Associate Dean Daryl Lim invited to moderate WIPO Conversation on synthetic media and AI

CARLISLE, Pa.—Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships Daryl Lim will moderate an international panel on synthetic media at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Twelfth Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies. The event brings together global leaders from academia, industry, and government to explore how intellectual property (IP) frameworks can respond to emerging challenges and opportunities posed by synthetic media and artificial intelligence.

Lim will moderate the session “Stories in Action: Man in the Mirror – the Two Faces of Synthetic Media,” which examines how synthetic media can empower creators while complicating the legal landscape around misinformation, identity, and authenticity. He will guide speakers from South Africa, Korea, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy through discussions on ethical design, technological innovation, and cross-border governance.

The session reflects Lim’s ongoing scholarship on artificial intelligence (AI) and IP regulation, underscoring Penn State Dickinson Law’s leadership in shaping global discourse on responsible innovation.

The WIPO Conversation is a high-profile forum where Member States and experts discuss the implications of frontier technologies for IP policy. The Twelfth Session’s focus on synthetic media will address timely issues, including detection, labeling, and legal protection for digital replicas. WIPO Director General Daren Tang will open the session, which features participants from major institutions, including Tencent, Synthesia, and the Motion Picture Association.

Lim’s role as moderator places him among a distinguished group of experts helping the international community anticipate and navigate the evolving intersection of AI and IP law. Learn more details by clicking here.

Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Partnerships and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.

In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.