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2024 Review
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The HSP™ (High Security Printing) conference took place 4 -6 March in Sofia, Bulgaria. It opened with three seminars, one of which was run by identity verification solutions provider Onfido, focusing on document fraud in an online environment and the challenges organisations deal with when trying to authenticate documents remotely.
The other two seminars were organised by the Future of Cash conference looking at how and why cash is changing, whether cash is a public good and/or a basic right and discussion groups on different aspects of what is happening to cash.
Finally, Kerre Corbin of Kerrency told the real-life story of a counterfeiter drawing a large crowd, demonstrating that security remains at the heart of banknotes.
The main conference programme was opened by Petar Chobanov, Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank. Mr. Chobanov emphasised the importance that the country’s national bank places on international cooperation, as witnessed by his invitation to delegates to join the tour of the National Bank scheduled for the end of the conference. Presentations followed from Plamen Tzviatkov and Sven Busselberg on the art of Oberthur Fiduciaire, Bernadette O’Brian on the ECB’s Product Environmental Footprint, Petia Yordanova on the conceptual design of the new Bulgarian ID Card, and John Winchcombe on cash usage and trends across EMEA regions.
The programme then split into separate tracks for currency and ID.
Recent developments in ID and currency
The ID track focused on recent developments in travel documents. It included presentations from Eriks Vismanis (Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, Latvia) and Liis Vilde (Veridos) in which they unveiled Latvia’s new ePassport, Micaal Sidorov (Demax Holograms) looking at recent trends in DOVIDs for travel and identity documents, Claudia Schwendimann (Austrian State Printing House) exploring the use of photographic portraits in travel documents, and Marc Pic (Advanced Track & Trace) who provided insights into deep-learning enhanced security codes.
In the currency session, Michael Kasch (Orell Füssli Security Printing) described the company’s Escher® 3D intaglio design and printing techniques, followed by Phil Holland (Komori Corporation) who presented the Phoenix house note with innovative digital printing which links with Jura’s banknote authentication software. Niels Kaas (Danmarks Nationalbank) then gave an overview of developments in Denmark’s currency, including recently announced changes such as the development of a new series for issue in 2028 and withdrawal plans for older banknotes. Banco de España’s Rubén Ortuño closed the session with a presentation on applications of its Neurocash software, which is being used to investigate how banknote designs work in circulation, production, and communication materials.
Focusing on design and security
The next ID session focused on design and security for travel and identity documents, with presentations from Juliette Thomas and Jérôme Boudineau (IDEMIA) on updating eID documents in the field, Amaury Chasseux (SURYS) on large size embedded DOVIDs, Robert Dvorak (IQ Structures) on verification and authentication of identity documents including the use of the company’s IQ Check mobile application, and Zoltán Balla of the Hungarian Banknote Printing Company on the concept of hybrid datapages.
In the currency session Barna Barabas (Jura) reviewed traditional print security features, noting that whilst digital printing has a place on banknotes unique features of this aspect are needed. Patrice Rullier (Oberthur Cash Protection) presented on the role of central banks in reducing cash in transit and ATM attacks. Michael Ritschewald (Hueck Folien) detailed the company’s extensive sustainability work and its portfolio of security features, including its new Optomove® feature based on micro mirrors. Virginie Lang (Seprinto & Partners) closed the session with a presentation on Seprinto’s LaserLine Secure Luna technology, which reduces ink usage by 10-15% and improves print quality non-invasively.
Sustainability becomes ever more important
Developments and sustainability were the focus of the next ID session on the morning of the second day. Tomasz Mokrogulski (HID Global, UK) opened the session with a paper on navigating global standardisation and regulatory challenges in digital travel credentials (DTC), followed by Emmanuel Kpakpo Brown of the National Identification Authority of Ghana setting out the country’s national identity documents production waste management system. Nick Larter from Veridos then introduced the company’s MobileID platform, and the session was closed by Francis Tuffy (Editor of ID & Secure Document News) asking, in his paper, whether the document security industry should be worried about the demise of physical visa stickers.
