12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Will Law

Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

Akamai

Will Law is Chief Architect within the Cloud Technology Group at Akamai and a leading media delivery technologist, involved with streaming media on the Internet for the last twenty years. Currently focusing on Media Over QUIC, WebTransport, low latency streaming, MPEG DASH, CMCD, CMSD and CAT, Law is Co-Chair of the W3C WebTransport Working Group and the CTA Common Media Client Data Working Group and past President of the DASH Industry Forum and Chairman of the CTA WAVE Project.  He holds Masters degrees in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA and prior to Akamai worked for a series of engineering and media-related startups.

  • Emily Dubs

    Head of Technology

    DVB

    Innovation vs. Optimization
    Jason Thibeault, CEO, SVTA

    MOQ – Overview, Status and Demos

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai

    Live Cloud Production with AWS – Broadcast Innovation in the Cloud

    Thomas Pister

    Head of Solutions

    LOGIC media solutions GmbH

    Improving Streaming Inter-operabilty in Smart TVs

    Jon Piesing

    Director Standardisation TP Vision and Vice-Chair HbbTV Association

    TP Vision

  • Session 1: Conference Opening & Keynote

    AI-Driven Media Tech
    Björn Rosenthal, Chief Product Officer, Sports Media @ Ringier

    Session 2: Cloud & Piracy

    Piracy in Streaming
    Maria Malinkowitsch, Verimatrix

    C2PA as a standard for media authenticity: What we have done at ARD and what is missing

    Kenneth Warmuth

    Media Engineer & Project Manager C2PA

    ARD / WDR

    Session 3: Streaming Innovation

    Emily Dubs

    Head of Technology

    DVB

    Innovation vs. Optimization
    Jason Thibeault, CEO, SVTA 

     

    MOQ – Overview, Status and Demos

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai

    Live Cloud Production with AWS – Broadcast Innovation in the Cloud

    Thomas Pister

    Head of Solutions

    LOGIC media solutions GmbH

    HbbTV: Latest Developments and Updates
    Jon Piesing, TP Vision

    Session 5: AI in Media  & Content Monetization

    The Evolution of CTV and Broadcast Monetization: Turning Complexity into Opportunity

    Leander Carell

    SVP Advanced TV Strategy

    Equativ

    How Netflix achieves Personalized Recommendations in the Partner UI

    Tim Schaeffer

    Head of Partner Product DACH

    Netflix

  • 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