Quimper meeting practicalities

geoTLD.group Members meeting June 2022, Quimper

Meeting dates

• Wednesday 1 June: 19:00-…  brewery visit & dinner
• Thursday 2 June: 9:00 – 17:00  Meeting Day 1, followed by a welcome reception at the Quimper Town Hall
• Friday 3 June: 9:00 – 13:00 Meeting Day 2

Draft Agenda

Times are in CEST ( UTC+2)

Wednesday 1 June

19:00 Informal get together / brewery visit & dinner: “La Baleine Déshydratée”, 16 Rue Haute, 29000 Quimper, 

Thursday 2 June 

Meeting venue:  “Chapeau Rouge” Congress Center, Rue due Paradis, 2900 Quimper

09:00-11:00 Block 1:  GeoTLD business 

1. Welcome & introductions 
2. Presentation by host
3. Updates from members / Roundtable (Each member is invited to provide a short 2 minutes update)

11:00-11:30 coffee break 

11:30-13:30 Block 2: geoTLD market & market development 

4. Evolutions observed in geoTLDs markets

• Overview of market and observed trends  (research prepared by .eus)
• group discussion

5. Marketing actions and new services – presentations by members

• .alsace Louis Benjamin
• .eus crawling Josu Waliño
• .gal Luis Antelo
• .africa Lindelwa Mjangeka
• .cat (update SEO research) Beatriz Guzmán
• .stockholm Marcelle Abou Haidar Johansson

6. update on geoTLD.group activities (marketing TF update, geoTLD onboarding, …)

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 Block 3 :  Regulatory developments / ICANN policy

7. Update on recent EU regulatory initiatives and their potential impact. Elena Plexida VP Government and IGO Engagement
8. DNS Abuse – NetBeacon initiative by the DNS Abuse Institute. Graeme Bunton. DNS Abuse Institute Director
9. ICANN Update. Mert Saka GeoTLD Group ICANN Liaison
10. ICANN Policy work – the IDN ePDP Dennis Tan Tanaka, IDN ePDP Drafting Team Chair
11. Update from the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG)  Sam Demetriou, RySG Chair and the Brand Registry Group BRG Martin Küchenthal, BRG Board member

17:30-18:30 Reception at the town hall

18:30 – … City walk 

20:00 – … Dinner

Friday 3 June 

09:00-11:00 Block 4: Sharing and Learning

12. Q & A exchange with a non-geo new TLD –  Radix (.online, .site) Neha Naik, Sr. Director Channel Partnerships at Radix ;
13. 2022 Registry Audit  – exchange of experiences
14. geoTLD.group-ICANN community engagement – Follow up & next steps

11:00-11:30 coffee break

11:30-13:30 Block 5: GeoTLD.group Housekeeping

15. Update on Budget and Management plan
16. geoTLD Excom elections announcement
17. Any pending business
18. Next meeting

Meeting venue

« Chapeau Rouge » Congress Center, located in the historical and pedestrian center of Quimper, Rue due Paradis, 2900 Quimper https://quimper-evenements.fr/pro/centre-des-congres/

How to get to Quimper

BY TRAIN

The Railway station is located in town center (1 place Louis Armand, Quimper).  There are numerous daily high speed TGV connections. Journey time Paris-Quimper: 3h15 / 3h30.  https://www.sncf.com/en

BY PLANE

• From Quimper Cornouaille (Pluguffan, 7 km from Quimper): https://www.quimper.aeroport.bzh/ 
• From Lorient (60km from Quimper) : www.lorient.aeroport.fr
• From Brest (75 km from Quimper) : https://www.brest.aeroport.bzh/
• From Nantes (230 km from Quimper) : www.nantes.aeroport.fr
• From Rennes (210 km from Quimper) : www.rennes.aeroport.fr

BY CAR

• Quimper – Brest: 45 min 
• Quimper – Vannes: 1H30 
• Quimper – Rennes: 2H00 
• Quimper – Nantes: 2H15 
• Quimper – Paris: 5H00

BY BUS

Quimper bus station : Numerous daily bus connections: http://www.breizhgo.bzh

Accommodation

Terres de France Appart’Hotel Quimper*** (240 m – 3 min by foot)

https://www.apparthotel-quimper.com/

Best Western Plus Hotel Kregenn**** (800 m – 10 min by foot)

https://www.hotel-kregenn.fr/en.php

Hôtel de la Gare **  (1.3 km – 16 min by foot)

https://www.hoteldelagarequimper.com/

Mercure Quimper Centre**** (1.3 km – 16 min by foot)

https://mercure.accor.com/fr/france/index.shtml

Escale Oceania Quimper Centre *** (800 m – 10 min by foot)

https://www.oceaniahotels.com/fr/

Hotel & Spa GINKGO ****  (1.2 km – 16 min by foot)

https://www.hotel-ginkgo.com/

Hôtel Gradlon *** (1 km – 13 min)

https://www.hotel-gradlon.fr

The whole list  https://www.quimper-tourisme.bzh/en/hebergement/les-hotels/?slg=hotel&mdf_cat=-1&page_mdf=281a2256acfa4c2274299a85c473e599