Meet the NamesCon 2026 Lineup
Meet the domain name and digital asset professionals who will present at CloudFest Americas and NamesCon Global 2026 to help attendees take advantage of the emerging landscape—from technology and law to investment trends and deal-making. The digital economy is changing fast, and our speakers’ hard-won experience helps domainers make the smartest possible choices for the year ahead.
Here are the first 2026 featured speakers… more updates every week.
Rachel Sterling
Chief Marketing Officer
Identity Digital
Tim Timrawi
CEO
Sharktech Inc.
US
Emmit McHenry
Founder
Network Solutions, Inc.
United States
Kelly Hardy
Director of Compliance
Dynadot
United States
Tony Yan
Director of Operations
Escrow.com
Canada
Nic Williams
Principal Architect
Infoblox
United States
Monte Cahn
President
RightOfTheDot
Rick Schwartz
Founder & Creator
Beanstalk Challenge
US
David Cattler
Founder and Managing Principal
Ironhelm Works
US
Brooke Edge
Expert
Open eye
United States
Naela Sarras
Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement in North America
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
United States
Andrew Miller
Founder/President
ATM Holdings, Inc.
GERARDO ARISTIZABAL
Director
Registry.co
Colombia
Carrie Smaha
Senior Manager Marketing Operations
InMotion Hosting
United States
Daugirdas Jankus
Deputy CEO
Hostinger
Lithuania
Christian Dawson
Executive Director
i2Coalition
Braden Pollock
Founder
Legal Brand Domains
United States
Michael Gilmour
CEO
ParkLogic
Australia
Raymond King
CEO
Porkbun
United States
Soeren von Varchmin
Chairman of the Advisory Board
CloudFest & NamesCon
Andrea Silas
VP of Technical Support
DreamHost
United States
Christian Jaeger
CEO
CloudFest
Raquel Manriquez
Founder/Owner
WonderlandCurious
United States
Darpan Munjal
Founder and CEO
Atom.com
United States
Jesse Tuttle
Ethical Threat Actor®
AP2T Labs
United States
Arthur Mai
CEO
InternetX – Sedo – IONOS Group
Germany
Todd Ryan
CEO
American Business Capital Corp
US
Andee Hill
Senior Director, GDD Accounts
ICANN
United States
Ilissa Miller
CEO
iMiller Public Relations
United States
Levi Gundert
Chief Security & Intelligence Officer
Recorded Future
US
Elliot Noss
Founder
Groundmark.org
CA
Robert Jacobi
CXO
Blackwall
United States
Elisabeth Klughardt
Owner
Finding Betty LLC
United States
Philbert Shih
Managing Director
Structure Research
Canada
Christa Taylor
Principal
TLDz
Canada
Miriam Schwab
Head of WordPress
Elementor
Israel
Shane Cultra
Founder
Winterline
United States
Ben Gabler
CEO
Rocket.net
United States
Ron Jackson
Editor & Publisher
DNJournal.com
David Snead
Director
Secure Hosting Alliance
United States
Vicente Neto
Executive Chairman
EVEO Cloud
Brazil