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Domainers
Meet,
the first domain name
industry conference ever held in the
GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council,
an alliance of Middle Eastern
nations Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,
Bahrain and Oman) concluded Sunday
(April 24, 2016) at the Hotel
Radisson Blu in Dubai.
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Conference
organizers brought in an impressive
array of industry speakers from
around he world for the inaugural
two-day event in the booming UAE
metropolis that has become an
important global business
center.
Above
and below: ParkLogic.com Founder
Michael Gilmour speaking at the
debut edition of Domainers Meet Sunday
(April 24). Gilmour, who flew in
from Australia, was one of more than
a dozen international industry
leaders who traveled to Dubai to
speak at an event designed to spur
domain industry growth in the Middle
East. (All photos in this article
courtesy of Domainers Meet)
Gilmour
posted a very positive review
of Domainers Meet on his blog today,
noting "Congratulations are in order to all of the organisers of Domainers Meet in
Dubai. I know that a lot of business will be conducted as a
result and there are plans in place already to run the conference
again next year."
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Gilmour
added, "Many domain
luminaries shared their
experience including but not
limited to Braden Pollock
(Legal Brand Marketing),
Tessa Holcomb (Igloo), Rob
Monster (Epik), Rolf
Larsen (.GLOBAL), Francesco
Cetraro (.CLOUD), Daliah
Saper (Attorney) plus a
lot of others. A real
highlight for me was hearing
from Munir Badr who
spoke on the state of the
domain/internet industry in
the UAE."
The
landmark event drew
mainstream media coverage that
will also help boost
awareness of the importance
of domain names in the
region's business community.
Holcomb, Saper and fellow
Domainers Meet speaker Adam
Wagner (Founder &
CEO, GCCInternet.com) were
all featured in a Kahleej
Times article
about the conference. Wagner
told the Times,
"GCC states offer massive
opportunities for the
domain name industry and
they have proved to be an
effective way of marketing
communication for both
online and offline. The
implementation of
professionally-selected
domain names offer
competitive advantage
through instant recognition
and credibility to the
business." |
Igloo.com
Founder Tessa Holcomb speaking
at Domainers Meet in
Dubai Sunday (April 24, 2016) |
Above
and below: Stage and audience
scenes from one of the many
panel discussions that highlighted Domainers
Meet in Dubai Saturday and
Sunday (April 23 & 24, 2016).
Above:
Toronto, Canada based Internet and
Domain Industry Consultant Solomon
Amoako
speaking Sunday (April 24, 2016) at Domainers
Meet in Dubai
Above:
Speakers and members of
the Domainers Meet
management team got
together for this
"class photo" from
the first edition of the new
Dubai based conference that
concluded Sunday (April 24,
2016).
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Domainers
Meet was established and
staged through a cooperative
effort. It is officially
owned and executed by Dubai
based startup company Yup2
Events LLC, and was
supported by World
Domain Owners Association
and WebCastle
Technologies LLC.
On a more personal level,
the guiding lights behind
the event have been the MD
of YUP2 Events LLC &
Producer of Domainers Meet Mr.
Fasaludeen and the
Founder of Domainers
Meet & Co-Founder and
CEO of |
At
left: Mr. Fasaludeen,
Domainers Meet
Producer
At
right: Esahaque
Eswaramangalam, Domainers
Meet
Founder & Co-Founder
& CEO of Yup2 Events |
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YUP2
Events LLC, Mr. Esahaque
Eswaramangalam, an
eBusiness industrialist with
a focus on Virtual Real
Estate, eBusiness
Architecture, Domain Name
Trading and eBrand
Development and Marketing
with 15+ years of experience
in the eBusiness and Domain
Name industries. |
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