ICANN is holding the DNS Symposium this year in Montreal, Canada. The event will be held at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth on July 13th. Last year the event was colocated with the ICANN GDD Summit in Madrid, whereas this year it's a standalone one day event with the theme "Attention, Domain Name System: Your 30-year scheduled maintenance is overdue" If you're interested in … [Read more...] about ICANN DNS Symposium Heads to Montreal and Call for Proposals Open
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Middle East DNS Forum 2018 Moves to Turkey
The Middle East DNS Forum will be held again this year. However this time the event is moving to Ankara, Turkey. When? April 25 - 26 2018 Details on the venue and programme have not been made public yet. … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum 2018 Moves to Turkey
NamesCon Offering 50% Off Tickets
NamesCon will be held the last week of January (28th - 31st) in the Tropicana in Las Vegas. The venue is located right beside the strip, so it's close to the airport as well as a good range of hotels. The draft agenda for the event looks quite interesting, with a broad range of topics that would be of interest to domain registrars, registries and investors alike. Pricing … [Read more...] about NamesCon Offering 50% Off Tickets
World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
World Hosting Days aka WHD has rebranded itself as "Cloud Fest". They're describing themselves as: CloudFest is a world-leading conference geared toward the cloud, hosting, and service provider industries. Focusing on three distinctive pillars – growth, connectivity and learning – our festivals provide cloud professionals access to the latest technologies, innovations, and … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
The 3rd CENTR awards were held last night in Brussels' Bibliothèque Solvay. Each of the finalists had a short video to explain what their project was about. The winners were: Marketing Campaign Excellence Category: .CA Product Marketing team for its brand awareness and lead generation campaign (CIRA) Safe and Sound DNS Category: Barbara Povše (Registry.si) & … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards Held in Brussels. EURid Wins Registry of the Year
CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
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 being asked is: Based on the … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
IGF 2017 Opts for .Swiss Domain
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
HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon
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
Want to Host the RIPE Meeting in October 2018?
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 of 300 Mbps, but ideally 1 Gps or higher. Good location … [Read more...] about Want to Host the RIPE Meeting in October 2018?
WHIR 2017 Networking Events
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 16 Los Angeles - April 5 Las Vegas - April 12 Montreal - May … [Read more...] about WHIR 2017 Networking Events