Tommorow we start heading out to Munich for the NewDomains.org conference.
The conference is expecting around 250+ attendees many of which have never attended a conference on the new gTLD program according to the show orgainzers.
As you can see from below its a pretty packed confernece with a lot of the top people in the field coming to chat about the new program
Dr. Stephen Crocker the new Chariman of ICANN will kick the conference off as the keynote speaker.
I will be speaking on a panel on the first day entitled “The Impact of new gTLDs on Domain Name Registration Strategies” along with Monte Cahn of RightoftheDot.com
My panel is going to moderated by Kevin Murphy of Domainincite.com
I will be covering the events and developments from the conference which kicks off Sunday night.
If your in Europe conference passes are still available but the premium passes are sold out. Passes are 699 Euro’s and you can register by clicking here
You can check out the newdomains.org conference for more info
| Slot 1.0 Welcome and opening remarks Dr. Melinda Crane |
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| 09:15 – 09:45 | Slot 1.1 Keynote: New gTLDs: Innovation and Protection Dr. Stephen Crocker – ICANN |
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| 09:50 – 10:30 | Slot 1.2 Introduction: The new gTLD program Kurt Pritz – ICANN |
Slot 1.3 Lessons learned from previous TLD introductions Roland Laplante – Afilias Limited |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Slot 1.4 How to protect your brand in new gTLDs Presentation: Dr. David Taylor – HoganLovells |
Slot 1.5 Panel: New business models and financial considerations Moderator: Monte Cahn – Right of the DotPanelists: Norbert Grey – Architelos Antony Van Couvering – Minds + Machines Phil Buckingham – dot Advice Ltd. |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Panel discussion: Moderator: Dr. David Taylor – HoganLovellsPanelists: Dr. Markus Bahmann – Maiwald Dr. Torsten Bettinger – BSS Valentina Schulte-Braucks, LL.M. – Noerr LLP Jonathan Robinson – IProta Ltd. |
Slot 1.7 Panel: New gTLD operators – Legal challenges for future registries Moderator: Thomas Rickert – eco e. V.Panelists: Dr. Tobias Mahler – NRCCL David W. Maher – PIR Dr. Lambert Pechan – weber & sauberschwarz |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 – 14:10 | Slot 1.8 Keynote: More freedom on the Internet – challenges and opportunities by new Top Level Domains Franz Josef Pschierer – CIO and IT-delegate of the Bavarian State Government, State Secretary of Finance |
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| 14:15 – 14:40 | Slot 1.9 Registry services: Stability and security Ram Mohan – ICANN Dr. Paul Twomey |
Slot 1.10 The future of internet policy Brian Cute – .ORG |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Slot 1.11 Panel: Registry: Outsourcing to an established registry provider Moderator: Sebastian Ritze – united-domains AGPanelists: Richard Wein – nic.at Sarah Langstone – VeriSign Liz Williams – RSMP Limited Jim Rogers – Neustar Elmar Knipp – Knipp Medien & Kommunikation GmbH Peter Hupfauer – registry.net |
Slot 1.12 New gTLDs: Implications on secondary market Tim Schumacher – sedo GmbHPanel: The Impact of new gTLDs on Domain Name Registration Strategies Moderator: Kevin Murphy – domainincite.com |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 – 17:25 | Slot 1.13 Panel discussion: Ask the experts Moderator: Dr. Melinda Crane Panelists: Peter Dengate Thrush – minds + machines Jothan Frakes Tina Dam Dan Schindler – Donuts Inc. |
Slot 1.14 Panel: Getting your own .brand – Marketing opportunities, new channels, benefits Moderator: Alexandra Dellmeier – LexDellmeier Panelists: Ben Crawford – centralNIC Katrin Ohlmer – DOTZON GmbH tba |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Slot 1.15 Daily wrap up Dr. Melinda Crane |
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Day 2, September 27, 2011
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Channel B |
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| 09:00 – 09.15 | Slot 2.0 Opening remarks Dr. Melinda Crane |
