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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RIPE is seeking hosts for their 77th public meeting in October 2018. The meeting is scheduled to take place between October 15th and October 19th 2018. There’s full details about what is expected of a local host on the RIPE site here. Short version: lots of bandwidth. The venue will need to have a minimum […]
If you work in the domains or hosting space you probably have read The WHIR at some point. Apart from the news site, they also organise a number of networking events in the US and overseas. They recently announced the cities and dates for their events in 2017: Austin – February 23 Phoenix – March […]
The previously announced Nordic Domain Days which was meant to be held in Helsinki has been cancelled. It’s not clear if an alternative date will be announced for 2017.
Domain Pulse 2017 will be held on February 16th and 17th in Vienna, Austria. The venue for 2017 is Palais Niederösterreich which looks pretty amazing. Domain Pulse rotates every year between three host countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland. While the event does attract international attendees and speakers it is primarily focussed on the German speaking market […]
Earlier today WHD announced that they’d acquired NamesCon: The next NamesCon will be held in Las Vegas towards the end of January 2017
I’ve always been fascinated by the logistics that go into organising events. It’s interesting to see what is involved in putting together the meeting space, what kind of equipment is used (and how much) as well as what gets used during an event. Some organisations, such as RIPE, have included some of that data in […]
The Turkey DNS Forum will be held on January 18th and 19th 2016 in Istanbul. The event will be held in the Renaissance Istanbul Polat Bosphorus Hotel. Further details about the event, including schedule and speakers, will be available on the event’s official site. While the event is 100% free to attend registration is required.
