Dr. Brook specializes in copyright law, the media & entertainment industry and artificial intelligence (AI).

He is a partner and head of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) at S. Horowitz & Co., one of Israel's foremost and largest law firms.

Formerly, the founder of Eyal Brook law office, a media & entertainment boutique law firm, representing many of Israel's leading musicians and artists, as well as music technology start-up companies.

Prior to that Eyal was the Head of Legal Affairs and Business Development at Israel’s leading record label, Helicon, involved in all aspects of the musical content industry and handling the recorded music catalogue of Universal in Israel, as well as an impressive array of Israeli talents.

Eyal is a co-founder of “Scentcom”, a start-up company developing cutting-edge digital scent technologies for multimedia and other applications. Scentcom’s technology was elected by Microsoft as one of Israel’s 20 most promising start-ups (2010).

Eyal has been awarded several prestigious scholarships in Israel and the UK.

He is currently a senior research fellow at the Shamgar Center for Digital Law and Innovation at Tel Aviv University. His articles have recently been accepted to publication by leading international law journals. His recent article "The Law of the New Musical Author" has been selected as one of the best articles written in the last year in the Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts.

As a musician, Eyal released two albums and played hundreds of gigs as a member of the bands "Shfiyut Zmanit" (Israel), and "Coppernine" (UK), including such prestigious gigs as supporting supergroup the Cranberries at the National Exhibition Centre (N.E.C) UK, Ronnie Scott’s Songwriters Festival (alongside Coldplay), Birmingham Symphony Hall and many London venues. Eyal was elected as organ scholar at Warwick University.

Eyal is an adjunct professor, teaching various courses relating to law, music and artificial intelligence.

He is an invited speaker in various local and international music conferences. International events included the "Sound of the Xity" Music Festival (China, 2020); Waves Vienna Music Festival (2019); The International Music, Arts and Business Forum (2019).

Eyal is invited regularly to lecture and participate in various conferences about copyright law, music and Artificial intelligence in various institutions in Israel, including Reichman University, Bar Ilan University, ALAI, The College of Management, The Israeli Export Office, BPM College of music, Rimon School of Music, Ariel University, Afeka College, HIT, Shenkar, the Israeli Bar Association.

He has completed his Ph.D studies at the Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University (with Excellence), writing about Musical Authorship in the Digital and Algorithmic age, under the supervision of Prof. Lior Zemer and is Reichman University's first Doctor. He holds an M.Phil degree from the University of Cambridge, LL.M. (Magna Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University and LL.B. from the University of Warwick, where he was the Organ Scholar.

Cedric Sabbah is Director of Emerging Technologies at the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (International Law) in Israel's Ministry of Justice. He advises Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, Digital Authority, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Technology and other government departments on questions of cybersecurity, internet governance, artificial intelligence and information technology generally, as they relate to international law.

He heads Israel's delegation to CAI, the Council of Europe's Committee on Artificial Intelligence and participated in the elaboration of the OECD's AI Principles.

In addition, he has served as Israel's delegate UNCITRAL and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, focusing on dispute resolution and technology.

He served as a foreign clerk at Israel's Supreme Court, then as legislative counsel in Canada’s Department of Justice (2002-2006). Cedric worked as an M&A and hi-tech lawyer in the firm of Ephraim Abramson & Co in Jerusalem (2007-2011).

He is a guest lecturer on cybersecurity, internet governance and international law, and holds an LLB and LLM from the University of Montreal. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on extraterritorial jurisdiction and internet governance.

Giovanni has been married to his wife Elisa for 23 years, and has three children. After receiving his BS in Physics, he pursued his MBA in Finance from Santa Clara University. After school, Giovanni embarked on a semiconductor design career in Silicon Valley before going on to work for a DFW-based venture capital/private equity firm.

Giovanni currently serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services, the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies, and the Innovation & Technology Caucus.  He is also Co-Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.  As a leader in technology policy that comes before the legislature, Giovanni is looked to for guidance on a multitude of different important topics.  He has passed several key pieces of legislation such as the Texas Cybercrime Act, the Texas Cybersecurity Act, and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.  He has also passed legislation creating an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, created harsher punishments for doxing, addressed IT workforce shortages, and thoughtfully regulated digital asset service providers.  He has previously chaired several technology-focused committees, such as the Texas Data Privacy Advisory Council, the House Select Committee on Cybersecurity, the Joint Oversight Committee on Investment in IT Improvement and Modernization Projects, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on State Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Investment.  In recognition of his work, Giovanni was awarded the 2023 Texas Association of Business Technology Policy & Innovation Award, the 2023 Technology Champion Award from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, and the 2022 Champion of Innovation Award from TechNet.

