Hannes Jakobsen

DRIVE beta
Co-Founder und CEO

Hannes Jakobsen was born in 1984 in Munich and currently lives in Berlin. He studied Film and Media at the University of Copenhagen, as well as Media Management at Copenhagen Business School and Hamburg Media School. His career led him to the YouTube team at Google, where he worked as a Partner Manager and Creative Strategist. Later, he became the Chief Creative Officer at the MCN DIVIMOVE, which is now known as We Are Era. Today, Hannes is the co-founder and CEO of DRIVE beta.

Conference 2024

Opening Remarks

Wed, 05.06.24 / 10:00 - 10:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Gerhard Maier, Dr. Markus Schäfer

Meet The Distributors

Wed, 05.06.24 / 10:15 - 11:15
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Elliot Gustin, Alix Lebrat, Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, Charles Touboul, Lisa Fidyka, Katia Sol

SerienCampus: Visual Worldbuilding with AI – Using Image Generators for Concept & Production

Wed, 05.06.24 / 10:30 - 11:15
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Matija Dragojevic, Simon Ruschmeyer

The Future of Series? Co–Production in Europe and Beyond

Wed, 05.06.24 / 10:30 - 11:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Irina Ignatiew-Lemke, Robert Franke, Dr. Jan Wünschmann, Nina Peters

What do Audiences Feel?

Wed, 05.06.24 / 10:15 - 10:30
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Niels Alberg

Ask Me Anything with Christian Friedrichs

Wed, 05.06.24 / 11:00 - 11:45
Cinenova / Theatre 3
Nunnu Karpinnen, Christian Friedrichs

Pitching Session: Co–Production Pitch – Part 1

Wed, 05.06.24 / 11:30 - 12:15
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Alexandra Heidrich, Elly Vervloet, Jessica Wirdemann, Krisztina Gallo

The State of AI

Wed, 05.06.24 / 11:15 - 12:30
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Gerhard Maier, Kai Steinmetz, Pascal Schröder, Tobias M. Huber, Albert Bozesan, Franziska Hansel, Hannes Jakobsen, Nikola Kohl, Lukas Lankisch, Rémi Tereszkiewicz

SerienCampus: Daily & Weekly Soaps as Incubators for Talent

Wed, 05.06.24 / 11:30 - 12:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Joachim Friedmann, Luisa Hardenberg, Joe Kienast

Ask Me Anything with Sébastien Janin

Wed, 05.06.24 / 12:00 - 12:45
Cinenova / Theatre 3
Nunnu Karpinnen

SerienCampus: A Chatbot as Actor

Wed, 05.06.24 / 13:45 - 14:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Hannes Jakobsen, Lukas Lankisch

Pitching Session: Co–Production Pitch – Part 2

Wed, 05.06.24 / 14:15 - 15:15
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Alexandra Heidrich, Elly Vervloet, Jessica Wirdemann, Krisztina Gallo

Nostradamus Report 2024

Wed, 05.06.24 / 14:00 - 15:00
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Stewart Clarke, Johanna Koljonen, Robert Franke, Danna Stern

Talent in Progress: Filmakademie Ludwigsburg

Wed, 05.06.24 / 14:15 - 15:15
Cinenova / Theatre 3

SerienCampus: Storytellers – Fostering Talent, Promoting Creativity

Wed, 05.06.24 / 14:45 - 15:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Taç Romey, Aylin Kockler, Hauke Bartel

Series Accelerator Pitch: EWA Network

Wed, 05.06.24 / 15:30 - 16:30
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Nawell Amour

Pilot Peek Screenings

Wed, 05.06.24 / 15:30 - 17:00
Cinenova / Theatre 3
Jana Gißler

Case Study: Constellation

Wed, 05.06.24 / 15:00 - 16:00
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Jesse Whittock, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Daniel Hetzer, Jakob Neuhäusser, Cornelia Ott

SerienCampus: Mental Health in Series

Wed, 05.06.24 / 15:45 - 16:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Gerhard Maier, Simon Kurzhals, Christian Zübert, Christoph von der Goltz

Work In Progress: Part 1

Wed, 05.06.24 / 16:15 - 17:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Thomas Lückerath, Elsa van Damke, Jana Forkel, Solmaz Azizi, Thomas Disch, Henning Kamm, Michelle Rohmann, Rainer Matsutani, Martina Plura, Jan Bennemann, Jan Ehlert

SerienCampus: Supporting Casting Directors with AI?

Wed, 05.06.24 / 16:45 - 17:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Paula Essam, Nils Dünker, Cassandra Han, David Zitzlsperger

European Showrunner: Focus on...

