11th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 11–12, 2024 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Kemal Gorgülü

Chief Technology Officer

ARTE

Kemal Görgülü studied media economics at the Rhine-Main University of Applied Sciences and film directing at the Ecole Supérieure d’Audiovisuel (ESAV) of the University of Toulouse. He was Partner and Shareholder of FLYING EYE Managementberatung für Medieninvestitionen GmbH and Senior Consultant NewTV at Endava. Since early 2020, he has been Chief Technology Officer (Directeur des Technologies / Hauptabteilungsleiter Technik) of ARTE and has been responsible for transforming the broadcaster’s headquarters in Strasbourg in both technological and process related matters. His responsibilities at ARTE include broadcast and office IT (including SAP ERP systems), classic AV systems, playout and distribution infrastructures of the TV channel, the OTT product arte.tv, programme data management and “Common Services” (especially facility and energy management).

Kemal Görgülü is fluent in five languages and has leadership experience of interdisciplinary teams in an intercultural context. He implements a sustainability strategy for the ARTE technology department, designs and implements AI projects and leads an interdisciplinary German-French (leadership) team to drive the digital transformation in the areas of technology, production and IT services for the ARTE Group.

  • 14:00-15:00

    Will the iPhone / Android application experience change the way applications are consumed on PCs?

    Robert Shilston

    Assanka, UK

    Service Discovery, how to allow Web Applications find and use local and remote services?

    Claes Nilsson

    Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sweden

    Aside Mag:Design ♥ HTML5 – The Future of Mobile Editorial Design

    Johannes Ippen

    Aside Mag, Germany

    Will the iPhone/Android application experience change the way applications are consumed on PCs?

    Alan Baldwin

    Samsung, UK

    15:00-16:00

    How might media consumption change, with the introduction of apps to the TV experience?

    How can cross-platform applications of the future look like?

    Charles Dawes

    Rovi Corporation, UK

    Which application types will users accept on the TV screen?

    Franziska Becker

    Telekom Innovation Laboratories

    New Services for television: social and semantic

    Lyndon J. B. Nixon

    NoTube, Austria

    Browsers and apps: Decision making

    Jörn Rehse

    YOC AG, Germany

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

    16:30-17:30

    What is the likely impact of apps on cars?

    The connected car – challenges for automotive online infotainment

    Simon Isenberg

    BMW Group Research and Technology, Germany

    Apps, Cars, and webinos: desire or vision

    Uwe Baumgarten

    TU München

    Connected Car – Application Framework

    Peter Christ

    Deutsche Telekom, Germany

    17:30-18:00

    The viability of gaming on the web platform

    Today’s usage of (mobile) web apps for gaming

    Sabine Irrgang

    Gofresh, Germany

    Gaming – run time optimization

    Michael Vakulenko

    Visionmobile, UK

    Mobile Social Gaming

    Philipp Moeser

    wooga, Germany

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    Year 2 of Gen-AI – Time to scale! Several customer cases

    Alexander Heidler

    Account Executive Media and Telecommunication

    Microsoft

    AI-Based Indexing for Improved Content Discovery

    Rick Stremmel

    Sales Engineer

    Moments Lab

    Driving Automotive Ecosystems

    Sven Eckoldt

    Driving Automotive Ecosystems

    CARIAD

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Impact of AI on OTT platforms: Exploring the potential of Machine Learning and Generative AI

    Piotr Czekala

    Co-Founder & CTO

    Insys Video Technologies

    Knowledge Safe – Experts are retiring, their knowledge too? – How AI-based approaches help to retain valuable knowledge in organizations

    Katharina Vögl-Duschek

    Senior Learning Consultant

    tts Knowledge Products GmbH

    Johannes Wendt

    Learning Consultant

    tts Knowledge Products GmbH

    Updates from the Lab: Gen AI’s Fast-Forward Impact on Media

    Jörg Müller

    Consultant

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Session chair:

    Lena Gehlhaar

    Senior Innovation Manager Immersive Tech

    Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

    Julia Krüger

    Senior Managerin Innovation Medien

    Kreativwirtschaft, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

    Porting Arte Apps to Apple Vision Pro: Our Journey and Insights

    Kemal Gorgülü

    Chief Technology Officer

    ARTE

    Immersive 3D worlds in web browsers

    François Daoust

    Media & Entertainment champion

    W3C

    8K Video and 3D Audio for Immersive Live Experiences

    Mauricio Alvarez-Mesa

    CEO and Co-founder

    Spin Digital