In what was considered something of a coup for organisers, the Summit attracted some high-profile policy makers from Europe and the US including President Obama's coordinator for IP Enforcement, Victoria Espinel; EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier and the EC's Head of Unit "Copyright", IP Directorate, DG Internal Market and Services, Maria Martin-Prat.

Espinel explained how the US is in the process of adopting a more strident approach to digital IP rights and implementing new laws to ...