diff --git a/CONFIGURATION.md b/CONFIGURATION.md
index 363bc100..64ab6263 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ further below for information on that.
 # Default: 'optional'.
 #seriesField = 'optional'
 
+# Whether and if so how to fill the presenter name in the upload step.
+# This is a list of sources for potential presenter names to suggest,
+# in order of descending preference.
+# If it is empty, nothing is suggested.
+# Note that right now there is only one such source,
+# and that manual changes to the presenter form field
+# will be persisted in the users' `localStorage`,
+# and that stored value will always be preferred
+# over the generated suggestion.
+#
+# Possible sources are:
+# - `"opencast"`: Get the name from Opencast's `/info/me.json` API
+#autofillPresenter = []
+
 
 [recording]
 # A list of preferred MIME types used by the media recorder. Studio uses the
diff --git a/src/opencast.tsx b/src/opencast.tsx
index de4c0fcd..99567877 100644
--- a/src/opencast.tsx
+++ b/src/opencast.tsx
@@ -288,6 +288,32 @@ export class Opencast {
     return await this.jsonRequest("info/me.json");
   }
 
+  /** Returns the value from user.name from the `/info/me.json` endpoint. */
+  getUsername(): string | null {
+    if (!(this.#currentUser)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!(typeof this.#currentUser === "object")) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!("user" in this.#currentUser)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!this.#currentUser.user) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!(typeof this.#currentUser.user === "object")) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!("name" in this.#currentUser.user)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!(typeof this.#currentUser.user.name === "string")) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return this.#currentUser.user.name;
+  }
+
   /** Returns the response from the `/lti` endpoint. */
   async getLti(): Promise<object | null> {
     return await this.jsonRequest("lti");
diff --git a/src/settings.tsx b/src/settings.tsx
index b4afa4ed..edf4ce3a 100644
--- a/src/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/settings.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export type FormFieldState =
 /** Sources that setting values can come from. */
 type SettingsSource = "src-server"| "src-url" | "src-local-storage";
 
+const PRESENTER_SOURCES = ["opencast"] as const;
+type PresenterSource = typeof PRESENTER_SOURCES[number];
+
 /** Opencast Studio runtime settings. */
 export type Settings = {
   opencast?: {
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ export type Settings = {
     titleField?: FormFieldState;
     presenterField?: FormFieldState;
     seriesField?: FormFieldState;
+    autofillPresenter?: PresenterSource[];
   };
   recording?: {
     videoBitrate?: number;
@@ -584,6 +588,19 @@ const SCHEMA = {
     titleField: metaDataField,
     presenterField: metaDataField,
     seriesField: metaDataField,
+    autofillPresenter: (v, allowParse, src) => {
+      const a = types.array(v => {
+        const s = types.string(v);
+        if (!(PRESENTER_SOURCES as readonly string[]).includes(s)) {
+          throw new Error("invalid presenter name source");
+        }
+        return s;
+      })(v, allowParse, src);
+      if (new Set(a).size < a.length) {
+        throw new Error("duplicate presenter name source");
+      }
+      return a;
+    },
   },
   recording: {
     videoBitrate: types.positiveInteger,
diff --git a/src/steps/finish/upload.tsx b/src/steps/finish/upload.tsx
index 9cea616e..995cc232 100644
--- a/src/steps/finish/upload.tsx
+++ b/src/steps/finish/upload.tsx
@@ -159,18 +159,27 @@ type UploadFormProps = {
 };
 
 const UploadForm: React.FC<UploadFormProps> = ({ handleUpload }) => {
+  const uploadSettings = useSettings().upload ?? {};
   const {
     titleField = "required",
     presenterField = "required",
     seriesField = "optional",
-  } = useSettings().upload ?? {};
+    autofillPresenter = [],
+  } = uploadSettings;
 
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
   const opencast = useOpencast();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const settingsManager = useSettingsManager();
   const { title, presenter, upload: uploadState, recordings } = useStudioState();
-  const presenterValue = presenter || window.localStorage.getItem(LAST_PRESENTER_KEY) || "";
+  const presenterValue = presenter
+    || window.localStorage.getItem(LAST_PRESENTER_KEY)
+    || autofillPresenter
+      .map(source => match(source, {
+        "opencast": () => opencast.getUsername(),
+      }))
+      .filter(Boolean)[0]
+    || "";
 
   type FormState = "idle" | "testing";
   const [state, setState] = useState<FormState>("idle");
@@ -205,14 +214,6 @@ const UploadForm: React.FC<UploadFormProps> = ({ handleUpload }) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // If the user has not yet changed the value of the field and the last used
-  // presenter name is used in local storage, use that.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (presenterValue !== presenter) {
-      dispatch({ type: "UPDATE_PRESENTER", value: presenterValue });
-    }
-  });
-
   const configurableServerUrl = settingsManager.isConfigurable("opencast.serverUrl");
   const configurableUsername = settingsManager.isUsernameConfigurable();
   const configurablePassword = settingsManager.isPasswordConfigurable();
@@ -404,20 +405,23 @@ const UploadForm: React.FC<UploadFormProps> = ({ handleUpload }) => {
 };
 
 type InputProps<I extends FieldValues, F> =
-  Pick<JSX.IntrinsicElements["input"], "onChange" | "autoComplete" | "defaultValue" | "onBlur"> &
+  Pick<
+    JSX.IntrinsicElements["input"],
+    "onChange" | "autoComplete" | "defaultValue" | "onBlur"
+  > &
   Pick<ReturnType<typeof useForm<I>>, "register"> & {
-  /** Human readable string describing the field. */
-  label: string;
-  name: Path<I>;
-  /** Whether this field is required or may be empty. */
-  required: boolean;
-  /** Function validating the value and returning a string in the case of error. */
-  validate?: Validate<F, I>;
-  errors: Partial<Record<keyof I, FieldError>>;
-  /** Passed to the `<input>`. */
-  type?: HTMLInputTypeAttribute;
-  autoFocus?: boolean;
-};
+    /** Human readable string describing the field. */
+    label: string;
+    name: Path<I>;
+    /** Whether this field is required or may be empty. */
+    required: boolean;
+    /** Function validating the value and returning a string in the case of error. */
+    validate?: Validate<F, I>;
+    errors: Partial<Record<keyof I, FieldError>>;
+    /** Passed to the `<input>`. */
+    type?: HTMLInputTypeAttribute;
+    autoFocus?: boolean;
+  };
 
 /**
  * A styled `<input>` element with a label. Displays errors and integrated with