The ICANN Chairman and Google Chief Internet Evangelist's keynote will be held on Thursday, April 20.

Running April 19 -21, 2006, the second annual Domain Roundtable Conference will be featuring ICANN Chairman/Google Chief Internet Evangelist and co-designer of the original TCP/IP protocols of the Internet, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, as a keynote speaker.

His speech will elaborate on the framework of the domain name market while identifying the challenges of expanding the top-level domain space. In addition, he will offer some survival tips for registrants, registrars and registries on understanding the state of their domain portfolios. The company says that the intent of this session is to give professionals having a general interest in domain industry trends, a foundation for the practical development of their domain portfolios and the ability to monitor the 'pulse' of the domain name market.

This special keynote event will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2006, from 8:30am to 9:30am and will be available to participants of Domain Roundtable 2006. The conference will take place from April 19 – 21, 2006 at The Westin Hotel in Bellevue, Washington.

"Name Intelligence is working hard to put together a valuable conference that expands awareness and builds integrity in the domain name industry. Vint Cerf's presence at the show will not only foster those goals, but it will provide attendees with an honest, experienced perspective on the current state and future outlook of the global domain space," said Jothan Frakes, Executive Producer of the Domain Roundtable.