Description: The issue of the proposed debate is to identify key public interest challenges (such as trust, accountability, security, geonames) and exchange best practice in governing the place’s digital home. The debate format is designed for a balanced interaction of participants from relevant stakeholders from a broad variety of countries including the audience.
The debate setting is:
1-2 participants from local governments operating a geoTLD
1-2 participants form private sector organisations operating a geoTLD
2 judges from academia, internet user community, others
1 moderator
Expected Outcomes: The debate is designed to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges in governing public geographic identifiers such as city and regional names on the Internet. This includes policy and governing aspects, intellectual property rights and economic challenges.
The debate also aims to educate what the key factors that make a geoTLD a success for the place, its inhabitants and the government.
