The 2015 CENTR Awards will be held in October in Brussels. Earlier this week the shortlist of finalists was announced. Here’s the list:
Marketing category:
- AustriaLoves.at – “Darlinks” of the nation, NIC.AT (.at)
- Domain Pirates campaign, IIS (.se)
- “Without a name it remains a dream” campaign, Registro.it
Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) category:
• OPTIMISE Fund, IEDR (.ie)
• Browse in Catalan, Fundació PuntCAT (.cat)
• Community Investment Program, CIRA (.ca)
Research and Development (R&D) category:
• Zonemaster by Afnic and .IIS (.fr, .se)
• Knot DNS by CZ.NIC (.cz)
• turing by Nominet (.uk)
Security category:
• Rapid adoption of DNSSEC, Norid (.no)
• Collaboration on auditing the ISO27001 ISMS, Christa Falkensammer (SWITCH [.ch]), Boban Krsic (DENIC [.de]) and Christian Proschinger (NIC.AT [.at])
• Turris Project, CZ.NIC (.cz)
Contributor of the Year category:
• Lise Fuhr (DK Hostmaster, .dk) and Mathieu Weill (Afnic, .fr) (combined nomination)
• CZ.NIC (Registry as a whole)
• Marcos Sanz (DENIC, .de)
• Kristof Tuyteleers (DNS Belgium, .be)
The awards are aimed at the ccTLD registries and their staff and there isn’t a public vote, which is a pity, as some of these campaigns are really interesting, while others are a little “special”.
The .se registry’s “domain pirates” campaign, for example, is a very good example of horrible marketing, as it relies on FUD:
While the .it registry’s campaign is a lot more “positive”. Check out the English version or the original Italian.
