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11:00 - 11:30 Local Time

Presentation: The Origin and Growth of New gTLDs

Speaker:

  • Rafik Dammak | Computer engineer

11:30 - 12:30 Local Time

Panel: The Domain Name Business: What Does it Look Like?

Speakers:

  • Michele Neylon | Founder, owner and CEO of Blacknight
  • Munir Badr | Founder and CEO, AEserver.com
  • Raedene McGary | Head of Policy, CentralNIC
  • Tom Barrett | President, Encirca Inc.

12:30 - 14:00 Local Time

Break1

14:00 - 15:00 Local Time

Panel: The Challenges Facing the Regional Domain Name Industry

Speakers:

  • Abdulrahman Almarzouqi | Director, Digital Policies, TDRA UAE
  • Amr Elsadr | Manager, Policy Development, ICANN
  • Giovanni Seppia | EURId External Relations Manager
  • Mohammad Zeidan | General Manager, Neustar MENA
  • Seher Sağıroğlu Ayhan | Global Stakeholder Engagement Regional Specialist, Middle East and Africa, ICANN

15:00 - 15:30 Local Time

Presentation: Approaches to Mitigating DNS Abuse

Speaker:

  • Graeme Bunton | Executive Director, DNS Abuse Institute