Domain Summit Europe 2026 - August 17-18, 2026 - Kempten, Germany

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August 17-18, 2026

 

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Some people attend an industry.
Others help shape it.

We are delighted to announce Martin Steinkamp, Founder of DomainProfi and NicSell, as one of the featured attendees and speakers at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

With deep roots in the German and European domain market, Martin represents the kind of quiet excellence that defines this year’s edition: experienced, focused, entrepreneurial, and trusted by people who understand the real value of domain names.

Domain Summit Europe 2026 is intentionally smaller this year.
No unnecessary theatre. No oversized halls. No noise for the sake of noise.

Just a carefully selected room of people who build, trade, protect, invest in, and understand domains.

And Martin is exactly the kind of person we want in that room.

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Martin!

 

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Featured Attendee & Speaker | Domain Summit Europe 2026

Some speakers bring knowledge.
Others bring judgement.

We are delighted to feature Igor Motsnyi (@IgorMocni) of Motsnyi IP, Serbia, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Igor is one of those rare professionals who understands the domain name world from the legal, commercial, and international policy sides. His work sits at the intersection of trademarks, domain disputes, brand protection, Internet governance, UDRP, URS, and the practical realities faced by registrants, investors, registrars, and rights holders.

An interesting fact about Igor: he has lived and worked across multiple countries, speaks several languages, and brings more than two decades of international IP and domain name experience to the table.

Igor is also a friend of Domain Summit and has helped us form a truly strong legal panel for the upcoming Domain Summit Europe 2026.

This is exactly what we want Kempten to be about:
not noise, but substance;
not crowds, but trusted conversations;
not just attendance, but contribution.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Igor.

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Featured Attendee & Speaker | Domain Summit Europe 2026

Some people understand domain names as assets.
Some understand them as brands.
Some understand them as disputes waiting to happen.

Jim Davies understands all three.

We are delighted to feature Jim Davies, Solicitor and Director at 360 Law Services, and Company Secretary at OpenUK, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Jim is one of the UK’s most respected domain name law specialists. His career combines intellectual property, internet law, trademarks, commercial advice, governance, and real-world domain name disputes across both the UK and Australia.

An interesting fact about Jim: before becoming known for domain name law, he was part of the legal team that successfully helped protect the word “Champagne” in a leading Court of Appeal case for the French wine industry. Later, he became deeply involved in high-profile domain name disputes, including cases around MySpace.co.uk and Bounce.co.uk.

He is also a former Non-Executive Director of Nominet UK, the .uk registry, and today serves as Company Secretary of OpenUK.

For Domain Summit, Jim is more than a speaker.

He is a friend, a supporter, and one of those quiet, high-credibility people who helps good things grow. Over the years, including during the London Domain Summit editions, Jim has supported the event, spoken on domain name law, and made a number of high-profile introductions that have helped strengthen the Domain Summit network.

This is exactly the calibre of person we want in Kempten:
professional, trusted, discreet, deeply experienced, and generous with his knowledge.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Jim.

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Today's Featured Attendee & Speaker | Domain Summit Europe 2026 - @FreddyS

Some people build companies.
Some build networks.
Some quietly help others make better decisions.

Frederick “Freddy” Schiwek does all three.

We are proud to feature Freddy Schiwek from Luxembourg , Business Development at Namespace Group, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Freddy is one of those rare people in the domain and hosting industry who combines entrepreneurial experience, commercial instinct, and genuine relationship capital. His career has moved across premium domains, hosting, telecoms, business development, acquisitions, and international growth.

An interesting fact about Freddy: he co-founded Domain Invest in 2008, later built and scaled hosting businesses including Hosting.co.uk, Luxhosting.com and MonsterHost, and his hosting portfolio was acquired by World Host Group in December 2023.

Today, Freddy is part of Namespace Group, a global internet services group with a strong domain-name-centred portfolio. The image here shows only a few of the companies owned by the group. There are more, including brands across domain registration, brand protection, hosting, cloud services, and business infrastructure.

For Domain Summit, Freddy is more than a speaker.

He is a friend, a supporter, and personally a real source of inspiration to me, Helmuts. When I am stuck with business decisions, Freddy is one of the people I occasionally turn to for advice. And, he always finds time to listen and give advice. Thank you, Freddy!!

Over the years, he has always supported Domain Summit events, made many high-value introductions, and helped open important doors for the growth of Domain Summit, including introductions connected with World Host Group, now hosting.com.

