When Dublin was announced as the venue of the ICANN 54 meeting this October I posted some details about the venue and the meeting itself. Last week ICANN's meeting team were in town for some advance preparatory work so I dropped over to say "hi". The venue is a fantastic building: You can also find more photos of the venue over on Stephane's blog. Earlier today … [Read more...] about Convention Centre Dublin Extends Warm Welcome To ICANN 54
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HostingCon Europe Early Bird Special
HostingCon is returning to Europe this September. The event will be held in Amsterdam's Passenger Terminal on September 22 - 23 The organisers are currently offering "early bird" tickets for a mere EUR40, which is very good value. Full details on the official site. … [Read more...] about HostingCon Europe Early Bird Special
Middle East DNS Forum Amman Jordan
The second Middle East DNS Forum is scheduled to take place in Amman, Jordan next month from March 9th to March 10th. The event, which runs over two days, will cover topics such as: IDNs New TLDs ccTLDs IANA transition Internet industry in Middle East The full agenda is available on the event website. … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum Amman Jordan
#RIPE70 Registration Now Open
Registration for RIPE 70 is now open. The meeting will be held in Amsterdam from 11th to 15th May 2015. RIPE meetings bring together a lot of technical types from across the EMEA region, so if you're into "networking" but with ethernet cables, then this could be the event for you. The RIPE meetings this year, however, may have a slightly different focus. With the … [Read more...] about #RIPE70 Registration Now Open
#HostingCon $500 Amazon Gift Cert Giveaway
HostingCon is being held in San Diego, California this July from July 27th to 29th. In the runup to the event the organisers will be pushing out quite a bit of PR .. And today they announced a USD$500 Amazon gift certificate giveaway. You can enter up to twice per day simply by tweeting Full details here … [Read more...] about #HostingCon $500 Amazon Gift Cert Giveaway
RIPE 73 Call For Hosts Opened
RIPE has opened a "call for hosts" for the 73rd public meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place from 24 to 28th October 2016. Where? Well that will depend on who the host is. If you're interested in hosting the meeting there's more details on what's involved over on the RIPE site. … [Read more...] about RIPE 73 Call For Hosts Opened
Domaining Europe 2015 Save The Dates
Domaining Europe will take place again next year in Valencia. The 2015 edition will be the 7th! So save the dates: 23rd to 25th of April 2015 (the Saturday is usually a networking activity of some kind) I've attended, spoken and moderated at the last couple of editions and it's good fun. Unlike a lot of conferences there's a manageable number of people in a venue that … [Read more...] about Domaining Europe 2015 Save The Dates
Bulgarian Domain Forum Schedule Announced
The Bulgarian Domain Forum, which is an annual event, is being held again this year. This time round the event will be held in Sense Hotel Sofia. Judging by the photos on the hotel's website it's a pretty fantastic location! As with other years there'll be a mixture of talks, though there'll be a strong focus on new TLDs. The current schedule includes: Impact of new … [Read more...] about Bulgarian Domain Forum Schedule Announced
ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
There has been some speculation about the upcoming ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Yesterday some news sources reported that the meeting was postponed, though there hadn't been any official statement from ICANN. ICANN has now released an official statement on the situation: Statement on ICANN 52 Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco Following Morocco’s recent request to … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
EUrid Announce Finalists of Web Awards
EUrid has announced the finalists for the ".eu Web Awards". Public nominations for the awards were open from June 23rd until September 5th with websites being submitted under a number of categories, namely: The LEADERS (Established business with more than 10 employees) The RISING STARS (Start-up/Entrepreneur with 1 to 10 employees) The LAURELS … [Read more...] about EUrid Announce Finalists of Web Awards