Next month's domain name conference in Las Vegas will be a big event. Registrations for next month's NamesCon domain name conference have topped 600, conference founder Richard Lau informed Domain Name Wire. Last year at this time, 336 tickets had been ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Headliners added to NamesCon: Atallah, Alexander
· ServicesAkram Atallah and Fiona Alexander have been added to the NamesCon agenda. NamesCon, taking place in Las Vegas January 11-14, has added a couple big names to its agenda for the first full day of the conference. On Monday, January 12, I will have a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Judging by the sponsor list, NamesCon 2015 is going to be huge
· ServicesAlready 40 sponsors lined up for January's NamesCon event. It may be hard to believe, but NamesCon 2015 is just two months away. And, judging by an updated sponsorship list for 2015, it's going to be a very big conference. Uniregistry is taking ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Could NamesCon hit 1,000 attendees next year?
· ServicesConference sets ambitious attendance goal...and it might hit it. The inaugural NamesCon domain name conference happened just two months ago, but organizers are already planning a repeat in 2015. The event will take place Jan 11-14, 2015 at the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Dude, Seriously! What Were You Thinking? The legal panel at NamesCon
· Policy & LawA recap of the legal panel at NamesCon. A legal panel is a mainstay at domain name conferences. Earlier this month at NamesCon was no different. Perhaps trying to jazz up a panel full of lawyers, the session was titled "Dude, Seriously?!?? What Were ... Continue Reading9 Comments
A Recap: My week at NamesCon
· ServicesA recap of what I did, saw, and heard during NamesCon last week. Last week was the inaugural NamesCon conference in Las Vegas. In case you weren't one of the close to 600 people who experienced it in person, everything you've heard is spot on: it ... Continue Reading9 Comments
What Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg said about domain names at NamesCon
· UncategorizedWordpress enforces its brand in domain names and doesn't plan to use any new top level domain names. One of the nice surprises at NamesCon last week was a last-minute appearance by Matt Mullenweg. Mullenweg created Wordpress and is CEO of Automattic, ... Continue Reading18 Comments
After a successful 1st day, NamesCon gets ready to kick off 2nd and final day
· ServicesSecond day of NamesCon is about to start. The first full day of NamesCon in Las Vegas yesterday was a big success. Sure, like any brand new conference, there were a couple hitches here and there. But overall the crowd was big, the content was great, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
First full day of NamesCon kicks off shortly
· ServicesAround 600 attendees for inaugural NamesCon conference. The first full day of the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas kicks off at 9:55 local time this morning. After a short orientation, Jennifer Wolfe will deliver a keynote. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Women in Domaining comes to NamesCon
· UncategorizedEvent for women in the domain name business will be held Monday afternoon. Women in Domaining, one of the mainstays of the annual Domainfest/Webfest conference in Santa Monica, will be making an appearance at next week's NamesCon ... Continue Reading10 Comments