The .barcelona domain will be taking part in the GeoTLD group meeting in London on 5 and 6 September. The meeting is set to bring together representatives from various top level geographical domains (geoTLD) to discuss the opportunities and challenges for domains in today’s digital age.

The meeting will look at the evolution of the geoTLD market in the context of broader economic trends and ongoing digitalisation. There will be a review of factors such as economic growth, changes in internet use, the increase in the number of internet users and the growth of e-commerce. The goal is to critically assess how the geoTLD market works.

One of the essential topics in these meetings is security. Because of this, one of the sessions will look at aspects such as DNS abuse in geoTLDs, the efforts to keep these domains as secure spaces and strategies to show geoTLDs as safe online spaces.

The meeting will also look at the implementation of the NIS 2 directive, the EU regulation that will bolster cybersecurity measures to protect critical networks and information systems, broadening their scope and demanding greater coordination and resilience against cyberattacks.

Finally, there will be a talk with updates on the register, with each participating geoTLD sharing recent news and current developments.

The meeting rounds off with a summary of the questions still to be resolved and planning for the next meeting.