The Nordic Domain Industry event of 2024

Nordic Domain Days brings the domain name industry together! This event is where Registries, registrars, resellers, service providers, and investors network and share insights during a packed two-day conference. Focused on the face to face interaction between our contributors and participants, all speakers will be live on stage and our sessions are not recorded nor streamed.
  • Industry Keynote opens each morning
  • Informative Sessions by the industry itself
  • Dedicated Space to network and meet
  • Social Events that brings us all together
Nordic Domain Days

Featuring

Great Keynotes

From the Domain Name Industry, live on stage

Industry Speakers

Sharing their insight and experience with you

Networking

Ample time to find new and renew old acquaintances

Social Events

Socialize and evolve your network

Your connections

Your peers, competitors and customers will be there
Nordic Domain Days

2023 Program

  • Welcome 07 May 2023
  • Business 08 May 2023
  • Policy & Tech 09 May 2023
  • Workshop 09 May 2023
18:00
Welcome Drinks
Living Room Bar
Clarion Stockholm

Welcome to Stockholm!

For those traveling to Stockholm ahead of time, Nordic Domain Days welcomes you with an opportunity to reconnect with old acquaintances or make new ones at this informal meet and greet hosted by .link.
20:00
VIP Dinner
The Dining Room
Clarion Stockholm

VIP Dinner

VIP Ticket holders are invited to this traditional pre-event dinner to socialise with our partners, speakers and the staff while enjoying a spectacular dinner in a relaxed environment.
09:00
NDD
Nordic Domain Days
Clarion Stockholm

Doors open

The doors to the sixth Nordic Domain Days open and participants are welcome to pick up their badge and enjoy a coffee before the content of the day starts.
09:30
Lars Forsberg
Lars "LG" Forsberg
Nordic Domain Days

Welcome to Nordic Domain Days

Founder and Curator of Nordic Domain Days, Lars "LG" Forsberg takes to the stage to greet all the new and returning participants.

09:35
Nadya Frost
Nadya Frost
Group.one

Segment #1: Domain Industry Update

The first out of four Nordic Domain Days content segments is the traditional Domain Industry Update. Hosted by Industry Veteran Nadya Frost (Group.one), this segment aims to get us all up to speed on what is happening in the domain name industry right now, according to some of the most important actors of the industry, and the community.

09:35
Romain Cholat
Romain Cholat
Verisign

The Domain Name Industry and Observations on Retention

In this session, Verisign, the operator of the .com domain name, will provide an overview of trends observed from new domain name registrations to help us all better understand the customer journey. By studying the way that services get attached to domain names, we will be able to illustrate the impact that helping domain name registrants attach services to their registrations has on renewal tendencies

10:05
Kristian Ormen
Kristian Ørmen
Internetstiftelsen

Why change it if it works?

Many registries and registrars operates more or less like they did 10 years ago, Is it time for a change? Does the different registry incentive programs work? Should we introduce nameblocking as an alternative to defensive registrations?

10:35
FIKA
NDD #Social
Clarion Stockholm

Swedish Fika

A customary Swedish coffee break with a smorgasbord of savory options, and something sweet!
11:00
Chris Mondini
Chris Mondini
ICANN

ICANN Domain Community Update

ICANN and its community of global stakeholders work to foster innovation and consumer choice in generic Top Level Domains, while maintaining stability and security of the Domain Name System overall. What have been the milestones reached to date, what does the future hold for gTLD related policies, and why are these important for the future growth and interoperability of the global Internet.

11:30
Jeff Neuman
Jeff Neuman
Dot Hip Hop, LLC

The Next Round(s) of New gTLDs Given a Green Light

After more than a decade since the last round of new gTLDs, in March 2023, ICANN finally approved most of the recommendations necessary to commence the implementation of the next round(s) of new gTLDs. But there is still a lot of work ahead of us before the next round can be opened, and that work will likely take longer than what many had hoped for. This conversation will cover what it is that ICANN approved, what work will be needed to cross the finish line the likely, the likely fees to apply for a new gTLD, and what differences are likely between the 2012 New gTLD round and the round(s) to come.

12:00
Lunch
The Dining Room
Clarion Stockholm

Lunch

Each day, Nordic Domain Days offers a rich and filling lunch, certain to keep you going all day long. The meal is served between 12:00 and 13:30 each day.
13:00
Braden Pollock
Braden Pollock
PollockFund

Segment #2: Domain Business

The second Nordic Domain Days content segments is all about the business, with entreprenurs, innovators and marketeers taking to the stage. Hosted by prolific speaker and domain investor Braden Pollock, this segment focuses on knowladge sharing and handing the audience a large helping of food for thought.

