London conference: the next steps in the future of domain names

Join us in the heart of London for our third conference and what a conference this one will be!

.Nxt is the place where important debates and ideas about the future of domain names and the Internet itself will be heard. The conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the historic expansion of the domain name system and offer the inside track on how to make the process a success for you and your company.

So whether you wish to understand the new business models, or find marketing companies, auction experts, even lawyers to make sure you get your application through and make the most of your piece of the domain name system, you will find it at .Nxt.

If you have applied for a new gTLD, or if you want to know what this expansion means, you can't afford not to come to .Nxt.

With the program finally launched and applications already being accepted, the discussion has now moved on. What are the next steps?

Only when the full list of applications is published, will we have any idea what the future of the Internet looks like. How many applications will there be? How many from brand owners? How many from cities, or communities? How many generic names will be in the pile? And how many conflicts will there be - what names will be fought over?

By the time of the .Nxt conference, our panels of world-leading domain experts, analysts, registries and registrars will be able to tell you. And from there we can start to make out the future path of the domain name system.

More than just gTLDs

As well as in-depth coverage of the gTLD expansion, sessions will provide you with updates and introductions on what is going on with the domain name industry itself and, in an even broader context, with Internet policy and governance.

US Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling said on the eve of the gTLD program launch: "If your application is successful, you will be operating a critical piece of the global Internet infrastructure. With this comes the responsibility of active participation in ICANN and other related multistakeholder processes such as the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)."

.Nxt will contain many of the key voices in both ICANN and the IGF, giving you an unrivalled opportunity to talk to them outside the busy confines of policy meetings.

Conference design

The conference comprises three main elements:

• An educational conference, including a keynote, traditional session formats, spotlight sessions, industry panels and practical, as well as forward-looking, workshops.
• An exhibit area featuring companies that will develop, run and promote new parts of the domain name system.
• Networking events that foster dialogue between entrepreneurs, infrastructure specialists, venture capitalists, press, analysts and development executives.

The focus is on information sharing and audience interaction. So come and find out what it means to a member of the Internet community!