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 |
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