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Dirk Krischenowski is the founder and originator of the .berlin top-level domain and also partner and CEO of dotBerlin GmbH & Co. KG, Partner at HOTEL Top-Level-Domain GmbH, and Founder and Partner at DOTZON. Dirk started his career in various marketing and sales positions, leading national and international pharmaceutical companies. Apart from his marketing duties, he focused on developing global e-business solutions and developing business models for health portals while working for leading European media companies like Bertelsmann. He was also a member of the European Commission e-Business W@tch Advisory Board. He is a frequent speaker at e-Business and domain strategy conferences and teaches on a regular basis about virtual communities at the Institute of Electronic Business in Berlin (IEB). From the late 1990s, Dirk originated the idea of top-level domains as unique identity and place branding tool for cities and regions on the Internet into a business with founding dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG in 2005. His efforts significantly contributed to the creation of the New gTLD application process and the applicant guidebook at ICANN...read more

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'The DotAsia Organisation is the sponsor and registry operator for the .asia sTLD, the first TLD to be headquartered in Asia. The Organisation was created in 2006 through a Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement. The Sunrise, Landrush, and Pioneer Domains Program went historically smooth for .asia. It conceived of the Pioneer Domains Program as an alternative to the general first-come-first-serve policy usually put in place through the Sunrise and Landrush periods. Its departure from this model marks the first time an application for a domain name was approved on the quality of the application itself. Vint Cerf was quoted as saying : "The Pioneer Domains Program will be a useful benchmark for other new TLD operators to take into account". The Sunrise period began in October, 2007. The Landrush lasted from February to March, 2008. The Organisation claims that there were zero disputes received throughout the entire start-up process. ...read more