Bayern Connect
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet Industry |
| Founded: | 2009 |
| Founder(s): | Caspar von Veltheim |
| Headquarters: | Hohenzollern Strasse 7 80801 Munich |
| Country: | Germany |
| Website: | www.bayernconnect.com |
| Blog: | Bayern Blog |
| Facebook: | BayernConnect |
| Twitter: |  Connect @Bayern Connect
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| Key People | |
| Caspar von Veltheim and Antony Van Couvering, Managing Directors | |
Bayern Connect is a company based in Germany appointed by the State Government of Bavaria to apply for the .bavaria (.bayern) top level domain name (TLD) with the ICANN.Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (TLDH) has a majority holdings in the company. Bayern Connect was established by Caspar von Veltheim in 2009. He serves as managing director of the company together with Antony Van Couvering. Minds + Machines will provide back-end registry solutions to the proposed .bavaria (.bayern) TLD. [1] [2] The .bavaria (.bayern) is classified as a geographic TLD representing the country of Bavaria.
Leadership[edit | edit source]
Bayern Connect's leadership include: [3]
- Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Patron
- Caspar von Veltheim, Managing Director
- Antony Van Couvering, Managing Director
- Jacob Pranter, Assistant Manager
- Elaine Pruis, Technical Director
- Peter Dengate Thrush, Executive Chairman TLDH
- Dr. Andreas Schulz, Partners of the Firm Lawyers KLAKA
- Dr. Ralf Hackbarth, Partners of the Firm Lawyers KLAKA
ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]
Since its establishment Bayern Connect actively participates in the different activities within the ICANN Community. The company attends ICANN meetings such as the ICANN 38 meeting in Brussels and ICANN 36 meeting in Seoul. [4] [5]