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Dirk Krischenowski

Founder and CEO of dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG
Joined on December 26, 2005
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Dirk Krischenowski is an expert in Internet infrastructure, digital brands and ICANN. He founded dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG in 2005, the registry operator of the .berlin top-level domain and serves as their CEO and is co-founder and CEO of Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, the registry operator of .hamburg. He is also partner at DOTZON GmbH, a consultancy specializing in developing digital brands and identities for cities, regions, brands and companies.

Starting in 1999, Dirk Krischenowski developed the concept of city top-level domains and pursued the geoTLD idea in general from 2005 to their introduction at ICANN in 2014 when he launched .berlin as the world’s first city top-level domain. He founded and lead the geoTLDs interest group from 2009 and served as vice-chair until end of 2019.

Dirk Krischenowski regularly speaks at international conferences and has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and Domain Name sector. He serves as presidium member at the German chapter ISOC.DE, is a member of the Names and Numbers Steering Committee of eco, and member of the Steering Committee of the Internet Governance Forum Germany.

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2017 - Dec 13	on	GDPR: Registries to Become Technical Administrators Only?
2017 - Mar 15	on	Universal Acceptance of New Top-Level Domains Reloaded
2015 - Mar 12	on	Don't Confuse Brand and Category-Label New gTLDs
2013 - Sep 02	on	Trademarks for TLDs
2011 - Dec 01	on	ANA Moves Campaign Against New gTLDs to YouTube, Accuses ICANN of Lying
2009 - Jun 10	on	Businesses, Social Networks Getting Excited About Liberalized TLDs... Imagine yourname.facebook
2009 - Mar 19	on	WIPO Cybersquatting Report Ignores Real UDRP Trends
2009 - Mar 15	on	ICANN to IP Experts: Come Back With a Solution for Internet Trademark Protection
2009 - Feb 04	on	Logical Deduction on Why New TLDs Will Not Increase Costs for Trademark Holders
2009 - Jan 01	on	Domain Name Disputes Doubled Since 2003, Origin of Most Cases in US
2008 - Dec 29	on	ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?
2008 - Sep 24	on	Japan Domain Market Demystified
2008 - Sep 15	on	Berners-Lee Announces Creation of World Wide Web Foundation
2007 - Sep 07	on	New Paper Discusses Global City TLD's in the Public Interest
2007 - Aug 24	on	New Paper Discusses Global City TLD's in the Public Interest
2007 - Jul 30	on	DotAsia Auctions Aim to Address Problems of the Past
2007 - Jul 17	on	EU NameSpace is Dead?
2006 - Nov 20	on	Why is .EU Trying to Destroy the Internet?
2006 - Sep 13	on	GeoTLDs: Diversity is Key
2006 - Sep 12	on	GeoTLDs: Diversity is Key
2006 - May 08	on	City Identifiers on the Net: A Closer Look
2006 - May 05	on	In Bad Taste
2006 - Jan 17	on	Ask Vint Cerf: The Road Ahead for Top-Level Domains
2006 - Jan 04	on	Urban Identity by City Top-Level Domains

Topic Interests

DNS, New TLDs, Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Web, Policy & Regulation, Multilinguism, Internet Governance, Email, Whois, Domain Management, UDRP, Law, Regional Registries