12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin
© AI-generated | Fraunhofer FOKUS

Ali C. Begen

Professor

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Ozyegin University

Ali C. Begen is a computer science professor at Ozyegin University in Istanbul and the founder of Networked Media, a technology consulting firm specializing in IP video. Through his consultancy, he provides expert services to media-tech companies and law firms. Previously, he was a technical lead at Cisco in San Jose, California. Begen earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2006. Throughout his career, he has been recognized with numerous academic and industry accolades, including an Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering. He is a Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA) Fellow. He holds over 40 US patents and is a Distinguished Member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE. More details are at https://ali.begen.net

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

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

    Pieter-Jan Speelmans

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    VP Engineering

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    Dolby OptiView

    Video coding improvements for delivery of low-latency and interactive video services

    Lukasz Litwic

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    Senior Research Manager

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    Ericsson

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

    Nicolas Levy

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    VP of Technology

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    Qualabs

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Beyond Encryption: Authenticating and Protecting Live Video in a Post-Trust Era

    Valentijn Siebrands

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    Streaming Solution Manager

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    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

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    Technical Lead of Player Development

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    castLabs

    CMSD + Media Quality Assessment (MQA) metadata: new tools for monitoring and optimizing streaming QOE

    Yuriy Reznik

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    CTO

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    Streaming Labs

    Will Law

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    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

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    Akamai

    DVB-I prospects, initiatives and findings

    Bram Tullemans

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    Program Manager

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    EBU

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

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    Distinguished Architect

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    Synamedia

    How to integrate MoQ into a comprehensive real-time video platform

    Oliver Lietz

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    CEO/Founder

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    nanocosmos

    MOQtail – Made with 100% QUIC. Zero latency. Zero hangover.

    Ali C. Begen

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    Professor

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    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

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    Software Engineering Director

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    Constructor Tech

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

    Will Law

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    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

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    Akamai