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Below:
TDC attendees enjoying a beautiful
Florida day Sunday at TDC cabanas
(Photos above and below courtesy of
Barbara Neu).
Above
& below: The Verisign cabana,
one of several sponsor cabanas that
ringed the pool, won the award for
best booth display. Cabana visitor David
Warmuz (Above.com), seated at
left, dropped in to see Verisign
Director of Strategic Account
Management Tim Switzer
(seated at right) and Verisign
Senior Product Manager Duane
Bailey (standing).
Above:
After dark it was time for TDC's
official kickoff - the traditional
Opening Night Cocktail Party.
Among the first to arrive were (left
to right) Kaitlyn O'Connor,
TDC Co-Founder Barbara Neu, Steven
Kaziyev (NewYorkMedia.com) and
TDC Co-Founder Ray Dillman Neu
(Ray and Kaitlyn are engaged and
planning an April wedding)!
Below:
The party was held in the revolving
meeting room that sit on top of the
Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel, 17
floors up, giving guests a
spectacular 360-degree view
of the Fort Lauderdale area. While
the view was incredible attendees
were more focused on catching up
with each other!
Above:
TDC Co-Founder Howard Neu
with Kamila Sekiewicz (ICA
Operations Manager) and, at right, Andee
Hill (Donuts Inc.). Kamila and
Andee have played instrumental roles
in helping the Internet
Commere Association grow
and fulfill its mission to protect
the interests of domain investors
and developers.
Below:
The opening night party had two
purposes - to kick off the
conference and to also celebrate the
10th anniversary of the ICA!
Above:
ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin
(with Board Member Nat Cohen behind
him) tells the audience about the ICA's
10-year history of protecting
the rights of domain industry investors
and developers and thanks them for
their support of the organization.
Below:
ICA members in attendance
gathered for a group photo after
Phil's talk.
Above:
After celebrating the ICA's
continued growth and success,
attendees continued to enjoy the
opening night of THE Domain
Conference. Here is a group of domain
guys from around the globe
- (left to right) David
Warmuz (Australia), Ron
Jackson (USA), European trio Frederick
Schiwek, Axel Kaltz and
Jochen Kieler, and Mark
Thomas (USA).
Below:
Still, as always, Dr. Chris
Hartnett is the coolest guy in
the room! (photo from Barbara Neu)
Above:
(L to R) Barbara Neu, Ilze
Kaulins-Plaskacz (ExcellentDomains.ca)
and Diana Jackson say goodbye
as a delightful opening night at the
TDC comes to an end.
Now
it's on to business with two full
days of keynotes speakers, panel
discussions and non-stop networking
today and tomorrow, followed by
Wednesday morning's Farewell
Breakfast. I'll have all of the
photos and highlights from Monday's
first day of business in my next
post from Fort Lauderdale.
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