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The
2017 Domaining
Europe
conference
is almost here. The 9th edition of
the event, that will be staged May
14-16 at the Steigenberger
Hotel Am Kanzleramt in Berlin,
will mark the first time the
show has been staged in Germany.
It is an especially appropriate
location because that European
powerhouse has long been famous for
its love of domains.
Germany's
.de ccTLD is the world's most
popular country code extension (not
counting the free .tk extension)
with over 14 million paid
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registrations
and many of the industry's leading
companies are based there. Many of
those firms will have
representatives at Domaining Europe
where they will be joined by other
corporate leaders and individual
domain investors and developers from
across Europe and around the
world.
Show
founder Dietmar Stefitz has
lined up over 40 speakers for
the event and finalized the agenda
that you can view here.
Dietmar has again enlisted Braden
Pollock (LegalBrandMarketing)
to serve as the conference
moderator, a role Braden has
excelled in at shows around
the globe. I will also be
going over to cover Domaining Europe
for you and to
participate in a panel discussion on
the opening business day (Monday,
May 15) with Michael Gilmour
(ParkLogic.com), Jackson Elsegood
(Escrow.com) and attorney Thomas
Rickert in which we will discuss
what the latest data is telling us
about the health of the industry.
Later that same day there will be
another session featuring top
brokers and investors, including lze
Kaulins-Plascacz, Freddy
Schiwek, Michael Bereslavsky,
Jordi Gasull, Shaun
Wilkinson, Sevan Derderian
and Giuseppe Graziano
that will also give attendees some
invaluable insight. Those are just a
couple of examples from the 20
business sessions scheduled for
Domaining Europe 2017.
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Some
of the biggest news since my
last
show update in
early March was the release
of details on a special online
domain auction
that Undeveloped.com
(an Epik company)
will conduct in conjunction
with Domaining Europe. That
event will run for three
weeks from May 7 through
May 21. Undeveloped has
put together an impressive
catalog with an inventory
led by Whiskey.com
(as a point of comparison, Whisky.com
was sold
for
$3.1 million
in 2014). The listings also include
HardDrives.com, Gastronomy.com,
Sevilla.com, ZUT.com
and 5.at to name just
a few. You can also submit
your own domains for sale
for consideration here.
Of
course, in addition to all
of the business events there
will be plenty of time for
informal networking and
relationship building.
There will be TWO coffee
breaks and a Lunch
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on
each business day, as well
as a big dinner Monday night (May
15), sponsored by Verisign, at the Zollpackhof
Restaurant and Beer
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There
is still time to register
for the show and book
a room at the conference
hotel. If you can make it I will
look forward to seeing you there!
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