9th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 20–24, 2022 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Harmke Heezen

Co-Founder

High Road Stories

Harmke Heezen is co-founder of High Road Stories, a Berlin-based creative studio for immersive experiences. As a multidisciplinary team, High Road Stories creates innovative digital projects and manages productions in collaboration with an international network of talented artists.

Harmke holds a master’s degree in film from Utrecht University, and directed and produced for the Arts & Culture department of the Dutch national public broadcaster AVRO. In 2018 she founded High Road Stories with creative technologist Mike Robbins, focusing on immersive forms of storytelling, such as the VR experiences Monk by the Sea and Fantaventura (with German rap legends Die Fantastischen Vier). Exhibition venues worldwide include the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Stadtpalais in Stuttgart, and the Munch Centre in Norway, and international film festivals such as CPH:DOX, IDFA, and the BFI London Film Festival.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 Uhr| Session 1

    5G-MAG: Shaping the Connected Media Future

    Jordi J. Giménez

    Head of Technology

    5G-MAG

    5G Broadcast – History, Status and Opportunities

    Thomas Stockhammer

    Director Technical Standards

    Qualcomm

    Sustainable Live streaming over 5G at Roland Garros

    Julien Lemotheux

    TV & Video Senior Standardization Manager

    Orange Innovation

    15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2

    CDN enabled by mmWave connectivity in a railway environment

    Stefan Schinkel

    CTO

    PaxLife Innovations GmbH

    Weaving Client, Edge and Cloud computing for the Web

    Dominique Hazael-Massieux

    Web Standards maker

    W3C

    16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3

    5G Media Metaversa

    Mauricio Aracena

    VRIF President & Standardization Manager

    Ericsson

    Live from The Other Room: the XR concert venue with live performances in volumetric video

    Harmke Heezen

    Co-Founder

    High Road Stories

    MPEG-I Scene Description

    Imed Bouazizi

    Principal Standards Engineer

    Qualcomm