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start
taking the conference to the people
by staging it in other high profile
locations across the continent. That
"new" tradition began with
the 2016
event at The Hague,
Netherlands and will continue in
Germany - a perfect location given
than country's status as a world
leader in the domain industry
with many leading companies and
investor/developers located there.
That also makes Domaining Europe 2017
a can't miss event for us, so
I will be in Berlin to cover
it all for you.
Many
new details about the show
agenda, speakers
and sponsors
have just been posted to the conference
website. It all gets
started with an exhibition
and informal networking from 3pm-8pm
in the hotel
foyer on Sunday, May 14. Two full
business days follow with a variety
of keynote speeches and panel
discussions highlighting the
schedule. Speakers from around the
world - to name just a few (and with
more still to be announced) - will
include Joe Styler (GoDaddy,
USA), Jeff Sass (.CLUB, USA),
David Warmuz (Above.com,
Australia), Jackson Elsegood
(Escrow.com, Australia), Ilze
Kaulins-Plaskacz (ExcellentDomains.ca,
Canada) and of course many top names
from Europe like Axel Kaltz (ParkingCrew,
Germany) and Rolf Larsen
(.GLOBAL, Norway).
In
addition, super moderator Braden
Pollock from LegalBrandMarketing.com
(who was profiled in our November
2011 Cover
Story) will be making
the trip over from the U.S. to again
serve as the conference
moderator.
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Dietmar
Stefitz
Domaining Europe Founder |
The
agenda highlights include
sessions on investing,
traffic, parking and
development and will cover all
domain categories including
gTLDs, ccTLDs and Geo TLDs.
There will also be sessions
on Internet governance,
domain leasing, valuation
and structuring. The
conference will conclude
Tuesday, May 16 with a
two-hour live domain
auction handled by Undeveloped.com
(who was just in the news yesterday
after being acquired by
Epik).
Verisign
will be the Platinum Sponsor
at this year's conference.
The six Gold sponsors
are ParkingCrew,
.CLUB, Sedo, .GLOBAL,
Italy's Nidoma and
China's Yumi. Silver
sponsors are Nominet
and GoDaddy with additional featured sponsors
and media sites also
supporting the effort.
Tickets
are available in two
categories. The standard
ticket including all
catering and VAT tax is €477.95
($504.17 at today's
exchange rate). There is
also a special VIP ticket
(VAT tax included) at €786.50
($829.65). The |
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show
site says the VIP ticket
includes "VIP
treatment, all side events
and a Boat Trip and
Sightseeing Tour on
Sunday." In addition,
€100 from every fully
paid ticket will go to The
Hope Children's Centre.
I'm
looking forward to seeing
our many European friends
(as well as those coming in
from other parts of the globe)
for what should be a very
productive week in Germany's
vibrant capital city. |
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