The activity of collecting art, coins, stamps and other physical objects is changinging in a digital environment. Many consider NFTs as an interesting replacement triggering many interesting technical, legal and economical opportunities and challenges. The Austrian Postal Service "Österreichische Post AG" has been actively inventing crypto-stamps as artistic expressions and goods worth to be collected and is further evaluation business opportunities in the domain. In this special edition artist and leading IP-lawyer Guido Kucsko, Product Manager Blockchain at Post AG Nicolas Collet and Nikolaus Forgó will discuss, project development opportunities related to NFT-developments in philately. The event is closely related with a lecture organised at UNIVIE in the spring term 2023 in which students from four different Universities will be invited to develop digital art and its business for postal purposes. 

Links: 

https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/course.html?lv=030149&semester=2023S 

https://www.kucsko.com/ 

https://www.schoenherr.eu/people/detail/guido-kucsko/

https://www.post.at/p/c/cryptostampart 

https://cryptostamp.com/