Optical & Digital Document Security
The Technical Conference for Physical,
Digital and Virtual Document Security
How do we ensure that our financial transactions and identity verification conducted on a smartphone, tablet or other computer are as secure as they have been using banknotes and identity documents respectively.
Do those physical secured documents have a role in this new world? Will there be co-existence or will they be replaced?
These are the underlying issues to be addressed at the Optical & Digital Document Security Conference, an event that brings together two very successful technical conferences to cover the key topics that have become more pressing in our digital age.
The Optical Document Security Conference, held every two years since 1996, is established as a highly-respected technical conference, while Digital Document Security, a spin-off event, was quickly recognised as an essential bridge between the physical and digital “document” security worlds. In combining the two events, Reconnaissance is recognising the fact of the digitisation of what have traditionally been paper or polymer documents, with the need to maintain the highest levels of security in the digital domain as have been achieved in the physical domain.
ODDS will be the platform to bring together the thousand-year experience of the banknote and ID document world with the fast-moving field of digital financial transactions, virtual ID and digital identity verification. People involved in the digital transaction, identity and authentication communities and specifiers, designers, producers and issuers of secure documents will find ODDS a valuable forum to explain, learn, network and explore possibilities.
The Optical & Digital Document Security Conference is a forum to meet, share ideas and establish mutual understanding across the digital and physical document security domains.
So we recommend that you attend the Conference if you are:
- Involved with the design, production or examination of any government-issued security document, whether physical or digital, including financial, tax and identity documents
- Or similarly involved with private sector transaction facilitation, payment apps, credit cards, online ordering and payment, identity cards, transport or event ticketing
- A specifier, developer, designer or producer of physical security features or digital security equipment or software
- a researcher or academic looking into security issues for physical or digital approaches;
- a researcher or developer in the security component, biometrics or security printing fields
- a producer or designer of systems and equipment for the production, personalisation, issuance or reading of secure documents and/or data
- involved in researching or developing methods for the human interaction with physical secured documents or digital ID or transaction systems
- or involved in any other way with security systems or secured documents.
ODDS 2022
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DDSO 2021
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Programme Committee Members
Ian Lancaster
Chairman
Reconnaissance International
Francis Tuffy
Conference Director
ID & Secure Document News™
Alan Hodgson
Alan Hodgson Consulting
Aurélie Berthon
Koenig & Bauer
Harald Walter
OVD Kinegram
Jeff Conroy
Authentix
Johannes Schaede
Koenig & Bauer
John Winchcombe
Cash & Payment News™
Jörg Fischer
Bundesdruckerei
Josh Marmol
G.E.T Secure
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace
Mikihiko Sakakibara
Seculysis
Paul Dunn
Optical Security Consultant
Renaud Laffont-Leenhardt
Thales
Sun Kai
China Banknote Printing & Minting Corp
Tony Poole
AJW & DSA
Volker Lohweg
InIT
Yaohua Wang
Security Identity Union
Monday 17 April 2023
13:30 – 17:00 Seminar – Smartphones in the New ODDS World: Effective and/or Convenient?
Smartphones are now indivisible from optical and digital security for financial transactions, identify verification, document and product authentication and supply chain security.
Whether you carry your identity information digitally or want to order a taxi online, you need your smartphone. Similarly, smartphones are becoming indispensable in supply chain monitoring, product authentication and validating your means of payment.
But how good are they in actually keeping you and your personal information secure? And what happens if you don’t have a smartphone – or there is no network coverage where you are?
In this seminar Dr Alan Hodgson will address these questions – and more. He will take a critical look at smartphone technology, lifecycle and more to address the issue of whether we are becoming over-reliant on them in this new digital and virtual world.
He will start by analysing the broad landscape for smartphones in this new world, looking at political, economic, social and technical issues. Then he will get more specific about smartphone technology and security, covering topics such as the camera performance and its suitability for verifying optical features and 2D codes; and, because smartphones largely depend on connectivity to do their job, he will look into the security of networks and wifi systems.
The seminar will include case studies on the use of smartphones as a substitute for cash, as provers of our identity, for reading codes – where he will consider the different requirements of consumers and inspectors – as well as comparing smartphones with more specialist purpose-built devices.
