Domain Pulse 2009, an annual meeting organised by the registries of Austria (nic.at), Switzerland (SWITCH) and Germany (DENIC) will this year be held in Dresden, Germany on February 12 and 13.

The conference is the most significant conference in the German-speaking region on domain names, and this year the emphasis is on the Introduction of new Top Level Domains plus also internet governance. And fear not English speakers, there are real-time translations of presentations in German into English, and vice versa when presentations are in English.

This year Domain Pulse will be held at the Maritim Hotel and Internationales Congress Center in Dresden and special conference rates are available in the Maritim Hotel and Hotel Kempinski. Registrations for the conference is free.

Presentations this year include:

The web's a stage - philosophical remarks about living in the Internet world by Prof. Peter Sloterdijk, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe

Introduction of new Top Level Domains - What lies ahead of us? by Olof Nordling from ICANN and Tim Schumacher from SEDO and further stakeholders on the topic.

Online Reputation Management - All about XING, Facebook and others

Internet Governance - Report of IGF 2008 by Jeannette Hofmann, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Update from DENIC, nic.at and SWITCH

Advertising and the Internet: Volume, business models and perspectives by Oliver Sender, Nielsen Online.

For more information and to register, go to www.domainpulse.de.

Kind regards,

Andreas Hölting
Press Officer
DENIC eG

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