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Meet Us @ 5th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

When: 21st May 2015 (Day 2–Conference)
Where: Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589 Berlin What is it? The fifth edition of the FOKUS Media Web Symposium is about the "Web of the Future for the Creative Industry–Technologies, Tools and Standards". It takes place over two days in Berlin. The first day provides three tutorials on HbbTV, Multiscreen and the Web of Things as well as workshops related to these areas.

The conference on Day 2, which we will be attending, starts with a keynote delivered by the CTO of ProSiebenSat. 1 Media AG. This is followed by sessions on

  • SmartTV, Interactive, On-Demand, Multi-Screen, UHD–Mission accomplished?

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

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

Why are we there?

We are working on topics covered by this event, such as Connected TV, SmartTV, Multiscreen, Big Data, Semantics, Recommendations and Social. At the event we will be catching up with innovation managers from broadcasting and R&D who we have worked with in recent projects. It is a great opportunity for discussions about innovation in these areas and to explore new avenues.

Our SAM R&D project covers a range of issues debated at the fifth FOKUS Media Web Symposium: Multiscreen, 2nd Screen, Smart TV, interactive on-demand and Semantics. Read more about SAM here.

Birgit Gray will be attending Day 2 of MWS 2015 on 21s May. Follow the event on Twitter via #FOKUSMWS and catch-up with news from DW Innovation on @dw_innovation. You can also contact us via Twitter.

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