13:00
Emiliano Pasqualetti
Emiliano Pasqualetti
DomainsBot

The future of data insights: improving the customers experience and your ROI

Customers do not see themselves as “female, 39, frequent and high spending” but instead as creative curating a blog about yoga and meditation or entrepreneurs in the clothing and fashion industry. Today we can know much more about our users by looking at details such as the topics of their websites and the services they use. This level of insight allows you to better tailor messaging and products, finding the ideal level of personalization to connect with each of your customers.

13:30
Varun Punjabi
Varun Punjabi
Radix

Registry Marketing 2.0 - How Domain Registries Are Innovating to Reach End Customers

Following up on his talk last year on how Radix is not sitting on the sidelines when it comes to promoting brand awareness and usage of their new TLD extensions, Varun takes it a step further this year and will showcase other innovative initiatives run by Radix to promote its new domain extensions, thereby still not sitting on the sidelines.

14:00
Martin Spreer
Martin Spreer
CentralNic Group PLC

Growing Your Domain Reseller Business in 2023: Real-world learnings from CentralNic Reseller that Domain Resellers can use to reinvigorate their business

Domain Resellers today are faced with a lot of challenges in 2023. From dwindling profit margins to customers that are brand-agnostic, these problems seem to be ever-growing. In this session will be shared tips & real-world examples of how CentralNic Reseller helps its domain resellers achieve greater success with their domain business.

14:30
Vito Peleg
Vito Peleg
Atarim

The Return of DIFM for Hosts: Why Delivering Pro Services Has Never Been Easier

In this talk, we'll explore the resurgence of Do-It-For-Me (DIFM) services and how hosts can take advantage of this trend to offer professional services to their clients with ease. We'll discuss the benefits of providing these types of services, including increased APRU, activation, MRR, and customer loyalty, and showcase a platform that simplifies the process of delivering pro services. Whether you're a host looking to expand your offerings or simply interested in learning about the latest trends in website development, this talk is for you. Join us and discover why delivering professional services has never been easier.

15:00
FIKA
NDD #Social
Clarion Stockholm

Swedish Fika

The afternoon version of this Swedish classic. Coffee and an array of sweet alternatives is served for us all to enjoy.
15:30
Fredrik Björklund
Fredrik Björklund
Miss Group

Embrace the retention journey; Achieve Growth for you and your SME's

Can you both grow and retain your SME customers? Learn from Fredrik, CEO at Miss Group, as he shares his experience of how they grew with their customers & how it transformed their company.

16:00
Artur Grabowski
Artur Grabowski
Extendify

WordPress: Ready, Set, Churn

WordPress powers 43% of the world’s websites, and yet the user experience is hard and results in massive churn for hosters. Artur will share what he has learned about the WordPress customer journey from his time at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, and his current work helping WordPress hosters activate and retain their customers.

16:30
Rob&Gela
Gelareh Nordström & Robert Örthén
Group.one

An outsider's observations!

Not industry veterans, but a couple of seasoned marketeers finding their way in this billion dollar industry. With a fresh eye, comes observations and food for thought! Join us and hear our 2cent's on navigating between the donuts, icann, traficom.. Taking the temp on the IQ.. Counting our .no .fi .se .dk domains, all while we grow the .one!

17:00
Drinks
Living Room Bar
Clarion Stockholm

After Work

After the last session of the day, there is still some time for that quick meeting or to just hang out at the Living Room Bar enjoying the company and a drinks, offered by CIRA Registry Services.
20:00
Drinks
Living Room Bar & Main Stage
Clarion Stockholm

Grand Social Event

On the first night of the Nordic Domain Days proper, we invite all participants to join us for the traditional grand social event. With our traditional meatball buffet dinner, cocktails, music and, yes, KARAOKE we play hard after working hard all day long. This time around, our social event is being made possible by CentralNic, .BLOG, DomainsBot and NameBlock!
09:00
NDD
Nordic Domain Days
Clarion Stockholm

Doors open

The doors open for the second day of Nordic Domain Days, which brings sessions and a workshop on DNS Abuse, NIS2 and technical topics. Participants are welcome to pickup their badge and enjoy a coffee before the content of the day starts.
09:30
Kelly Hardy
Kelly Hardy
iQ

Segment #3: DNS Abuse and NIS2

The third Nordic Domain Days content segments focuses on the topic of DNS Abuse and the recent twist in the form of the EU NIS2 Directive. Hosted by Kelly Hardy (iQ), we get an update from some of the most knowlegble people in the field on what is being currently being done, what more could be done and how the NIS2 directive impacts the industry and the efforts already in place.

09:30
Keith Drazek
Keith Drazek
Verisign

DNS Abuse

The Tuesday morning at Nordic Domain Days 2023 is all about DNS Abuse and the NIS2 directive. First to take to the stage is Verisign's Keith Drazek.

