working to meet all of you in 2015 with an even
better Congress."

- Alfonso Gutiérrez, CEPIC President -

"I am so happy that Berlin, our home town here at CEPIC office,
has worked out so well as a Congress venue! With over 500 delegates
from 35 countries and all sides of the picture industry represented,
CEPIC this year has shown again that it remains a must-attend event."

- Sylvie Fodor, CEPIC Executive Director -

Sponsors and partners of the Congress were BING, images.de, ksp,
dpa-picture alliance, age fototock, la collection, news aktuell, epa,
reeldealhd, blitzbude, bpk, ctk fotobank, BVPA, hemis, IPTC, ICOMP,
RDI

Pictures of the Congress are available here: bit.ly/1hDigvo

Videos of the conferences and interviews are available here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CEPICCONGRESS

About CEPIC:

As the Center of the Picture Industry, CEPIC federates 800 picture
agencies and photo libraries in 20 countries across Europe, both
within and outside the European Union. It has affiliates in North
America and Asia. CEPIC's membership includes large and smaller stock
photo libraries, major photo news agencies, art galleries and
museums, video companies. CEPIC has among its members the big global
players such as Getty and Corbis. Through this membership, CEPIC
represents more than 150.000 authors in direct licensing. The annual
CEPIC Congress is the largest global gathering of the international
photo community and extends CEPIC's network on all five continents.
CEPIC has been a member of IPTC since 2005, of ICOMP since 2009, both
partners of the Congress 2014 Berlin. CEPIC is also a member of the
Linked Content Coalition since 2012 and work package leader within
the Rights Integration Data. In 2014, CEPIC joined creativity Works!
A coalition of creative industries supporting Creativity and
Copyright at EU level.

President is Alfonso Gutiérrez

Executive Director is Sylvie Fodor

CEPIC is registered in Paris, France, as a EIEG and has an office
in Berlin, Germany.

For more information about this event and about CEPIC, write to
cepic@cepic.org

Pressekontakt:
CEPIC, Center of the Picture Industry, Fritschestraße 22, 10585
Berlin, Germany
T.+49.30.88.91.01.60

If you have any questions please contact us at: cepic@cepic.org