The first of the three meetings in 2012 of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica  on the 11th to 16th of March, 2012.

ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation that has the responsibility of coordinating Internet names and numbers so that the web will continue to be stable, secure, and interoperable.

Each year, ICANN launches three separate meetings. For 2012, the first meeting will be held in Costa Rica (March 11-16); the second one in Prague, Czech Republic (June 24-29); and the last in Toronto, Canada (October 14-19).

The whole ICANN community is very much excited for these international public meetings.

ICANN Meeting #43 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica is said to be the greenest country in the world. It boasts of a rich wildlife, biodiversity, and culture. Located in Central America, Costa Rica is one of the most-visited tourist spots in the world.

The 43rd ICANN Meeting will take place in one of Costa Rica’s luxury places – the Ramada Plaza Herradura Golf Resort and Conference Center.

The host for this event is the National Academy of Sciences – NIC Costa Rica. Pertinent matters and issues in relation to the role of ICANN will be discussed.

About 1,200 – 1,500 Internet authorities and specialists across more than 100 countries are expected to attend.

For more information, please refer to the following links:

• ICANN in Costa Rica
• ICANN meetings
• Hotel and Accommodation
• Travel and Visa
• Schedule
• Registration
• Sponsorship Opportunities

What: SES San Jose

Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose was created by the SES Advisory Board and SearchEngineWatch.com to offer authoritative training on Search Engine Marketing including both SEO and PPC.

This conference will be loaded with over 70 sessions covering PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media, local, mobile, milnk building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization, usability, and much more.

The endless list of premier expert speakers for SES San Jose is headlined by keynote speakers Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody; Nicholas Fox, the Business Product Management Director of Google Adwords; and Charlene Li, the co-author of Groundswell. Click here to see who else will be speaking at SES San Jose.

Click here for more information on SES San Jose.

Early Bird Registration is open until July 24 and starts at $895 for a 1-day pass through to $1,795 for access to everything for all three days. Click here to sign up today.

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• What: SES San Jose
• Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA
• When: August 18 – 22, 2008
• Who: Marketers, search engine industry professionals and SES Alumni.

Last year, the Search Engine Strategies Summer was held in San Jose. Now, for those who weren’t able to attend it, this is your chance because the SES Summer Event is coming back to the San Jose! Be sure to mark your calendars from August 18 – 21 so you wouldn’t anymore miss this chance of a lifetime.

The event will enable the participants to learn about the new techniques used in search engine marketing. It will feature some of the best search engine marketing and optimization providers for other companies to learn from. Participants will also gain knowledge of website enlistment in paid and free advertisements, “organic” traffic, tips on calculating the ROI (and making the visitors buy/obtain your products/services), building traffic generating links and many more. You actually have the option of whether you would want to attend the SEM/SEO training for a whole day or just half a day. The SES blog also provides the latest and most recent search engine strategies on the internet, covering all of their SEM/SEO activities (brief summaries). Some of their premier plus sponsors include Google, iProspect, Microsoft and Omniture. Full coverage of the event will also be made possible by some of the leading media companies of today such as Webmaster Radio, Entrepreneur.com, Target Marketing, Jupiter Search, Business Wire and many more.

• Registration
• SEM Training
• Sponsorship opportunities
• Sponsorship and Exhibitors