Chris, who is the ICANN
VP for Stakeholder Engagement Europe, presented key
details you need to know about ICANN's next round
of new gTLDs that are headed our way in 2026. He
spoke about the goals of the program and what the
next big steps will be as the process continues to
unfold. Polina, the Policy Director at CENTR,
explained the intricacies of digital sovereignty and how evolving
European domain policies could impact businesses and users worldwide.
Stephen, Director of Global Sales Engineering at Sectigo,
unpacked current encryption trends and the long-term implications of quantum computing on
cybersecurity to help everyone take steps needed
not to ensure future readiness. Abe, the CEO at Entri,
laid out his groundbreaking approach to building domain API solutions
tailored for SaaS platforms with additional
tips on new ways of optimizing domain-related solutions for modern digital infrastructure. As
you would expect from this group, a remarkable about
of actionable information in packed into the concise
34-minute program and you can hear
it all here.
Another
special online event is coming up Thursday,
July 24 that will be of special interest
to art and new technology lovers. An
innovative company based in Florida, IMX3.ART,
has been wowing people with their ability to
scan and recreate art and other objects in the
metaverse. They just finished recreating
Fort Lauderdale's famed FATVillage
arts and technology neighborhood (since
demolished to make way for new development). |
You can walk
around the metaverse FATVillage streets and
into various structures, including a new
virtual gallery created by a .ART
domain registry team working in
tandem with IMX3. .ART is using the
gallery to showcase the work of their
official artist, Medina Kasimova.
For the official gallery opening Thursday
.ART will be hosting a webinar featuring some of the metaverse experts
from IMX3. During the webinar, you can also
joing them for a live tour of the
gallery featuring Medina's work. |

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.ART
CMO Jeff Sass (a Fort Lauderdale
resident who spent a lot of time in the
original FATVillage) is excited about
the arrival of the metaverse version of the
neighborhood (and other recreated communities
like it). "A virtual art gallery in the
metaverse exposes an artist's work to the
world in an immersive and exciting
way," Jeff said. This press
release has additional
information about the upcoming virtual
exhibition and webinar. You can visit the gallery by going to
medina.imx3.art, and you can
register for the webinar at this
link. |
(Posted July
18, 2025)
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