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.
DDSO 2021
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ODS 2020
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Programme
Programme Committee Members
Ian Lancaster
Chairman
Reconnaissance International
Alan Hodgson
Alan Hodgson Consulting
Francis Tuffy
ID & Secure Document News™
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
SURYS
Mikihiko Sakakibara
Seculysis
Paul Dunn
OpSec
Renaud Laffont-Leenhardt
Thales
Sun Kai
China Banknote Printing & Minting Corp
Tony Poole
AJW & DSA
Volker Lohweg
InIT
Monday 11 April 2022
09:00 – 12:30 Seminar – International Standards Seminar
Learn the why, how & what of International Standards for physical and digital document security.
Plus a guide to ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021, the just-published international standard for Mobile driving licence (mDL) application, with Loffie Jordaan, Convenor of the ISO/IEC Working Group that developed this standard.
Standards have a vital role to play in an interactive, international, transitioning society. In this seminar Alan Hodgson will explain:
- The rationale for and role of International Standards
- Specifically, what they offer and how they can enhance this field
- The opportunities and threats that Standards of all types can bring
- How the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and others develop and facilitate these standards
- The structure and organisation of International Standards development
- How you can be involved and why you should want to be.
He will also give an overview of the relevant standards development structures that apply to the security of digital transactions, to digital and virtual identity and to security documents in the physical world. We will cover examples of International Standards in optical, print and digital domains.
Using examples from a number of International Standards committees Alan will lead us towards a roadmap and gap analysis on the direction this work should take for our community, leading into the formulation of an action plan.
The seminar will then focus on the new ISO/IEC 18013-5 International standard for Mobile Driver’s License (mDL). Loffie Jordaan of AAMVA, Convenor of the ISO/IEC Working Group that developed this standard, will take participants through its key points and explain what it means for driving licence issuers.
Alan Hodgson brings a broad perspective to this topic from over 20 years of working on International Standards. He spent 9 years as Chair of an IEC Technical Committee and by the time OODS meets he will be Chair of one within ISO. For the past 15 years he has chaired GB National Committees for both IEC and ISO work, convened Working Groups and has been Project Leader for a number of International Standards. He has also been President of two sponsoring organisations spanning this field.
Over this period he has worked mainly as an independent consultant but also within the image printing industry and for 3M on passport and visa print testing standards. Alan is also a Contributing Author for the RI newsletters and past joint-Chair of the Digital Document Security conference. He has led a number of seminars on topics that include International Standards to a variety of audiences.
13:30 – 17:00 Seminar – Masterclass on Securing Digital Currency and Identity
Digital data has started to replace physical documents as the ultimate proof of identity. The digital data is the proof, not an image capture of that data or a cross reference back to a record of the original data. This change makes the capture and origination of the digital record and the holding of that record immeasurably more important, valuable and high risk.
A similar situation exists with currency. Central banks are now working intensively on how to create digital currencies (CBDCs). China and the Bahamas have issued retail CBDCs but over 80 other central banks are working on them. The design of those CBDCs is being debated and a core part of that debate is how to secure the CBDC and deliver on the other objectives.
This Masterclass, led by Hermann Sterzinger, will bring together representatives from governments and central banks, suppliers and experts in the field to explore the security pros and cons of different ways to record, store, access and use high-risk, potentially vulnerable, data.
The Masterclass will start with an introductory overview of the principles of securing data, a review of how it has been done historically, the changes brought by the shifts in data use, the challenges to overcome and a summary of the options. There will be an explanation of the cybersecurity risks and mitigations faced today.
The Masterclass will then split into currency and identity groups. Each session will review the options relative to what must be achieved.
The Currency session will start with an explanation of design choices and their implications for security, both for wholesale and retail CBDCs. There will be an explanation of how to secure a centralised database and how to secure a distributed ledger, comparing the characteristics of these two fundamentally different approaches. The session will end with a discussion about how to secure CBDCs and achieve the associated policy goals.
The Identity session will describe the security challenges that migrating to virtual-from-start identities will bring. This will be followed by a briefing on the vulnerabilities posed when digital personally identifiable information (PII) is centralised and the current best practice in protecting PII. The session will then explore new methods for securing identity data that help governments deliver on policy objectives while maintaining trust with citizens and consumers.
The two groups will come back together and their discussions will be fed back as a summary to the whole group.
Dr Herman Sterzinger is a lecturer in Informatics in the Technical University of Munich, Chairman of the Advisory Board for Augentic GmbH and was Chief Operating Officer at Veridos, the Bundesdruckerei/Giesecke & Devrient joint venture for physical and digital identity documents until December 2019.
18:30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday 12 April 2022
Hover on the presentation title or speaker to see if more information is available.
