The past 24 hours at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDS conference in Amsterdam has been packed with activity including the conference keynote address from Dr. Kevin Ham (Reinvent Technology) that is in progress as I write this from the ballroom at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel where the show is being staged. When I posted yesterday I was just getting ready to leave for the evening dinner at the historic West Indies House (where the original plans for the city of New York were drawn up in the 1600's). That wound up being a great evening that began with a cocktail hour in the courtyard and culminated with an Indonesian dinner served both indoors and out.

Scene from the Tuesday night cocktail party/dinner 
at Amsterdam's historic West Indies House.

This morning the focus returned to business with an opening session featuring representatives from two more registries (America's .us and Cameroon's .cm) providing details on what is happening with their ccTLDs. I'll have details on all of the sessions in our comprehensive conference revew article that will be posted next week. Ryan Steel, President of mini-site developer AEIOU.com spoke at lunch followed by two afternoon panel discussions. 

In the first of those, domain monetization alternatives were discussed by Gregg McNair (Strata PPX Services), Laurent Muellender (Sedo.com) and Rick Silver (N49 Interactive). Attorneys John Berryhill and Paul Keating followed in an informative and entertaining session in which T.R.A.F.F.I.C. co-founder Howard Neu (who is also and attorney) served as both the moderator and a participant.

The business day closed with Dr. Ham's keynote address that was delivered via an Internet video hookup with Dr. Ham speaking to attendees in Amsterdam from his office in Vancouver, Canada. The connection worked flawlessly and the two-way hookup allowed moderator Rick Latona to call on audience members who asked Kevin questions at the end of his talk. 

Rick Latona watching Dr. Kevin Ham's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs keynote address 
from the stage at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam Wednesday.

I have been taking notes throughout Dr. Ham's speech and will have a summary of his comments in our upcoming show review article. The Wednesday schedule will conclude this evening with dinner at another historic Amsterdam location - Restaurant d'Vijff Vlieghen.  With one day still to go I can tell you this has been an exceptionally informative and entertaining conference. During his talk, Dr. Ham mentioned that his brother Don, who is here in Amsterdam, told him that he thought this was the best show since the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Delray Beach, Florida back in 2004. High praise indeed.