Online pre-registration for the upcoming IGF meeting in Paris is now closed. You can still register at the venue, though whether that will have any negative implication isn't clear. If you've already registered you'll be able to pick up your badge at the following times: Friday, 9 November 2018, from 10:00 a.m. until 18:00 p.m. CET Saturday, 10 November 2018, from … [Read more...] about IGF Paris 2018 Online Registration Closed
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Domaining Americas to be Held in Rio
Domaining Americas will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over the weekend of October 6th and 7th. The event will be focussed on domains in the Latin American and Caribbean region, so probably more on country codes than gTLDs. It's the first big domaining event to be held in the region that I'm aware of, so it's sure to be of interest to anyone with an interest in the … [Read more...] about Domaining Americas to be Held in Rio
Middle East DNS Forum is Looking for Program Committee Members
The Middle East DNS Forum is held every year somewhere in the region. You can read about the previous ones here. In common with pretty much all conferences there is a program committee who work on putting the event together. In order to keep things "fresh" membership of the program committee rotates, with 3 members rotating off every year. So if you'd like to join the … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum is Looking for Program Committee Members
IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
This year's IGF is being held in Paris, as previously mentioned. While the event will be shorter than previous years it will still attract a broad range of attendees to the sessions. The event organisers have announced the approved list of "Open Forums". … [Read more...] about IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
NamesCon Europe (formerly known as Domaining Europe) was recently held in Valencia, Spain. Next year's event, however, will be in Lisbon, Portugal. The exact dates and venue for the domain event have not been announced, though it's meant to be held in June. The event organisers are already selling "early bird" tickets for the event, though for some odd reason they're … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
NDD Camp will be held in Paris on this Thursday June 21st. The event is free to attend, but registration is obligatory. The event features 3 parallel tracks with sessions covering a range of topics including: drop catching new TLDs aftermarket SEO online marketing managing domains content Full details of the event are available on the French … [Read more...] about NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
Cloudflare Summit London
Cloudflare will be hosting their summit tomorrow in central London. The one day event will feature an interesting mix of international speakers, as well as senior staff from the cloud security company. Speakers on the day will include CloudFlare founder and CEO Matthew Prince. The full agenda is here. … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Summit London
World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire
Europa Park in Germany has been the venue for World Hosting Days, now known as CloudFest, for several years. Every year the largest hosting conference in Europe is held in the theme park in Germany about a week before it opens to the public. This weekend the park is making headlines around the world for another reason. A very big fire broke out in one of the attractions on … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire
Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host
According to reports in the French media today French president Emmanuel Macron will be announcing France as the host of the 2018 Internet Governance Forum. In a report in today's Le Figaro the newspaper says that the announcement should be made later today: Le président de la République qui reçoit ce mercredi à l'Élysée une soixantaine de grands patrons d'entreprises de … [Read more...] about Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host
EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week
The EURid .eu Web Awards will take place again this year. 2018 will be the 5th year that the awards are being held. As in previous years the awards are open to registrants of .eu domain names that have developed products and services on a .eu website. Full details of the awards will be available here. Nominations will be open from April 18 2o18 until August 1 … [Read more...] about EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week