The penultimate single-track currency session found Thomas Kleindienst (Leonhard Kurz) describing the company’s environmental sustainability work, for which it has won the EcoVadis rating agency’s silver award. Aurélie Berthon (Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions) provided details of the company’s decades-long work to improve the efficiency of banknote production and reduce the input materials required.
Jeroen Kusters of Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering presented the results of its survey of the sustainability work of 83 central banks, particularly how they dispose of unfit banknotes, and its work to allow both paper and polymer substrate waste to be re-worked into high value new products. Ferdinand Storek (G+D Currency Technology) closed the session with an introduction of G+D’s new Banknote Fibre Extraction (BFE) solution, which breaks the fibres rather than cutting them to ensure high value disposal of notes can occur more consistently.
Anti-counterfeiting and technological innovations
The final ID session saw three presentations on document upgrades, fraud, and anti-counterfeiting. This included a paper from Maria Donos of the General Inspectorate of Border Police, Moldova, that explained the country’s actions to reduce counterfeiting of travel documents, followed by a presentation from Richard Perera (Landqart), setting out an ideal upgrade path for datapages and secure documents including the company’s Durasafe® TRAVEL and Certify. Simon Horswell of Onfido closed the session with a review of its Identity Fraud Report 2024.
The currency session featured three presentations on verification technologies, nanotechnology-based inks, and a more sustainable PVD coating process for intaglio plates. Dmitrijs Bobrovs (Regula) presented the first of these, displaying its range of standardised visualisation, verification and analysis tools for use with optically variable devices. Romain Waidelich (Inorcoat) presented the company’s chrome-free PVD coating offering for intaglio plates, which is also utilised in coin production. Àlex Julià-Lopez of Distinkt, detailed the company’s work in creating a new generation of dynamic luminescent inks based on nanotechnology.
…And even more innovations
The final session of the conference saw the currency and ID streams re-joining to focus on technology and innovation. Gabriel Moser (Hunkeler Systems) continued the sustainability theme with a focus on management and recycling of unfit banknotes, Linksmart Technologies spoke on the topic of non-cloneable print, and Astrid Mitchell, CEO of Reconnaissance International, explained the steps being taken by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) to expand the Hologram Image Register (HIR) to include all types of optical security devices.
A specialist exhibition of over 40 companies was held alongside the conference sessions, providing delegates with an opportunity to see the latest industry products and solutions.
The conference gala dinner saw awards for the prestigious Regional Banknote and Regional ID Document of the Year. Further information about the awards and winners can be found here.
The conference closed with the annual HSP EMEA football match, sponsored by Oberthur Fiduciaire. Fortunately, and unusually, there were no injuries, and the football match was greatly enjoyed by delegates.
The next HSP EMEA is scheduled to take place 3-5 February 2025, in Switzerland.
Immigration and Borders Service (Portugal)
Ministry of the Interior, Croatia
Banco de Moçambique
Gallery
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National Identity Authority, Ghana
INCM
Hueck Folien
Attendees
ACSYS Lasertechnik GmbH
Germany
Advanced Track & Trace (ATT)
France
Afghanistan Revenue Department
Afghanistan
Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
ANY Security Printing Company PLC
Hungary
Applied Laser Engineering
UK
Arfid
Bulgaria
ART-Line / MELZER
Germany
Baldwin Vision Systems
USA
Banco de España
Spain
Banco de Portugal
Portugal
Bank al Maghrib Dar As-Sikkah
Morocco
Bank of England
England
Bank of Finland
Finland
Blendpaper
Brazil
Bulgarian Identity Directorate
Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB)
Bulgaria
Bulgraphica
Bulgaria
Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd
Canada
Cappelen Group
Austria
CashEssentials
France
CCL Secure
United Kingdom
Central Bank of Iraq
Iraq
Central Bank of Lesotho
Lesotho
CETIS
Slovenia
Chief Directorate Border Police
Bulgaria
Corit
Austria
Crime Science Technology
France
Croatian National Bank
Croatia
Danish National ID Centre
Denmark
Danmarks Nationalbank
Denmark
De Nederlandsche Bank
Netherlands
Demax Holograms
Bulgaria
Digital Express
Latvia
DIPA
Hungary
Distinkt SL
Spain
DNP Imagingcomm Europe B.V.
