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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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New
MERGE! Conference in Orlando Continues to Take
Shape - 1st Major Keynoter Announced
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I
have some more details
for
you on the innovative new
MERGE!
conference
that is coming to the Marriott
World Center in Orlando
next fall. As I first told you April
10th NamesCon
Co-Founder Jothan Frakes and THE
Domain Conference Co-Founder Ray
Neu have joined forces to launch
the new expo that will feature several
events in a single
location - a concept that will give
attendees shared access to multiple
networking and educational
opportunities in a variety of
related fields in addition to
domains.
MERGE!
will run form October 14-18 at
the world's largest Marriott Hotel,
located just a stone's throw from
Disney World.
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Jen
Wolfe |
The
first major keynote
speaker for MERGE! has
just been announced. That is
highly
regarded entrepreneur,
author, digital leader and
global IP strategist Jen
Wolfe. She has
written a series of highly
acclaimed books, Digital
in the Boardroom, Brand
Rewired and Domain
Names Rewired, that
have been endorsed by senior
executives from Microsoft,
Procter & Gamble,
General Electric, Warner
Brothers, Uber and many
others as cutting-edge
thinking about the future of
brands and the impact of the
changing internet landscape.
Ms. Wolfe, who is the CEO of
Dot
Brand 360, has
also written a regular
column in Click Z and
Search Engine Watch
on digital marketing and SEO.
Jen
has
served on ICANN's GNSO
Council
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and
has a deep understanding of
global internet policy. She
graduated from Harvard
Law School’s Post
Graduate program in
negotiation and dispute resolution
and the Stanford Law School
Director’s College
Executive Education. She
holds a Juris Doctorate and
Master’s Degree in
Organizational Communication
and Behavior from the University
of Cincinnati.
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MERGE!
Co-Founder Jothan
Frakes noted, "Jen
is a featured
speaker at the National
Association of
Corporate Directors
and is a big
interest and draw
with corporate CIO/CMO
directors. As more
is revealed about
MERGE! it will
become more evident
just how well all of
the various groups
will synergize."
As
it happens both
Frakes and Ms. Wolfe
will be
participating in
ICANN's Global
Domains Division
Industry Summit
that starts next
week in Madrid,
Spain where it
will run May 9-11.
With more than 400
participants from dozens
of countries around the
world countries
expected to attend,
Jothan will have an
opportunity to
introduce MERGE! to
leaders from gTLD,
brand and geo
registries, ICANN-accredited
registrars, gTLD
resellers, gTLD
hosting providers
and registry service
providers.
From
Madrid, Jothan will
hop over to Berlin,
Germany for the Domaining
Europe
conference May
14-16 (we will
be there as
well). |
MERGE!
Co-Founder Jothan
Frakes |
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If
you will be in
Berlin he will be happy
to answer any questions
you have about
MERGE! Show registration
is open now
and MERGE!'s block
of rooms at the Marriott
World Center is
going fast, so if
you want to stay at
the conference venue
it would be wise to book
now.
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As
soon as
Domaining
Europe ends,
the domain
conference
spotlight
will shift
to Mumbai
where NamesCon
will be
staged in India
for the
first time.
The one
day-show
will be held
May 19th
at the Grand
Hyatt
which will
also serve
as the venue
for the
latest World
Hosting Days
event - WHD.India
on May
18th.
In
another
India-related
note, the
4th annual DomainX
conference
that is
coming to New
Delhi August
5-6 has
landed Uniregistry
as its lead
sponsor. The
2016
show
was also
held in New
Delhi and
the strong
support it
received
there
prompted
organizers
to book a
return
engagement. As of
this writing
you can get
an early
bird ticket
to DomainX
2017 for
just $116.30
(including
the
ticketing
fee). |
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