FairWinds partners is hosting the Beyond the Dot 2014 conference on February 19th in Washington DC
The conference will bring together policymakers, corporate representatives, non-profit staff, government officials, and average Internet users to explore how new gTLDs will change the way we approach Internet navigation, commerce, search, security and more.
This conference will be the first about the expansion of the TLD space to be held in the Washington DC area and “the first of its kind to address how the addition of 1,400 new TLDs will affect the average Internet user”.
Confirmed speakers so far are:
Akram Atallah, President, Global Domains Division, ICANN
Scott Seitz, President, dotgay LLC
Will Martinez, Director .GOP Registry
Jeff Neuman, Vice President, Registry Services at Neustar, Inc.
Shaul Jolles, CEO, Dot Registry, LLC
Dustin Trevino, CFO, Dot Vegas, Inc
David Weller, head of global trade policy at Google
Nils Wollny, Managing Director Strategy at SinnerSchrader
Dr. Laura DeNardis, Internet governance scholar and Professor in the School of Communication at American University
David McAuley, BNA
John Negroponte, former Director of National Intelligence
Kathy Baird, SVP, Adjunct Professor, Masters in Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Georgetown University
The cost to attend the one day conference is $350 until January 15th when the price increases to $495.
To register for the conference please visit here
