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Above
& below: In the first
business session at THE
Domain Conference 2016 Monday
morning (Sept. 12), an expert panel
discussed How to Weed Good
Names and Extensions From the Bad.
Those are the dais included (left to
right): Moderator Michael Cyger (DomainSherpa.com),
Joe Styler (GoDaddy.com), Crews
Gore (InterNetX.com), Daniel
Schindler (Donuts.domains), Monte
Cahn (RightOfTheDot.com) and Jeff
Sass (.CLUB). Before the session
began Broward County Mayor Martin
Kiar welcomed attendees from
around the world to Fort
Lauderdale.
Above:
Next up Brett Napoli (AmbitionInsight.com)
delivered a well-received
presentation The Big Picture -
How to Turn a Domain Name Into a
Business, a popular topic
that Brett had also detailed in
depth while helping lead TDC's
Startup Saturday event for local
entrepreneurs.
Above
& Below: During the Verisign-sponsored
noon luncheon Monday, Sedo.com
CEO Tobias Flaitz came over from
company headquarters in Cologne,
Germany to deliver TDC's first Keynote
Address - one that encouraged
industry collaborations and
partnerships to benefit all.
Tobias made the trip even though he
knew he would have to rush back to
Germany for one of Sedo's biggest
annual events - today's opening of
the giant DMEXCO show that
will draw tens of thousands of
digital marketing professionals to
Cologne.
Above:
On the way back to the main
conference room we paused in the
Exhibit Hall (located immediately
outside the conference hall) to
check out some of the sponsor's
booths. Attendees love to pick up
"swag" - company T-Shirts,
pens, playing cards - you name
it - anything with the company logo
on it - and the innovative marketers
at .CLUB offered a wide array
of it. (Left to right): Angela
(.CLUB) welcomes booth visitors Eddie
& Barbara Sixto.
Below:
Coffee.Club's free coffee and
coffee cake was also a very
popular draw in the Exhibit Hall -
all provided by company founder Bill
McClure who was on hand for the
show.
Above:
Payoneer.com's Brandon Abbey and
Matthew Watts had a prime
position right next to the
Conference Room entry doors.
Brandon, the former President at Escrow.com,
is helping global payments giant
Payoneer expand their operations in
the domain space.
Above:
The afternoon session at TDC Monday
began with an exploration of How
Will .Brands Affect the Market?
The panelists included Amazon.com's Stacey
King, RightOfTheDot.com's Monte
Cahn (both seen above), Jebidiah
Burnett (Rightside.co) and Daniel
Schindler (Donuts.domains)
Below:
Next up, leading industry attorneys
took the stage to discuss UDRP
& Legal Issues. The distinguished
panelists included Canada's Zak
Muscovitch (DNAttorney.com),
seen here, attorney/author Gerald
Levine from New York City, Phil
Corwin (Virtual Law LLC and ICA
Legal Counsel) and Stevan
Lieberman (Greenberg &
Lieberman LLC).
Above:
After the attorney's session we
visited the Escrow.Domains
booth - a company founded by Stevan
Lieberman (left) who was featured
on the legal panel discussion. Shannon
Gregory helped Stevan introduce
Escrow.Domain services to attendees.
Below:
Industry veterans (left to right) Chad
Folkening (ECorp.com), Mark
Daniel (DomainHoldings.com) and Dr.
Chris Hartnett were among the
attendees from around the world at
TDC 2016
Above
& below: The final session of
the day was devoted to fun and games
thanks to a Larry Fischer
creation - Domain or Not a
Domain? It was a live quiz
show in which three two-person teams
had to guess whether a domain name
Larry announced was actually
registered or not registered. It is
a lot tougher to guess right than
you might think! Above you see the
three teams - Alan Shiflett (GoDaddy)
and Andee Hill (Donuts.domains),
then Sevan Derderian
(Uniregistry) and Michael Cyger
(Domain Sherpa), followed by Braden
Pollock (LegalBandMarketng.com)
and Tessa Holcomb (Igloo.com).
Larry Fischer sits on the
stage (waiting to pounce) while TDC
Co-Founder Howard Neu
tells everyone how the game works.
In
the end, Braden & Tessa
(below) eked out a come from
behind win to pick up a prize
from Larry - a cocktail
recipe book that no doubt came in
handy at the Igloo.com Suite
Party Monday night. In a second
round of the game the entire
audience participated where the last
man standing - having gotten every
question right - was Steven
Kaziyev of NewYorkMedia.com.
Steven won a ticket to the 2017
edition of THE Domain Conference for
his expertise!
Above:
With the business day out of the
way, many attendees gathered in the
Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Lounge or
scattered around town to corporate
client appreciation functions like a
Donuts.domains dinner just
down the street at Fort Lauderdale's
outstanding Market 17
restaurant. Here Donuts Co-Founder
and EVP Dan Schindler uses a
chair as a makeshift stage to
welcome his guests.
Below:
(left to right) Dan Schindler
(Donuts), Jebidiah Burnett (Rightside.co)
and Andee Hill (Donuts) at
the Donuts.domains client
appreciation dinner.
Above:
Later Monday night it was time for Igloo.com's
traditional open to all Suite
Party. Igloo Co-Founder Gregg
McNair started the function and
while Gregg could not attend this
year, his fellow Igloo Co-Founder Tessa
Holcomb (with guest Pinky
Brand here) picked up the flag
and, with her team, carried it into
the wee hours of the night.
Below:
Some of the first arrivers at the Igloo.com
party (left to right in front): Tessa
Holcomb, Larry Fischer, Kamila
Sekiewicz, Michael Cyger
and Mark Levine. Magically
elevated behind them are Eddie
Sixto and Steven Kaziyev.
As
I write this, the Tuesday business
day has also concluded and we are
now getting ready for this morning's
closing event - another tradition -
the Farewell Breakfast.
Tuesday (day and night) was so busy
I haven't had a chance to even get
through the photos yet and we will
be heading back to Tampa right after
breakfast, so I will have the
Tuesday Photos & Highlights, as
well as those from the Farewell
Breakfast, in my next post that will
come out Thursday when I will
be back home and in a position to
put it all together for you.
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