NamesCon
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| Dates: | January 13-15, 2014 |
| Location: | Las Vegas, USA |
| Venue: | Tropicana Las Vegas |
| Website: | NamesCon.com |
| Total Registrants: | 600 expected |
| Registration: | Register Here |
NamesCon, or the Internet Names Conference, is a conference that brings together companies, representatives, and individuals in the Domain Name industry, especially Registries and Registrars. The first conference will be held January 13-15, 2014 in Las Vegas.[1]
Organizers initially expected 400 attendees, but are now expecting around 600 as registrations have gone over the 500 mark. It may be the largest New gTLD conference to date.[2]
NamesCon 2014
NamesCon 2014 will be hosted by Richard Lau at Tropicana Las Vegas, and will include sessions, panel discussion and presentations, as well as key note speeches and evening networking events. The sessions are categorized into one or more of 3 tracks: Registry, Registrar, and Registrant.[3]
Session topics are on a wide range of Domain Name industry topics, with a focus on New gTLDs as ICANN's New gTLD Program begins delegation of dozens of new Domain Names. Topics include Brand Management, ccTLDs, Domain Hosting, DNS, IDNs, and more.[4]
The panelists, speakers, and workshop leaders include Jason Hennessey, Frank Michlick, Jennie-Marie Larsen, Bill Sweetman, James Morfopoulos, Patrick Carleton, Adam Dicker, Jothan Frakes, Braden Pollock, Paul Nicks, Richard Lau, and Dusty Trevino.[5]
Keynote Speakers
The keynote speakers will be:
- Frank Schilling, Managing Director of Uniregistry
- Jeremy Schoemaker of ShoeMoney.com
- Jennifer Wolfe, Entrepreneur
- Jodee Rich, CEO of PeopleBrowsr, dotCEO, dotBEST, and dotKRED
- Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas
- Duane Forrester, Sr. Product Manager at Bing[6]
Sessions
Sessions include: Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014
- Keynote by Jennifer Wolfe
- Special Welcome to Las Vegas by Mayor Carolyn Goodman
- Meet the New gTLDs, panel 1
- Navigating the Market: Experiences from recently launched TLDs for new TLDs
- Understanding Rights Protection Mechanisms in New TLDs & the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH)
- Doing Business in China: For New gTLDs
- Private Equity, VC, Wall Street and New gTLDs
=Sponsors
NamesCon 2014 is sponsored by:
References
- ↑ NamesCon.com Retrieved 11 Nov 2013
- ↑ NamesCon will be biggest New gTLD Show Yet, DomainIncite Retrieved 8 Jan 2013
- ↑ Session, NamesCon Retrieved 11 Nov 2013
- ↑ NamesCon, Eventbrite Retrieved 11 Nov 2013
- ↑ Speakers, NamesCon Retrieved 11 Nov 2013
- ↑ Keynotes - NamesCon Retrieved 8 Jan 2014