Inaugural I&J Observatory Meeting at Centre Pompidou

The Internet & Jurisdiction Observatory recently held its first physical meeting of members in Paris at the Centre Pompidou. Members of the Internet & Jurisdiction Observatory gathered together with friends of the international expert network and Vint Cerf, the co-founder of the Internet, for an intensive one-day workshop titled “What is the Geography of Cyberspace? Cross-border Internet, national jurisdictions and the quest for appropriate frameworks."

The event allowed to scrutinize the issue from an interdisciplinary perspective and discussed in particular emerging global trends and the interrelation between national jurisdictions and shared cross-border online spaces in order to identify possible frameworks to handle the tension. The debate touched upon the notion of sovereignty in an interconnected world, the interoperability of heterogeneous governance frameworks and fair process frameworks for cross-border online spaces. The workshop is part of the global preparatory process for the IGF 2013 that will take place in Indonesia.