This is exactly the kind of person we want in the room in Kempten:
experienced, connected, practical, generous, and quietly influential.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Freddy

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Featured Attendee | Domain Summit Europe 2026

Some founders build companies.
Some founders build markets.
Some founders quietly build infrastructure that other businesses depend on.

Hiren Shah does all three.

We are delighted to feature Hiren Shah from India , Co-Founder and CEO of Vertoz, as a Featured Attendee at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Vertoz, listed on the NSE under the symbol VERTOZ, is an AI-powered MadTech and CloudTech company working across digital advertising, marketing, media, monetization, digital identity, domain names, cloud hosting and infrastructure.

That breadth matters.

Because Hiren does not come to the domain industry only as an attendee. He comes as a builder, operator and public-market entrepreneur with real experience scaling technology businesses across markets.

One especially interesting part of the Vertoz ecosystem for our industry is ConnectReseller. ConnectReseller is the domain-reseller and registrar-side platform connected to the Vertoz group, operating as the reseller arm for OwnRegistrar Inc., an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar. For domain investors, registrars, hosting companies and web professionals, this makes Hiren’s perspective especially relevant.

An interesting fact about Vertoz: the company has publicly described itself as the first Indian AdTech company listed on NSE Emerge in 2017, later migrating to the NSE Main Board in 2020. Vertoz has also reported millions of domains processed and hundreds of thousands of active domains managed through ConnectReseller.

This is the kind of person we want in Kempten:
experienced,
international,
commercially proven,
technology-driven,
and deeply connected to the real infrastructure of the internet.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Hiren

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Today’s Featured Attendee & Speaker for Domain Summit Europe 2026 is Bonaventure Armaah from Ghana

Some people talk about cybersecurity.
Some people teach it.
Some people investigate what happens when trust has already been broken.

Bonaventure Armaah works where the digital world meets evidence.

Bonaventure is a Digital Forensic Investigator specialising in fraud investigations, cybercrime awareness, evidence handling, cybersecurity training and practical digital investigation work.

Cyber Secured Africa describes its mission clearly: safeguarding Africa from cyber crimes. Based in Accra, Ghana, the organisation focuses on cybersecurity training, digital forensics and investigations, cyber awareness, institutional consulting, and support for public safety and law enforcement.

That makes Bonaventure’s perspective especially valuable for the domain name industry.

Because domains are not only assets.
They are also identity, trust, infrastructure, evidence, attack surface and sometimes the first visible trace of online fraud.

An interesting fact about Cyber Secured Africa: the organisation runs cybercrime investigation training for law enforcement officials, including real-world cybercrime case studies, digital forensics, evidence handling, incident response, cyber law essentials and investigation tools. It also announced an OPSWAT Academy scholarship partnership to support cybersecurity education and talent development across Africa.

This is exactly the kind of voice we want in Kempten:
practical,
mission-driven,
international,
focused on real-world risk,
and connected to the future of digital trust.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Bonaventure

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Today's Featured Attendee & Speaker | Domain Summit Europe 2026

• Some people stay at the surface of the domain industry.
• Andriy Khvetkevych has built deep foundations in it: first with NIC.UA, now with NicNames.
• Depth, in his case, is not a metaphor.

We are delighted to feature Andriy Khvetkevych, based in the USA with Ukrainian roots , Co-Founder of NicNames and NIC.UA, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Andriy brings together a rare combination of domain industry experience, intellectual property law, technology entrepreneurship and Web3 thinking. He is also a Patent Attorney and has spent more than two decades building in the domain name space.

NIC.UA is one of Ukraine’s most important domain registrars and has also been described as the largest domain name registrar in Ukraine. Founded in 2007, the company helped automate domain registration in Ukraine and became a major part of the country’s domain infrastructure.

With NicNames, Andriy is now building from the United States, connecting the traditional domain world with new layers of digital identity, AI, blockchain and Web3 infrastructure.

And then there is the truly remarkable part.

Andriy is also a world-class freediver. AIDA lists his competition bests including 95 metres in Free Immersion, 80 metres in Constant Weight Bi-Fins and 71 metres in Constant Weight No-Fins.

In business terms: this is someone who understands calm, pressure, discipline and depth better than most.

That makes Andriy a particularly fitting voice for Domain Summit Europe 2026.

Because the future of domains is not only about registrations.
It is about identity, ownership, law, trust, technology and the bridge between Web2 and Web3.

