Afilias is a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming ICANN Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica. Afilias will be co-hosting the Music Night event with .ORG! Stop by on Tuesday night to enjoy some good music!

To schedule a meeting with one of our experts to discuss New TLDs, please email us.

Afilias is a Silver Sponsor of the upcoming NDSS Symposium 2012 in San Diego, California. This will be the 19th Annual Network & Distributed System Security Symposium.

Network security technologies must respond to ever more complex issues and malicious behaviors. The purpose of NDSS is to bring the global Internet community together to learn about and discuss cutting-edge advances in the science and application of network and distributed systems security. The three day program features refereed paper presentations, punctuated by selected invited talks on security as it is applied in the field.

On January 12, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open a process that could trigger a dramatic expansion of the Internet and launch a new era of online innovation. We are familiar with .com, .org, .net, among the roughly two dozen generic top-level domains currently occupying the Internet's addressing system. Hundreds, possibly thousands of new gTLDs, could be moving in within a year.

The program is not without risks and not for everyone. Understanding the marketing opportunities, the application process, and the program's built-in trademark protections is important even if a new gTLD is not for you.

Moderator: Naseem Javed, ABC Namebank

Panelists: Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO, ICANN; Roland LaPlante, Senior VP and CMO, Afilias; and Kristina Rosette, Special Counsel, Covington & Burling.

Afilias is a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming ICANN Conference in Dakar, Senegal. Afilias will once again be co-hosting the Music Night event with .ORG! Stop by on Tuesday night to unwind!

To schedule a meeting with one of our experts to discuss New TLDs, please email us.

Join Afilias and your peers at this free networking event hosted by the Web Host Industry Review. Tasty appetizers and drinks will be provided at Josephine Lounge. Don't forget to RSVP!

Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership presents- A Global Webinar: Who Should Invest in a dotBRAND? Evaluating the Business Case for a Top-Level Domain Name

This Afilias-sponsored webinar will bring together business, branding, and internet experts to discuss the strategic questions faced by any organization considering, or committed to, ownership of a new gTLD.

Presenters:

William Barrett, Global Communications, Deloitte

Karl Isaac, Executive Director, Digital Branding, Landor

Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer, Afilias

Paul Twomey, Managing Director, Argo P@cific, former ICANN CEO

Others TBD

Moderated by: David Rogers, Executive Director, BRITE, Columbia Business School

To find out more about Afilias' Global Registry Services for new TLDs click here, or to contact our new TLD team start here.

The DNS EASY 2011 workshop will bring together researchers and professionals from academia, industry and governmental agencies plus representatives from across DNS ecosystem stakeholder groups -- technical development, network operators, enterprise users, and security experts -- to discuss all aspects of the DNS Health and Security.

The DNS EASY 2011 workshop is also the site of the third ICANN Global Symposium on DNS Security, Stability and Resiliency.

The DNS EASY 2011 workshop will be in two parts. The first is devoted to research results and industrial experience presentations. The second part, by invitation only, will be devoted to DNS ecosystem stakeholder groups with discussions on operational and policy issues related to DNS.

PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2011 offers three days packed with presentations about PostgreSQL and related technologies. Ram Mohan, CTO of Afilias, will offer a keynote address, Afilias' Winning Bet on Open Source, which will cover the following:

In 2001, Afilias launched .INFO, the first new gTLD ever approved by ICANN. To support its new registry platform, Afilias committed to using open source technology with PostgreSQL. A great deal of consideration was taken to make this strategic choice, on costs, risks, quality and ongoing support for the technology. Over the past 10 years, Afilias has realized numerous benefits and key learnings from its winning strategy and from its involvement in the open source communities. Over the next five years, as the domain industry shifts considerably, so will its technologies, applications and business models. What role will open source play in these future trends?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number(ICANN), the global body which manages Internet names and numbers, will soon unleash new generic Top Level Domains (gTLD). These new gTLDs are designed to increase choice and competition for all Internet users. Soon, one can apply for the name of one's company such as .tata, .reliance or .sony or for a city name, such as .kolkata , .delhi and .mumbai. Rod Beckstrom, CEO and President of ICANN will share ICANN's perspective on the new gTLD program.

This half-day seminar will sensitize stake holders to the concept of new gTLDs, including the application process, time lines and financial implications.

The event is coordinated by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Afilias India Pvt. Ltd., National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.

Afilias and Xfinity are co-sponsoring the upcoming INET - Phildelphia event: Maintiaining Trust, The future of Internet Security and Privacy.

Learn from leading industry, policy and technology experts, including Parry Afab and Ari Swartz, who are helping to direct the future of Internet security and privacy. This is an unprecedented opportunity to network with the thought leaders and policy makers who are designing the global networks of tomorrow and creating the legislation that will safeguard the Internet for the future

Registration is $25 for Internet Society members and $50 for non-members. Not an ISOC Member? Membership is FREE!: sign up here!