NamesCon will be held the last week of January (28th - 31st) in the Tropicana in Las Vegas. The venue is located right beside the strip, so it's close to the airport as well as a good range of hotels. The draft agenda for the event looks quite interesting, with a broad range of topics that would be of interest to domain registrars, registries and investors alike. Pricing … [Read more...] about NamesCon Offering 50% Off Tickets
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ECO Hosting GDPR Domain Industry Playbook Event in Brussels
Eco is hosting a GDPR focussed event next Monday in Brussels. The event is focussed on how registrars and registries can legally continue to offer domain registrations while remaining compliant with GDPR. Full details including how to sign up to attend the event either in person or remotely are available here. … [Read more...] about ECO Hosting GDPR Domain Industry Playbook Event in Brussels
EURid Web Awards 2017
EURid held their annual web awards in central Brussels last week. The awards are focussed on businesses, organisations and individuals that are actively using a .eu domain name for their online presence. As with every year the range of finalists covered the European Union. Here's the official video they released that covers the … [Read more...] about EURid Web Awards 2017
World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
World Hosting Days aka WHD has rebranded itself as "Cloud Fest". They're describing themselves as: CloudFest is a world-leading conference geared toward the cloud, hosting, and service provider industries. Focusing on three distinctive pillars – growth, connectivity and learning – our festivals provide cloud professionals access to the latest technologies, innovations, and … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
ICANN 61 Welcome Video Is Quite Powerful
ICANN 61 is scheduled to be held in Puerto Rico early next year. As most people know, however, the region was very badly hit during recent storms and many parts of the country are still without power, drinking water or internet. This is not ignored in the welcome video produced by the local host for the upcoming meeting: https://youtu.be/l7ooF2Xwf04 The official … [Read more...] about ICANN 61 Welcome Video Is Quite Powerful
CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
The 3rd CENTR awards were held last night in Brussels' Bibliothèque Solvay. Each of the finalists had a short video to explain what their project was about. The winners were: Marketing Campaign Excellence Category: .CA Product Marketing team for its brand awareness and lead generation campaign (CIRA) Safe and Sound DNS Category: Barbara Povše (Registry.si) & … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
CENTR, the body which represent of European domain registries, will be holding its annual awards again this year. What's different for 2017 however is that they've added a new category: Registry of the Year And unlike with the other award categories, this one is open for voting to the registrar channel. The question registrars are being asked is: Based on the … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Tanzania
The 5th annual Africa DNS Forum is being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on July 26 - 28. The event, which is being organised by AfTLD, ICANN and ISOC in association with a number of other organisations, will run over two days and cover both technical and business aspects of the domain name industry. The current draft schedule has speakers covering topics such as DNSSEC, … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Tanzania
IGF 2017 Opts for .Swiss Domain
This year's IGF (Internet Governance Forum) meeting is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from December 18th to 21st. The venue for the event will be the United Nations Office at Geneva Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 14, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. As the Swiss government is the host for the event it's no big surprise that they've opted to use a .swiss domain … [Read more...] about IGF 2017 Opts for .Swiss Domain
Brands and Domains Early Bird Tickets go on Sale
Brands and Domains is a domain event that focuses on brand owners and how they are using or potentially could use top level domains. And in this context when we say "top level domain" what we mean is the likes of Sony running the .sony TLD. The event is scheduled to be held in The Hague (Netherlands) from 1 - 3 October 2017. To get a taste of the event you can peruse the … [Read more...] about Brands and Domains Early Bird Tickets go on Sale