Netherlands
Estonian Police and Border Guard Board
Estonia
European Central Bank
Germany
Europol
Netherlands
Excellent Corporation
Bangladesh
EXIM
Turkey
Federal Department of Justice and Police
Switzerland
FNMT-RCM
Spain
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
UK
Forensic Laboratory of Warsaw Metropolitan Police
Poland
General Directorate “Combating Organized Crime”
Bulgaria
General Directorate of Gandarmerie, Special Operations and Counter- Terrorism
Bulgaria
GHESAR
Republic of Moldova
Giesecke+Devrient GmbH
Germany
Government Communications Bureau
United Kingdom
GWT Wasser- und Wärmetechnik GmbH
Austria
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Germany
HID Global
UK
Honeywell
Germany
Hueck Folien GmbH
Austria
Hungarian Banknote Printing Company
Hungary
Hunkeler Systeme AG
Switzerland
IAI Industrial Systems B.V.
Netherlands
ID3 Technologies
France
IDEMIA
France
Identity Documents Personalisation Centre
Lithuania
IN Groupe
France
Industrial Inkjet
United Kingdom
INORCOAT
Bulgaria
International Reference Systems BV
Netherlands
IQ Structures
Czech Republic
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Italiano
Italy
Jura JSP
Hungary
KEIT Ltd
Bulgaria
Kerrency Ltd
UK
Knab Bank
Netherlands
Koenig & Bauer AG
Switzerland
Komori Corporation
Japan
Lamberti
Italy
Landqart AG
Switzerland
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co KG
Germany
Linksmart Technologies
India
Louisenthal
Germany
Luminescence Sun Chemical Security
UK
M.One AG
Switzerland
MaskTech
Germany
Melzer Maschinenbau
Germany
Ministry of Interior
Bulgaria
Ministry of Interior
Estonia
Ministry of Interior
Hungary
Ministry of Interior
Bahrain
Monnaie de Paris
France
Mühlbauer
Germany
National Bank of Belgium
Belgium
National Bank of Slovakia
Slovakia
National Identification Authority
Ghana
National Institute of Forensic Science
Bulgaria
Nepal Rastra Bank
Nepal
Nortfall Systems Limited
Kenya
Oberthur Fiduciaire
France
Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck
Austria
Onfido
UK
Orell Füssli Security Printing
Switzerland
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei
Austria
Oumolat Security Printing
United Arab Emirates
OVD Kinegram
Switzerland
PARVIS
Italy
piba Population & Immigration Authority
Israel
Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW)
Poland
Printing Works of the Bulgarian National Bank
Bulgaria
Radeče Papir Nova
Slovenia
Regula Forensics
Latvia
Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
Netherlands
RSE Banknote Factory of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
S.S.N.S Institute for Expert Service
Hungary
Schwarz Druck GmbH
Germany
Security Fibres Ltd
UK
Security Identification Union
China
SELP
France
SEPRINTO
Switzerland
Service of Technological Security of State Documents under the Ministry of Finance
Lithuania
Smurfit Kappa Security Concepts
Ireland
Stardust Secured
USA
State Police of Lativa
Lativa
Statni Tiskarna Cenin
Czech Republic
SURYS – IN Groupe
France
The Public Services Agency
Moldova
Toppan Digital
Japan
Veridos
Germany
WTG Water Treatment GmbH
Austria
Zeiser
Germany
Immigration and Borders Service (Portugal)
SEILER
SICPA
Programme
Monday 4 March 2024
HSPE2024 Presentations
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09:00 – 12:30 Currency – The Future of Cash Seminar
Led by Antti Heinonen, former Director of Banknotes at the ECB and Guillaume Lepecq, Cash Essentials
The seminar will focus on understanding the changing cash environment and what stakeholders are doing to optimise the cash cycle and ensure the future viability and sustainability of cash. It brings together all stakeholders to discuss new strategies for shaping the cash ecosystem of the future.
