13th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

June 16–17, 2026 – Berlin
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André Paul

Senior Project Manager

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Fraunhofer FOKUS

André Paul has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) since 2008. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of architecture, requirements engineering and modelling of frameworks and architectures for the mobile Internet and distributed systems. As an IT consultant, André was involved in various Internet standardization activities. In addition, André worked as an Enterprise Architect on a number of projects dealing with the future development of web and mobile platforms as well as over-the-top (OTT) communication services. In addition, André analyses existing IT infrastructures as an enterprise architect and makes result-oriented change proposals. He also has extensive experience in the field of agile project management and has sound knowledge in the areas of analysis, architecture and implementation of IT systems, infrastructures and software.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    The role of a Trust Service Provider in the area of Content Credentials and C2PA

    Enrico Entschew

    Principal Industrial Standardization and Compliance

    D-Trust

    CORRECTIV.Faktenforum: Collaborative Fact-Checking as Data Infrastructure

    Anna Süß

    Community Manager CORRECTIV.Faktenforum

    CORRECTIV

    Fighting deepfakes and privacy harm at internet scale

    Dimitris Drandakis

    Co-Founder | Chief Technology Officer

    Nostos Online & Mediastalker

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    From Voice to Subtitle to Sign Language for Live & On-Demand – Interactive Demo

    Alexander Leschinsky

    Co-Founder & CEO

    G&L Systemhaus

    MPEG-I Scene Description – A standard enabling interactive and immersive media experiences

    Patrice Hirtzlin

    Senior Scientist

    InterDigital

    Open Web Standards for Immersive and Virtual Worlds: A W3C Perspective

    François Daoust

    Media and Entertainment Champion

    W3C

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    From Deepfakes to Digital Trust: Live Video Provenance with C2PA Segment Signatures

    David Eisenbacher

    CEO / Co-Founder

    EZDRM

    C2PA: from policy pressure to practical pilots.

    Valentijn Siebrands

    Streaming Solution Manager

    Unified Streaming

    From Spec to Shipping: A Practical, Open-Source Toolkit for C2PA Across Your Video Pipeline

    Nicolas Levy

    CTO

    Qualabs

    Pablo Flores

    VP of Engineering

    Qualabs

    Integrating C2PA into Streaming Pipelines
    Thasso Griebel

    Technical Lead of Player Development

    castLabs

  • As digital media becomes increasingly tampered with, AI‑generated, and rapidly distributed, ensuring trust in content is more critical than ever. This tutorial offers a clear and technically grounded introduction to Provenance & Authenticity — why they matter, how they work, and how modern standards help verify the origin and integrity of media.

    Drawing on real‑world examples and intuitive explanations, the session demystifies how provenance metadata is created, maintained, verified, and protected across the media lifecycle. Participants will learn why misinformation, deepfakes, and content manipulation have become systemic challenges — and how emerging technologies address them.

    Topics include:

    • Why Provenance Matters Today: The rise of misinformation, disinformation, deepfakes, and synthetic media — and how trust in digital ecosystems is eroding.
    • Core Concepts of Provenance & Authenticity: What provenance means in a media context: origins, editing history, ownership, and the “trust trail” of content.
    • Foundations of Media Provenance: How metadata, signatures, and provenance chains capture how content evolves during production and publishing.
    • Technical Underpinnings: How provenance information is structured, validated, and linked.
    • Challenges in Modern Media Landscapes: What makes trustworthy content verification difficult in distributed media environments.

    Ideal for participants seeking a conceptual foundation in media provenance, this tutorial bridges the gap between why provenance is essential and how technical mechanisms ensure authenticity.

    André Paul

    Senior Project Manager

    Fraunhofer FOKUS

    Naomi Schoppa

    Research Associate

    Fraunhofer FOKUS

    Stefan Pham

    Senior Project Manager

    Fraunhofer FOKUS