NamesCon

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.

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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