This is exactly the calibre of person we want in Kempten:
experienced,
international,
technically curious,
legally sharp,
and quietly ambitious.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Andriy

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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We are delighted to announce Charlotte “Lotte” Riedl from the UK as a Moderator at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Lotte is already known to the Domain Summit community. At London Domain Summit 2024, she stepped onto the stage at just 15 years old and delivered a thoughtful presentation on how Gen Z and Gen Alpha view domain names, digital identity, trust, and new TLDs.

In 2025, she returned to Domain Summit Europe in London as a moderator, helping guide conversations on the Growth Stage with confidence, curiosity and natural presence.

That is not common.
That is not accidental.
That is the beginning of a serious voice.

One especially interesting point: Lotte has spoken about why Gen Z is not only on social media, and why owning a domain still matters for personal identity, credibility and independence online.

Her message is simple, but powerful:
a domain gives younger generations something social platforms cannot fully provide - ownership.

For an industry that often speaks about legacy, infrastructure and investment, Lotte brings something equally important:
the future customer,
the future founder,
the future decision-maker.

This is exactly why Domain Summit Europe 2026 is intentionally small and carefully selected.

Not only to gather the people who built the industry,
but also to listen to the people who will shape what comes next.

Welcome as Moderator of Domain Summit Europe 2026, Lotte

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Featured Attendee & Speaker | Domain Summit Europe 2026

Some founders enter an industry.

Dr. Fabian Heuschele is rebuilding the way that industry sells.

We are delighted to feature Dr. Fabian Heuschele from Munich, Germany , Founder & CEO of @fruits.co, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Fabian brings a rare combination to the domain world: academic depth, strategic experience, product discipline, and the kind of founder energy that makes old processes feel suddenly ready for redesign.

fruits.co is a Munich-based domain sales platform built around simplicity, transparency and conversion. Its proposition is refreshingly direct: 9.9% all-inclusive fee, automated billing and VAT service, modern sales landers, and AI-driven innovation for domain sellers and buyers.

And this is not theory.

fruits.co already showcases serious domain sales, including txt.com at $502,400 and fanbase.com at $431,400. That is not just marketplace language. That is execution.

An interesting fact about Fabian: before fruits.co, his background included strategy, management, venture building, and business education at institutions including the University of St. Gallen and the London School of Economics. That explains a lot. fruits.co does not feel like another domain marketplace. It feels like a domain sales platform designed by someone who understands business models, user behaviour, and trust.

For Domain Summit Europe 2026, Fabian represents something very important:
the next generation of professional domain infrastructure.

Not louder.
Sharper.

Not complicated.
Cleaner.

Not legacy for the sake of legacy.
Progress with taste.

This is exactly the calibre of person we want in Kempten:
strategic,
credible,
product-driven,
commercially serious,
and deeply relevant to the future of domain sales.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Fabian

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

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Some people attend events.

Rolandas Japertas turns them into partnerships.

We are delighted to feature Rolandas Japertas, based in the UK and originally from Lithuania , Business Development Manager at @it.com Domains, as a Featured Attendee and Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Rolandas represents a very specific kind of professional value in the domain industry: commercial discipline, relationship intelligence, and the ability to move between registries, registrars, resellers, hosts, startups and partners with quiet confidence.

At it.com Domains, he is part of a fast-growing UK-headquartered domain business behind the .it.com namespace. The company works with major registrar and reseller channels around the world, including names such as GoDaddy, Namecheap, Dynadot, GMO, CentralNic Reseller and Porkbun.

And this is no longer a small story.

Only a few months ago, it.com Domains announced that it had surpassed 150,000 active registrations. Today, the number is already above 170,000.

That is growth with momentum.

it.com Domains is also positioning itself far beyond one namespace. Through rsp.it.com, the company presents itself as an ICANN-evaluated, ISO 27001-certified, GDPR- and NIS2-compliant Registry Service Provider for new generic top-level domain applicants in the upcoming ICANN application window.

That makes Rolandas’ perspective especially relevant for Domain Summit Europe 2026.

He is not simply talking about growth.
He is working inside it.

An interesting fact about Rolandas: before business development, key accounts and international partnerships, he was a professional chef. Which somehow feels very appropriate. The best partnerships, like the best kitchens, require timing, trust, discipline and the ability to bring the right ingredients together.

For Domain Summit, this is exactly the kind of voice we want in Kempten:
practical,
international,
commercially sharp,
relationship-driven,
and deeply connected to the real distribution layer of domain names.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Rolandas

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany
Limited to 60 people

www.DomainSummit.eu