In the later part of the seminar Dr Hodgson will consider emerging technologies, both those pertinent to smartphones and those that might compete with or usurp them.
What this will create is a seminar that addresses the fundamental issues of the balance between efficiency, convenience and security of smartphone solutions. It will ask are we right to become so dependent on them and if not what do we do about it; and where does control lie in the complex issue of electronic payment/identity/authentication? This is the issue that will be covered in a panel discussion that will close the seminar, which will be your chance to ask about these absolutely key matters.
This will be an important participatory seminar to kick off Optical & Document Security 2023, and vital for you to attend if you are active in optical or digital security of ID and transactions – especially if you are placing smartphones in the mix of security verification.
About Dr Alan Hodgson
Dr Alan Hodgson has a background in printing and holography, initially from the photographic industry and then with 3M in security printing. He now works as an independent consultant in the field of printing and imaging.
His interest in smartphones started with the early days of phone cameras and their photographic capabilities. As the smartphone platform developed into the multiple capabilities we see today he continued to study these, noting the trade-offs between capabilities and vulnerabilities and between threats and opportunities across a range of applications. This seminar will provide a summary of the learning on this journey.
Alan is a Visiting Academic in Material Science at the University of Manchester and an Expert Fellow to the SPRITE+ university collaboration which investigates Security, PRivacy, Identity and Trust Engagement in the digital space. Supporting these he is active in the field of International Standards for photography, printed electronics and wearable devices.
He is a contributing author to a number of the Reconnaissance International publications and has presented papers and courses at their events.
Tuesday 18 April 2023
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Session 1 – The Link Between the Physical and Digital Worlds
08:40
The Impact of Counterfeiting of Physical and Digital Identities
Tony Poole
Document Security Alliance (USA)
09:00
The Future of Physical vs Digital Currency: Banknotes in a Digital World to 2032
Duncan Reid
Smithers (UK)
09:20
Hybrid Currencies : How to Transform Banknotes to Digital Currencies
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace (France)
09:40
Securely Combining Physical Security Documents with the Digital Realm
Hanno Goldbach
Landqart (Switzerland)
Andy Gray
TECH5 (Switzerland)
10:05 Session Q&A
10:15 Break – Refreshments
Session 2 – New Approaches to Document Security I
12:00 Session Q&A
12:15 Lunch
Session 3 – New Approaches to Document Security II
13:30
Development and Application Test for the Detection of Non-Artificial Microstructures
Marc Hunsaenger
Koenig & Bauer (Germany)
13:50
Multi-Images Super-Resolution to Help Authenticate ID Documents, BankNotes and Products
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace (France)
14:10
Semi-automated Certificate Authenticity Verification on the example of medical personal protective equipment
Volker Lohweg
Institute Industrial IT (Germany)
14:30 Session Q&A
14:40 Break – Refreshments
Session 4 – Protecting Identity in the Digital Age I
15:10
Trust Services and Digital ID Solutions
Franziska Muschik
Veridos (Germany)
Alexander Winnen
Veridos (Germany)
15:30
Biometrics in Identity: Building Inclusive Futures
Perrine Catinaud
Secure Identity Alliance (International)
16:30
Universal Health Coverage Made Accessible
Claudia Schwendimann
Austrian State Printing House (Austria)
16:50 Session Q&A
17:05 Close of Day One
18:30 Conference Dinner and Table Top Exhibition
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Session 5 – Protecting Identity in the Digital Age II
09:05
Experiences with Counterfeits of Digital Security Features
Sergej Toedtli
Thymaris (Switzerland)
09:25
CITE: Country Independent Template Extraction from MRTDs
Eric Santiago Garcia
University of Twente; InverID (Netherlands)
09:45
Self-Protecting Portrait – Polycarbonate Inks Beyond Digital Watermarking
Oliver Muth
Bundesdruckerei (Germany)
10:05 Session Q&A
10:15 Break – Refreshments
Session 6 – New Optical Techniques for Security I
10:45
Structural Colours – Powerful & Self-explaining Design Elements
Eduard Miloglyadov
OVD Kinegram (Switzerland)
11:05
Anti-counterfeiting Imaging Device Based on Microlens Array
Su Shen
Soochow University (PR China)
11:50 Session Q&A
12:00 Panel Discussion – Shaping the future of transactions and identity or Is there a future for physical security documents?
12:45 Lunch
Session 7 – New Optical Techniques for Security II
14:00
Optically Variable Films Harnessing Colour-shifting Microstructures
Caleb Meredith
Chromatir (United States)
14:40
DOVID Design in a Non-orthogonal Co-ordinate System
Vladimir Kolarik
IQS Group (Czech Republic)
15:00
Licence Plate Authentication with Liquid Crystal Printing
Christophe Garnier
SICPA (Switzerland)
Nicola Duca
SICPA (Switzerland)
15:20 Session Q&A
15:30 Review of the Conference Topics
15:45 Close of Conference and Farewell Drinks
Branding Opportunities


