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The
day was packed with a dozen talks
and panel discussions before being
capped with the official show dinner
party at the Zollpackhof
Restaurant Monday evening.
Above:
Show moderators Braden Pollock
and Jothan Frakes (standing
at right) got the ball rolling by
introducing Nidoma.com's
Shaun Wilkinson (at podium) who
is also a patron of Domaining
Europe's selected charity this year
- the Hope
Children's Centre in Kenya.
Shaun screened a film that detailed
the Centre's great work in providing
schooling for local children that
previously had no educational
opportunities. Proceeds from the
conference's Undeveloped.com
auction tomorrow night
will go to the Children's Centre.
Above:
Verisign Data Scientist Andrew
Simpson delivered the show's
first keynote at 9am, providing a
treasure trove of useful data on the
kind of domains that new registrants
and aftermarket buyers most
frequently purchase.
Above:
Part of the audience on the first
business day at Domaining Europe
in Berlin today.
Below:
The morning session continued with a
talk from .Global Founder Rolf
Larsen on "What a Domain
Registry Can Do for Domain Investors." .Global has made a
concerted effort to provide tools
and information geared to attract
more investors.
Above:
In the conference's first panel
discussion I had the opportunity to
join five colleagues on the stage
for an
overview of the current state of the
domain industry. Left to right are
Michael Gilmour (ParkLogic), Ana
Paula Vazquez (Sedo), Ron
Jackson (DNJournal.com),
moderator Lars Steffen (ECO.de),
Jackson Elsegood (Escrow.com)
and Thomas Rickert (ECO.de).
Below:
In the next session, veteran domain
investor Antonio Villamarin
talked about his platform for
putting the "Buying and
Selling of Keyword Domains on
Autopilot".
Above:
Domaining Europe attendees
taking notes and multi-tasking
during today's business sessions in
Berlin.
Below:
At 12 noon GoDaddy's
Aftermarket Product Manager Joe
Styler gave attendees the latest
news from the domain
aftermarket.
Above:
In the final session before the
Monday lunch break, Radix
Registry's Karn Jajoo
provided data to back up his special
presentation -
"Busting 10 Myths About New
Domain Extensions."
Below:
In the first panel discussion after
lunch the prospects for gTLDs,
Geo TLDs and ccTLDs were covered in depth. The panelists,
left to right, were Rolf Larsen
(.GLOBAL), Dirk Krischenowski (CEO,
.Berlin), Michiel Henneke (SIDN
and .Amsterdam), moderator Jothan
Frakes, Rob Monster (Epik.com),
Richard Wein (Nic.at) and Dr.
Jorg Schweiger (CEO, DENIC).
Above:
Domaining Europe Founder Dietmar
Stefitz enjoying the afternoon
business sessions today in Berlin.
Below:
A 3pm panel discussion featured
advice from leading domain investors
and brokers. The panelists, from
left to right, were Jordi Gasull
(NameAgency.com), Ilze
Kaulins-Plaskacz (ExcellentDomains,ca),
Freddy Schiwek, Marc
Stepken (Sedo), moderator
Braden Pollock, Giuseppe
Graziano (GGRG.com), Sevan
Derderian (Above.com) and Shaun
Wilkinson (Nidoma.com).
Above:
After the 4pm coffee break, Ramon
Rautenstrauch (Divulga.Media)
provided advice on "How to
Make Money with Keyword Domains."
Below:
The day's final panel discussion
followed at 5pm with the eight
experts on the dais dissecting the
ins and out of Traffic, Parking and
Development. There were, left to
right, James Tuplin (Bodis.com),
Andreas Schmid (Product
Manager at Sedo),
Axel Kaltz (ParkingCrew.com), Reza Sardeha (Undeveloped.com),
moderator Braden Pollock, David
Warmuz, Dave Roberts and
Michael Gilmour.
Above:
At 6pm Escrow.com General Manager
Jackson Elsegood gave
attendees
a primer on domain leasing
and the tools Escrow.com offers to
make leasing easy.
Below:
Yancy Naughton (HasTraffic.com)
closed out the
first day of business with some
advice on how to choose your
partners well for supply or demand
before developing or monetizing a
domain.
While
the business day was over the
night was just beginning thanks
to the official Domaining Europe
dinner party held at the
beautiful Zollpackhof Restaurant
and Biergarten, just a couple of
blocks away from the show hotel.
Above:
Domaining Europe Founder Dietmar
Stefitz (standing) with guests
at
tonight's dinner party at the Zollpackhof
Restaurant and Biergarten in
Berlin. Below:
Guests could sit indoors or out and
spent most of the night
going back and forth to
mingle with friends and new
acquaintances.
Above:
Ilze Kaulins-Plascakz (from
Canada-based ExcellentDomains.ca)
and Domaining Europe Founder
Dietmar Stefitz get a round of
applause after performing an impromptu
dance accompanied by the
biergarten's accordion player. Below:
Ilze brought her lovely daughter
Natasha (at right) to Domaining
Europe. As the party finally
began winding down they searched out
Dietmar to thank him for an
unforgettable night in Berlin.
Domaining
Europe 2017 concludes with a second
full day of business Tuesday
(May 16) that will get underway at
9am. I will have all of the Tuesday
photos and highlights for you in my
next post from Berlin tomorrow
night.
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