12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

Nicolas Levy

VP of Technology

Qualabs

Nicolás Levy is the co-founder and VP of Technology at Qualabs, a leading media software engineering outsourcing firm, with over fifteen years of experience in video technology. A Telecommunications Engineer with an MBA, he has worked with global media & entertainment providers and top video technology companies, contributing to the design and implementation of media solutions including video workflows, players, analytics, and more. An active contributor to open-source projects and a participant in the SVTA, his current focus includes MPEG-DASH, CMCD v2—where he is a key contributor—MoQ, and the development of video player reference implementations based on these specifications. He also co-organizes the Montevideo Tech Meetup, a technical event for video developers, as well as the Montevideo Summer Camp.

  • 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

    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

    Valentijn Siebrands

    Streaming Solution Manager

    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

    Technical Lead of Player Development

    castLabs

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Ali C. Begen

    Professor

    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

    Software Engineering Director / Constructor Groups

    Constructor Tech

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

    Distinguished Architect

    Synamedia

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

    Will Law

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    Akamai