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 2023
Attendees
Countries
Organisations
Programme
Programme Committee Members
Ian Lancaster
Programme Director
Reconnaissance International (UK)
Francis Tuffy
Conference Director
Reconnaissance International (UK)
Alan Hodgson
Alan Hodgson Consulting (UK)
Franziska Granc
Nimbus Technologieberatung (Germany)
Harald Walter
OVD Kinegram (Switzerland)
Jean-Baptiste Milan
HID Global (USA)
Johannes Schaede
Koenig & Bauer (Switzerland)
Jörg Fischer
Bundesdruckerei (Germany)
Josh Marmol
G.E.T Secure (USA)
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace (France)
Mikihiko Sakakibara
Seculysis (Japan)
Paul Dunn
Optical Security Consultant (UK)
Renaud Laffont-Leenhardt
Thales (France)
Sun Kai
China Banknote Printing & Minting Corp (China)
Tony Poole
AJW & DSA (USA)
Volker Lohweg
InIT (Germany)
Yaohua Wang
Security Identity Union (China)
Monday 8 April 2024
09:00 – 12:30 Seminar – European Wonder Wallet: Essential Information for ID and Document Providers
Seminar Leader, Franziska Granc – Senior Project Manager at Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH and Arno Fiedler – Managing Director of Nimbus – and member of the European Technical Committee (TC) for Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI)
While technological means are developing rapidly and new technologies can already create solutions for all sorts of document and credentials issuing, storing and presenting, regulation need to catch up to it. A steady regulatory framework is needed to secure data protection and privacy and to avoid fraud and manipulation. Accordingly, the EU is working towards a framework which is the first of its kind, setting out rules and structures for a European Digital Identity Wallet. The provision of the wallet will be mandatory for all member states and its acceptance as a means of identification, authentication, and authorisation obligatory for all Large Online Platforms (Google, Amazon, Meta). Backed-up by other European regulations such as the Digital Services Act and the Digital Market Acts, as well as upcoming stricter rules for organisations in the critical infrastructure defined by the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS II), Europe is facing big changes that will fundamentally transform the digital sphere.
As the EU thus leads the way towards a solution for secure digital identities and identity-related documents, this seminar will explain the main goals, potential and challenges of the revised eIDAS regulation and how this relates to the Digital Wallet. We will give an overview of these inter-related regulations that support eIDAS and strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty but which might also raise conflicts between EU and national law.
Join us to learn more about these far-reaching developments that, if implemented correctly, could be a worldwide pioneering solution for secure digital identities and identity-related documents. If you are involved in issuing, storing, and verifying identity information you need to understand these EU moves and how they will affect your organisation.
Seminar Leaders:
Franziska Granc is a senior project manager at Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH and specialises in eIDAS, self-sovereign identity, identity wallets and trust services. She is co-author of various ENISA studies and professional articles. Another focus of her work is the market analysis of qualified trust service providers and identity service providers. She is part of the accompanying research of the showcase programme “Secure Digital Identities”, initiated by the German Ministry of Economy and Climate. Her aim is to actively contribute to the development of a secure and interoperable European ID ecosystem. To this end, she regularly appears as an expert at international conferences or moderates on these topics.
Arno had a leading sales and marketing position at Bundesdruckerei in the area of trusted digitisation of services. In 2000, he founded Nimbus Technologieberatung, which advises numerous organisations on the design of identity infrastructures and the implementation of legal and technical requirements for trust service providers in accordance with eIDAS, PSD2, DSGVO, VDG and the CA/B Forum. Clients include the European Commission, Bundesdruckerei, ETSI and ENISA. Arno has published numerous specialist publications on trust infrastructures and is involved in committees such as ETSI ESI, CA/B Forum, Bitkom, TeleTrusT, ENISA forums and on the board of the “Secure Digital Identity” association.
13:30 – 17:00 Seminar – AI and Quantum: Where Now for Document Security?
Seminar Leader, Prof. Dr. Volker Lohweg – inIT-Institute Industrial IT, Dr Anke Ginter – Bundesdruckerei GmbH & Ian Lancaster – ODDS Programme Director
This seminar explains the current developments in two areas of computing which could have a significant impact on identity and transaction security: artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
The seminar is in three parts: Dr Volker Lohweg will give an overview of AI; Dr Anke Ginter will then explain quantum computing, and Ian Lancaster will pull this together and consider the implications for optical and digital document security.