The seminar will be led by Antti Heinonen, former Director of Banknotes at the ECB and Guillaume Lepecq, founder of the CashEssentials think Tank.
The seminar will address three key questions:
- How can stakeholders contribute to shape a viable and sustainable cash ecosystem in an increasingly uncertain environment?
- Is cash a public good? Or a basic right? If so what are the policy implications in terms of access and acceptance, resilience and the funding of the cash cycle?
- What can we learn for the global evolution of cash demand?
In addition, Round Table Conversations will offer the opportunity to debate the burning questions, ranging from declining transactional demand for cash; the need for a more resilient cash cycle in a multi-crisis environment or the loss of privacy in a less-cash environment. Participants will be invited to deploy their collective intelligence to assess and discuss some of the key challenges and opportunities facing the future of cash.
09:00 – 12:30 Identity – The Emerging Behaviour of Fraudsters in the Modern World – The Obstacles in Future-Proofing Document Design
Michael Van Gestel & Simon Horswell, Onfido
The digital revolution is here to stay. Consumers, and therefore governments and corporations, demand self-service, and with it, remote document authentication at scale. With recent advances in AI, fraudsters have access to better tooling, and limitless source material.
In this seminar, we will take a deep dive into the statistics and findings of Onfido’s 2024 Identity Fraud Report; in particular, the emerging behaviour of fraudsters in the modern world. We will look at the current methodology employed by organised fraud rings, the importance of document design in their approaches, and potential solutions.
13:30 – 17:00 Currency – Operation Timerbrier- A Counterfeiters Fall from Glory
Kerre Corbin, Kerrency Ltd
A father and son team were sentenced in December 2022 after pleading guilty to manufacturing £977,000 worth of counterfeit banknotes. This is their story.
Learn how these counterfeiters used Dearneside Press, a legitimate printing business, to manufacture counterfeit Scottish banknotes. The counterfeit notes were printed at the shop, then taken to the son’s house to simulate all the security features. Three boxes of evidence were submitted for examination after the raid on both properties, but there was more to come.
Sheets of counterfeit banknotes, inks, stamps, rolls of used and unused foil, dies for hot foil stamping machine, genuine pattern banknotes, crime scene photos, and computer files/images had to all be linked together for the six different counterfeit banknotes. Holograms, windowed threads, and UV patterns were simulated on UV dull paper. Amongst all the evidence was a huge surprise that Mr. Gaunt could not refute. A mammoth task, but it was all worth it!
