Unconference Hub
This page contains useful links and resources to help you participate in the unconference – before, during, and after the HbbTV Symposium.
Unconference session reports
Preparing for the unconference
What do you want to get out of the 13th HbbTV Symposium? A little preparation will help you make the most of our unconference day.
You will have choices to make! With up to six sessions running in parallel, you’ll decide which one to attend – and you are always free (encouraged, even!) to move between sessions or take time out to explore the exhibition area if your first choice isn’t the right fit.
We’ve updated the format for this year’s event: four 45-minute session blocks with at least a 30-minute break in between each. This gives more time to prepare, network, and talk with exhibitors and sponsors.
Have an idea already?
Share your proposed session topic in advance:
Submit an unconference session idea →
See ideas already submitted here.
Hosting a session
All Symposium attendees are welcome to propose and host unconference sessions topics relevant to the HbbTV community.
A few tips when planning and hosting:
- Start with an outcome in mind. What do you hope to achieve?
- Plan a structure to support discussion. It will help keep the conversation focused if you start by creating a high-level agenda – put it on a flipchart or whiteboard so everyone can see it.
- Encourage broad participation. Sessions work best when everyone is heard, not just one or two voices, and not when dominated by slides or formal presentations.
- Capture key points visibly. Use a flipchart or whiteboard to keep the group aligned and make reporting easier.
You can find more guidance in this blog post from our unconference facilitator, Eoghan O’Sullivan. If you’d like to dig deeper into unconference formats, this is an excellent resource.
Agenda
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Find the complete programme for the HbbTV Symposium 2025 here.
Lausanne | Montreux | Bern | Zurich | Luzern | Genève | |
10:15-11:00 | DRM Conformance Krzysztof Lis (Resillion) | Provenance and authenticity in HbbTV and DVB Naomi Schoppa (Fraunhofer FOKUS) | Gamified User Experiences Aylen Alsonso (TVekstra) | Commercialising DVB-I James Jackson (Decatium Media) | ... ... | ... ... |
11:00-11:30 | COFFEE, NETWORKING & EXHIBITION | |||||
11:30-12:15 | The power of TV shopping Moritz Wuttke (Konodrac) | Making the sign language experience like the subtitles experience Rafael Bermúdez (3Cat) | Sustainability in streaming (to big screens) Amelie Jakob (ZDF) | TACA (Test & Conformance Applications) / HbbTV Test Suite for all-IP platforms Alex Russell (EveryoneTV) & Ranjeet Kaur (DTG) | ... ... | ... ... |
12:15-13:15 | LUNCH, NETWORKING & EXHIBITION | |||||
13:15-14:00 | Making HbbTV fit for purpose for all-IP Matthew Huntington (Huntington Digital Consultants) & Bram Tullemans (EBU) | TVekstra Dynamic Ad Substition story Fatih Dilber (TVekstra) | How to enforce HbbTV on satellite set-top boxes Moritz Wuttke (Konodrac) | Testing, test assets and coordination Louay Bassbouss (Fraunhofer FOKUS) & Juha Joki (Sofia Digital) | Public broadcasters in a streaming future Amelie Jakob (ZDF) | ... ... |
14:00-14:30 | COFFEE, NETWORKING & EXHIBITION | |||||
14:30-15:15 | AI for even smarter TVs Bram Tullemans (EBU) & Rafael Bermúdez (3Cat) | HbbTV ADB (Application Discovery over Broadband) William Cooper (Service List Registry) | Improving our events and (un)conferences Eoghan O'Sullivan | Native DASH players vs Javascript ones) Jon Piesing (TP Vision) | The role of data in monetisation Tuna Gürel (TVekstra) | ... ... |
15:15-15:45 | COFFEE, NETWORKING & EXHIBITION | |||||
15:45-16:30 | CLOSING CIRCLE | |||||
16:30-16:40 | CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS | |||||