Giovanni was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2012 and is serving his sixth term representing District 98 which encompasses all or part of Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake, Keller, Westlake, and Euless. 
 

Professor Irad Ben-Gal is the head of the Laboratory of AI Business & Data Analytics (LAMBDA) at the Engineering Faculty in Tel Aviv University. He held a visiting professor position at Stanford University, teaching “analytics in action” and co-heading the TAU/Stanford “Digital Living 2030” research initiative that focuses on future challenges of modern digital life.

Prof. Irad is a world-renowned expert in practical machine learning, statistical process control and predictive analytics with more than 20 years of experience in the field, including R&D collaborations with companies such as Oracle, Intel, GM, AT&T, Applied Materials and Nokia.

He wrote four books, published more than 100 scientific papers and patents, supervised dozens of graduate students and received numerous awards for his work. Prof. Irad is the co-founder and chairman of CB4 (“See Before”), a startup backed by Sequoia Capital that provides predictive analytics solutions to retail organizations. He is an advisory board member in several startup companies that focus on AI applications.

Professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, PhD, is an authority in IP and AI, specializing in the challenges artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies pose to IP laws, participating in leading cases in the U.S. on AI and IP and proposing solutions for interpreting IP laws in the context of AI. 

Within the Copyright Association, Judge Katherine Forrest lauds her as the foremost thinker on AI and copyright.

She has been a teaching at Fordham Law School since 2012, leading the IP-AI & Blockchain Projects at Fordham Law CLIP, until 2021; a research fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, since 2011; a board member of Penn State Dickinson Law IP & Innovation; and at the board of Global IP Alliance, and the founder and the head of Graduate Law School on “Commercial Law, High-Tech, and Technology” at Ono Academic Law School in Israel; and the founder the Shalom Comparative Research Institute, Eliyahu Law and Tech International Center.

She has won awards and scholarships for publications and research on the legal impact of AI and blockchain, including the visionary article “Generating Rembrandt” recognized by Michigan State University. Honored for her numerous publications on AI and IP, her influence extends to top academic institutions and international bodies like WIPO.

She is part of the project for recognition of the AI system "DABUS" as an inventor in the U.S. Copyright office and the U.S. patent offices led by Prof. Ryan Abbott, and authored the U.S. Supreme Court Brief, supported by distinguished professors, including Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law.

She recently authored the Amicus Brief for the appeal against the DC court's decision, which seeks to invalidate the copyright of AI-generated artwork. The proceedings are ongoing.

She holds a BA in Life Sciences and a BA in Psychology, from Bar Ilan Univ., Israel (both cum laude); LLB Law, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel (cum laude and 3 times dean awards); PhD in Law, Hebrew U., Direct Program for Outstanding Students; Post Doc. at the Graduate Program, Law, Yale Law School, USA.

Fordham University, School of Law, Visiting Professor since 2012;
Yale Law School, Information Society Project (ISP), Professor Fellow;
Fordham Law CLIP, Head of the IP - AI & Blockchain Project (until 2023);
Ono Academic College, Law School, Israel, Co-Head of Master Program, Advanced Legal Studies Committee; Head of Master program “Commercial, High Tech and Technology”,
The Shalom Comparative Research Institute, Eliyahu Law & Tech Center, Founder & Academic Director.

In his role, Adir is responsible for managing a team of CTOs and AI Advisors across Europe, Middle East & Africa at Microsoft for Startups focused on leading the top AI startups and ecosystems across the region, drive innovation at scale across Microsoft & OpenAI's next-gen technologies and cultivate key partnerships for technical founders, AI entrepreneurs, accelerators, investors and the startup community in the EMEA.

Oleg serves as the R&D Director and Chief Innovation Officer for Cyber@BGU – an umbrella organization responsible for cyber security research and industrial collaborations at Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Soon-to-graduate MSc candidate in ECE at the Technion. Interested in learning theory and statistics.