Session 1 – The Transition
9:00
Conference Welcome
Astrid Mitchell
Reconnaissance International (UK)
Ian Lancaster
Reconnaissance International (UK)
9:20
Keynote: Digital, Not Digitised: Security and Privacy, Identity and Credentials
David G.W. Birch
Author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. (UK)
10:00
Bridging the Gap Between the Physical and the Digital World
Claudia Schwendimann
OeSD International (Austria)
10:45 Session Q&A
11:00 Break – Refreshments
Session 2 – New Approaches to Document Security
11:50
Iridescent Films Utilizing Structural Color from Reflective Microstructures
Caleb Meredith
Pennsylvania State University (United States)
12:30 Session Q&A
12:45 Lunch
Session 3 – Securing Currency and Payments
14:00
Data Embedding in Intaglio Motives and Related Detection
Nicola Duca
SICPA (Switzerland)
Thomas Kern
OeBS (Austria)
14:20
O.V.M Technology: When Chemistry bridges Optics toward Disruptive Security Features
Jérémy Malinge
Crime Science Technology (France)
14:40
Intaglio Style Transfer on Computational-Resource-Limited Systems such as Mobile Devices
Anton Pfeifer
inIT, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Germany)
15:10
Towards a General Approach for Cryptoanchoring Security Documents
Ernesto González Candela
UnderCurrency (Mexico)
15:30 Session Q&A
Session 3 – Securing Identity
14:00
Passport fraud trends and ways to combat them
Joachim Caillosse
Secure Identity Alliance (France)
14:20
How Austria Combines the Best of Centralized and Decentralized Digital Identity Solutions
Franz Brudl
Österreichische Print Works (Austria)
14:40
Why Optical Variable Elements (OVE) are important for securing the secondary portrait
Patrick Guthmann
IDEMIA (France)
15:10
CodeFace: a new digital authentication feature for physical portraits
Nuno Gonçalves
Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office (Portugal)
15:30 Session Q&A
15:45 Break – Refreshments
Session 4 – Securing Currency and Payments
16:15
3D Security Feature Detection using High-speed inline Computational Microscopy
Laurin Ginner
AIT (Austria)
16:35
LightSafe: An Interactive Security Technology for Banknotes and ID Documents
Martin Eichenberger
Orell Füssli (Switzerland)
Guillaume Basset
CSEM (Switzerland)
16:55
Pitch Correction Methods and Effects in Micro-Optic Design
Robert Stewart
Koenig & Bauer (Switzerland)
17:15 Session Q&A
Session 4 – Securing Identity
16:15
Recapture Detection to fight Deep Identity Theft
Anis Trabelsim / Jean-Luc Dugelay
Eurecom (France)
Marc Pic
SURYS (France)
16:35
Role of the micro controller and its secure embedded software
Xavier Banchelin
Thales Identity & Biometric Solutions (France)
16:55
Laser personalized DOVID based on double metal layer systems
Sebastian Mader
OVD Kinegram (Switzerland)
Harald Walter
OVD Kinegram (Switzerland)
17:15 Session Q&A
17:30 Close of Day One
18:30 Buffet Dinner and Table Top Exhibition
Wednesday 13 April 2022
Session 5 – Securing Health and Vaccination Passes
9:00
Who are we and how does it affect our security?
David G.W. Birch
Reconnaissance International (UK)
9:40
Proof of Health Status – International Comparisons 2022
Francis Tuffy
Reconnaissance International (UK)
10:25 Session Q&A
10:35 Break – Refreshments
Session 6 – Micro-and Nano-scale Optical Structures
11:25
High-speed Fabrication of Durable Optical Features using Direct Laser Interference Patterning
Christopher Zwahr
Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
12:05 Session Q&A
12:20 Lunch
Session 7 – New Approaches to Document Security II
13:40
White Light Interferometric Artifact Metrics
Tsutomu Matsumoto
Yokohama National University (Japan)
14:00
Detection of Digital Forgeries in Remote Identity Verification: Countermeasures and Counter-forensics
Gaël Mahfoudi
Université de Technologies de Troyes & Surys (France)
14:20
Highly Personalised Anti-Counterfeit Features using Laser Marking Technologies and Novel Optical Materials
Garry Mudd
OpSec (UK)
Robert Renton
OpSec (UK)
14:40 Session Q&A
15:00 Break – Refreshments
15:30 Panel Discussion – The future evolution of optical and digital document security
Ian Lancaster – Reconnaissance International – Chair
Dave G. W. Birch
Jörg Fischer – Bundesdruckerei
Marc Pic – SURYS
Tony Poole – AJW & DSA
Francis Tuffy – Reconnaissance International
16:15 Review of the Conference Topics
16:30 Close of Conference and Farewell Drinks
Branding Opportunities
App & Handbook
EUR 2500
Coffee-refreshment-lunch breaks over 2 days
EUR 5200 / 2 days
EUR 2600 / day
Farewell Drinks
EUR 2000
Lanyards & Badges
EUR 2000
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 2022 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 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
Table Top Exhibition
EUR 585
EUR 645
Table Top Exhibition
Ends 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
EUR 585
EUR 645
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
Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen
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 135 per night
Includes breakfast and taxes.
Contact Details
Rennweg 16
1030 Wien
Austria
+43 (1) 206 33-0
reservierung.savoyen@austria-trend.at
Website
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 05 November 2021
Ends 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
Standard Delegate
EUR 1,185
EUR 1,320
Academic*
EUR 780
EUR 880
Social Partner
EUR 100
EUR 100
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Standard Delegate
Ends 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
EUR 1,185
EUR 1,320
Academic*
Ends 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
EUR 780
EUR 880
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Social Partner
Ends 05 Nov 2021
After 05 Nov 2021
EUR 100
EUR 100
Pre-conference seminars
Add the pre-conference events to your booking – these take place the day before the main conference opens. The first, a seminar, covers ‘International Standards’ whilst the second, a masterclass, covers ‘Securing Digital Currency and Identity’.
Pre-conference seminar
One Seminar
EUR 495
Both Seminars
EUR 675
