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You
will find photos and highlights from
the Reception Day Wednesday here
and the first day of business Thursday
here.
Today, thanks to George Hong (Guta.com),
Deepak Daftari (eSiksha.com)
and Dietmar Stefitz (DomainingEurope.com),
who were all at the conference, we
have some closing day photos and
highlights for you.
Above
& below: The final day of WDC
began at 9:30 Friday morning when Mr.
Yongdong
Xie, the CEO of conference
host Yumi.com,
gave a presentation on how to use
big data to gain an understanding
of domain industry trends.
(Photos courtesy of George Hong, as
are others in this article unless
noted otherwise).
Above:
A view of the conference hall taken
from the stage during a morning
break.
(photo from Dietmar Stefitz).
Below:
The opening morning session continued
with a panel discussion of
current domain values and the
direction the various experts think
those may go in the future.
Above:
WDC made sure there was plenty of time
of informal networking with
coffee breaks built into both the
morning and afternoon schedules each
business day. Here (left to right) Deepak
Daftari (sSiksha.com), Frank
Schilling (Uniregistry), Dhananjeyan
Thangavelu and Anand Vora
(Donuts Inc.) pose for a group selfie.
(Photo from Deepak Daftari).
Below:
The morning concluded with the
conference's final business session
- a discussion of Domain Security,
Arbitration, Legal Issues and Traffic.
Above:
While the business sessions were now
done, the day was far from complete.
Attendees enjoyed a 90-minute
luncheon before heading out
together for an afternoon of touring
scenic Wuzhen. (Photo from Deepak
Daftari)
Below:
One of the boats carrying WDC
guests heads out for a beautiful day
on the city's waterways. (this and
all remaining photos from George Hong)
Above:
The view from a WDC boat
floating through one of Wuzhen's many
scenic waterways.
Below:
As the sun heads down, this
pastoral view of Wuzhen resembles a
painted masterpiece.
Above:
WDC attendees will be heading home
Saturday morning with conference
shuttles taking those who need to fly
to their respective airports. But
Friday night it was time for informal
get togethers at local restaurants
and bars. Industry veterans will
recognize several of the faces in this
photo from one of those final
gatherings.
By
all accounts we've heard, it was a
very enjoyable and productive week in
Wuzhen. We expect to get
some more feedback and commentary from
a couple of attendees who helped us
cover the show for you after they are
back home and settled in.
Congratulations to WDC and Yumi.com
for running another world class event!
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