The DOMAINfest conference series, presented by Oversee.net's DomainSponsor monetization service, expanded today with the announcement of two new one-day regional power networking events to be held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and New York City. Each conference will also include a live Moniker domain auction.

The Ft. Lauderdale show will be held at the W Hotel on May 13, 2010 while the New York City event will be staged at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan on August 18, 2010 (immediately following the Affiliate Summit East conference in New York). Registration for both of the new DOMAINfest shows will be available online at www.domainfest.com starting Monday, April 12, 2010.  The registration fee will be $175 per event.

Earlier this year, conference organizers announced a DOMAINfest Eur ope show that will be held in Prague, Czech Republic October 6-7, 2010. Each of these new events came after a successful DOMAINfest Global conference in Santa Monica, California in January that drew the biggest crowd to date for a DOMAINfest show. 

The agenda for each of the new regional shows will kick off at 1:30pm with a free-flowing two-hour power networking session. The Moniker auction will follow from 4-7pm with with a private dinner party hosted by DomainSponsor closing the event. Details on how to submit domains and bid either in-person or remotely in any of the Moniker live auction can be found at http://domainauctions.moniker.com

Peter Celeste, the Senior Vice President of Oversee.net (and General Manger, Monetization Services) said “These one-day power networking events are specifically designed to encourage more participation from local and regional professionals who may not be able to afford the time and expense to travel to a distant city for a two or three-day event." 

Coincidentally the new shows were announced at the same time we have a Cover Story running titled The Rise (and Fall?) of Domain Conferences - For Years They Have Thrived But Can They Survive Oversaturation? That article explores the complete history of domain conferences and explosion of industry events over the past five years.  

(Posted March 25, 2010)