Photos from the 35th Internet-Dating Kongress taking place on 16.-17. September 2013 in Köln. iDate2013, the "European Dating Conference" in Cologne was one of the most important events for the dating industry. Internet and mobile dating industry executives, matchmakers, mobile application providers, affiliate marketers, funders, payment processors and startups were in attendance.


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2013 iDate European Union Dating Industry Executive Conference Cologne, Germany On September 16-17, 2013
Audience	Flirt (Event Sponsors)	Pre-Conference Party
Alistair Shrimpton (European Director of Development @ Meetic)	Anna Eliason (CEO of PHPFox)	Mark Brooks (Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Final Panel	Sang-woo Pai (CEO of Markt.de)	Post Event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Maciej Koper (CEO of World Dating Company)	Networking	Karolina Shaeffer (Sr. Online Marketing Manager @ Metaflake)
Maciej Koper (CEO of World Dating Company)	Speed Networking	Michael Schrezenmaier (COO of Afinitas / eDarling )
Dating Business Professionals (Networking)	Pre-Conference Party	Post Event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Flirt (Event Sponsors)	Catharina Jaschke (Regional Manager @ Be2)	Michael Josander (CEO of Motesplatsen)
ITV films Final Panel	Chris Pleines (CEO of Zu-Zweit.de)	Erik Klaassen (CEO of DatingInsider.nl)
Party at Brvegel Deluxe	Miguel Espinoza (Developer @ PHPFox)	ITV Staff (Media)
Pre-Conference Party	Networking Party	Nick Tsinonis (Scamalytics - Sponsor)
Michael Schrezenmaier (COO of Afinitas / eDarling )	Sang-woo Pai (CEO of Markt.de)	Final Panel
Dimoco weighs in on Final Panel	Final Panel	Daniele Antoniani (Community Manager @ Mail.ru)
Erik Klaassen (CEO of DatingInsider.nl)	Speed Networking	Alistair Shrimpton (European Director of Development @ Meetic)
Chris Pleines (CEO of Zu-Zweit.de)	Jacob Kleinsasser (Speaking on Payments from Dimoco)	ITV films Final Panel
Tanya Fathers (CEO of Dating Factory)	Flirt.com (Event Sponsors)	Post Event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Kestutis Tirksliunas (CEO of Skydater / Skydis)	Networking	Final Panel (Flirt.com - Sponsors)
Audience	Mark Brooks (Publisher of Online Personals Watch)	PHPFox at the Final Panel
Final Panel: Maciej Koper (CEO of World Dating Company)	Pre-Conference Party	Karolina Shaeffer (Sr. Online Marketing Manager @ Metaflake)
Tanya Fathers (CEO of Dating Factory)	Lunch	Pre-Conference Party
Ademar de Farias Jr (CEO of Bi2Bi)	Networking Party	Questions for the Final Panel
Pre-Conference Party	ITV Interviews Mark Brooks	Ademar de Farias Jr (CEO of Bi2Bi)
Alistair Shrimpton (European Director of Development @ Meetic)	Dating Business Professionals (Networking)	Welcome to iDate
Anna Eliason (CEO of PHPFox)	Mark Brooks (Publisher of Online Personals Watch)	The Barcelo Hotel
Erik Klaassen (CEO of DatingInsider.nl)	Speed Networking	Maciej Koper (CEO of World Dating Company)
Questions for the Final Panel	Pre-Conference Party (Max shows up!)	Post Event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Distinguished Gentlemen at the Post event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)	Party at Brvegel Deluxe	Lunch
Flirt (Event Sponsors)	Daniele Antoniani (Community Manager @ Mail.ru)	Audience
Sang-woo Pai (CEO of Markt.de)	Party at Brvegel Deluxe	Michael Schrezenmaier (COO of Afinitas / eDarling )
Party at Brvegel Deluxe	Henning Weichers & Maciej Koper	Lunch
Final Panel	Networking Party	Networking Party
Dating Business Professionals (Networking)	Networking	Party at Brvegel Deluxe
Miguel Espinoza (Developer @ PHPFox)	Lunch	Chris Pleines (CEO of Zu-Zweit.de)
Kestutis Tirksliunas (CEO of Skydater / Skydis)	Sang-woo Pai (CEO of Markt.de)	Final Panel: Mark Brooks (Publisher of Online Personals Watch)
Party at Brvegel Deluxe	Lunch	Erik Klaassen (CEO of DatingInsider.nl)
Final Panel (Michael O'Sullivan)	Michael serves drinks!	Post Event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Alistair Shrimpton (European Director of Development @ Meetic)	Mark Brooks (Publisher of Online Personals Watch)	Someone got drunk….Post event Party (Hosted by Metaflake)
Questions for the Final Panel	Flirt (Event Sponsors)	Dating Business Professionals (Networking)

If you've never been to our events before, you will learn a lot about this industry while at the same time make a lot of friends in the business. We trust that you will find this event exciting, fun and a great learning experience. I hope to see you at our next event!

Marc Lesnick
The Conference Organizer

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