India Celebrates World Domain Day 2014
India’s first ever Intl Domain Conference to be held in Hyderabad
16 Vertical Experts including Dr Ajay Kumar (Joint Secretary, Ministry of IT & Comm); Dr Govind (CEO of National Internet Exchange Of India); Pavan Duggal(One of the Top Cyber Lawyer in India & Internationally); Alok Bansal (CFO , PolicyBazaar.com); Sanjeev Goyal (CEO of Mitsu.in – one of India’s largest .in registrar); Vikram Ahuja (Director Cognizant) and Virtual Speakers Mike Mann from USA – Possibly the World’s No. 1 domain investor , Owner of Phone.com , SEO.com etc And Karen J Bernstein – a leading IP Attorney , based in Manhattan address the 200 plus participants
Hyderabad, 19 Aug, 2014: Happening Hyderabad to have another feather in its cap. The first ever Internaitonal Domain Conference to be held in Hyderabad on 24th August at Hotel Avasa at Madhapur. . 16 Vertical Experts, including Mike Mann – Possibly the World’s No. 1 domain investor , Owner of Phone.com , SEO.com from USA???? And Karen J Bernstein – a leading IP Attorney , based in Manhattan to address virtually the 200 plus participants.
Indian Domain Owners Association, (IDOA) the premier organization of leading domain investors, web entrepreneurs and service providers in India, is organizing this first ever international domain conference in India, calledWorld Domain Day (WDD) on 24th August 2014 at Hyderabad (For complete information, pleasevisit http://worlddomainday.com/). You can also register online on www.WorldDomainDay.com
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a global Internet overseer, is preparing for the largest-ever expansion of the domain name system. The group received 1,930 applications for new "generic top level domains" (gTLD), the ".com" or ".net" part of website addresses. WDD.2014will bring together domain owners, affiliate marketers,bloggers,startups & SMEs, and service providers from India, USA, UK, Dubai, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand etc. to spread awareness about GTLDs.
On the 20th June 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), announced its decision to allow applications for generic Top Level Domains – gTLDs. In essence, this landmark decision opens the floodgates of domain name creativity; this is no longer a .com world, restricted by locality (.can, .uk) by classification (.edu, .mil) or by company structure (.org, .biz). The revolution has begun! Now if you own a restaurant? Apply for .food, .menu, .eat, .dine. In the adventure industry? Look at .scuba, .ski, .dive!
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Prakhar Bindal, CEO Axsiom.com, said“India is the first venue for the conference to promote domain name revolution and also to raise the country’s image in the international market.Top level speakers and industry leaders from around the world are scheduled to participate. This tidal wave of new top level domains will create a changing internet landscape forever. Brand owners need to prepare a brand protection strategy to secure the most obvious domain names. Marketers will have new, innovative options to be creative and new businesses will have a large assortment of endless possibilities finding the perfect name.”
Mr. Bindal further added, “New GTLD Licenses have been issued and they are being gradually rolled out every week for the next 10-12 months. e.g. .CONSULTING and .MEDIA were released recently.This will be a big event and therefore a great opportunity for India to keep pace with this internet revolution and take advantage of it. We are looking forward to receiveactive participation from people to make this event a huge success.”
Some of the key speakers at the event will be:-
· Dr. Ajay Kumar (Joint Secretary, Ministry of IT &Comm, Govt. of India)
· Dr. Govind (Chairman, NIXI)
· Simon Cousins (CEO, TLD Regsitry)
· Jeffrey Sass (CMO, .CLUB Registry)
· PavanDuggal (India’s No. 1 Cyber Lawyer)
Virtual talks by:-
· Mike Mann (CEO, Phone.com)
· Michael Marcovici (CEO, Domain Developers Fund)
This will be biannual event to be held in India and abroad every year to promote domain names across the world.
About ICANN: ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. Through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information, pls visithttps://www.icann.org/
About IDOA: Indian Domain Owners Association, (IDOA) is the premier organization of leading domain investors, web entrepreneurs and service providers in India. We stand for increasing domain name awareness & education and promoting the allied industries like IT services, Affiliates and Resellers.
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