App & Handbook
EUR 2750

Coffee-refreshment-lunch breaks over 2 days
EUR 5700 / 2 days
EUR 2850 / day

Farewell Drinks
EUR 2200


Lanyards & Badges
EUR 2200
If you have any questions about the branding opportunities, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at sam@recon-intl.com.
Please note that local VAT at the prevailing rate will be added to all invoices where relevant.
Table Top Exhibition
Maximise your exposure at the 2023 event by taking part in our table top exhibition, to take place during the evening drinks reception and buffet dinner.
Optical & Digital Document Security includes an informal topical exhibit and poster session for hands-on demonstrations of the latest security technologies. Tables will be made available for all presenters to show examples illustrating their paper. Non-presenters are also welcome to show their document security products and techniques to this specialist and decision-making group.
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
Table Top Exhibition
EUR 645
EUR 675
Table Top Exhibition
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
EUR 645
EUR 675
If you have any questions about exhibiting, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at sam@recon-intl.com.
Please note that local VAT at the prevailing rate will be added to all invoices where relevant.
Our Table Top Exhibitors
Our Venue
Corinthia Hotel Prague

Making Your Hotel Reservation
Delegates are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation.
Booking Your Stay
Delegates will be able to book their stay for the conference and receive the special Reconnaissance International rate.
EUR 120 per night
Includes breakfast, WIFI but excludes taxes.


Beware of Unsolicited Offers
Delegates should only book their accommodation using the official reservation page when it becomes available – and not through any other agent.
Disreputable companies (such as Trade Show Housing) have been known to approach delegates with unauthorised offers – and these companies cannot be trusted.
Such companies have not been endorsed by us – and we never share delegate information with any housing company or travel agent. All unsolicited offers should be ignored.
If you have any questions or concerns about the hotel arrangements, contact the conference team:
events@reconnaissance-intl.com
+44 (0)1932 785 680
Delegate Fees
Further discounts apply for early registration – ends on 28 February 2023
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
Standard Delegate
EUR 1,305
EUR 1,455
Presenter Delegate
EUR 980
EUR 1,095
Academic*
EUR 860
EUR 970
Social Partner
EUR 100
EUR 110
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Standard Delegate
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
EUR 1,305
EUR 1,455
Presenter Delegate
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
EUR 980
EUR 1,095
Academic*
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
EUR 860
EUR 970
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Social Partner
Ends 28 Feb 2023
After 28 Feb 2023
EUR 100
EUR 110
Pre-conference seminars
Add the pre-conference events to your booking – these take place the day before the main conference opens.
Pre-conference seminar
Seminar
EUR 545