9th FOKUS Media Web Symposium
Program Overview
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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
Head of Technology
5G-MAG
Thomas Stockhammer5G Broadcast – History, Status and Opportunities
Director Technical Standards
Qualcomm
Julien LemotheuxSustainable Live streaming over 5G at Roland Garros
TV & Video Senior Standardization Manager
Orange Innovation
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Stefan SchinkelCDN enabled by mmWave connectivity in a railway environment
CTO
PaxLife Innovations GmbH
Dominique Hazael-MassieuxWeaving Client, Edge and Cloud computing for the Web
Web Standards maker
W3C
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Mauricio Aracena5G Media Metaversa
VRIF President & Standardization Manager
Ericsson
Harmke HeezenLive from The Other Room: the XR concert venue with live performances in volumetric video
Co-Founder
High Road Stories
Imed BouaziziMPEG-I Scene Description
Principal Standards Engineer
Qualcomm
Ad Tech
Chair:Robert Seeliger13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1
Kai MysliwiecIntegrating Programmatic TV into the P7S1 broadcasting environment
Head of Addressable TV Player Engineering
SevenOne Entertainment Group
David UhlmannProgrammatic advertising across all screens – ad insertion solutions for cTV, set-top boxes and HbbTV
Head of Video Solutions EMEA
Google
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Matthew ScharrManifest Manipulation for Live and VOD SSAI workflows at scale
Software Development Manager
AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Rufael MekuriaInteroperable TA signalling for DASH according to DVB and SCTE
Lead Research Engineer
Unified Streaming
Giuseppe PascaleHbbTV-TA: an implementer’s perspective
Senior Product Manager
Vewd
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Ahmed SwidanSSAI is great. Data and measurement will make it greater
Director of Personalized TV
Ateme
Georg SenzenbergerRoad to launch Dynamic Ad-Substitution on HbbTV
Product Manager
Nowtilus
Marc-André ThißenAI driven real-time product placement analysis
Head of IPTV
anyscreenTV
Deep Media – AI & Metaverse
Chair:Christopher Krauss13:30 - 14:30 Uhr | Session 1
Maayan Yedidia DotanAI in Media made easy with Video Indexer
AI Product Manager
Microsoft
Cise MidogluAI-based video production for Soccer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering (SimulaMet)
Adolf ProidlPersonal media nuggets, the mining right of the aggregator
CEO
XroadMedia GmbH
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Sebastian KlößGlimpse into the Metaverse – with an Overview of the Status quo in Germany
Head of Consumer Technology & AR/VR
Bitkom e.V.
Thomas StockhammerMetaverse Standards Forum
Director Technical Standards
Qualcomm
Markus HerkersdorfMetaversum – and now, concretely?
CEO
TriCAT
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Jens KretschmannHybrid events: creating a »I was there« feeling
UX Designer & Product Owner
Arvato Systems
Harrison Hongseo YunKey enabling technologies toward metaverse: photorealistic 5G cloud VR
Media Architect
Telekom Innovation Laboratories – Deutsche Telekom
Rob KoenenThe next quantum leap in VR quality
Chief Business Officer
Tiledmedia
Robin RabeVoice AI revolution in media – technological insights and fields of application
Director of Development
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
Professor | TechnicalConsultant
OzyeginUniversity | Comcast
Hadi AmirpourVideo encoding optimizations for live video streaming
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Christian Doppler Laboratory ATHENA | Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt | Austria
Guillaume BichotS4Streaming and Low latency: a server side versus client-side solutions measurement campaign
Head of exploration
Broadpeak
15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2
Sandra GroßStreaming Analytics
Project Lead Streaming-QA & Streaming-Technology
CBC | RTL
Annette HoplandMezzanine encoding done right – understanding its emerging trends and best practices
Product Owner
Appear
Eric ToullecCMAF with a C as a common and efficient interchange/delivery format
Fellow Research Engineer – Advanced Technologies
Ateme
16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3
Boldizsar NagyNetwork Topologies for CDN and Media driven Technology Networks
Vice President Business Development
Uniberg
Romain BouqueauJoint Conformance Project (JCCP)
CEO and Media Technologist
Motion Spell | GPAC
Jérôme VieronCloud streaming and sustainability
Co-Founder and CTO
Quortex
Hyojin SongMedia requirement on LG webOS platform
Senior Research Engineer
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)
Chief Architect, Edge Technology Group
Akamai
10:15
Streaming tech – Where are we now?
Chair:Daniel SilhavyYuriy ReznikOn the evolution of video and streaming
VP Research
Brightcove, Inc. (USA)
James HoldingNext Gen VoD Encoding advancements
Solutions Director (EMEA)
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!
Research Manager
Telekom Labs
Paul Higgs5G, AI and XR enabling the Metaverse
VP Video Industry Development
Huawei Technologies (UK)
Mauricio AracenaVRIF into the Metaverse interop madness
VRIF President & Standardization Manager
Ericsson
Thomas StockhammerTechnologies for the Metaverse: XR, AI and 5G
Director Technical Standards
Qualcomm
13:00
LUNCH, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
14:30
Video Standardization Panel
Chair:Jörn KriegerNicolas WeilDASH-IF
Senior Product Manager
AWS Elemental
Will LawWAVE
Chief Architect, Edge Technology Group
Akamai
Peter MacAvockDVB
Head of Delivery, Platforms and Services | Chair of the DVB Project
EBU Technology & Innovation
Jon PiesingHbbTV
Director Standardisation TP Vision and Vice-Chair HbbTV Association
TP Vision
Thomas Stockhammer3GPP/MPEG
Director Technical Standards
Qualcomm
François DaoustW3C
Media & Entertainment Champion
W3C
16:00
COFFEE BREAK, DEMOS & EXHIBITION 2
16:30
Advanced TV
Chair:Robert SeeligerKai MysliwiecIntegrating Programmatic TV into the P7S1 broadcasting environment
Head of Addressable TV Player Engineering
SevenOne Entertainment Group
Rachel MischkeHands on remote controls
Product Consultant at Zattoo TV platform
Zattoo
Magnus SvenssonThe real streaming wars, a journey through the streaming market and how we ended up here
Media Solution Specialist
Eyevinn Technologies
Oliver FriedrichProgrammatic advertisement for ATV
Head of Video Publisher Partnerships DACH
Google
17:30
NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION
END OF CONFERENCE
18:00
Berlin Video Tech Meetup