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IGF 2017 Opts for .Swiss Domain

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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

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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

ICANN 59 Full Schedule Published

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The full schedule for ICANN 59, the policy forum, which is being held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from June 26 - 29 has been published. As this is a "policy forum" there are fewer frills ie. no big opening ceremony, gala or board meeting. As they've been doing for the last few meetings ICANN is using Sched to manage the schedule, which means that you … [Read more...] about ICANN 59 Full Schedule Published

WHD.India & NamesCon India Registration Open

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As you may recall WHD acquired NamesCon, so in the future it'll probably be fairly common for WHD and NamesCon events to run side by side. One of the first events to leverage this new relationship is the upcoming WHD India and NamesCon India which are being held in Mumbai on May 18th and 19th. The venue for both events is the Grand Hyatt Mumbai which looks pretty … [Read more...] about WHD.India & NamesCon India Registration Open

HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon

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HostingCon is taking place this week in Los Angeles, California. The event is in its 13th year. I've personally attended it for the last few years, though I'm not in attendance this week due to it being held so close to WHD. This year will be the last time the event takes place. According to a statement issued by the organisers earlier today the event doesn't fit with the … [Read more...] about HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon

ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

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ICANN CEO Göran Marby spoke at WHD.Global last week. Traditionally ICANN has not had a strong presence at WHD, so having the CEO and some of his senior staff in attendance last week was a positive move. The challenge for Marby, who also had a fairly early morning slot for his talk, was making ICANN relevant to an audience made up of hosting companies. His keynote runs for … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

Mick Moran Honoured by M3AAWG

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Mick Moran, who is a member of An Garda Síochána, but who has been seconded to Interpol in Lyon for several years, is a man with a mission. Mick's job is far from easy, as he deals with the worst of the worst: crimes against children online. We've spoken to Mick in the past here and here. Yesterday at the M3AAWG meeting in San Francisco Mick was honoured with the 2017 M3AAWG … [Read more...] about Mick Moran Honoured by M3AAWG

WHD Global Releases Parody Video

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WHD Global are obviously having a lot of fun producing videos in the run up to this year's "cloud festival" in Germany. Their latest release follows in the footsteps of several European countries that want to be put second, assuming that America is first. So here's the WHD entry to the competition, if there was a competition .. https://youtu.be/Iy84ZdK29wI The video … [Read more...] about WHD Global Releases Parody Video