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is much talked about and read about, but what is actually behind it? What types of AI are there and what applications are possible?
Apart from ethical and cultural considerations, there are numerous challenges and hurdles in the use of AI. It is necessary to integrate AI methods into existing systems and structures and, in some cases, to reorganise responsibilities and processes.
In this short survey of AI, Volker will explain the differences between human intelligence and artificial intelligence, then take a look at the history and consider what AI can do today. He will also explain how such systems are trained and what impact this has on us in the application. He will conclude with a discussion of examples from image processing and the design of documents, pointing out the possibilities for use, but also explain the current dangers, such as deep fakes, before glancing at the future prospects for AI
Quantum computing and its impact on Security
Increasing performance and algorithmic realizations of Quantum computing devices bring the quantum threat closer to current ID systems and documents. Even if experts disagree when and how this will be manifested, the effects of such threat are far-reaching. Moreover, the development of quantum computing demonstrated how fast disruptive technologies can come up and question security considerations. This is the reason why reactions and adaptions should be done as soon as possible. Post-quantum security and crypto agility can be viewed as the first step on the way to a secure quantum era.
In this seminar, we will give an overview of the current state of quantum computing devices to get a deeper understanding of the technology. Furthermore, we illustrate how quantum computing, quantum communication and security stick together and should be regarded as a unit to see the whole picture and react appropriately.
The Implications…
So what does this mean for our field of document security? What are the implications for our digital or virtual identities and our online transactions, whether checking our bank account or buying from Amazon? How does this impact the physical documents we carry: our IDs and banknotes? Do they need to change, adapt, interact more with the online world?
Ian Lancaster will lead this part of the seminar, pulling together what we have learned and facilitating a discussion of what it means for this field.
Seminar Leaders:
Prof. Dr. Volker Lohweg is the head of the research group “Discrete Systems” and Director of the inIT-Institute Industrial IT. The research group’s working area is dedicated to Cognitive Systems in automation especially Information Fusion and Optical Document Security, including banknote inspection and authentication. He is active in SPIE and IEEE as a reviewer in the field of image processing and data analysis. His interests are sensory conflict modeling and Multi-Scale signal analysis in the context of optical and digital document security.
Anke Ginter is a Senior Innovations Developer at Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Germany. She works on quantum computing and quantum communication systems with special focus on usability and security. Anke Ginter studied physics and made her dissertation in quantum optics analysing interaction processes between movable colloidal quantum dots.
Ian Lancaster – ODDS Programme Director
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Hover on the presentation title or speaker to see if more information is available.
08:30 – Welcome & Introduction
Ian Lancaster, ODDS Programme Director
08:40 KEYNOTE – AI-Driven Counterfeits: The Possibilities and How to Fight Them
Jordan Brough, Homeland Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory (USA)
Has Artificial Intelligence provided counterfeiters with the necessary tools to cause unprecedented damage to document security? Or, can the power of AI be harnessed by law enforcement to strengthen document inspection and counterfeit detection? Jordan Brough explores how AI could be used to create convincing fakes and describes strategies government issuers should be using to fortify their credentials against AI-enabled fraud.
09:10 Session 1 – Phygital: The Link Between the Physical and Digital Worlds
Artefactometry by Artificial Intelligence For Marked Objects
Zbigniew Sagan
Advanced Track & Trace (ATT) (France)
Digital Product Passports – Unintended Consequences for Digital ID?
Dr Alan Hodgson
Alan Hodgson Consulting (UK)
Simple and Cost-Effective Phygital Solutions
Zoltán Fejes
ANY Security Printing Company PLC (Hungary)
10:10 Session Q&A
10:25 Break – Refreshments
10:55 Session 2 – Phygital Approaches to Document Security
Optically Variable Devices on Secure Documents – Where Next?
