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| dates            = January 22-25, 2017

| dates            = January 22-25, 2017

| location        = Las Vegas, USA

| location        = Las Vegas, USA

| host            = [[Richard Lau]]<br>[[Jothan Frakes]] <br> [[Terri Potratz]]

| host            = [[Richard Lau]]<br>[[Jothan Frakes]]<br>[[Terri Potratz]]

| venue            = Tropicana Las Vegas  

| venue            = [http://www.troplv.com/ Tropicana Las Vegas]

| website          = [http://namescon.vegas/ NamesCon.vegas]

| website          = [http://namescon.vegas/ NamesCon.vegas]

| totalregistrants = Over 1000

| totalregistrants = Over 1000

===Domain Name Association Membership===

===Domain Name Association Membership===

NamesCon is a member of the [[Domain Name Association]], an organization that promotes the domain name industry and includes [[Registrar]]s and [[Registry|Registries]] as its members.<ref>[http://thedna.org/members.html Members] ''TheDNA.org''; Retrieved 09 July 2014</ref>

NamesCon is a member of the [[Domain Name Association]], an organization that promotes the domain name industry and includes [[Registrar]]s and [[Registry|Registries]] as its members.<ref>[http://thedna.org/members.html Members] ''TheDNA.org''; Retrieved 09 July 2014</ref>

==NamesCon 2017==

==NamesCon 2017==

Session topics were on a wide range of [[Domain Name]] industry topics, with a focus on New [[gTLD]]s as [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]] begins delegation of dozens of new [[Domain Name]]s. Topics include Brand Management, [[ccTLD]]s, Domain Hosting, [[DNS]], [[IDN]]s, and more.<ref>[http://name.eventbrite.com/ NamesCon, Eventbrite] Retrieved 11 Nov 2013</ref>

Session topics were on a wide range of [[Domain Name]] industry topics, with a focus on New [[gTLD]]s as [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]] begins delegation of dozens of new [[Domain Name]]s. Topics include Brand Management, [[ccTLD]]s, Domain Hosting, [[DNS]], [[IDN]]s, and more.<ref>[http://name.eventbrite.com/ NamesCon, Eventbrite] Retrieved 11 Nov 2013</ref>

The panelists, speakers, keynotes and workshop leaders included [[Matt Mullenweg]], [[Merlin Kauffman]], [[Kurt Pritz]], [[Normand Fortier]], [[Brad Lemire]], [[Daniel Negari]], [[Yannis Li]], [[Lillian Zhang]], [[Lauren Price]], [[Dr. Paul Twomey]], [[Bob Mountain]], [[Alan Ezeir]], [[Fred Krueger]], [[Matt Overman]], [[Ben Crawford]], [[Mike Berkens]], [[Zak Muscovitch]], [[Mike Rodenbaugh]], [[Marcel Trik]], [[Chris Jensen]], [[Andrew Rosener]], [[Shaul Jolles]], [[Paul Keating]], [[Alex Lee]], [[Ray King]], [[Daniel Ruzzini-Mejia]], [[Albert Angel]], [[Dwayne Walker]], [[Paul Nicks]], [[Victor Pitts]], [[Michele Neylon]], [[Amanda Waltz]], [[Ari Goldberger]], [[Kelly Hardy]], [[Aaron Grego]], [[Andrew Allemann]], [[Joe Uddeme]], [[Mark Daniel]], [[Jason Schaeffer]], [[Stavros Anthony]], [[Tim Chen]], [[Bill Arent]], [[Ruth Burr]], [[Tim Cole]], [[Richard Merdinger]], [[Roland LaPlante]], [[Edmon Chung]], [[Statton Hammock]], [[Robbie Birkner]], [[Daliah Saper]], [[Theo Develegas]], [[Mike "Zappy" Zapolin]], [[Jeffrey Gabriel]], [[Lisa Box]], [[Monica Kirchner]], [[George Bundy]], [[Solomon Amoako]], [[Tom Scopazzi]], [[Alan Sullivan]], [[Ken Hansen]], [[Braden Pollock]], [[Derek Newman]], [[Ron Jackson]], [[Bill Doshier]], [[Chris Sheridan]], [[Daniel Schindler]], [[Karen Bernstein]], [[Jonathon Nevett]], [[Kevin Murphy]], [[Jennifer Standiford]], [[John Matson]], [[Colin Campbell]], [[Ching Chiao]], [[Michael Young]], [[Dusty Trevino]], [[Nigel Roberts]], [[Michael Cyger]], [[Anthony Beltran]], [[Joe Alagna]], [[Rob Rozicki]], [[Yancy Naughton]], [[Morgan Linton]], [[Philip Corwin]], [[Larry Fischer]], [[David Weslow]], [[Antony Van Couvering]], [[Monte Cahn]], [[Phil Buckingham]], [[Jason Hennessey]], [[Frank Michlick]], [[Jennie-Marie Larsen]], [[Bill Sweetman]], [[James Morfopoulos]], [[Patrick Carleton]], [[Adam Dicker]], and [[Richard Lau]], [[Jothan Frakes]].<ref>[http://namescon.vegas/speakers/ Speakers, NamesCon] Retrieved 11 Nov 2013</ref>

===Speakers and Content===

 

====Keynotes====

===Keynote Speakers===

* [[Matt Mullenweg]] of [[WordPress]]

* [[Matt Mullenweg]] of [[WordPress]]

* [[Frank Schilling]], Managing Director of [[Uniregistry]]

* [[Frank Schilling]], Managing Director of [[Uniregistry]]

* [[Duane Forrester]], Sr. Product Manager at [[Bing]]<ref>[http://namescon.vegas/keynotes/ Keynotes - NamesCon] Retrieved 8 Jan 2014</ref>

* [[Duane Forrester]], Sr. Product Manager at [[Bing]]<ref>[http://namescon.vegas/keynotes/ Keynotes - NamesCon] Retrieved 8 Jan 2014</ref>

===Sessions===

 

====Sessions====

<b>Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014</b>

<b>Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014</b>

* Keynote by [[Jennifer Wolfe]]

* Keynote by [[Jennifer Wolfe]]