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Co-hosted Events – Tuesday May 19, 2015

FIcontent2 Social Connected TV Workshop

This workshop by FIcontent2 focuses on the development and uptake of TV-related applications. It is open to every SME and developer interested in video or audio content for broadcast. Find more information on the mediafi.org homepage.

W3C Second Screen Presentation Working Group F2F meeting

Participation limited to members of the working group only. Please find more information on the meeting page.

Symposium Day 1 – Wednesday May 20, 2015

 8:30 - 10:00 – REGISTRATION, WELCOME COFFEE

Tutorial 1: 10:00-12:30

HbbTV – deep dive and hands-on

Tutorial 2: 10:00-12:30

Multi-Screen – Technologies & Standards

Tutorial 3: 10:00-12:30

Web of Things – Technologies & Standards

dash.js: 10:00-12:30

dash.js – Face to Face Meeting

12:30 - 13:30 – LUNCH, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION

Workshop 1: 13:30-18:00

Connected TV – Broadcast Broadband Convergence

Workshop 2: 13:30-18:00

W3C Second Screen Presentation WG open session "Multi-Screen – Challenges and Best Practices"

Workshop 3: 13:30-18:00

Web of Things – Convergence of Ecosystems

dash.js: 13:30-18:00

dash.js – Face to Face Meeting

18:00, MAY 20, 2015 – Get together, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITIOn

Social Event 19:30

Media Night

We welcome all conference guests! Be invited @ Osteria Maria

​Symposium Day 2 – Thursday May 21, 2015

8:30 - 9:30 – REGISTRATION, WELCOME COFFEE  

session 1 – 9:30 - 10:15

From TV Screen to Any Screen – A Perfect Storm

KeynoteErno Hempel  maxdome, CTO

session 2 – 10:15 - 11:00

SmartTV, OTT, On-Demand, Multiscreen – Mission accomplished? - Part I

  • Quantum leap: media standards and the Web

John Simmons Microsoft, Media Platform Architect

  • Akamai – looking ahead at media delivery

Will Law, Akamai Chief Architect of Media Cloud Engineering

  • AndroidTV Technology overview

Niko Schröer Google, AndroidTV

11:00 - 11:30 – COFFEE BREAK, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION

session 3  – 11:30 - 12:30

SmartTV, OTT, On-Demand, Multiscreen – Mission accomplished? - Part II

  • Missing features on Connected TVs

Mark Watson Netflix, Director Streaming Standards

  • Firefox OS beyond smartphones

Joe Cheng Mozilla Corporation, Product Manager

  • Multi-screen delivery: challenges and services evolution

Pablo Argon Ericsson, Sr Director, Technical Strategy IPTV

  • Internet-TV from a consumer perspective: Who is using it when and why?

Jörg Meyer Zattoo, Chief Officer Content & Consumer

12:30 - 14:00 – LUNCH, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION

Session 4 – 14:00 - 15:30

DASH Delivered Media – Latest MPEG Developments, Live Service Delivery, Ad Insertion and Content Protection

  • Keynote on the latest advances to the MPEG DASH standard and DASH-AVC/264 guidelines

Iraj Sodagar DASH-IF President and Chairman of Board

  • Live Delivery Services and Ad-Insertion

Thomas Stockhammer Qualcomm, Director Technical Standards

  • Security and Content protection

Kilroy Hughes Microsoft, PM Digital Media Standards and Strategy

15:30 - 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION

session 5 – 16:00 - 17:00

Understanding Media – Big Data, Semantics, Context, Recommendation, Social

  • Turning data into a great consumer experience - what really counts for media brands

Dirk Brinkmann arvato Systems S4M, Head of Marketing Solutions

  • Big Love – How PARSHIP analyzes data to match and protect its users

Marc Schachtel Parship, Managing Director

  • The future of videofor brands: immersive experiences with 360° video streaming and virtual reality

Damir Tomicic Axinom Group, CEO

  • Analysis paralysis? How to leverage (Big) Data to make better decisions faster

Dirk Bartels Idealo Internet GmbH, Chief Product Officer

17:00 – END OF CONFERENCE, NETWORKING, DEMOS & EXHIBITION