Africa DNS Forum (ICANN ISOC AFTLD Joint Initiative) | Durban

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Africa DNS Forum (ICANN ISOC AFTLD Joint Initiative)

Date:

Fri 12 Jul 2013 - 08:00 - 17:30

Room:

Hall 1B

Session Leader: Pierre Dandjinou | VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Africa

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Overview

Agenda Details:

08:00-08:30	TBD
Morning Session Theme: TBD
TIME	TOPIC	SUBTOPIC NOTES
08:30-09:00	Welcome Remarks & Introduction	Official from South Africa, ISOC, ICANN, AfTLD
09:00-10:30	Trends, Opportunities & Challenges of the DNS Industry
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:30	Registries Business: Registry Strategies for Domain Name Growth	Successful ccTLD and registry models (Governance, staffing, business model etc) Marketing and awareness strategies (techniques such as sunrise, sunset, top level and second level, domain marketing and pricing, domain auctions, hotnames) Investing in the right technology (automation, new technology, statistics, reporting, DNSSEC) Billing for registries (cross border billing, online payments, mobile payments)
12:30-14:00	BREAK FOR LUNCH
14:00-15:30	Registrar business: Registrar strategies in a competitive environment	domain registrations, making the right investment considerations etc eg outsourcing vs off the shelf vs inhouse built, multihoming, DNSSEC) Above and Beyond domain name registrations (Value add services for a one stop shop eg providing webhosting, email etc) Domain name packing and speculation Registry software for automation
15:30-16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:30	Legal Issues: Cross-border domain registrations	Open vs Closed registries Cross border domain dispute resolutions WHOIS info in a borderless environment

Transcript:
Transcript: Africa DNS Forum (ICANN ISOC AFTLD Joint Initiative) (EN)
Transcript: Africa DNS Forum (ICANN ISOC AFTLD Joint Initiative) (FR)