10:00
Brian F. Cimbolic
Brian F. Cimbolic
PIR

Initatives and Incentives to combat DNS Abuse

PIR is on the forefront of combating DNS Abuse amongst top-level domain registries with initaives such as QPI and the DNS Abuse Institute. Brian F. Cimbolic, the vice president, General Counsel at PIR shares their experiance on stage at Nordic Domain Days.

10:30
FIKA
NDD #Social
Clarion Stockholm

Swedish Fika

A customary Swedish coffee break with a smorgasbord of savory options, and something sweet!
11:00
Thomas Rickert
Thomas Rickert
ECO

NIS2 - What does it mean to the domain name industry?

The European Union NIS2 directive is a topic widely discussed among Registries, Registrars and Hosting providers. From the NDD stage, Thomas Rickert takes us through what it means for the domain name industry and what work is ongoing within the community.

11:30
Prudence Malinki
Prudence Malinki
Markmonitor

Lasting legislative impacts of NIS2 and GDPR

From the Corporate Registrar Markmonitor, we are joined by Prudence Malinki who will discuss the lasting legislative impacts on the Domain industry that NIS2 and GDPR could have.

12:00
James Bladel
James Bladel
Godaddy

Fireside chat with James Bladel: Building the Internet We Want to Live With

What happens online is as real as what happens off of it. Join Kelly and James as they chat about crafting TOUs that reflect the world we want to see, community responsibility vs. overreach, handling law enforcement requests and why we don't consider what happens online "real" yet.

12:00
Lunch
The Dining Room
Clarion Stockholm

Lunch

Each day, Nordic Domain Days presents a rich and filling lunch, certain to keep you going all day long. The meal is served between 12:00 and 13:30 each day.
13:30
Patrik Fältström
Patrik Fältström
Netnod

Segment #4: Tech

The fourth and last Nordic Domain Days content segments focuses is yet another traditional one, TECH!. Hosted by Patrik Fältström (Netnod), this segment takes a deep-dive into a multitude of technial topics such as the recent updates to the Zonemaster project, KINDNS and much much more.

13:30
David Huberman
David Huberman
ICANN

Update on KINDNS

It’s important to be kind to each other in life. It turns out it’s also important to be kind to each other in the DNS! KINDNS is an initiative supported by ICANN to produce a simple framework that can help a wide variety of DNS operators, from small to large, to follow both the evolution of the DNS protocol and the best practices that the industry identifies for better security and more effective DNS operations. David Huberman will introduce KINDNS and give an update on how it’s going.

14:00
TBA
Mats Dufberg
Internetstiftelsen

The Zonemaster Project

Internetstiftelsen and Afnic has been working together on the Zonemaster project for over 10 years. The aim to perform qualitative tests of the DNS is an honorable one and Mats Dufbergs takes to the stage to give us the lastest updates on the project

14:30
Martin Frausing
Martin Frausing
Group.one

Democratising management of DNS

Martin joins us from Group.one to share his experience with democratising management of the Group.one internal DNS. This process leaves us more people with access to change DNS, but also make simple reverts of DNS changes possible and provides us with an annotated changelog, all mostly via git and CI/CD.

15:00
FIKA
NDD #Social
Clarion Stockholm

Swedish Fika

This afternoon version of the Swedish classic is something special indeed. In true Swedish birthday fashion, NameSRS will celebrate their 20th anniversary by serving us all with CAKE! The regular Coffee and array of sweets is also available.
15:30
Lars-Johan Liman
Lars-Johan Liman
Netnod

Anycast - how it works and interacts with the DNS

Anycast is a routing technology often used for high-profile DNS service. This talk tries to explain how the technology works, why it is beneficial to DNS service, and how it interacts with the DNS system to give the unique strength that is its hallmark.

16:00
Martijn Groeneweg
Martijn Groeneweg
DMARC Advisor

Adopt DMARC! Ten out of ten, would recommend.

DMARC has been around for over 10 years. Still, the adoption can be improved to get your email and online presence safe. Registrars and hosting companies can use DMARC for the benefit of both their customers and themselves. Get hands-on tips and tricks on what you can do to protect yourself and your customers against email phishing and CEO fraud.

16:30
Rob Seger
Rob Seger
Monarx

Malware Obfuscation

Explore why detecting php malware can be so challenging. Learn how to hide the simplest, easy to detect, webshell by ever more devious means. Leave with a fully functional webshell that only the professionals can detect. No programming experience needed but a high level understanding of what "strings" or "functions" are is needed to get the most out of the talk.

