12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin
© AI-generated | Fraunhofer FOKUS

Yuriy Reznik

Vice President of Research

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Brightcove Inc.

Yuriy Reznik is a Technology Fellow and Vice President of Research at Brightcove, Inc. Previously, he held engineering and management positions at InterDigital, Inc. (2011-2016), Qualcomm Inc. (2005-2011), and RealNetworks, Inc. (1998-2005). In 2008 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University. Since 2001 he was also involved in the work of ITU-T SG16 and MPEG standards committees and made contributions to several multimedia coding and delivery standards, including ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 ALS, ITU-T G.718, ITU-T H.265 / MPEG HEVC, and MPEG DASH.

Several technologies, standards, and products that Yuriy Reznik has helped to develop (RealAudio / RealVideo, ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, Zencoder, Brightcove CAE, and MPEG-DASH) have been recognized by the NATAS Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards.

Yuriy Reznik holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Kyiv University. He is a senior member of IEEE, a senior member of SPIE, and a member of the ACM, AES, and SMPTE. He is a co-author of over 150 conference and journal papers, and co-inventor of over 80 granted US patents

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    Connected Media Experiences powered by Open Standards and Open-Source

    Jordi J. Gimenez

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    Head of Technology

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    5G-MAG Media Action Group

    Improving the efficiency of streaming over satellite networks by unequal error protection of mABR streams

    Yuriy Reznik

    , 

    Vice President of Research

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    Brightcove Inc.

    Thomas Stockhammer

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Features in 5G-Advanced for enhanced delivery of low latency and high volume media

    Rufael Mekuria

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    Principal Engineer

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    Huawei Technologies (Netherlands)

    Towards XR application awareness in 3GPP networks

    Serhan Gül

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    Senior Researcher

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    Nokia

    5G in PSM – Where do we stand today

    Dr. Roland Beutler

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    Distribution Strategy

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    SWR

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Spotlight on Volumetric Video: Use Cases, Standards and Implementation

    Ralf Schaefer

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    Vice President Standards Video Lab

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    InterDigital

    Video coding improvements for delivery of low-latency and interactive video services

    Lukasz Litwic

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    Senior Research Manager

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    Ericsson

    XR and wearables: Current state and perspectives on upcoming 5G/6G features

    Emmanuel Thomas

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    Chief Multimedia Technology Expert

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    Xiaomi Technology

    Latest developments of 5G-MAG XR tools

    Nils Duval

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    Software Engineer

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    Motionspell

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    Engage More, Earn More: Technical and Practical Insights into Server-Guided Ad Insertion

    Pieter-Jan Speelmans

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    VP Engineering

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    Dolby OptiView

    Beyond the CDN: Use Cases, Tools, and Learnings from Prototyping with CMCD v2

    Nicolas Levy

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    VP of Technology

    , 

    Qualabs

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Beyond Encryption: Authenticating and Protecting Live Video in a Post-Trust Era

    Valentijn Siebrands

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    Streaming Solution Manager

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    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

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    Technical Lead of Player Development

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    castLabs

    CMSD + Media Quality Assessment (MQA) metadata: new tools for monitoring and optimizing streaming QOE

    Yuriy Reznik

    , 

    Vice President of Research

    , 

    Brightcove Inc.

    Will Law

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    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

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    Akamai

    DVB-I prospects, initiatives and findings

    Bram Tullemans

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    Program Manager

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    EBU

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

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    Distinguished Architect

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    Synamedia

    How to integrate MoQ into a comprehensive real-time video platform

    Oliver Lietz

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    CEO/Founder

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    nanocosmos

    MOQtail – Made with 100% QUIC. Zero latency. Zero hangover.

    Ali C. Begen

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    Professor

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    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

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    Software Engineering Director / Constructor Groups

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    Constructor Tech

    Updates following IETF #122 and work ahead of IETF #123

    Will Law

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    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

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    Akamai