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Registration Now Open for 2018 LAC DNS Forum
6 November 2018
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – 6 November 2018 – Registration is now open for the 2018 LAC DNS Forum to be held in São Paulo, Brazil. The theme of this year's event, which is part of
AbraHosting Day [eventos.locaweb.com.br], is "New Technologies and Digital Security."
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2018 LAC DNS Forum |
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29 November 2018, 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM |
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Centro Fecomercio de eventos - São Paulo, SP
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To request an invitation please contact your GSE representative or Daniel Fink –
daniel.fink@icann.org |
The LAC DNS Forum brings together industry, Internet policy, and technical professionals interested in debating DNS-related issues. The forum also provides an opportunity to engage and network with key players and experts in the field.
The forum is open to anyone interested in issues related to the domain name industry and its potential business opportunities. The target audience includes:
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Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries, registrars, and resellers
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Generic top-level domain (gTLD) registries, registrars, and resellers
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Registrants
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DNS experts
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gTLD applicants
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Regional TLD organizations
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IT and Internet businesses
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Entrepreneurs
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Legal and intellectual property firms
This will be the fifth edition of the LAC DNS Forum, which was first held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013. This year's event is jointly organized by
Abrahosting [abrahosting.org.br], the Latin American and Caribbean ccTLDs Organization (LACTLD), the Latin American and Caribbean Address Registry (LACNIC), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Public Interest Registry (PIR), and the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique, so computers know
where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.