7th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 15–16, 2018 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

John Luther

VP of Technology

JW Player

Software product manager with 15+ years experience delivering highly innovative core technologies as well as end-user products. Especially effective in multi-platform and rapid-iteration development environments.

Exceptional technical skills in web & mobile application platforms, HTML5 media, media compression & formats, content management & DRM, adaptive streaming technologies (HLS, HDS, DASH), WebRTC, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, web standards, public key cryptography, SaaS, open-source project management.

Recognized online media industry expert and featured speaker at Google I/O, YouTube Developers Live, Streaming Media West, OTTtv World Summit, Open Video Conference, FOMS and others.

  • 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