12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin

The 12th FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) is set to be a must-attend event for industry leaders and media tech enthusiasts in Berlin, Germany, on June 24-25, 2025. Hosted by Fraunhofer FOKUS, this annual international conference continues to be a premier platform for exploring advancements in Internet-based media delivery.

The symposium will once again span two days, with the first day dedicated to insightful tutorials, hands-on workshops, and engaging exhibitions. The second day will shift focus to key trends and business discussions within the media technology landscape. Renowned experts from around the world will present their insights and share experiences on the latest developments and future trends in web and media technologies.

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Streaming
Innovations
Advanced Media
and Advertising
Sustainable Media
AI-Driven Media
Technologies

Recap

The 11th MWS was a resounding success, reinforcing its position as a premier platform for international technology experts. Attendees departed with fresh perspectives on the future of media delivery and sustainable practices. For details, please see the agenda of the event as well our picture gallery.

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Subjects

We will talk about interesting topics with people from different companies and countries. Highlighted topics for the 2025’s edition of the MWS are:

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Streaming Innovations
Video Player Tech, DASH, HLS, Media over QUIC (MoQ), Streaming Analytics, C2PA, Low Latency Streaming, Content Steering, DRM, Quality of Experience, Edge and Cloud Processing
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Advanced Media and Advertising
HbbTV, Addressable TV, Dynamic Ad Insertion/Substitution, Programmatic Advertisement, Metaverse, XR, Holo Conferencing, Media Delivery in 5G/6G
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Sustainable Media
Green Streaming, Content Provenance and Authenticity, Energy-conscious Encoding, Green Digital Twins for Media Workflows, Energy-efficient Media Player, Green Content Steering, Sustainable Media Consumption, Energy-efficient Media Infrastructure
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AI-Driven Media Technologies
Generative AI, LLMs, AI-based Media Solutions, Advanced Streaming Analytics, AI-based Media Encoding, Content Analysis and Metadata
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11th FOKUS Media Web Symposium:

A Recap

The 11th FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) took place in Berlin, Germany, in June 2024. This yearly international conference, hosted by Fraunhofer FOKUS, gathered more than 230 participants from 19 countries to explore the domain of Internet-based media delivery.

Voices

Hear from our partners and attendees: Your feedback drives us!

2019 was yet another excellent edition of MWS, confirming it to be the most technical video conference in Europe. Inspiring speakers, refreshing talks and state of the art topics – there are definitely very few occasions to get bored during this event. Definitely a great experience as a speaker, and a rewarding time investment as an attendee!

Nicolas Weil

AWS Elemental, Senior Product Manager, MWS 2019

Thanks a lot for having me and the excellent organization of the event. It was a great one and many talks were very insightful and useful to me.

Ahmed Sweden

Ahmed Sweden, Atom, MWS 2022

Highly technical and relevant conferences on streaming media are few and far between. I enjoyed my first visit to MWS at Fraunhofer Berlin. Engaging talks, exciting exhibits, and a plethora of networking opportunities with peers. I also enjoyed how it was bookended with some meetups as well. MWS is an event to add to your list if you do anything in the streaming media industry.

Jun Heider

RealEyes Media, CTO, MWS 2019

Media Web symposium brings together leading media industry experts, with great presentations and discussions on relevant topics, from the latest in media codecs, streaming technology, to machine learning for media applications, together with an excellent showcase of FOKUS’s own projects. This is a very worthwhile and informative event, I hope to be there again for its 10 year anniversary.

Chris Needham

BBC, Principal Software Engineer, MWS 2019

Thank you again for hosting another amazing MWS. I had many fruitful exchanges with people during the MWS days as well as during the Media Web Night that was also splendid. The MWS keynote was particularly inspiring with historical perspective mixed in. Also, your facilities provided us another great meeting experience for a successful Second Screen F2F on Thursday and Friday.

Anssi Kostiainen

Intel Corporation, Web Standards Technical Lead, MWS 2019

2019 was yet another excellent edition of MWS, confirming it to be the most technical video conference in Europe. Inspiring speakers, refreshing talks and state of the art topics – there are definitely very few occasions to get bored during this event. Definitely a great experience as a speaker, and a rewarding time investment as an attendee!

Nicolas Weil

AWS Elemental, Senior Product Manager, MWS 2019

Highly technical and relevant conferences on streaming media are few and far between. I enjoyed my first visit to MWS at Fraunhofer Berlin. Engaging talks, exciting exhibits, and a plethora of networking opportunities with peers. I also enjoyed how it was bookended with some meetups as well. MWS is an event to add to your list if you do anything in the streaming media industry.

Jun Heider

RealEyes Media, CTO, MWS 2019

Contact Persons

The Media Web Symposium is hosted by the Team of Fraunhofer FOKUS' Business Unit Future Applications and Media (FAME). See here for more Information about FOKUS FAME.
If you are interested or have questions about the FOKUS Media Web Symposium, please contact us by email. We look forward to hearing from you.

Robert Seeliger
Senior Project Manager
Business Unit FAME
+49 30 3463-7262 Mail
Dr.-Ing. Christopher Krauß
Media & Data Science Lead
Business Unit FAME
+49 30 3463-7236 Mail
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Steglich
Director
Business Unit FAME
+49 30 3463-7262 Mail
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Arbanowski
Director
Business Unit FAME
+49 30 3463-7197 Mail

Venue

Situated in Berlin’s vibrant Charlottenburg district, the Fraunhofer FOKUS provides an inspiring environment, ideal for groundbreaking discussions and networking opportunities.

Fraunhofer-Institute for Open Communications Systems - FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin
Germany

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Our Partners

We proudly present our partners and sponsors of the 12th FOKUS Media Web Symposium. Thank you for the great support and cooperation. You help to make the MWS what it is.

If you are interested in participating as a partner or sponsor, feel free to contact us. We look forward to hear from you!

Co-located Events

12th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

Recap

Subjects

Streaming Innovations

Advanced Media and Advertising

Sustainable Media

AI-Driven Media Technologies

11th FOKUS Media Web Symposium:

A Recap

Voices

Contact Persons

Robert Seeliger

Dr.-Ing. Christopher Krauß

Dr.-Ing. Stephan Steglich

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Arbanowski

Venue

Our Partners

12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium