Australia Domain Name and Online Conference & Auction

I am considering running an Australia Domain Name and Online Conference & Auction. This would be purely Australia market .com.au focused for Startups, Business, Entrepreneurs, Investors etc. It would be small to start possibly at the Hilton or other CBD hotel Sydney.

Date: late 2017?
Location: possibly Hotel Sydney CBD Australia.
Cost:

Australian Domain Names
Speakers

• How the right .com.au domain name can help a business succeed - Case Study guest speakers
  
• How to register or buy a suitable .com.au domain name for business. The process, what makes up a good Australian domain name, registrar / reselling pricing in Australia, the process from start to finish live example etc

Australia .com.au Premium Generic Auction

• A selection of the best Premium Generic .com.au Names currently on the market.

Hosting
Speakers

• Australian hosts verses overseas
• Pricing
• Security
• Speed etc
• Security
• SSL- why?
• What to do if your website is hacked

Trademarks, IP and Australian Domain Names
Speakers

• Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
• Trademarks and domain names - latest legal results

Investing in Australian Domain names and Australian Online Business
Speakers

• How overseas investors can invest in .com.au and Australian business
• Austrade

Venture Capital, Angel Investors, Crowdfunding support forum
Speakers

• What VC's and Angel Investors are looking for when they choose to invest in Australian online businesses
• Success stories
• Pitch your .com.au online business to a VC investor

Search Engine Optimisation
Speakers

Australia Domain Name Administration and Government Oversight forum
Speakers

• auDA - What is auDA, what do they do, who do they report to.
  
• Questions and answers about auDA, Australian Domain Name Policy open forum.
  
• Department of Communication. What do they do, how to they engage with the Australian Domain name industry, how do they oversee and support feedback from online business, domain name registrants etc.

Website Development
Speakers

• Freelancer
• Website designers

Exhibition stands

• Hosting
• Registrars/ Resellers
• Venture Capital / Investors
• Austrade
• auDA ?
• Department of Communications
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Website Designers
• Online / Digital media Recruiters
• SEO
• Website security

Sponsors

• NSW Governmant
• Austrade
• Etc

Good idea!

snoopy said:

Good idea!

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Agree, DNTrade would definitely get behind this.

Word to the wise. It's expensive.

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Downunder was well attended, had multiple sponsorship's and a kickback from the venue, and still lost money.

Andrew Wright said:

Word to the wise. It's expensive.

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Downunder was well attended, had multiple sponsorship's and a kickback from the venue, and still lost money.

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it is indeed expensive, but Traffic Downunder was fantastic all those years ago, it was the first real Australian commercial event! Great international speaking line up - the website is still live from 2008 I got to speak and met a whole heap of people Im still friends with today

Thanks keep the feedback coming, This would not be on a scale of Traffic Downunder.
Probably 2 days 10 am - 4 pm. This can help people fly in and out as needed
Sydney CBD Hotel Conference room.
Focus is on Australia .com.au only, Australian business and digital economy development etc
Sorry no grandiose parties, resorts or dj's, no paid speaking etc.
Also suitable for the many newcomers to online business, Australian domain names as well as those who have been sitting on their domain names hoping for "that day' to come when they build it, get VC or sell it...This may be that very day to get people moving or even sell it to someone else who will do something with it.

• Online business workshops.
  
• Peer / Expert Domain name portfollio review - Keep monetise and build, sell or drop / non renew
  
• Workshops also if time permitted.