Reglikedomain industry desk

Registration Opens for Fresh Top Level Domain Conference

.nxt conference registration now available.

If you think you’ve heard a lot regarding fresh top level domain names over the past couple years, you haven’t seen anything yet. Next year we may finally see the opening — and perhaps closing — of the application round. Which means it’s crunch time.

Anyone interested in fresh top level domain names ought to consider attending the .nxt conference. Organized by former ICANN employee and journalist Kieren McCarthy, the event will take place February 9-10 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.

The agenda covers four main areas:

– Policy: The agreed rules and procedures behind applications
– Implementation: The practicalities of running a piece of the domain name system
– Models: The fresh approaches and ideas that we can expect with fresh Internet extensions
– Marketing: How to reach the billions of online users

Early bird registration is $395. Show organizers expect 300-600 attendees.

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