Hits Seattle August 12-15 — Domain Roundtable
Hundreds of domain industry participants to attend Name Intelligence event; event focused on networking.
Domain Roundtable, a domain name conference hosted by Name Intelligence, will hold its 2007 conference August 12-15 in Seattle, Washington.
“The focus will be on networking,” states Jay Westerdal, Name Intelligence President & CEO. Westerdal states there is a party planned every night of the event, counting Wednesday evening following the auction. Additionally, Domain Roundtable will feature Ntag, a networking technology that makes it easy to swap information with other attendees and follow up following the conference.
Regarding 200 people have registered for the conference so far, and Westerdal hopes that number doubles by the opening of the conference. Previous Domain Roundtable conferences have attracted a wide variety of attendees. Compared to other conferences, Domain Roundtable has attracted more policy makers, government officials, and lawyers. That may be different this year.
“There will be a lot more domainers this year than in the past,” states Westerdal. “We are targeting domainers in general, but have also invited others…counting a few staff of ICANN.”
The event will feature a 450 lot live domain name auction on Wednesday, which is open for free to the public. The auction listings have not been publicly released since the Domain Roundtable staff is “triple checking” the validity and ownership of submissions. Even though the auction will feature twice as many lots as the most recent TRAFFIC auction, Westerdal states he expects the auction to last only 3 hours. Domain Capital will provide domain financing at the auction.
Domain Roundtable costs $995, but there are a number of discounts available. Domain Roundtable provided a $100 discount code to Reglike, which can be used by up to 20 people. Just enter Domainnamewire2 in the promo code box during registration at DomainRoundtable.com.
(Reglike will provide live coverage of the conference. I will be at the event Sunday through Tuesday, and will speak on a panel Monday morning at 10:30 titled “The Eyes, Ears and Voices of the Domain Universe Speak”.)
