almost
no non-regional B2B events for our industry – there
is only Domain Summit in London (covering
mostly Europe), NamesCon (covering mostly the
USA), Nordic Domain Days (also covering
Europe) and Domain Days Dubai (for the
middle-East region). The rest are regional meetings
and ICANN events that are great but 9 out of
10 ICANN attendees don’t talk business there.”

Meskonis added, “Domain Summit also has a
fantastic friend from the global telecoms
world, James Williams, also known as Mr,
Connectivity, who extended us a hand of
friendship in the very beginning. Now we have an
amazing events partnership with the Mobile
Ecosystem Forum, who have invited some of their
members, including Aegis Mobile, Virgin Media O2 and
others to the Domain Summit.”

Moving
on to what attendees can expect at the 2024 Domain
Summit, Meskonis said, “Our
speakers, exhibitors and attendees are
beyond amazing, and I could talk hours about most of
them. Here are some of the many examples:

• Industry
  veteran and intellectual Werner Staub of CORE
  Association (created in 1997 as a Council
  of Registrars with the objective of
  providing new spaces to foster diversity and
  innovation on the Internet. It has since evolved
  into a not-for-profit international association
  based in Switzerland that provides domain name
  registry and registrar solutions).

•  InternetX
  (around 50% of all the .de domain name
  are registered through this powerhouse)
  

• A
  rock star entrepreneur of our industry Lars
  Jensen of ShortDot Registry (they own
  and manage 5 gTLDs)

Above:
Team Internet CEO Michael Riedl and ShortDot
Registry 
Founder Lars Jensen
at the 2023 London conference.

• The
  keynote will be given by the Michael
  Riedl himself – the CEO of the publicly
  traded, profitable and fast growing Team
  Internet (formerly known as CentralNic)
  

• You
  will have chance to play chess with the IM
  Kalin Karakehayov of seo.domains (his
  companies own over 300,000 domain names)
  

• A
  person whom I consider a friend: the very
  successful and always happy Frederick
  (Freddy) Schiwek – who years ago raised a
  huge fund to buy out all the European ccTLD
  LLL domains, and who also recently sold his
  hosting companies to the super impressive World
  Hosting Group
  

• We
  have a team attending who are working on
  domain name intelligence software with a
  purpose to build up a 1 million domain name
  portfolio
  

• The
  super easy to use crypto payment gateway Nicky.me
  are sponsoring the LED screen for the Domain
  Summit
  

• A
  German super-domainer, Martin of NicSell
  who owns 280,000+ domains.
  

• Steven
  Wright and Kieren McCarthy, two great
  Non Executive Directors of Nominet
  

• .LV
  (Latvia) are sending their CTO Ivo Kutts
  and Systems Analytics pro Kristians Melins
  to widen their perspectives from conversations
  with the businesses of our industry
  

• Always
  amazing Munir Badr (UAE), Founder of aeServer.com
  and Domain Days Dubai

Above:
AEServer.com & Domain Day Dubai Founder Munir
Badr speaking last year in London.

• Unstoppable
  Ryan Ewen, who keeps acquiring domain
  name portfolios and marketplaces (owns 4
  marketplaces)
  

• Always
  smiling and charming French professional Philippe
  Boos, the founder of Domgate
  (specializes in providing comprehensive domain
  management services, particularly focusing on
  ccTLDs)
  

• Great
  attendees from the United States (the
  biggest economy in the world): Stefanus
  Hadi, Ph.D. of DreamHost, Karen
  Bernstein, who is probably the number 1
  female IP and domain name lawyer in the world,
  the super-successful Braden Pollock (I
  admire his business discipline and success), and
  Sedo’s Mr. Premium Mark Ghoriafi
  

• Lithuania based
  world traveller Filip Borcov of Site.Pro
  is flying in from Bangladesh
  

• Both
  global leaders of their own niche “brand
  typo traffic” Dengi Media (UK) and
  SitePlug (India/USA) will be in London
  

• Always
  jolly and happy James Tuplin of Bodis
  (most don’t know, that he also is a huge
  domainer owning a large and profitable traffic
  domain name portfolio)
  

• TLD
  registry representatives from .ONE, .SKY,
  .VOTE
  

• Great
  exhibitors including GoDaddy and EURid,
  the organization that runs .eu.
  

• The
  wonderful Tess Diaz will be our moderator
  and is always happy to help all positive
  and effective business owners with her
  experience and connections

Above:
Tess Diaz (.it.com domains) will be back to
moderate Domain Summit 2024

Helmuts
also provided this broad overview of the Domain
Summit 2024 agenda:

Monday, August
19:
Kick-off the event with an exclusive off-site tour to Team Internet offices (invitation only)
Networking drinks party hosted by it.com Domains. 

Tuesday, August
20:
Exhibition area opens (Admiral Suite, B-3)
Main Stage sessions (Admiral Suite, B-3)
International
Women’s Association Convention (GMT Suite. B-2),
co-organized by Natalia Japerte of it.com Domains
Networking evening at The Veg Box Cafe 
 
Wednesday, August 21:
Exhibition area (Admiral Suite, B-3)
Main Stage sessions (Admiral Suite, B-3)
Digital Assets Track (GMT Suite. B-2), co-organized
with Daniel Stanica of Monetize.info
community
Networking evening at The Veg Box Cafe  

Thursday, August 22: a delightful way to end the Summit and create lasting connections:
Optional Farewell Gathering. Enjoy a late breakfast with fellow attendees
Walk in the beautiful Hyde Park (weather permitting). 

Meskonis
added, “There are various sponsorships available, and full tickets are available for £450 ($575), and Free 1-Day Session Passes are available at Eventbrite (created for industry companies up-to 5 employees): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/967626305327
and https://www.eventbrite.com/e/967638692377 

Summing
it all up, Helmuts said, “The opportunities for
a business from our industry are as great as you
will ever get. No policy, no tourists – strictly
good business talks!”