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T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York Conference Is Underway - New Cities for
2010 Shows to Be Announced Today
The
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference
got
underway last night with a welcoming cocktail party at
the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. A good crowd was on
hand (show organizers said approximately 270 people has
registered) despite conflicting dates with the ICANN
meeting currently underway in Seoul, Korea that
siphoned away a considerable number of people who would
have been at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. otherwise.
Scene
from the welcoming cocktail party that kicked off
the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York conference Monday night at the Brooklyn
Bridge Marriott.
Above
(left to right): Alphan Culha (PPX
International), Melissa Caputo (NameDrive.com)
and Daniel Law (NameDrive.com) were among the
opening night crowd.
Below
(left to right): Also on hand were Larry Fischer
(DirectNavigation.com),
Michael Berkens (TheDomains.com), Lizzy Grant (New
York based recording artist
and daughter of domain investor/developer Rob Grant) and
Judi Berkens.
While no
official business was scheduled during the cocktail
party, I picked up some interesting information in
private conversations. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. will reportedly
announce their final show schedule for 2010 today and
the line up of cities that were on a preliminary list
that was circulated when Rick Latona joined show
co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu as
a partner has changed considerably. It has
already been announced that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. will return
to Las Vegas in January, but conferences in four
new international cities will reportedly be announced -
those being Milan, Italy, Vancouver, Canada,
Dublin, Ireland and Hong Kong. In addition
there will be a Florida show at about this time
next year and it looks very likely that that show will
be held on Miami's trendy South Beach.
Speaking of
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard
Neu, after last night's cocktail party they headed
to the Marriott's private 23rd floor concierge lounge to
meet with CNN anchorman Rick Sanchez who
will deliver the show's keynote address at a luncheon
today. Diana and I happened to be there getting a late
cup of coffee when the trio arrived so I took the
opportunity to snap a shot of them on the balcony
overlooking the New York skyline.
(Left
to right): Howard Neu, CNN anchorman Rick
Sanchez and Rick Schwartz. Sanchez
will delivere the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. keynote address at a
luncheon this afternoon.
Industry
companies often use T.R.A.F.F.I.C. to make their debut
or to announce new products or services. DomainAdvertising.com
was the first new company to introduce themselves while
sponsoring last night's cocktail party. The company said
their mission is to evangelizes the domain
medium and its merits to key online ad spend
controllers, and help these media buyers effectively use
the domain channel. VP of Strategy and Business
Development, Alap Ghosh, is here to tell the
company's story and they have a double booth in the
exhibit area that will make them easy to find this week.
I'm
getting ready to head to the conference area now for the
first full day of business and it will be a busy one,
including the Rick Latona Auctions live domain auction starting at
4:30pm. The day will actually run into the wee hours
of Wednesday morning since Skenzo's official show
party that gets underway tonight at 9 (at popular New
York night club Touch) will run well past
midnight. I'll have photos and highlights from today's
activities for you in this space Wednesday morning. |
