9th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium
Program Overview
Please see the program overview and the detailed program below.
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Detailed Program
9:00
10:00
5G Media – Standards and Technologies
Trainer:Dr. Louay BassboussIn this tutorial we will deep dive into 5G Media related technologies and standards. 5G is seen as enabler for many applications in the media industry.
Advertisement in Broadcast and Broadband
Within this tutorial, we will give an overview on Dynamic Ad-Insertion (DAI) infrastructures including SSAI OTT Streaming as well as Dynamic Ad Substitution (DAS).
Internet Delivered Media – Streaming Tech Update
As part of this tutorial, we will give an overview as well as best practices for playback and creation of adaptive bitrate (ABR) content.
Video Player Best Practices
In this tutorial, we will take a deep dive into media player related topics. The main part of this tutorial focuses on dash.js – the official reference client of the DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF).
12:00
LUNCH, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
13:30
5G Media
Chair:Dr. Louay Bassbouss13:30 - 14:30 Uhr| Session 1
Jordi J. Giménez5G-MAG: Shaping the Connected Media Future
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Head of Technology
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5G-MAG
Thomas Stockhammer5G Broadcast – History, Status and Opportunities
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Director Technical Standards
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Qualcomm
Julien LemotheuxSustainable Live streaming over 5G at Roland Garros
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TV & Video Senior Standardization Manager
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Orange Innovation
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Stefan SchinkelCDN enabled by mmWave connectivity in a railway environment
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CTO
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PaxLife Innovations GmbH
Dominique Hazael-MassieuxWeaving Client, Edge and Cloud computing for the Web
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Web Standards maker
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W3C
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Mauricio Aracena5G Media Metaversa
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VRIF President & Standardization Manager
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Ericsson
Harmke HeezenLive from The Other Room: the XR concert venue with live performances in volumetric video
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Co-Founder
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High Road Stories
Imed BouaziziMPEG-I Scene Description
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Principal Standards Engineer
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Qualcomm
Ad Tech
Chair:Robert Seeliger13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1
Kai MysliwiecIntegrating Programmatic TV into the P7S1 broadcasting environment
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Head of Addressable TV Player Engineering
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SevenOne Entertainment Group
David UhlmannProgrammatic advertising across all screens – ad insertion solutions for cTV, set-top boxes and HbbTV
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Head of Video Solutions EMEA
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Google
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Matthew ScharrManifest Manipulation for Live and VOD SSAI workflows at scale
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Software Development Manager
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AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Rufael MekuriaInteroperable TA signalling for DASH according to DVB and SCTE
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Lead Research Engineer
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Unified Streaming
Giuseppe PascaleHbbTV-TA: an implementer’s perspective
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Senior Product Manager
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Vewd
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Ahmed SwidanSSAI is great. Data and measurement will make it greater
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Director of Personalized TV
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Ateme
Georg SenzenbergerRoad to launch Dynamic Ad-Substitution on HbbTV
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Product Manager
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Nowtilus
Marc-André ThißenAI driven real-time product placement analysis
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Head of IPTV
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anyscreenTV
Deep Media – AI & Metaverse
Chair:Christopher Krauss13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1
Maayan Yedidia DotanAI in Media made easy with Video Indexer
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AI Product Manager
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Microsoft
Cise MidogluAI-based video production for Soccer
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering (SimulaMet)
Adolf ProidlPersonal media nuggets, the mining right of the aggregator
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CEO
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XroadMedia GmbH
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Sebastian KlößGlimpse into the Metaverse – with an Overview of the Status quo in Germany
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Head of Consumer Technology & AR/VR
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Bitkom e.V.
Thomas StockhammerMetaverse Standards Forum
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Director Technical Standards
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Qualcomm
Markus HerkersdorfMetaversum – and now, concretely?
