12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

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

François Daoust

Media and Entertainment Champion

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W3C

François tracks standardization opportunities for media and entertainment within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) where he serves as staff contact for the media-related Media Working Group, Second Screen Working Group and GPU for the Web Working Group, as well as for the less media-related Browser Testing and Tools Working Group. With a developer background, François initially joined W3C in November 2007 from Microsoft and has been exploring new topics for the web since then. François also co-chairs the Web Developer Experience (WebDX) Community Group that maintains a catalog of web features for web developers.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    The generative AI mindset

    Ralf-Dieter Wagner

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    Head of Specialists and GenAI

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    Amazon Web Services

    GenAI’s Continuing Impact on Media: 2025 Edition

    Jörg Müller

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    Consultant, Co-Founder

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    THE SKILL

    Leveraging AI for Headlines, Search and Marketing Strategies

    Adolf Proidl

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    CEO and co-founder

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    XroadMedia GmbH

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    AI in the Media – Challenges and Opportunities

    Nico Patz

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    Innovation Manager

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    Deutsche Welle

    Automated subtitle generation and translation on live video streams

    Christoph Neumann

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    Principal Engineer

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    Broadpeak

    An update on internet standards for signaling content usage permissions for AI training

    Chris Needham

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    Web Standards Lead

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    BBC

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    How To: Creating Exceptional Customer Experiences with AI

    Robin Rabe

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    Technical Specialist Business Applications

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    Microsoft

    How to use AI agents to build media services completely with open source software

    Magnus Svennson

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    Media Solution Specialist

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    Eyevinn Technology

    AI’s ABC Challenge: Access Before Competence? A Learner Journey

    Johannes Wendt

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    Learning Consultant & AI-Expert

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    tts (Knowledge Products GmbH)

    Maleen Neuendorfer

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    Learning Consultant & Product Owner MS365 Empowerment

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    tts (Knowledge Products GmbH)

    The agentic web, new and old technologies for an artificial/intelligent
    future

    François Daoust

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    Media and Entertainment Champion

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    W3C

    Harmen Zell, Public Policy Manager D/A/CH, Meta