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day
report covering activities Sunday
you will find those photos and
highlights here).
Above:
Monday got off to a start most
people in our business would not expect
to see - a real live rock star
on stage - not as a musician - but
as the keynote speaker at a
domain conference! Yet there was
Megadeath's
Dave Ellefson being interviewed
by Andrew Allemann (DomainNameWire.com)
in a Fireside Chat format.
Below:
It only took a few minutes for the
audience to realize that NamesCon
had made a great choice in Ellefson
(below) whose knowledge of business
and domains is right up their with
this world renowned expertise in
music. The Megadeath bassist and
co-founder is also the author of
several books, including the
autobiography "My Life With
Deth" and music business how-to
book "Making Music Your
Business...A Guide For Young
Musicians". He is also the
owner of EMP Label Group/Combat
Records and coffee company Ellefson
Coffee Co. It made for a highly
entertaining and informative hour
that made a very positive impression
on the NamesCon audience.
Above:
The Exhibit Hall opened
immediately after Ellefson's
appearance and the Sedo/InterNetX
booth, located right next to the
entrance to the Keynote Hall, was a
huge hit thanks to Sedo Chief
Marketing Officer Christian Voss
(above) having a classic DeLorean
(of Back to the Future
movie fame) brought in to
match the company's current
promotional theme - Domaining of
the Future.
Below:
Back in the Keynote Hall a few
minutes later Jonathan David
Lewis of McKee Wallwork + Co.
delivered a talk on Using
Survival Psychology to Build a
Resilient Brand. After 10 years
of proprietary research, Lewis
provided a how-to guide for
navigating uncertain times by
correlating survival psychology with
modern business, teaching us how to
adapt and embrace change.
Above:
At the same time an adjacent meeting
room, Michael Gilmour from ParkLogic.com,
covered Data Mining for Revenue
with Registries and Registrars.
Below:
In yet another session at the same
hour, just down the hall, an expert
panel featuring (left to right)
moderator Stu Homan, Sherry
Hildebrand (MarkMonitor), Ryan
White (Digicert) and Brian
Cute (CEO at the Public Interest
Registry) covered Domain Security
101.
Above:
Back in the Keynote Hall at noon
there was a Fireside Chat about
DNS, Digital Identity, Blockchain
and Smart GeoFences featuring Tim
Favia (Donuts) Justin Newton
(Netki) and Sean Eilers (GeoNetwork).
The three discussed Donuts.ventures
investments in DNS innovation, how
Netki's Digital ID and Wallet
Names make blockchains safe and
compliant for a broad range of
business and personal use cases, and
how GeoNetwork's platform of
smart geofences is able to pinpoint
any location on Earth, down to a
square centimeter.
Below:
At the same time on the .GLOBAL
Breakout Stage down the hall, the
topic was nTLD Case Studies:
Rising Above the Noise with Bill
Sweetman (standing at left) moderating
a panel discussion that featured
(seated left to right) Christa
Taylor (dotTBA), Jennifer
Molina (.luxury), Trevor
Bowden (.ECO), Toby Hall
(MMX) and and Karn Jajoo
(Radix).
Above:
The afternoon sessions continued
with one featuring Lisa Box from
WP Engine in the Keynote Hall
delivering a talk titled Ice
Cream, Roller Skates, and Gen Z.
Today Millennials and Gen Z want
their habits to be anticipated, with
each experience better than the
last, so this session centered
on new research from WP Engine
& the Center for
Generational Kinetics to
illustrate how brands need to evolve
if they want to survive in today's
competitive market.
Below:
In an afternoon walk through the
Exhibit Hall we saw NameSummit
Co-Founders Jason Schaeffer (at
far left) and Steven Kaziyev
(2nd from right) telling visitors to
their booth about the Pitchfest
Global Competition they are doing
in conjunction with NamesCon
for the 2nd annual NameSummit
conference coming to New York
City August 6-7, 2018.
Above:
At mid-afternoon we caught
Rightmesh's Chris Jensen
(left) and John Lyotier's
popular session titled How Do You
Move From Domainer to Cryptopunk? There
are many parallels between Domaining
and the Blockchain and Crypto
worlds. Their workshop applied
hard-won lessons from the domain
industry towards these new
opportunities.
Below:
Just down the hall other attendees
were learning about Navigating
the World of geoTLDs from five
expert panelists, (left to right) Alfredo
Pinochet (LatinTLD), Solomon
Amoako (MMX) Dirk
Krischenowski (.Berlin), Rick
Silver (N49) and Stuart
Fuller (CenralNic).
Above
and below: In day 2's final business
session Monday, Haseeb Rabbani
from Blockgeeks
drew a large audience in the Keynote
Hall to hear his explain What
Is Blockchain?
With
Monday's business day done NamesCon
Global attendees headed out for a
mix of casual dining or private
company dinners to one of the week's
major events - the WaterNight
fundraising dinner for the Water
School.
Above:
At one of the private company
functions hosted by Weebly
at Craftsteak in the MGM
Grand, Uniregistry Founder Frank
Schilling popped in to see long
time friends including Weebly's Head
of Strategic Partner Sales, domain
industry veteran Chris Sheridan (at
right).
Below:
Meanwhile the big WaterNight
fundraising dinner was getting
underway at the Havana Club
in the Tropicana. Even though
NamesCon Founder Richard Lau sold
NamesCon last year, he was back to
oversee the fundraiser for his
favorite charity. Richard (at left
below) is chatting with Morgan
Linton about one of the items in
the Silent Auction that was
part of the event.
Above:
With information about the Water
School projected on a screen above
the bandstand, musicians and
prominent magician Justin Willman
entertained attendees. The goal for
the evening was $50,000 in
donations. In celebration of his
sale of NamesCon last year, Richard
Lau committed to personally
match pledges and donations made
at WaterNight. They raised $34,852,
which will be doubled to just under $70,000
thanks to Richard. Sponsors
have committed another $10,000
so to reach their goal of $100,000
after Richard's match, they hope to
raise another $10,148 in
donations and pledges. For those at
the show, pledge cards will be
available at the NamesCon/MMX party
at Hakkasan Tuesday night.
As
I write this Tuesday, day 3,
of NamesCon is still underway (with
day 4 still ahead Wednesday). I'll
have all of today and tonight's
photos and highlights for you in my
next post from Las Vegas.
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