Kevin and Irene from Dot Whatever will be at NamesCon this week looking to provide daily updates of all the action in Las Vegas.
Namescon will have a full menu of sessions with regard to the new gtlds.
Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. will provide three different sessions in rooms A,B, and C.
Meet some of the new TLDs (A)
New TLDs have a variety of value propositions and attractions within their target demographic base. Hear from five different TLDs about what they do, what their strengths are, and understand how to be successful as a registrant / developer or within the registrar channel.
Aaron Grego CEO, Punto 2012
Monica Kirchner CEO, Dotluxury
Shaul Jolles CEO, DotLatin (.uno)
Daniel Negari CEO, .xyz
Rob Rozicki VP & Co-Founder, Starting Dot & Dot Ski
Moderator: Jennie-Marie Larsen
Navigating the Market: Experiences From Recently Launched TLDs For New gTLDs (B)
Hear from the most recent launches
Join these recently launched TLDs as they describe their course to market, the relationship with registrar channel, premium names, founder/pioneer names, and more.
Kelly Hardy Channel Manager, registry.me
Crystal Peterson Channel Manager, go.co
Chris Sheridan VP BD, RightSide
Jothan Frakes , Jothan.com
Alan Ezeir, .ws
Moderator: Derek Newman
Understanding Rights Protection Mechanisms in New TLDs & the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) (C)
This session is designed to help understand the TMCH and Rights Protection Mechanisms in the new TLD program.
Anthony Beltran COO / CFO, 101domain.com
Mike Rodenbaugh Principal, Rodenbaugh Law
Statton Hammock VP Business and Legal Affairs, Rightside
Karen Bernstein Principal, Karen Bernstein Law
Jon Nevett Co-Founder & EVP, Donuts.co
Moderator: Braden Pollock
After lunch at 2:05 there will be a chance to hear from industry leaders
New TLDs + ‘Domainers’ : The Opportunities
There is a strong inter-dependency between new gTLDs and the Domain Developer / Investor Communty. The discussion will surround attraction and benefit of new gTLDs and the ‘domainer’ audience as a registry?
New gTLDs have the opportunity to thrive within the robust domain developer and investor audience, but there are subtleties that can either win or lose a very important demographic. Hear from our panel of domain investors on the ways new gTLDs can benefit, and missteps to avoid.
Adam Dicker Owner, DNForum
Mike Berkens , RightOfTheDot, LLC
Ari Goldberger , ESQwire
Fred Krueger, TLDH
Moderator: Braden Pollock
Another session that will be heavily attended will be the talk about whether or not .com’s time in the spotlight is over.
.COM is Dead, Long Live .COM!
The new gTLDs – how (and will) they impact user behavior
Join a panel of leading minds as they share their opinions and experience.
Paul Nicks Product Director, Aftermarket, GoDaddy
Monte Cahn President / Director, RightOfTheDot, LLC
Ken Hansen CEO, CO.com, LLC
Stevan Lieberman attorney, Greenberg & Lieberman
Moderator: Braden Pollock
There are many who believe user behavior is already pretty well entrenched, it will be interesting to hear opinions of those who feel this can be changed, and how they will go about doing it.
Frank Schilling will give the keynote speech starting at 4:50 p.m.
Day one looks to be a busy day for those interested in the new gtlds and Dot Whatever will be there to cover it.