12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Valentijn Siebrands

Streaming Solution Manager

Unified Streaming

Valentijn began his career in broadcasting in 1991, initially working with radio, and later transitioned into content management and online video delivery. At RTL, the leading commercial broadcaster in the Netherlands, he developed innovative live OTT services, building a catch-up service without relying on external CDNs. Also collaborated with Optus in Australia and Vimond in Norway on live streaming solutions. In 2018, joined M2A Media in London, supporting DAZN as a key customer. Now works as a Streaming Solution Manager at Unified Streaming, creating flexible video workflows for global broadcasters and platforms.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

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

    Pieter-Jan Speelmans

    VP Engineering

    Dolby OptiView

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

    Nicolas Levy

    VP of Technology

    Qualabs

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Valentijn Siebrands

    Streaming Solution Manager

    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

    Technical Lead of Player Development

    castLabs

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Ali C. Begen

    Professor

    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

    Software Engineering Director / Constructor Groups

    Constructor Tech

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

    Distinguished Architect

    Synamedia

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

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai