Call for Papers
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.
14 December 2022– Summary Deadline
Proposals should be submitted as a 400-word summary of your paper, with an additional 150 word description of the author/s and their qualifications for presenting this paper (both documents must be in English).
Topics of Interest
The Programme Committee offers the following list of topics as guidance but recognises that it is not possible to draw up a comprehensive list for this innovative and fast-moving field. So please submit your proposal if you think that it is right for this event, whether or not your topic is shown here.
Your paper could be aimed at the digital world, the physical world or both, covering philosophical or technical issues.
Optical
- New optical technologies and materials
- Micro- and nano-optics
- Security image design in the physical space
- Optical security in the point-of-sale environment
- Durability and permanence of optical features
- Window security features
- Colour matching in optical features
Digital
- Smartphones for personal identity and payments and what to do without one
- Combatting hackers, denial of service and other internet attacks
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence, post-quantum cryptography
- Cryptocurrencies, blockchain and distributed ledgers
- Serialisation, coding and unique identifiers

Hybrid
- The digital/physical transition, interface and balance
- Ergonomics and engagement with human senses
- Convenience versus security
- Enrolment systems for physical or digital identity and the transfer from physical to digital;
- Security design – optical and digital
- The future travel environment
- Benchmarking, metrics, statistics and analytics
- Vaccination certificates and health status certification
- ID theft, counterfeit, denial-of-service and fraud countermeasures
ODDS Committee
Ian Lancaster
Chairman
Reconnaissance International
UK
Francis Tuffy
Conference Director
Reconnaissance International
UK
Aurélie Berthon
Koenig & Bauer
Switzerland
Paul Dunn
Optical Security Consultant
UK
Jörg Fischer
Bundesdruckerei
Germany
Alan Hodgson
Alan Hodgson Consulting Ltd
UK
Renaud Laffont-Leenhardt
Thales
France
Volker Lohweg
inIT – Institute Industrial IT, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences
Germany
Joshua M Mármol
G.E.T SECURE ID CORP
USA
Marc Pic
Advanced Track & Trace
France
Tony Poole
Document Security Alliance
USA
Mikihiko Sakakibara
Seculysis
Japan
Johannes Schaede
Koenig & Bauer
Germany
Sun Kai
China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation
China
Harald Walter
Kinegram
Switzerland
Yaohua Wang
Security Identity Union
China
John Winchcombe
Cash & Payment News
UK