August 13th

• All day: Registration
• 8:00-9:00am Breakfast
• 9:00-9:15am Welcome & Brief Introduction
• 9:30-10:30am Keynote Address: The Castello Brothers (Michael and David Castello) The Future of Domaining – Building Your Brand
• 10:30-10:45am Morning Break
• 10:45-11:45am New TLDs, .TEL, presentation – Justin Hayward
• 12pm-1pm Lunch
• 1:00-2pm Domain Development 2.0 – Rick Silver
• 2:00-2:30pm Legal Discussion – Zak Muscovitch, Bill Sweetman
• 2:30-2:45pm Afternoon Break
• 2:45-3:30pm .CA Domains and other ccTLDs
• 3:30-4:30pm DOAC General Meeting
• 5:30-7:30pm Reception

August 14th

• 8:30-9:30am Breakfast
• 9:30-10:30am Domain Monetization Strategies – Bill Sweetman
• 10:30-10:45am Morning Break
• 10:45-11:45am Development Tools – Christian Heilmann
• 12pm-1pm Lunch
• 1-1:45pm Domain Development: Geo Sites
• 1:45-2:30pm The Castello Brothers (Michael and David Castello) Building Your Brand – Interactive Session
• 2:30-2:45pm Afternoon Break
• 3:00-4pm Domain Development and Social Media
• 6:00-9:00pm Dinner (Distillery District)

Speakers

Castello Brothers
The Castello Brothers (Michael and David Castello), the keynote speakers for Domain Convergence 2009, are the CEO and COO of the Castello Cities Internet Network, Inc (CCIN.com). The Castello Brothers own, manage and develop some of the most recognized geo and generic domain names in the world including over a thousand high profile brands such as Daycare.com, Acapulco.com, Nashville.com, Bullion.com, Whisky.com, Cost.com, PalmSprings.com, Sample.com, LagunaBeach.com, Rate.com, WestPalmBeach.com, Kennel.com and Traveler.com. The Castello Brothers are members of ICANN’s Business Constituency and were awarded the Domainer’s Choice Awards for Domain Ambassadors at the DOMAINfest Global Conference. In 2008 they were inducted into the Geo Hall of Fame at the Geo Expo.

Christian Heilmann
Christian Heilmann, a guest speaker and moderator for Domain Convergence 2009, is a geek and a hacker by heart. He’s been a professional web developer for eleven years and worked his way through several agencies up to Yahoo where he has delivered Yahoo Maps Europe and Yahoo Answers. He’s written books on JavaScript, Ajax, and web development – and now he’s ready to show you how to develop your web properties in the most effective and efficient ways possible.