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Line 32: − − During the last years he published various papers on how local top-level domains contribute to place branding; Dirk also has been speaker at numerous conferences on the topic, including United Nations (IGF), European Council, ICANN and many other occasions. Due to his work over the past years Dirk created awareness and incited cities and regions worldwide to aim for their respective top-level domain as in New York, Paris, Tokyo, and Bavaria. − − In June 2011 the German Internet Association eco e.V. honored Dirk Krischenowski with a special award for his exceptional achievements on the New gTLDs, especially for cities and regions.
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Given that [[ICANN]] has yet to create and allocate .berlin as an extension, Mr. Krischenowski's company does not have assurance that they will indeed become the managers of that particular space; this is further emphasized given that [[Minds + Machines]] has apparrently started its own initiative, challenging not only .berlin, but other proposed new [[gTLD]]s like [[.gay]].<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/exclusive-interview-with-dirk-krischenowski-dotberlin-qwe-did-not-ask-minds-a-machines-for-helpq.html DomainNews.com]</ref>
Given that [[ICANN]] has yet to create and allocate .berlin as an extension, Mr. Krischenowski's company does not have assurance that they will indeed become the managers of that particular space; this is further emphasized given that [[Minds + Machines]] has apparrently started its own initiative, challenging not only .berlin, but other proposed new [[gTLD]]s like [[.gay]].<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/exclusive-interview-with-dirk-krischenowski-dotberlin-qwe-did-not-ask-minds-a-machines-for-helpq.html DomainNews.com]</ref>
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