Conference starts with local beer and appetizers.
I get a lot of bang for my buck at domain name conference through the connections I make. But often times I have to search out new faces at the conferences — it’s the same people each time.
That’s not the case at DOMAINfest in Prague. The event kicked off with a happy hour about 2 hours ago. About half the people haven’t been to a DOMAINfest before, but I’d say 75% of the faces I’ve seen tonight are new to me. That’s a good thing: more bang for my buck. More introductions. More people to do business with in the future. Of course there are also some familiar faces such as John Berryhill. He has enlightened me to trademark issues regarding beer in the Czech Republic.
The “main event” starts tomorrow morning local time. After a couple talks and a networking session there will be an auction in the evening.
Now that the conference has started I have better internet access and will update you throughout the show. Except Thursday — that’s when I’ll be on a boat trip courtesy of VeriSign and then shooting an AK-47.
[Update: 212 people from 24 countries attended.]
Christopher "European Domain Centre" Hofman says
Sounds like a cool event. Let us know in your next blog post what’s happening on the forefront of the domain business