Domain Summit

Some domain companies are visible because of big branding.
Others are visible because the industry quietly knows they work.

Gransy is one of those companies.

Today’s Featured Attendee for Domain Summit Europe 2026 is Martin Dlouhý from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿, COO at Gransy s.r.o.

Martin represents a very practical part of the domain industry: registrar operations, wholesale services, reseller systems, domain management, registry connections and the real infrastructure that helps domain businesses work every day.

Gransy is one of the main domain registrars and internet service providers in the Czech Republic.

The company is ICANN-accredited, accredited for .cz, and works across a wide range of ccTLDs and gTLDs worldwide.

One strong milestone: Gransy recently announced that it had reached 1,000,000 domain names under management.

That is serious registrar scale.

Through its ecosystem, including Subreg.cz and Regtons.com, Gransy provides services for end customers, hosting companies, resellers, accredited registrars and domain owners.

Its services include domain registration, DNS administration, DNSSEC support, reseller programmes, white-label registrar systems, drop catching, domain sales and auctions.

That makes Martin especially interesting for Domain Summit Europe 2026.

He understands the systems, partners, resellers, support teams, registry relationships and operational pressure behind a modern registrar business.

For Kempten, this is exactly the kind of attendee we want in the room.

Someone who understands domains not only as assets, but also as infrastructure, service, process and daily business.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Martin 🇨🇿

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany

https://kempten26.domainsummit.eu/e/2138674890

Some people buy domains.
Sven builds digital real estate portfolios.

We are delighted to feature Sven Echternach from Germany 🇩🇪, Chairman of EWBCD GmbH, as a Featured Attendee at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Sven (.echternach) is a domain investor, broker, digital asset strategist, marketplace builder and, for me personally, a real-life friend.

Over the past 30 years, Sven has built a diverse domain portfolio of around 160,000 domains across different TLDs and verticals, with a strong interest in .com, .de, .uk, .ch and .li.

And one very cool detail: Sven is one of the rare domain investors who also owns his own first name in .com.

Sven.com

For a domain investor, that is not only personal branding. It is a trophy asset.

Through EWBCD GmbH, Sven works across digital assets, domains, asset management, consulting, trade, international business and platform development.

He is always happy to discuss domain brokerage, domain lending, domain financing, valuation and investment opportunities with professional domain investors and brokers.

Among the marketplaces and domain platforms connected with Sven and EWBCD are Aucdom.com, HQN.uk, SeniorNames.com, SigmaName.com, D99.de, CutNames.com, RXC.com, Nicknames.com, Metaphors.com, Information.fm, Named.cc and HQN.xyz.

Aucdom.com is especially interesting as a reverse-auction marketplace for domain buyers. HQN.uk gives the UK market its own focused platform. SeniorNames.com reflects the .ch and .li side of Sven’s portfolio world.

Sven is also very busy.

If you want to meet him in person, the best chances are usually at serious German domain and internet events: CloudFest Germany, ICANN meetings in Germany, DENIC member events, Domain Pulse in Germany, and now Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten.

For me, this announcement is personal.

Sven and Frieda are long-time friends. At Domain Pulse 2025 in Dresden, they shared part of their exhibitor stand space with me, so I could place a ConsultDomain.de pull-up banner and present the return of the original German domain forum back to the world.

That meant a lot.

Thank you, Sven and Frieda.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Sven 🇩🇪

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany

https://kempten26.domainsummit.eu/e/2138674890

Some people build domain companies.
Sebastian has built one, and helps steward one of Europe’s most important ccTLDs.

We are delighted to feature Sebastian Roethler (.roethler) from Austria 🇦🇹, founder and CEO of info.at Internet GmbH, and Executive Board Member of DENIC eG, as a Featured Attendee & Speaker at Domain Summit Europe 2026 in Kempten, Germany.

Sebastian will represent eG on our European ccTLD Discussion Panel - Business Side, alongside already confirmed representatives from Регистар националног Интернет домена Србије - РНИДС (.rs) and NIC.LV - .LV domēna reģistrs (.lv).

That makes this panel especially strong.

Austria 🇦🇹
Germany 🇩🇪
Serbia 🇷🇸
Latvia 🇱🇻

Different markets, different histories, different ccTLD models, but one shared question:

How do national domain registries continue to grow, stay trusted, and serve their communities in a changing internet?

Sebastian brings a rare perspective because he understands the domain industry from both sides.

On one side, he is the founder and CEO of info.at, an Austrian registrar and internet services company with roots going back to 1996. info.at recognised the potential of the internet early, secured important Austrian domain names, built internet portals, and became deeply involved in domain registration, hosting, consulting and domain services.

On the other side, Sebastian serves on the Executive Board of DENIC, the registry behind .de, one of the largest and most trusted ccTLDs in the world, with more than 17 million registered .de domains.

That combination matters.

He understands the registrar side.
He understands the registry side.
He understands member-based governance.
He understands the business realities of domain registration.
And he understands why national digital identity is not only technical infrastructure, but also trust, stability and responsibility.

A few interesting facts:

info.at was founded in 1996, originally under the name office edv Röthler GmbH.

In 1998, the company was selected among Austria’s TOP-100 young entrepreneurs by the Austrian business magazine Gewinn and the then Minister of Economic Affairs.

From 1996 to 2003, info.at also worked on software solutions for tax and payroll, with Steuerprofi described by the company as a market leader in Austria during that period.

info.at has been a long-time registrar partner of nic.at, an accredited .eu registrar since 2005, an accredited .be registrar since 2008, a SWITCH partner for .ch and .li, a Nominet partner for .uk and .co.uk, and a DENIC member for direct .de registrations.

This is not surface-level domain experience.

This is decades of practical domain infrastructure, registrar business and internet entrepreneurship.

On a personal note, I recently met Sebastian in Seville during ICANN86.

He is calm, professional, friendly, and exactly the kind of person who adds weight to a room without needing to dominate it.

For Domain Summit Europe 2026, Sebastian brings exactly the kind of expertise we want in Kempten:

registry governance,
registrar experience,
ccTLD business perspective,
Austrian and German market knowledge,
DENIC-level responsibility,
and a long memory of how the European domain industry was built.

Welcome to Domain Summit Europe 2026, Sebastian 🇦🇹🇩🇪

17-18 August 2026
Kempten, Germany

https://kempten26.domainsummit.eu/e/2138674890