Photos and Highlights from the Final 24 Hours at the SedoPro Partners Forum in Key West, Florida

The 4th annual SedoPro Partners Forum  ended at the Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida Friday afternoon (Oct. 9). Our last post brought you up to date on meeting highlights through Thursday afternoon. That evening guests were treated to a gourmet dinner on the waterfront deck of one of Key West's most popular restaurants - The Strip House. 

Eric Sundberg (left) and Sedo Co-Founder Ulrich Priesner chat 
during the Thursday night dinner at The Strip House restaurant in Key West.

After dinner, everyone headed to the grand ballroom at the Casa Marina Resort for a 1920's themed gala complete with flapper girls and a great live band. 

Above: A scene from the Thursday night gala during the SedoPro Partners Forum.
Two photos blow: Guests enjoy the show before hitting the dance floor themselves. 

Knowing that the gala would keep everyone up late Thursday night, the final business session of the conference wasn't scheduled until 10:30am Friday. That 90-minute panel discussion on The DNA of TLDs was moderated by Sedo's COO & General Counsel Jeremiah Johnston and featured (left to right in the photo below) Andrew Allemann (DomainNameWire.com), Ron Jackson (DNJournal.com), Jeremiah Johnston, Lance Wolak (.Org registry) and Ken Hansen (.Biz registry). 

The wide ranging discussion touched on a number of areas, including ICANN's plans to roll out an unlimited number of new gTLDs. I'll have details on this session (and the others conducted during the conference) in a comprehensive show review article that we will be publishing next week. 

After the closing session, the curtain came down on the SedoPro Partners Forum with a farewell buffet luncheon on the beach.

Early arrivals at the farewell luncheon Friday staked out the shadiest positions 
in this picture postcard setting on a 90-degree day in Key West.

Just as its predecessors did, this SedoPro Partners Forum drew high praise from attendees. The annual event alternates between Europe and the U.S. so it will return to the other side of the Atlantic in 2010. Sedo invites its customers to send in their suggestions on where the next edition should be held.