From Ground-Breaking to Mainstream

The Public Interest Registry (.ORG) and eco present:

From Ground-Breaking to Mainstream
.ORG Press Event

Hear discussion on ideas that the Internet experimentalists are creating and the external factors pulling technologies into the mainstream to ensure the stability and growth of the Internet.
Representatives from different segments of the industry can compare and contrast their challenges and opportunities.

High caliber speakers will present and discuss

new developments with the .ORG registry
security issues and solutions in the domain world to foster trust and confidence and
opportunities and challenges of the growing secondary domain market.

Agenda

08.10.08

9:30	Registration
10:00	Opening Address Harald Summa, CEO eco Visions of the Future with .ORG Alexa Raad, CEO .ORG The Public Interest Registry
10:40	Attacks 2.0: Security Hazards & Solutions Emerging threats to security: new technologies and efforts coming in to the mainstream to combat these threats Klaus Landefeld, Board Member eco
11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:20	Domain Secondary Market What technologies or business models are driving the value of domain names in the secondary market? Are ISPs ready for this business or are they about to miss an exciting opportunity? Marius Würzner, Managing Director SEDO GmbH An introduction to the first domain based investment fund. Markus Schnermann, Managing Director Domaininvest S.A.
12:10	Future Vision: Internet Technologies and business models - from experimental to practical "Two future forces, one mostly social, one mostly technological, are intersecting to transform how goods, services, and experiences will be designed and distributed over the next decade. These trends sit atop a platform of grassroots economics—new market structures developing online that embody a shift from stores and sales to communities and connections." (From Future of Making Map, http://iftf.org) Why are social networking applications becoming mainstream for the .ORG Community? Chair: Detlef Eckert , Senior Advisor to the Director General in the Directorate General “Information Society and Media” of the European Commission Panelist #1: Alexander Rodert Bundesrepublik.org Panelist #2: Frank Ackermann, Vice-President INHOPE
12:50	Closing Remarks Alexa Raad, CEO Thomas Rickert, Director Self-Regulation eco e.V.
13:00	LUNCH
All day	Interview sessions with key media and press contacts in a dedicated room.

Datum

Beginn:
08.10.2008, 10:00 h

Ende:
15:00 h

From Ground-Breaking to Mainstream The Public Interest Registry (.ORG) and eco present:

From Ground-Breaking to Mainstream
.ORG Press Event

Hear discussion on ideas that the Internet experimentalists are creating and the external factors pulling technologies into the mainstream to ensure the stability and growth of the Internet.
Representatives from different segments of the industry can compare and contrast their challenges and opportunities.