12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Alexander Leschinsky

Co-Founder & CEO

G&L Systemhaus

Alexander Leschinsky has been a driving force in the streaming media industry for 25 years, helping to shape its development from the ground up. Building on his deep expertise working with major German public broadcasters, he founded the “Streaming Division” at Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion in 1999 and went on to co-found G&L Systemhaus in 2005. With an academic background spanning systematic musicology, phonetics, computer science, and electrical engineering, Alexander bridges the gap between customer needs and technical feasibility while harmonizing standardization and transformative innovation.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    Defining Sustainability Standards: From Carbon Footprints to Social Impact in Digital Advertising

    Steffen Johann Hubert

    Lead Sustainability / Chair Sustainability Standards Committee

    Seven.One Media / IAB Europe

    Mandates, Metrics and Momentum: Navigating the path to sustainable streaming

    François Polarczyk

    Sustainability Director

    Accedo

    Counting Watts, Not Just Views : Leveling up sustainability, one pixel at a time

    Kristan Bullett

    CEO

    Humans Not Robots

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Data Sovereignty & Sustainability in G&L’s streaming platform for the European Parliament

    Alexander Leschinsky

    Co-Founder & CEO

    G&L Systemhaus

    Smartphone Energy Savings with AI-Enabled PVR

    Franck Amount

    Principal engineer, video architect

    Interdigital

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Empowering Video Excellence: Enhancing Provenance in Live Streaming

    David Eisenbacher

    CEO / Co-Founder

    EZDRM

    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