Francis Tuffy
ID & Secure Document News (UK)
Strategies for a Standardisation of PPE Certificates
Prof. Dr. Volker Lohweg
Institute Industrial IT (inIT) (Germany)
Taggant-Based Holographic Track and Trace Labels for Liquor
Sajan Ambadiyil
Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (India)
Stealth Spectral Landmarks for Complex Objects’ Authentication
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace (ATT) (France)
12:15 Session Q&A
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session 3 – New Approaches to Document Security
Behind the Barcode – Multi-Layered Functional Barcodes for Security Documents
Tom Mitchell
Luminescence Sun Chemical Security (UK)
Development of Innovative Machine-Readable Luminescent Features
Scott Haubrich
SICPA SA (Switzerland)
Aldric Molina
SICPA SA (Switzerland)
14:50 Session Q&A
15:10 Break – Refreshments
15:40 Session 4 – Protecting Identity in the Digital Age I
Leveraging In-Brain Identity Validation Mechanisms for Detection of Live Video Deepfake Attacks
Hendrik Graupner
Bundesdruckerei GmbH (Germany)
17:10 Session Q&A
17:25 Close of Day One
18:30 Conference Dinner and Table Top Exhibition
Wednesday 10 April 2024
09:00 Session 5 – Protecting Identity in the Digital Age II
Enabling Citizen Protection With Seamless and Secure Digital Identity Wallets
Jorge Carvalho
Austrian State Printing House (OeSD) (Austria)
10:25 Session Q&A
10.40 Break – Refreshments
11:10 Session 6 – New Optical Techniques for Security I
Color-Tunable Photonic Crystals: Dynamic or Serial Coded? You Decide!
Heeyeon Kim
NanoBrick (South Korea)
Special Information Encryption for Optical Lithography Technology
Steve Sun
Wuhan Huagong Image Technology (China)
12:10 Session Q&A
12:25 Panel Discussion – ID and Document Security in the Face of AI and Quantum Computing
Chair – Ian Lancaster
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 7 – New Optical Techniques for Security II
Security Features Based on Light Field Shaping with Freeform Micro-Structure
Dr Dong Yang
ZSST (CBPM Group) (China)
Brilliantly Innovative: A New Security Feature Using Micro-Optical Free-Form Elements
Dr. Martin Egginger
Hueck Folien GmbH (Austria)
Micro-Optics in the Fourth Dimension
Daniel Parrat
Rolling Optics (Sweden)
Erik Egemalm
Rolling Optics (Sweden)
15:00 Session Q&A
15:15 Break – Refreshments
15:30 Session 7 – New Optical Techniques for Security II – continued
Print Document Protection: A Computer-Generated Holography Solution
Leehwan Hwang
Kwangwoon University (South Korea)
Development of Novel Overt Security Feature for ID Documents
Keitaro Sugihara
Toppan Digital (Japan)
Yoshiyuki Mizuguchi
Toppan Digital (Japan)
16:30 Session Q&A
16:45 Review of the Conference Topics
17:00 Close of Conference and Farewell Drinks
Branding Opportunities
App & Handbook
GBP 3,000
Coffee-refreshment-lunch breaks over 2 days
GBP 6,200 / 2 days
GBP 3,100 / day
Welcome Reception
GBP 2,400
Farewell Drinks
GBP 2,400
Lanyards & Badges
GBP 2,400
Proceedings
GBP 1,500
If you have any questions about the branding opportunities, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at [email protected].
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 2024 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 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
Table Top Exhibition
GBP 655
GBP 730
Table Top Exhibition
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
GBP 655
GBP 730
If you have any questions about exhibiting, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at [email protected].
Please note that local VAT at the prevailing rate will be added to all invoices where relevant.
Our Table Top Exhibitors
Our Venue
Lisbon Marriott Hotel
Making Your Hotel Reservation
Delegates are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation.
Booking Your Stay
For accommodation queries please contact [email protected]
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:
[email protected]
+44 (0)1932 785 680
Marriott Hotel Lisbom
Delegate Fees
Further discounts apply for early registration – ends on 29 February 2024
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
Standard Delegate
GBP 1,300
GBP 1,450
Presenter Delegate
GBP 1,000
GBP 1,100
Academic*
GBP 900
GBP 1,000
Social Partner
GBP 200
GBP 200
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Standard Delegate
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
GBP 1,300
GBP 1,450
Presenter Delegate
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
GBP 1,000
GBP 1,100
Academic*
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
GBP 900
GBP 1,000
* Academic rate applies to delegates from universities or other educational establishments
Social Partner
Ends 29 Feb 2024
After 29 Feb 2024
GBP 200
GBP 200
Pre-conference seminars
Add the pre-conference events to your booking – these take place the day before the main conference opens.
Pre-conference seminar
One Pre-Conference Seminar
GBP 590
Two Pre-Conference Seminars
GBP 790