Scraps With Board Over New Queries Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 20 ECLR 895 (June 24, 2015). Copyright 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> The Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability has backtracked away...

Thomas Rickert explains Draft of Cross Community Working Group At ICANN from 21 to 25 June in Buenos Aires the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability are the central topics of the agenda. Thomas Rickert, Co-Chair of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Director Names &...

Conference and Trade Show for Cloud & Hosting hostingcon europe is the european spin-off by one of the largest Hosting- and Cloud-Events in the world. Look forward to one of the most interesting and inspiring meetings for the industry with insights to the hottest trends, products and movements on the market. Join exciting...

Introducing international IT executives to how to do business successfully in the German IT market eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry is presenting an exclusive 2-day intercultural event to better understand the strongest economic center in Europe, and to meet the top decision-makers in the German...

“People would say ‘You’re talking to the devil’” – as attorney Thomas Rickert talks about innovation in the past and potential in the future Hundreds of new domain endings have become feasible in the last couple of years – and yet, many people are still not aware of the marketing potential they offer. The...

Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability publishes proposals on Work Stream 1 The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) is calling for Input on its Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1). The CCWG-Accountability requests community feedback...

German based gTLDs and their activity – Volume 1 Now that the New gTLD Program has been active for over a year, there have been 45 Geographic gTLDs delegated in the root by ICANN. 34 of these are “City” designated gTLDs with nine more classified as “Regions”. DotBERLIN leads the way in total second-level domain...

Status-Update: Day 1 in Istanbul Mathieu Weill, together with Thomas Rickert one of the Co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability, gives an update on the progress of the working group at the face to face meeting in Istanbul on 23 March 2015.

International community driving transition Berlin, 10.04.2015 – Who will, in what form, take over the supervision of the IANA functions from October 2015? The closer this date comes, the more intensive the discussion is becoming – after the US government announced at the beginning of last year their intention to withdraw...

"New TLDs – 3.5 million names to 20 million in 2015?" Moderation Thomas Rickert, Director eco Names & Numbers Forum Panelists Alexander Schwertner, Director Products, OpenSRS Neha Naik, Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Radix Registry Oliver Elste, CEO, Smart-NIC Jeffrey Sass, CMO, .CLUB Domains Helena...

night.TALK at WHD.global 2015 Watch WHD night.TALK about the new gTLDs! Moderation Berend van Dalfzen, Realtime Register Panelists Crystal Peterson, Neustar Neha Naik, Radix Vern Jurovich Uniregistry Daniel Federer, SIDN Ulrich Retzlaff, Public Interest Registry

Give us a smile ; -) World Hosting Days 2015 are over and we met so many eco members and friends. Who passed by the eco booth? Check it out!   eco new gTLD Panel On Thursday Thomas Rickert, Director eco Names & Numbers Forum, was the moderator of the panel discussion "New TLDs - 3.5 million names to 20 million...

ICANN & eco Invitation: Information and Discussion on IANA Stewardship Transition The process of the IANA Stewardship Transition is entering the next hot phase: By now, the ICANN Communities have submitted their proposals for how the supervision of the IANA-functions should be designed after the withdrawal of the...

Re-launch of the eco International Podcast as the eco International Audio Magazine We all use web addresses every day, but what do they mean, and how do they work? The Domain Name System functions as the global Internet telephone book, but the Internet map is changing shape. The jungle of web addresses has been experiencing...

eco – Association of the German Internet Industry e. V. presents new website on the occasion of this year’s Domain Pulse on 26 and 27 February 2015 in Berlin A premiere for Germany: At https://numbers.eco.de/gtlds-figures-trends.html, there is now an overview, updated daily, of the growth in the new gTLDs, with explanations...

Discussion on IANA and the Administration of the Internet Determine the Agenda in Singapore Singapur, 08-12.02.2015 – Who will take on the supervision of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) from September 2015? This question is currently dominating all international discussions on Internet Governance and was...

Domain pulse 2015 takes place on 26 – 27 February in andel’s Hotel in Berlin. Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! Representing eco in the high-quality agenda with presentations and panels are Oliver Süme (eco Vice Chair, Director of Policy and Law) and Thomas Rickert (eco Director of Names & Numbers, ICANN...

6000 participants from the Hosting sector took up the invitation in 2014 to attend the largest Hosting and Cloud event in the world. Make the most of WHD.global 2015 – an impressive and inspiring industry gathering with insights into the newest trends, product developments and market movements as well as excellent networking...

The 52nd ICANN Meeting will take place from 8 to 12 February 2015 in Singapore in the Raffles City Convention Centre. Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! Do you have wishes or feedback for us or questions about eco? That’s great –because that’s why we’re there! Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council & Co-Chair of...

ICANN’s future duties and responsibilities were discussed during the latest RIPE meeting of Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties. In the light of the upcoming changes, when the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IANA, run by ICANN will cease to be supervised by the US, Hans Petter...