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CEO
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TriCAT
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Jens KretschmannHybrid events: creating a »I was there« feeling
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UX Designer & Product Owner
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Arvato Systems
Harrison Hongseo YunKey enabling technologies toward metaverse: photorealistic 5G cloud VR
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Media Architect
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Telekom Innovation Laboratories – Deutsche Telekom
Rob KoenenThe next quantum leap in VR quality
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Chief Business Officer
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Tiledmedia
Robin RabeVoice AI revolution in media – technological insights and fields of application
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Director of Development
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Future of Voice
Internet Delivered Media – Best Practice, Standards, Technologies
Chair:Stefan Pham13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1
Ali C. BegenThe benefits of server-client cooperation when DASHing or HLSing
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Professor | TechnicalConsultant
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OzyeginUniversity | Comcast
Hadi AmirpourVideo encoding optimizations for live video streaming
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
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Christian Doppler Laboratory ATHENA | Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt | Austria
Guillaume BichotS4Streaming and Low latency: a server side versus client-side solutions measurement campaign
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Head of exploration
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Broadpeak
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Sandra GroßStreaming Analytics
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Project Lead Streaming-QA & Streaming-Technology
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CBC | RTL
Annette HoplandMezzanine encoding done right – understanding its emerging trends and best practices
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Product Owner
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Appear
Eric ToullecCMAF with a C as a common and efficient interchange/delivery format
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Fellow Research Engineer – Advanced Technologies
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Ateme
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Boldizsar NagyNetwork Topologies for CDN and Media driven Technology Networks
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Vice President Business Development
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Uniberg
Romain BouqueauJoint Conformance Project (JCCP)
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CEO and Media Technologist
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Motion Spell | GPAC
Jérôme VieronCloud streaming and sustainability
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Co-Founder and CTO
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Quortex
Hyojin SongMedia requirement on LG webOS platform
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Senior Research Engineer
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LG Electronics
19:00
Media Web Night @ Arminiusmarkthalle
This year our Media Web Night takes place at the Arminius Market Hall. The historic event location combines the feeling of the old traditional Berlin with the new urban vibes. The food ranges from German to Mediterranean and is supplied by local producers.
A shuttle service to the Media Web Night event departs at 18:30 in front of the Institute.
8:00
REGISTRATION
9:30
Conference Opening & Keynote
Keynote:
Will LawGrimm fairy tales (as told to video engineers)
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Chief Architect, Edge Technology Group
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Akamai
10:15
Streaming tech – Where are we now?
Chair:Daniel SilhavyYuriy ReznikOn the evolution of video and streaming
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VP Research
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Brightcove, Inc. (USA)
James HoldingNext Gen VoD Encoding advancements
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Solutions Director (EMEA)
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Bitmovin
11:00
COFFEE BREAK, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
11:30
Media meets AI meets 5G meets Metaverse
Chair:Dr. Louay BassboussElmar ArunovMetaverse – A holistic view on the virtual revolution!
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Research Manager
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Telekom Labs
Paul Higgs5G, AI and XR enabling the Metaverse
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VP Video Industry Development
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Huawei Technologies (UK)
Mauricio AracenaVRIF into the Metaverse interop madness
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VRIF President & Standardization Manager
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Ericsson
Thomas StockhammerTechnologies for the Metaverse: XR, AI and 5G
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Director Technical Standards
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Qualcomm
13:00
LUNCH, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
14:30
Video Standardization Panel
Chair:Jörn KriegerNicolas WeilDASH-IF
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Senior Product Manager
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AWS Elemental
Will LawWAVE
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Chief Architect, Edge Technology Group
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Akamai
Peter MacAvockDVB
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Head of Delivery, Platforms and Services | Chair of the DVB Project
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EBU Technology & Innovation
Jon PiesingHbbTV
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Director Standardisation TP Vision and Vice-Chair HbbTV Association
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TP Vision
Thomas Stockhammer3GPP/MPEG
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Director Technical Standards
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Qualcomm
François DaoustW3C
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Media & Entertainment Champion
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W3C
16:00
COFFEE BREAK, DEMOS & EXHIBITION 2
16:30
Advanced TV
Chair:Robert SeeligerKai MysliwiecIntegrating Programmatic TV into the P7S1 broadcasting environment
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Head of Addressable TV Player Engineering
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SevenOne Entertainment Group
Rachel MischkeHands on remote controls
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Product Consultant at Zattoo TV platform
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Zattoo
Magnus SvenssonThe real streaming wars, a journey through the streaming market and how we ended up here
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Media Solution Specialist
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Eyevinn Technologies
Oliver FriedrichProgrammatic advertisement for ATV
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Head of Video Publisher Partnerships DACH
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Google
17:30
NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
END OF CONFERENCE
18:00
Berlin Video Tech Meetup