11th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 11–12, 2024 – Fraunhofer FOKUS
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Lukasz Litwic

Research Leader

, 

Ericsson

Dr. Lukasz Litwic joined Ericsson in 2007, where he worked on various aspects of image processing and video compression research, which formed the foundation of Ericsson’s real-time encoding products. Since 2017, Lukasz is a Research Leader of Visual Technology team responsible for standardization activities in visual media coding. Lukasz represents Ericsson at several standardisation bodies including 3GPP SA4, DVB, JVET and MPEG. He serves as a Chair of Interoperability WG at Media Coding Industry Forum. He holds an M.Sc. from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, and a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey, in Guildford in the UK.

Talks

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  • 14:00-15:00

    Technical Challenges for Connected TV Environments I

    HbbTV: from teletext towards interctive TV apps – a short standards update

    Klaus Merkel

    , 

    IRT (Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH), Germany

    Interoperable Content Protection for Hybrid Environments

    Rob Koenen

    , 

    Intertrust Technologies, USA

    OTT TV – Will Internet hit the living room finally?

    Volker Blume

    , 

    Philips, Germany

    15:00-16:00

    Technical Challenges for Connected TV Environments II

    WebTV – is Internet streaming that easy?

    Sven Slazenger

    , 

    Managing Partner, Interlake Media GmbH, Germany

    Managing all delivery channels: one source – various targets

    Dirk Hetzer

    , 

    Media Broadcast

    Benchmarking MySQL vs. VOD in the FOKUS Open IPTV Ecosystem

    Dirk Bartels

    , 

    Versant, USA

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

    16:30-17:30

    Business Models & Market Expectations

    Consumer Electronics Market Survey & Trends

    Michael Schidlack

    , 

    BITKOM e. V, Germany

    White Label Portals

    Jan Wendt

    , 

    MMH NetRange, Germany

    Smart Content Recommendation for various devices

    Malte Cherdron

    , 

    Moviepilot., Germany

    17:30-18:00

    Panel Discussion: Interactive Content Services on various devices

    Jun Chao Hu

    , 

    Ericcson / OIPF

    Jan Wendt

    , 

    MMH NetRange, Germany

    Henning Eid

    , 

    Intel, Germany

    Dirk Bartels

    , 

    Versant, USA

    Tahar Cherif

    , 

    Sharp, France

    Oliver Friedrich

    , 

    T-Systems, Germany

  • 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

  • Future Video Experiences – What’s on the horizon?

    Sebastian Schwarz

    , 

    Head of Video Coding Systems

    , 

    Nokia

    Optimizing video quality in 5G mobile gaming

    Lukasz Litwic

    , 

    Research Leader

    , 

    Ericsson

    Shaping the metaverse together

    Antje Kunze

    , 

    Senior Client Partner

    , 

    Unity

    Streaming Success: Mastering TV in Complex Markets

    Rachel Mischke

    , 

    Product Consultant at Zattoo TV platform

    , 

    Zattoo

    How SSAI is solving the problem of capped revenue streams in TV monetization

    Leander Carell

    , 

    Co-Founder & Managing Director

    , 

    Nowtilus

    AI (Act) & Copyright: the use of copyright-protected works for the training of generative AI

    Pablo Schumacher

    , 

    Policy Officer for Digital Content & Law

    , 

    Bitkom