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| 09:15 – 09:45 | Slot 2.1 Using new TLDs for a social cause: .hiv – the red ribbon of the digital era Dr. Michael Trautmann – kempertrautmann Dr. Bernd Kundrun – gut.org gAG |
Slot 2.2 Finding investors for your gTLD initiative Dirk Krischenowski – PUNKTBERLIN GmbH |
| 09:50 – 10:45 | Slot 2.3 Panel: Registry – registrar relations – optimizing sales channels Moderator: Sarah Langstone – VeriSignPanelists: Thorsten Smeets – Key-Systems GmbH Steve Heflin – Afilias Stefan Legner – InterNetX Mike Zupke – ICANN |
Slot 2.4 Investors Panel for new gTLDs Moderator: Dirk Krischenowski – PUNKTBERLIN GmbHPanelists: Jose Ignacio Rasco – Straat Investments |
| 10:45 – 11:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Slot 2.5 Application process overview Introduction: Kurt Pritz – ICANNPanel discussion: New gTLD Application Process & Applicant Guide Book: Guidance for Applications Panelists: |
Slot 2.6 How to successfully build a community around your TLD Introduction: Rajesh Chharia – ISPAIPanel discussion Moderator: Panelists: |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 – 14:40 | Slot 2.7 Report: Our .brand initiative Carrollanne Lindley, Kilburn & Strode LLP Tom Cowling, Ecotricity |
Slot 2.8 bayme vbm IT Roundtable: Neue Top Level Domains – Quo Vadis Mittelstand? Begrüßung: Josef Stakemeier – bayme vbm Impulsvortrag: Heiko Borchert – partnering UG Moderation: Markus Eggensperger – united-domains AGPanelists: Dr. Torsten Bettinger – BSS Philipp Grabensee – Afilias Limited Elmar Knipp – ironDNS Richard Wein – nic.at Ingolf Brauner – BDS Bayern |
| 14:45 – 16:10 | Slot 2.9 Apps & Facebook vs. Domains – proprietary systems vs. own internet infrastructure Moderator: Dr. Melinda CranePanelists: Kevin Murphy – domainincite.com Tim Schumacher – sedo GmbH Dominik Grollmann – Internet World Business Manfred Kohlen – NetMediaEurope Michael Heller – SHSG lawyers |
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excellent article mike, thats a power packed agenda and a strong mix of industry, icann, and stakeholders
look forward to the reporting,
page howe
Reality will start setting in after a couple of years – the $185,000 will likely be spent while people are distracted.
Same old – same old
Eventhough the conference is less then a 2 houre drive from my house, I dont see the new gTLD thing worth wasting the gas to attend. Maybe I’ll bite myself in the a$$ a few years from now, for not believing in this hype.
I just dont see any possible explanation in how new gTLD’s could be profitable for any investor. Government could put good use to them and the cost is irrelevant because they are used to burning the taxpayers money.
At the moment, all i am seeing is milions of dollars being earnd by ICAAN and hundreds of milions which will be burnt trying to reach a market which is already fully functionable with out any need of new gTLD’s.
will any markmonitor people attend?
more than a few of the particpants in mtgs such as this own typos, lots of them. hundreds. but according to markmonitor’s repeated solicitations to circleid readers, typos = “cybercriminals”.
do criminals hold open conferences like this?
/confused
“I just dont see any possible explanation in how new gTLD’s could be profitable…”
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Apparently, there are deep pockets lining up to pay people for unknown (goods) and services
If Joe Six packs were running the show, you can bet every government agency would be in there investigating, taking names, and cracking down
Since The.Right.People.® are running the show all one can say is buyer beware
In the words of Bernie Madoff – “Everyone had to know”
“its a pretty packed confernece with a lot of the top people in the field coming to chat about the new program”
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Wonder what qualifies someone as a “top people”?
For $185,000 maybe people should sell t-shirts that say – “I am a top people”
It will be interesting to see what happens when “the top people” find out the reality of cyberspace vs. their meat-space