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Photos
and Highlights from the 2009 MeetDomainers Conference in
Warsaw, Poland The
2nd Annual MeetDomainers
Conference
concluded
at the Marriott in Warsaw, Poland Sunday
(September 27). We've just received some photos
from the three-day show for European domainers, courtesy
of conference founder Daniel Dryzek. The event
got underway on Friday (Sept. 25) with welcoming
comments from Dryzek followed by a seminar on legal
matters. 
Part
of the crowd at a MeetDomainers 2009 opening
day seminar on legal affairs. The
afternoon session then kicked off with a speed
networking session - always one of the most popular
attractions at any conference. 
Scene
from the opening day speed networking session at MeetDomainers
2009 in Warsaw Next
on the agenda was a session covering registrars and
registries in Poland and around the world. Dryzek
moderated a panel that included (left to right in the
photo below) Ken Hansen (Neustar), Adam Wagner (EuroDNS),
Michau Pleban (Aftermarket.pl) and Daniel
Kotyras (NetArt). 
After
a lunch break, the opening day of business concluded
with a live domain auction that generated close
to €80,000 ($116,800) in sales. 34 of the 60
domains that went up for bid changed hands. The biggest
sale was Lekarze.pl ("doctors" in
Polish), a Polish ccTLD that went for €33,750
($49,275). A complete list of auction results is
available here. 
Above:
scene from the MeetDomainers live domain auction
September 25 Below:
Auctioneer Krzysztof Konieczny conduction the sale 
Conference
founder Daniel Dryzek was among the bidders in
the live domain auction. The
Saturday (September 26) schedule was highlighted by four
seminars including the day's opening panel discussion
featuring a group of European domainers who shared their
experiences and opinions with the audience, while also
taking questions from the crowd. 
Above:
Leszek Sękowski (left) and Frederick
Schiwek (DomainInvest.lu) were panelists
for the opening session Saturday (Sept. 26) called
"Domainers Meet Domainers" EuroDNS
hosted the conference party at the Opera Club
Saturday night and the show concluded with a day of
social activities Sunday (Sept. 27), including a tour of
the city (complete with English speaking guides). 
Ken
Hansen of Neustar (left) came from the U.S.
to make some new friends in Poland. From
everything we have heard the event was very well
received by everyone who attended. Poland is a rapidly
growing market for domains and with the success of this
year's show, round three would appear to be a certainty
for 2010. |
