Domain Days Dubai Concludes 2025 Conference - Dates for 2026 Event Already Set

Editor's Note: Our full review of the 2025 Domain Days Dubai conference (DDD) has now been published with photos and highlight from every sessions. With additional information now in hand about what's next for this rapidly growing event, this post has been updated..

The curtain came down on the the 3rd annual Domain Days Dubai conference Thursday night (October 23) with a yacht tour of the city's scenic harbor capping off the well received event. While Founder Munir Badr

launched the show to put Dubai and the Middle East/Africa region in the spotlight, it has attracted attendees from around the globe from the start. With a record number of international attendees this year, that has opened the possibility of seeing Domain Days events in other locations in addition to Dubai. So, expect to see the brands Domain Days and Domain Days Dubai used interchangeably in the years ahead (the DDD website is at DomainDays.com).

Meanwhile, recognizing that  the number of events and commitments that people in the industry have to fit into limited calendar space - and all of the planning that goes into that - Munir gave everyone a head start by announcing that next year's edition of Domain Days will be held October 14-15, 2026. As for the just concluded 2025 extravaganza in the UAE metropolis, we are planning a complete conference review when the professional photos come in. In the meantime, here are some scenes captured by attendees and posted on social media:

Above & Below: Domain Days Founder & Curator Munir Badr welcomes a full house to the 3rd annual edition of the event at the Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah October 22. (Photos courtesy of Domain Summit Founder Helmuts Meskonis, seen at far right in the photo below).

Above: The Program Director for Domain Days, Leonid Todorov, followed Munir onstage to give attendees a rundown on what was in store for them over the next two days.

Below: The business sessions at Domain Days featured leading industry experts from around the world. One especially popular panel discussion on Mastering the Art of Investing & Sales featured (left to right) Darpan Munjal (Atom.com), Braden Pollock (Legal Brand Marketing), Mark Ghoriafi (Sedo's "Mr. Premium) and Jack Dai (DN.com).

Above: With Domain Days being held in the United Arab Emirates, there was a lot of interest in the nation's ccTLD - .ae. The audience got a comprehensive inside view of the extension in a Keynote presented by Mohammad Ismail Alfalasi (Manager, Digital Resources Management, TDRA).

Below: Much of the innovation in the tech world is coming from Dubai. Marwan AlZarouni (CEO of AI for Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) as well as CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center) provided some great insight into what has propelled the city into a global leadership role.

Above: The owner of the first .com domain registered on the Internet (Symbolics.com),  Aron Meystedt (at right in this picture with DN.com's Jack Dai), was also a featured speaker at Domain Days. Symbolics.com is celebrating its 40th birthday since being registered in 1985!

Below: Also on hand to present CEO Insights That Rhyme With Success were (left to right): Lukasz Gawlor (WebHosting.today), Elias Rendon-Benger (InterNetX), Lars Jensen (ShortDot SA) and Michael Osterloh (HostAfrica).

Above: Domains Days 2025 came to a spectacular close with a yacht tour along the Dubai skyline Thursday night (October 23).  Domain Days Founder Munir Badr (3rd from left) is with some of the guests admiring the view on a perfect evening in the UAE.

More to come soon when we'll take a deeper dive into Domain Days.

(Posted October 24, 2025)   

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