11th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 11–12, 2024 – Fraunhofer FOKUS
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Iraj Sodagar

Senior Technical Director

, 

Tencent America

System architect and strategist of multimedia signal processing and delivery. Chair of MPEG’s DASH subgroup (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11), and President/Chairman of Board of DASH Industry Forum, both from beginning to present day. Co-editor of MPEG-DASH standard. Participated in DVB, DLNA, DECE, 3GPP on streaming standardization, and collaborated with HbbTV, DTG, W3C, ATSC. Developed cross-company strategy and architecture for multimedia streaming.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30

    Immersion – Past / Present / Future

    Kay Meseberg

    , 

    Head of Mission Innovation

    , 

    ARTE

    Travelling in time and exploring c​oal mines: Our

    Thomas Hallet

    , 

    Digital Unit

    , 

    WDR

    Crafting Immersive Brand Experiences

    Tobias Soffner

    , 

    Executive Producer

    , 

    Demodern

    14:30 - 15:00 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    15:00 - 16:00

    Magenta VR Plattform

    Thomas Buchholz

    , 

    Senior Expert New Media

    , 

    Deutsche Telekom

    Making 360 Video Easy for Publishers

    John Luther

    , 

    VP of Technology

    , 

    JW Player

    Open innovation of wireless X Labs in 5G Cloud VR/AR 

    Jerome Shao Zhijie

    , 

    Head of Industry Relations

    , 

    Huawei Wireless

    16:00 - 16:30 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    16:30 - 18:00

    360° Experiences with Immersive Audio

    Sebastian Gsuck

    , 

    Co-Founder / CVO

    , 

    MediaApes

    WebXR – bringing virtual and augmented reality to the Web

    Dominique Hazael-Massieux

    , 

    WebXR Strategist

    , 

    W3C

    Spatial navigation for IVI, VR, game console and TVs

    Hyojin Song

    , 

    Senior Research Engineer

    , 

    LG Electronics

    Volumetric Video and the Future of Storytelling

    Daniel Brückner

    , 

    Senior Digital Strategist

    , 

    UFA LAB

    Case Study Volumetric VR

    Sönke Kirchhof

    , 

    CEO & Executive Producer

    , 

    INVR.SPACE GmbH

  • SVTA

    Jason Thibeault

    , 

    CEO

    , 

    Streaming Video Technology Alliance

    3GPP, MPEG, Metaverse Standards Forum

    Thomas Stockhammer

    , 

    Senior Director Technical Standards

    , 

    Qualcomm Technologies

    DASH-IF

    Iraj Sodagar

    , 

    Senior Technical Director

    , 

    Tencent America

    CTA-WAVE

    Will Law

    , 

    Chief Architect

    , 

    Cloud Technology Group, Akamai

    DVB

    Emily Dubs

    , 

    Head of Technology

    , 

    DVB Project

    HbbTV

    Jon Piesing

    , 

    Director Standardisation TP Vision and Vice-Chair HbbTV Association

    , 

    TP Vision

    W3C

    François Daoust

    , 

    Media & Entertainment champion

    , 

    W3C