17:00
Drinks
Living Room Bar
Clarion Stockholm

After Work Drinks

After the last session of the day, there is still some time for that quick meeting or to just hang out at the Living Room Bar for an after hours refreshment courtesy of Open-Xchange.
20:00
Dinner
Restaurant Vatos
Clarion Stockholm

Celebration Dinner

New for this year of Nordic Domain Days is our Tuesday dinner. This buffet-style Mexican treat will celebrate the anniversary of one of our oldest partners in the domain name space.
12:00
Lunch
The Dining Room
Clarion Stockholm

Lunch

Each day, Nordic Domain Days presents a rich and filling lunch, certain to keep you going all day long.
13:30

DNS Abuse Workshop

In this DNS Abuse Workshop, hosted by topDNS and iQ, the domain and hosting industry gathers to continue the discussion from NDD 2022 that spawned the Stockholm Recommendations.
15:00
FIKA
NDD #Social
Clarion Stockholm

Swedish Fika

The afternoon version of this Swedish classic. Coffee and an array of sweet alternatives is served for us all to enjoy.
15:30

DNS Abuse Workshop

After what will certainly be a well-deserved coffee break, the DNS Abuse Workshop continues with further discussion, insights and conclusions.
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Stage Hosts @ Nordic Domain Days 2023

Nadya Frost

Nadya Frost

Group.one
Braden Pollock

Braden Pollock

PollockFund
Speakers

Speakers @ Nordic Domain Days 2023

Lars "LG" Forsberg

Nordic Domain Days
Romain Cholat

Romain Cholat

Verisign
Kristian O

Kristian Ørmen

Internetstiftelsen

Chris Mondini

ICANN

Thomas Rickert

topDNS - ECO

Prudence Malinki

Markmonitor

Fredrik Björklund

Miss Group

Gianni Ponzi

Nordic Domain Days

Martijn Groeneweg

DMARC Advisor

Martin Spreer

CentralNic Group PLC

Gela & Rob

Group.one

Keith Drazek

Verisign

James Bladel

Godaddy

Jeff Neuman

Dot Hip Hop, LLC
Artur Grabowski

Artur Grabowski

Extendify
Martin Frausing

Martin Frausing

Group.one
Vito Peleg

Vito Peleg

Atarim
Rob Seger

Rob Seger

Monarx

Interactive Workshops

As a part of making Nordic Domain Days the best possible event, we work with our partners to develop something special for the program. Held away from what happens on stage and with a higher level of interactivity, Workshops are where our partners bring an additional dimension to the conference by offering more specific topics to a group of participants.

The topic could be an in-depth look at something discussed at a glance on stage or something completely new, and the size of the group can vary from twenty and upward. Is there a topic that you think would make an interesting workshop at Nordic Domain Days? Let us know, and maybe one of our partners will put your idea on the agenda!
THE VENUE

Welcome to the Clarion
Stockholm

The Clarion Hotel Stockholm is a vibrant and modern conference hotel where the banquette hall will host the seminars for Nordic Domain Days 2024. NDD #social will have a stunning view over the southern skyline of Stockholm with easy access to the Living Room bar for ad-hoc chats. For those who wants to have a meeting in private, the VIP lounge will cater to you

Banquette Hall

First class Domain Industry Seminars for up to 400 attendees at any given time

Living Room Bar

Offers beverages and ad-hoc chats with partners and attendees

VIP Lounge

One on One meetings with a little more privacy

Social Events

After Work drinks, Awesome Dining options and Great Social Events
Nordic Domain Days

Registration

Attendee

€249

  • Swedish Fika
  • Endless coffee, all day
  • Lunch Buffet
  • Evening Social Event
  • Email Concierge
  • Meeting lounge
  • Sunday VIP Dinner
VIP

€599

  • Swedish Fika
  • Endless coffee, all day
  • Lunch Buffet
  • Evening Social Events
  • Email Concierge
  • Meeting lounge
  • Sunday VIP Dinner
Partner

From €2500

  • VIP Tickets
  • Featured as partner
  • Showcase at event
  • Booth in NDD #Social
  • Meeting lounge
  • List of participants
  • And much more...
NORDIC DOMAIN DAYS IS BRINGING PHYSICAL MEETINGS BACK

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2023 Partners

Diamond Partners

Internetstiftelsen
Verisign, Inc

Platinum Partners

iQ
NameSRS
 
CentralNic
 

Gold Partners

Radix
Store
it.com
ICANN
NameBlock
Monarx
 
Atarim
 

Silver Partners

ECO
Probe.net
ISOC-SE
Cira Registry Services
DMARC Advisor
dotLink
Open-Xchange
dotCloud
.blog
CleanDNS
DomainsBot
Team.blue
Simply
CentralNic Registry
EURid
CentralNic Reseller
Domain Crawler
Shortdot

Digital Partners

Miss Hosting
NameISP
.ICU
Hemsida24
Realtime Register
.BOND
GASA
Netnod
i2 Coalition
Netbeacon
.CFD
Oderland
Internetvikings
.SBS
Zone.ee
Extendify
Hostek Sverige
Scamadviser
DNSAI
.CYOU
Freename
Group.One
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