Join us as Carl Piva, the CEO of Internetstiftelsen, takes the stage to welcome both new and returning participants to Nordic Domain Days 2025.

Start your Nordic Domain Days experience with the first of our five dynamic content segments: Domain Industry Insights. This opening session offers a thorough update on the latest trends and developments in the domain name industry, presented by its leading figures and enriched by the perspectives of the wider community.

Discover how Radix strategically engineered its portfolio of New TLDs to instantly and organically resonate with the market. This session explores Radix's approach, from targeting specific verticals to strategic integrations with leading platforms, to achieve immediate product-market fit, driving sustained adoption and industry leadership.

The updates from the domain industry continue, offering deeper insights and the latest advancements. Stay tuned to hear more from industry leaders and experts as they share their perspectives and experiences.

This presentation will give an overview of the topics that ICANN currently is focusing on, including the next round of new gTLDs, DNS Abuse and Internet Governance matters.

Dive into the second content segment of Nordic Domain Days, where we explore the future of the internet through the lens of recent trends in Web3, cryptocurrency, AI, and the evolving legislative landscape impacting the domain name industry. Discover how these developments are shaping tomorrow's digital world.

What happens when innovation meets necessity? Vaughn Liley, a trailblazing figure in the domain industry, delivers an inspiring session on how unconventional thinking can transform business strategies. Drawing from over three decades of experience—from pioneering blocking technologies to unlocking the potential of true partnerships in the domain space—Vaughn will explore the power of coopetition (collaboration between competitors) and its ability to create real value for end users.

Much like the gold rush, domain monetization has undergone a technological revolution, enabling savvy investors to unlock substantial profits. But with Google's recent changes, what lies ahead? This session will explore the untapped opportunities that still exist in domain traffic monetization and reveal why the industry's future remains bright.

Wrap up the day's Nordic Domain Days content with our third and final segment: a live edition of the Breakfast Club Podcast. Learn expert strategies for building and managing a successful domain name portfolio, along with insights into the latest industry trends. Join hosts Giuseppe, Braden, and Alan as they guide us through this engaging and informative session! This session will have it's audio recorded for the podcast.

As the domain industry rapidly expands and cyber threats become more sophisticated, policymakers, registrars, and service providers face increasing challenges in ensuring the integrity and security of the DNS. This session will explore how new policies are shaping the domain ecosystem, highlight evolving standards to counter malicious activity, and demonstrate effective strategies to meet compliance obligations. Attendees will gain insights into the latest regulatory developments, discover practical enforcement measures, and learn how to implement collaborative initiatives that foster trust and reduce abuse across the domain space.

The domain name industry operators are facing increasingly sophisticated attacks, competing regulation, and rising complexity in mitigating online harms. If you are interested in joining an ongoing informal conversation about opportunities to improve communication, information-sharing, and collaboration throughout the stack, Keith Drazek will share details of an effort intended to bring together registries, registrars, hosting providers, CDNs, and ISPs to improve our ability to proactively cooperate in mitigating online harms within our respective areas of responsibility.

The fourth content segment continues to delve deeper into Internet Policy and DNS Abuse, offering further exploration of important issues like DORA, Subpro, and NIS2. Engage with industry experts as they share nuanced perspectives and practical insights to navigate these complex challenges. Don't miss the chance to broaden your understanding and connect with leaders in the field.

The Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive brings significant cybersecurity obligations to the domain name industry. In this session, Thomas Rickert explores how gTLD registries and registrars can work together to implement standardized agreements that meet NIS2 requirements. The discussion focuses on practical approaches to harmonize security measures, incident reporting, and compliance frameworks across the registration chain, aiming to create efficient and consistent implementation strategies that benefit the entire domain ecosystem.

As the registry operator for Norway's .no domain, Norid offers a unique perspective on NIS2 implementation from beyond EU borders. In this session, Hilde Thunem explores how non-EU registries navigate the directive's requirements when serving EU customers and interacting with EU-based partners. The discussion examines practical approaches to compliance, cross-border data flows, and security measures, offering valuable insights for organizations that must align with NIS2 despite operating outside the EU's direct jurisdiction.

The fifth and final content segment of Nordic Domain Days celebrates our tradition of focusing on TECH! Dive into a range of technical topics, including the latest updates on DNS, advancements in Registry Operations, and much more. Join us for an in-depth exploration of the technical innovations shaping the future of the domain industry.

DMARC Bis (DMARC 2.0) is an up-and-coming update to the DMARC specification that overhauls how the protocol works. It includes new changes like the DNS Tree walk, removing some tags, introducing new tags, how the DMARC record discovery changes and more.

Join Gavin Brown, Principal Engineer at ICANN, as he introduces the Restful Provisioning Protocol (RPP) - a modern approach to domain name provisioning. As our industry moves beyond EPP's three-decade legacy of being more or less the only game in town, RPP promises to bring domain provisioning into the API-first era. As co-chair of the IETF working group working on the standardisation of RPP, Gavin brings firsthand insights into the protocol's design decisions and potential impact on our industry.

Following his 2024 presentation, Johan Stenstam returns with updates on DNS TAPIR's progress in revolutionizing DNS threat research. Learn how this privacy-centric approach to DNS monitoring is delivering actionable threat intelligence while protecting user privacy, and what this means for the future of DNS security.