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Six Industry Experts Tackle Key Topics in Ionos Podcast and .ART Announces a Webinar and Live Tour of Their New Gallery in the Metaverse

Earlier this month we shared some photos and highlights with you from the 2025 InterNetX Domain Summit that was held in Frankfurt, Germany June 25-26. The event attracted leading domain experts from across Europe and beyond. Now, thanks to the wonderful world of podcasting, you can listen to one of this year's most interesting sessions.

In a special edition of the Inside Ionos podcast co-hosts Thilo Haertel and Simone Catania drew insight into the latest industry trends from guests Chris Mondini (ICANN), Polina Malaja (CENTR), Stephen Nyhan (Sectigo) and Abe Storey (Entri).

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.

.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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