Thu, 06.06.24 / 10:00 - 10:30
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Barbara Petronio, Miikko Oikkonen

Writers' Vision Pitch 1

Thu, 06.06.24 / 10:15 - 11:00
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Jana Gißler, Marike Muselaers, Susanne Frank, Michele Zatta

SerienCampus: The Cutting Edge of Generative AI – Storybook Studios

Thu, 06.06.24 / 10:00 - 10:45
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Albert Bozesan, Franziska Hansel, Tobias M. Huber

Ethics, Aesthetics & AI: Creativity and Art in the Age of Machine Intelligence

Thu, 06.06.24 / 10:30 - 11:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Jenifer Becker, Pamela C. Scorzin, Vamsi Krishna Vemuri

Writers' Vision Pitch 2

Thu, 06.06.24 / 11:30 - 12:15
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Jana Gißler, Marike Muselaers, Susanne Frank, Michele Zatta

German TV Disruptor Award 2024

Thu, 06.06.24 / 11:30 - 12:00
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Stewart Clarke, Annette Hess

SerienCampus: The Unmatched Magic of Practical Effects – SFX on DINOSAUR CLUB

Thu, 06.06.24 / 12:00 - 12:45
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Lutz Heineking, Jörn Seifert

SerienCampus: Areena Stories YLE – Finding New Voices for Public Broadcasting

Thu, 06.06.24 / 13:30 - 14:15
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Elisabeth Keinänen, Hyppe Salmi

Music in Series – How Soundtracks Shape the Way We See

Thu, 06.06.24 / 13:30 - 14:30
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Jörn Behr, Catherine Grieves

Seriencamp Conference & Festival Award Ceremony

Thu, 06.06.24 / 13:30 - 14:30
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Nunnu Karpinnen, George Anthony Gottl, Kirsten Loose, Hüseyin Tabak, Mia Spengler, Zetha Asafu-Adjaye, Paula Essam, Zero Pilnik, Anna Edelmann, Rémi Tereszkiewicz, Krisztina Gallo, Elly Vervloet, Marike Muselaers, Michele Zatta, Susanne Frank, Jessica Wirdemann

Screenwriters’ Lounge x Seriencamp: Queer Representation in Story Development

Thu, 06.06.24 / 13:45 - 14:30
Cinenova / Theatre 3
Alejandro Mathé, Beverly Stura-Cura, Kai Kreuser, Marcel-Jana Urban, Marlene Melchior

(LOST) QUEERNESS IN SERIES – Queer content in drama series

Thu, 06.06.24 / 14:45 - 15:45
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Tessa Hart, Sophya Kallista Frohberg, Marco Kreuzpaintner, Daf James, Bernd von Fehrn, Christoph Pellander

Work In Progress: Part 2

Thu, 06.06.24 / 14:45 - 16:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Thomas Lückerath, Jonas Melcher, Jonathan Hughes, Alex Kazamia, Nick Percy, Matthew Read, Laura Mae Harding, Solveig Cornelisen, Tobias Gerginov, Thomas Münzner, Gaspare De Pascali, Peter Meister, Kathi Possert

SerienCampus: Murder in 5 Days – Co–Creating & Co–Writing with AI

Thu, 06.06.24 / 14:30 - 15:15
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Anne-Marie Keßel, Matthias Leitner

SerienCampus: AI as an Interpreter of Cinematic Vision

Thu, 06.06.24 / 15:30 - 16:15
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Pascal Schröder, Kai Steinmetz

SerienCampus: Meet The Lab: Audience:First

Thu, 06.06.24 / 16:30 - 17:30
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Julia Mirjam Cantuária, Johannes Huth, Hans Christoph Böhringer, Matthias Leitner, Julia Zantl

European Perspectives in a Globalized Media World

Thu, 06.06.24 / 16:30 - 17:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Julia Weigl, Alexandra Lebret

Talent in Progress: ifs Series Showcase

Thu, 06.06.24 / 16:15 - 17:00
Cinenova / Theatre 2
Joachim Friedmann

'Next From...' Joyn

Fri, 07.06.24 / 10:00 - 10:25
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Thomas Münzner

'Next From...' Prime Video

Fri, 07.06.24 / 10:50 - 11:15
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Thomas Lückerath, Petra Hengge

'Next From...' The European Alliance

Fri, 07.06.24 / 10:25 - 10:50
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Morad Koufane, Laura Mae Harding

'Next From...' ZDFneo

Fri, 07.06.24 / 11:15 - 11:40
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Thomas Lückerath, Jasmin Maeda

Talent in Progress: New Talent Pitch

Fri, 07.06.24 / 12:00 - 13:30
Cinenova / Theatre 2

Sex in Series: Intimacy, Boundaries & Safeness on Set

Fri, 07.06.24 / 12:00 - 13:00
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus

SerienCampus: Girls Get Shit Done

Fri, 07.06.24 / 13:15 - 14:00
Herbrand’s / Bahnhaus
Simone Schellmann, Wiebke Mercier, Zetha Asafu-Adjaye

NextGen Media: Young Talents Day

Fri, 07.06.24 / 14:00 - 19:00
Cinenova / Theatre 1
Fitore Muzaqi, Hannah-Lisa Paul, Max Breuer, Ole Heller, Annette Kärcher, Daniela Nickel, Hans Peter Heineking, Petra Machacek, Sybille Steinfartz, Dieter Hebben, Bent Evers, Daniel Brodt, Janine Hohmann, Sarah Wirtz