12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Dr. Gwendal Simon

Distinguished Architect

Synamedia

Dr. Gwendal Simon is a Distinguished Architect at Synamedia, specializing in CDN and edge delivery technologies. With over 20 years of experience across academia and industry, he has led pioneering work in video streaming, cloud gaming, and immersive media. He holds 15 patents, has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and actively contributes to streaming standards through the SVTA, IETF, and DASH-IF. A recipient of France’s Palmes Académiques, he is a frequent speaker at international conferences and a strong advocate for reproducible research.

  • The Price of Free: How Piracy Undermines the Media Industry

    Maria Malinkowitsch

    Director Product Management

    Verimatrix

    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

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

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

    Pieter-Jan Speelmans

    VP Engineering

    Dolby OptiView

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

    Lukasz Litwic

    Senior Research Manager

    Ericsson

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

    Nicolas Levy

    VP of Technology

    Qualabs

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

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

    Valentijn Siebrands

    Streaming Solution Manager

    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

    Technical Lead of Player Development

    castLabs

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

    Yuriy Reznik

    CTO

    Streaming Labs

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai

    DVB-I prospects, initiatives and findings

    Bram Tullemans

    Program Manager

    EBU

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

    Distinguished Architect

    Synamedia

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

    Oliver Lietz

    CEO/Founder

    nanocosmos

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

    Ali C. Begen

    Professor

    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

    Software Engineering Director

    Constructor Tech

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

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai