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                              | New
                                Wrinkle at NamesCon: Network Lane Will Bring
                                Attendees & Experts Together on Opening Day
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                                          | The
                                            3rd annual NamesCon
                                            conference
                                            gets underway a a week from
                                            Sunday (January 10, 2016) at the
                                            Tropicana Hotel in Las
                                            Vegas. Show organizers will
                                            introduce a new Network Lane
                                            on opening day that will give
                                            attendees an opportunity to meet a
                                            wide variety of industry experts
                                            face to face and ask them any
                                            questions they may have.  Network
                                            Lane will open at 12 Noon on
                                            Sunday (Jan. 10) and remain open
                                            until 6pm. Attendees will find four
                                            different tables set up in the
                                            meeting room with a different topic
                                            and different set of experts at each
                                            one. Every hour on the hour,
                                            a new group of experts will take
                                            over the tables and hold court on a
                                            new set of topics. It will be a golden
                                            opportunity to get a diverse
                                            domain education in the course of a
                                            single afternoon. I wouldn't be surprised
                                            if many find the value they get from
                                            the Network Lane portion of the
                                            four-day show alone worth the entire
                                            cost of NamesCon admission (which,
                                            by the way, if 40%
                                            off through Thursday,
                                            Dec. 31 - That's $599 rather
                                            than the $999 it will cost at the
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                                                  | To
                                                    give you a specific example
                                                    of how Network Lane will
                                                    work, in the opening hour,
                                                    from 12 Noon to 1pm, there
                                                    will be tables dedicated to ccTLDs
                                                    (Table A), Maxxing Out
                                                    the Drop (Table B), Leasing
                                                    a Domain (Table C) and GeoDomains/City
                                                    TLDs (Table D). You can
                                                    get tips at Table A from Marco
                                                    Hoffman (InterNetX) and Crystal
                                                    Petersen (Neustar) while
                                                    Chris Ambler (GoDaddy),
                                                    Trish Leighton (SnapNames/Web.com)
                                                    and Barbara Sher (Web.com/SnapNames)
                                                    will be at Table B. Table C
                                                    will feature attorneys Karen
                                                    Bernstein and Zak
                                                    Muscovitch and you will
                                                    find Joe Alagna
                                                    (101Domain), Katrin
                                                    Ohlmer (dotBerlin) and Lori
                                                    Anne Wardi (Neustar) at
                                                    Table D.  Then, every
                                                    hour that follows will bring
                                                    a new set of experts and new
                                                    topics to each table. You
                                                    can see the complete list
                                                    of topics and experts (as
                                                    well as details about each)
                                                    on  |  
                                                  | 
 Richard
                                                    LauNamesCon Co-Founder
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                                                    NamesCon agenda
                                                    page (where you
                                                    will also find that a lot
                                                    more will be going on in
                                                    addition to Network Lane
                                                    during the first business
                                                    day Sunday).  There
                                                    will obviously be plenty to
                                                    keep you busy on opening day
                                                    but you will also have
                                                    plenty of time to kick
                                                    back and relax when Rightside
                                                    hosts the Welcome to
                                                    NamesCon 2016 Opening Night
                                                    Party from 8-11pm.  I'll
                                                    have more on each day's
                                                    schedule in upcoming posts
                                                    this week. In the meantime I
                                                    would also recommend you
                                                    read NamesCon Co-Founder
                                                    Richard Lau's fascinating
                                                    account of how
                                                    and why NamesCon was
                                                    launched in the first place.
                                                    The section about NamesCon
                                                    concludes our current Cover
                                                    Story about Richard's
                                                    remarkable life titled A
                                                    Walking Miracle: After
                                                    Getting a Second Chance at
                                                    Life Richard Lau is
                                                    Determined to Give Back.
                                                    It's a great way to learn
                                                    about NamesCon and Richard's
                                                    inspiring background before
                                                    you head out to Las Vegas.
                                                    We are looking forward to
                                                    seeing many of you there! |  |  
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                                                | (Posted
                                                  December 29, 2015)  
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