2011
Archive 2011
New timeline set on ICANN #40 meeting in San Francisco
As the ICANN #40 meeting has closed, there is a new timeline for the new gTLD program.
ICANN will probably announce the start of the new gTLD program during the upcoming ICANN #41 meeting in Singapore. As there will be further negotiations with the GAC the timeline is still a draft.

Other resolucions can be found here:http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm ...click for more
Sponsoring the ICANN #40 meeting
We´re glad to announce that we are a sponsor of the ICANN #40 meeting in San Francisco. Meet us from March 13 - 18 at the ICANN-meeting, booth #106.
...click for moreThe newdomains.org call for speakers is officially open!
Would you like to submit a presentation proposal? Do you know someone who is a qualified speaker or panelist? Now is the time to apply and let us know as we are opening our call for speakers. All topics on our agenda marked 'tbc' or 'tba' are open for proposals and will be considered.
Proposal requirements:
- Deadline: Call for speakers closes on May 31, 2011.
A personal view on dot-nxt conference 2011, San Francisco
by Kate Hutchinson, United Domains, Inc.
The view from the welcoming cocktail reception at .NXT was impressive, especially considering the venue. But the lights of the Hyatt aside, I found myself surrounded by an amazingly varied group of people, all of them revving up for the next wave of top-level domains.
There were applicants, IP lawyers, registries, registrars, DNS providers, and curious onlookers gathered for the event, from as far away as Japan and as local as just around the block.
I met one gentleman who told me he was planning on applying for a new TLD, but he wouldn’t tell me what it was. “I’m keeping it a secret for now,” he said. On the other end of the spectrum, I met Kevin Saimon and Jacob Williams of Urban Brain, who excitedly told me about their application for the nTLD .site. ...click for more

