Afnic, the company behind .FR extension announced that it will attend the 4th International Domain Name Conference on November 19th and 20th.
You can read the announcement after the jump :"The 4th International Domain Name Conference (RINDD) organized by SafeBrands will be held in Paris on November 19th and 20th 2014.This important event for players on the French domain name market is organized by SafeBrands/Mailclub.The conferences are reserved primarily for corporate domain name and trademark managers. Seats are also reserved for lawyers, IP firms, trademark attorneys, SEO specialists and journalists.Agenda 2014Wednesday 19 November 2014 Morning: New governance, new extensions, new naming Facilitators:Sébastien Bachollet – Elected member of the AFNIC Board of DirectorsFrédéric Guillemaut – Elected member of the AFNIC Board of Directors, MD of SafeBrands/Mailclub 8.45 am: Welcome breakfast 9.30am: Welcome address by Frédéric Guillemaut, Associate Director of SafeBrands/Mailclub 9.45am: Debates on the following themes: 9.45am : NewgTLD / ccTLD : market overview and evolution – Mathieu Weill, CEO at Afnic 10.15am : Debate on Icann transition and Internet governance – Mathieu Weill / Jean-Jacques Sahel, European VP at Icann 10.45am: Creating a market – Amy Repp, head of marketing at Donuts 11.00am: The next rounds of NewgTLDs – Frédéric Guillemaut 11h10-12.30pm : Round table: Naming in 2020 – Bertrand de la Chapelle / Amy Repp / Mathieu Weill / Jean-Jacques Sahel / Philippe Rodhain, lawyer Afternoon: Strategies for protecting brands and domain names Facilitator: Sébastien Almiron, Senior Domain Name Strategist – SafeBrands 2.15pm: Gtlds – cctlds – NewGTLDs: 3 types of extensions for 3 users – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands) and Francesco Cetraro (Afilias) 2.40pm: What is a naming charter, its purpose, how to put one together – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands) 3.00pm: Example of a strategy and sharing experiences- Philippe Rodhain (Lawyer) and Bertrand Réalini (Domain name manager BNP Paribas) 3.15pm: TMCH and DPML: proof of use, choosing the marks to protect, etc. – Sébastien Almiron and Amy Repp (Donuts) 3.30pm: The specific case of Corp/BrandTLDs – Bertrand Réalini (BNP-Paribas) 3.50pm: Social networks « usernames »: strategy and security – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands) 4.15pm: Pause 4.30pm to 6.00pm: Domain name securit, types of attacks, how to protect yourself – Florian Maury (ANSSI), David Saussinan (Unifab), Stéphane Bortzmeyer (Afnic), Jimaan Sane (Beazley) Thursday 20 November 2014 Morning: Domain names and value creation Facilitator: Etienne de Fontainieu – Responsable commercial et marketing, Safebrands 8.30 am: Welcome breakfast 9.00am: Marketing opportunities from the new extensions Referencing and NewGTLDs The NewGTLDs: implications for the domain name secondary market Is domaining dead? 11.00am: Accounting valuation of a portfolio of domain namesSpeakers: Guillaume Pahud – Groupe Richemont – CorpTLDs Manager Sophie Pieck – Sedo – Country Manager France/Italie Matthias Meyer-Schönherr – Sedo – Vice-President in charge of business development for Europe and Asia-Pacific Stéphanie Maury – Cabinet Stéphanie Maury Franck Maquinay – SEO.fr – CEO Nicolas Chabert – Perfeo – CEOAfternoon: Monitoring, recovery, ending attacks: how to optimize and reduce your expenses? Facilitator: Matthieu Aubert – Responsable juridique, Safebrands 2.30–5.00pm: Monitoring, analysing, reacting Setting up monitoring and analysing the results Recovery strategies, their effectiveness and cost – an overview of claims, UDRP, URS Worldwide on-line monitoring of potential infringements of your trademarks: Domain names Social networks Apps Logos Adwords campaigns 5.30pm: Conclusion of the 4th International Domain Name ConferenceSpeakers: Matthieu Aubert – Legal Manager – SafeBrands / Mailclub David Tayer – Lawyer – Witetic Avocats David Saussinan – Legal Manager – Unifab (Union des fabricants) Floriane Duel – Legal Counsel, Rapporteur in dispute resolution system Syreli – Afnic Chef d’Escadron Bruno Tirelli – Commander at the French "Gendarmerie Nationale" (unit of the French Army), Head of the Intelligence Bureau of the Alsace Region of the Gendarmerie, in charge of Business IntelligenceFurther information and Registration Address: Forum de Grenelle, 5 rue de la Croix-Nivert, Paris 15ème, France. Participation is free but registration required.
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