Andreas Heyden

DYN Sports

Andreas Heyden is the CEO of Dyn Media GmbH, a subsidiary of Axel Springer, where he champions broadcasting sports like handball, basketball, volleyball, hockey, and table tennis. With over 25 years of experience at the intersection of digital, media, and sports, he has a proven track record, including leading the digital arm of the German Football League (Bundesliga) and driving innovations in VoD, OTT, AR, AI, and esports. Andreas is passionate about inspiring more people through sports and driving Dyn Media's success in the evolving sports media landscape.

Jannike Croona Broman

TV4

Jannike Croona Broman is the Head of TV Operations at TV4/MTV, specializing in technology driven transformation, operational efficiency, and process optimization within the media industry. She has led major initiatives to streamline workflows, enhance cross-country synergies, and drive cost efficiencies. With a strong background in management consulting at Accenture, she brings a strategic approach to improving operations. Having been with TV4 for nine years, she is passionate about leveraging technology and collaboration to drive the future of TV operations and efficiency.

Jonas Birmé

Eyevinn Technology

VP R&D Eyevinn and Open Source Ambassador. With the range of experience from transforming TV- and media-production to a fully digital and tape-less workflows to the distribution over the Internet enabled by streaming technology, Jonas understands the impact technology has on both business and consumer side. By providing the industry with open source test tools and frameworks based on this experience Eyevinn is helping their customers to ensure that revenue critical features are working as expected.

Dennis Buhr

SVT

Head of production development at SVT. Twenty years of industry experience in TV production. Leader in production development with strategic responsibility for the company's production technology. Our goal is to become one hundred percent software-based. Making content is fun!

Erik Løvgren

NRK

Head of innovation and development at NRK. Head of the Services section at Nrk Produksjon. Background in lighting design and a trained educator.

Jordi Cenzano

Meta

Jordi Cenzano is an engineer specializing in broadcast and online media. He is currently working on the media inference pipeline at Meta. He previously worked as a director of engineering at Brightcove, Inc., Boston, MA, and was a principal architect of Brightcove Live streaming workflow. For over 20 years, he has been working in the media space, starting on the broadcast side, and moving to the online media. He holds an MS degree in information and communication technologies and a BS degree in telecommunications from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain, in 2013 and 1997, respectively.

David Eisenbacher

EZDRM

David Eisenbacher is the CEO and Co-Founder of EZDRM, the original DRM-as-a-Service company. Under his leadership, EZDRM has pioneered simple, scalable, and reliable solutions that empower content creators and distributors to protect and grow their revenue streams. With decades of experience, David has shaped EZDRM's mission to stay innovative and aligned with industry standards. His technical expertise and strategic vision have established EZDRM as a trusted global leader in delivering cutting-edge DRM solutions.

Anders Näsman

Akamai

Anders Näsman works as a Principal Solutions Engineer in Akamai Technologies, and has been involved in the field of streaming media and web delivery for broadcasters and media companies since 1997. Over the years, Anders has held a variety of positions ranging from development to engineering and product management in companies such as the Swedish Broadcasting Cooperation, TV4/CMORE Sweden, Ericsson Broadcast, RedBee Media, and Akamai. Recently, Anders has been focused on real-world implementations of Ultra low latency streaming, Common Media Client Data, Piracy prevention using real time data, in most cases combined with edge- and cloud compute technologies.

Fredrik Nickander

Allente

Fredrik Nickander is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with over 15 years of experience in the media and broadcast industry, specializing in IT security and content protection. Since 2020, he has held the role of Security Engineer at Allente, where he is responsible for the end-to-end security of the company’s streaming platform. Prior to joining Allente, Fredrik spent more than a decade at MTG and NENT Group in various engineering and security positions, focusing on protecting traditional broadcast infrastructure from TV piracy and other threats. Fredrik brings a unique and pragmatic perspective on securing digital entertainment services in a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Jan Outters

Ateme

As Director, Technology & Standards, Jan Outters helps Ateme's R&I team develop technologies for video processing and delivery, and drives partnership projects & standardization. He is also chair of the DVB CM-AVC WG that defines commercial requirements for audio & video encoding and DVB steering board member. Jan defined European standards for UHD as well as specifications and represented German public channels on spectrum matters. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering from ENSERG (Phelma) and an engineering degree from the University of Karlsruhe.

Mike English

Cloudflare

Mike English is a Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare, specializing in streaming media technologies and infrastructure. With extensive experience in the development and standardization of Media over QUIC (MoQ), he actively contributes to the IETF MoQ Working Group. Mike has presented at events such as ACM Mile High Video and NAB, and regularly collaborates on open source MoQ implementations in Rust. He also served as technical sponsor for the MoQ Player project at the most recent MonteVIDEO Tech Summer Camp.

Jason Thibeault

SVTA

Jason Thibeault is the Chief Executive Officer of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA), the international technical association focused on solving critical challenges in delivering high quality video streaming at scale. He is a recognized expert voice in the streaming industry and is a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine. Prior to his current role, Jason spent eight years at Limelight Networks, a leading CDN, where he held several roles including product manager and marketing strategist. Jason is also the co-founder of Datazoom, a startup focused on high-speed data collection and automation, and acting CMO of Blockcast, a next-generation decentralized multicast CDN. He is also an inventor of multiple technical patents in streaming and cloud technologies and the co-author of one marketing book, Recommend This!

Rowan de Pomerai

DPP

Rowan de Pomerai is the CEO of the DPP. With previous experience in broadcast, production, streaming, and software companies, he has a rounded understanding of the media and technology industries. He joined the DPP in 2018, spending several years as the CTO, and became CEO in 2024. He now leads the leading association for media and technology, providing valuable insights and connections to over 500 member companies around the world through events, collaboration, research and analysis.

Jonas Bengtson

Discord

Jonas is currently leading the Audio/Video organization at Discord. He previously worked at Twitch and worked on building AWS Interactive Video Service on top of the Twitch infrastructure.

Kjetil Horneland

Ease Live

Kjetil Horneland is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ease Live, a company specializing in interactive streaming experiences across the screens. Ease Live has become a trusted partner for major sports leagues, broadcasters, and streaming platforms globally and delivers audience engagement to millions of users every day. Kjetil brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of media technology, innovation, and business development. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and a driving force in transforming how fans interact with live content.

Rob Koenen

Tiledmedia

Rob Koenen is a Co-Founder of Tiledmedia, the leading Multiview and VR streaming company, where he is responsible for business development as Tiledmedia's Chief Business Officer. Mr. Koenen has held many leading roles in media standards and initiatives. Rob chaired MPEG's Requirements Group for 10 years, playing a key role in the development of MPEG-4 and in initiating and shaping MPEG-I. He is co-editor of the MPEG-4 Systems Standard. Rob founded the MPEG Industry Forum and served as its first President, successfully bringing the ISO MPEG-4 specifications from documents to a dominant market force. In the VR Hype years, he was also co-founder and the first President of the VR Industry Forum, VRIF. Mr. Koenen received his MSEE ('ingenieur') degree in 1989 from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands where he studied electrical engineering, specializing in information theory. Rob holds several patents in media processing, visual quality metrics and VR streaming.