7th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 15–16, 2018 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Tobias Soffner

Executive Producer

Demodern

Tobias works in concepting, planning and delivering digital experiences and consulting clients from many sectors for more than ten years. With his cross-functional teams he’s focussing on brand and product experiences for clients such as IKEA, smart, Nike, Montblanc, Lufthansa. Among these are internationally renowned benchmarks in mixed reality and innovative experience design. The agile teams focus on crafting custom user journeys and installations by combining unique experience design and technology.

Before joining Demodern in 2015 and helping to build up the Hamburg office, he worked as a product manager and consultant in media and advertising companies. Tobias studied philosophy and social sciences, is a writer and owns an independent publishing house.

  • 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