DOMAINfest has announced both the agenda and the list of speakers for their Barcelona conference .The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain June 7-9, 2011.
DOMAINfest organizers hope that this year's DOMAINfest will be a huge success .Last year,over 200 internet entrepreneurs and proffesionals fomr 28 countries attended the conference .
Morning presentations include:
- European Legal and Regulatory Issues. Paul Keating, founder of Law.es, will discuss the most recent, critical, legal, regulatory and ICANN trends and issues impacting domain investors in Europe and abroad.
- SEO Best Practices After Panda. Richard Baxter, CEO of SEOgadget.co.uk, will discuss the impact of Google’s recent panda algorithm changes on SEO best practices. His presentation will offer tips on information architecture techniques that can improve organic rankings. He will also offer his perspective on how the Yahoo/Bing partnership will impact users, advertisers, and publishers in Europe.
- Dark Patterns: User Interfaces Designed to Trick People. This keynote presentation will be given by Dr. Harry Brignull, User Experience Designer at Clearleft.com. Dr. Brignull will present examples of websites that rely on so-called “dark pattern” techniques designed to mislead the user into a conversion path. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how to increase conversions without resorting to “dark patterns.”
Afternoon panel discussion sessions include:
- TLD Update: Growth Trends and Investment Bets. Expert panelists will each give fast, hard-hitting five-minute presentations that highlight their top three observations and predictions regarding ccTLDs and gTLDs. Q&A to follow. Panelists include Daniel Eisenhut from InternetX, Tobian Wann from Verisign and Ken Hansen from Neustar, Inc.
- Mobile, Social and Affiliate Revenue Strategies. Expert panelists will each give five five-minute presentations highlighting a variety of new trends and techniques that can help earn maximum revenue on domain traffic. Q&A to follow. Panelists are Laurence Aderemi from Google Europe/AdMob, Miguel Ochoa from Affili.net and Peter Glaeser from Sponsormob.
English-Spanish translation services for all presentations and panel discussions on Wednesday June 8 are sponsored by Law.es.
To facilitate relationship-building among attendees on Thursday, June 9, attendees will select and participate in two different, small-group excursions. All excursion groups will reconvene for lunch and dinner to share fun stories about their cultural experiences.
Morning excursions include:
- Backstage at FC Barcelona (sponsored by Verisign)
- Gaudi walking tour (sponsored by Neustar)
- Old Town & Las Ramblas walking tour
- Tapas cooking class
- Wine tasting in Penedes
Afternoon options include:
- Barcelona in the Middle Ages walking tour
- Montserrat tour
- Savory stroll scavenger hunt
- Tapas bar crawl
- Old Town & Las Ramblas walking tour
The registration rate for all sessions,domain auction,lunches,dinner parties and relationship-building excursions in and around Barcelona is $795 .For those who want just 1 day passes,the registration rate is $295.
You can find more details here .