18:30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday 5 March 2024
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Session 1 – Currency and Identity Documents in EMEA
09:10
The Art of Oberthur Fiduciaire
Plamen Tzviatkov
Oberthur Fiduciaire (France)
Sven Busselberg
Oberthur Fiduciaire (France)
09:50
Conceptual Design of the New Bulgarian Documents. New Bulgarian ID Card
Petia Yordanova
Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)
10:30 Session Q&A
10:50 Break – Refreshments
Session 2 – Currency Developments
Session 2 – Developments in Identity Documents
11:40
Escher®: Advancing Digital 3D Intaglio Design
Dr. Michael Kasch
Orell Füssli Security Printing (Switzerland)
13:00 Session Q&A
11:40
Unveiling the Future of Secure Travel with Latvia’s New ePassport
Ēriks Vismanis
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA) (Latvia)
Liis Vilde
Veridos (Germany)
12:00
DOVIDs for Travel and Identity Documents – Recent Trends and Developments
Micaal Sidorov
Demax Holograms (Bulgaria)
13:00 Session Q&A
13:20 Lunch
Session 3 – Design & Security
16:10 Session Q&A
Session 3 – Design & Security
14:50
Updating eID Documents in the Field is Essential to Their Security
Juliette Thomas
IDEMIA (France)
Jérôme Boudineau
IDEMIA (France)
15:30
From Mammoth to Robot: True Story of The National Identity Guard
Robert Dvorak
IQ Structures (Czech Republic)
16:10 Session Q&A
16:30 Extended Exhibition Viewing
18:30 Gala Dinner and Presentation of Regional Banknote and ID Awards
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Session 4 – Production and Sustainability
Session 4 – Developments and Sustainability in Identity and Travel
09:00
Security & Sustainability – A Mutual Journey
Thomas Kleindienst
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co KG (Germany)
09:40
Closing the Loop: Unfit Banknote Disposing Practices, Emerging Trends and Recycling Innovations
Jeroen Kusters
Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering (Netherlands)
10:00
Introducing Banknote Fiber Extraction – Decompose Unfit Banknotes for Optimal Repurposing
Ferdinand Storek
G+D Currency Technology (Germany)
10:20 Session Q&A
09:00
Harmonizing the Skies: Navigating Global Standardization and Regulatory Challenges in Digital Travel Credentials (DTC)
Tomasz Mokrogulski
HID Global (UK)
09:20
National ID Documents Production Waste Management
Emmanuel Kpakpo Brown
National Identification Authority (Ghana)
10:00
The Inexorable Demise of Physical Visa Stickers – Should we be Worried?
Francis Tuffy
ID & Secure Document News (UK)
10:20 Session Q&A
10:40 Break – Refreshments and Exhibition Viewing
Session 5 – Currency Innovations
Session 5 – Document Upgrades, Fraud and Anti-Counterfeiting
11:30
Visualization and Verification of Holograms. Do we have all the Tools and Solutions?
Dmitrijs Bobrovs
Regula Forensics (Latvia)
12:10
New Generation of Dynamic Luminescent Inks Based on Nanotechnology to Prevent Counterfeiting
Àlex Julià Lopez
Distinkt SL (Spain)
12:30 Session Q&A
11:30
Moldova’s Actions to Reduce Counterfeiting of Travel Documents
Maria Donos
General Inspectorate of Border Police of MIA (Moldova)
11:50
An Ideal Upgrade Path for Data-Pages and Secure Documents
Richard Perera
Landqart AG (Switzerland)
12:30 Session Q&A
12:50 Lunch
Session 6 – Technology and Innovation
14:30
Sustainability in the Destruction Process of Banknotes
Gabriel Moser
Hunkeler Systeme AG (Switzerland)
14:50
Automation Grade Non-Cloneable Print With Credible Remote Authentication – Where The World has Missed the Plot!
Ashish Anand
Linksmart Technologies (India)
Kishor Badiger
Linksmart Technologies (India)
15:30 Session Q&A
16:00 Closing Remarks, Farewell Cocktail Reception
18:00 Buses Leave for Football
De La Rue
Landqart
Goznak
Awards
See our dedicated Awards page for the Regional Banknote and the Regional ID Document of the Year
Orell Füssli
Zeiser
KURZ
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors and Exhibitors
Many thanks to the following sponsors and exhibitors for taking part in our wonderful exhibition running alongside the conference:
Platinum – Oberthur
Honorary – Printing Works of the Bulgarian National Bank Corp
Diamond – IDEMIA
Gold – DEMAX Holograms, HID Global, Hungarian Banknote Printing Company / DIPA, Koenig & Bauer, KOMORI, Landqart, Mühlbauer, Security Fibres Ltd, Veridos
Silver – @RFID, IN Groupe, Jura / PARVIS, Landqart, Luminescence Sun Chemical Security, Orell Füssli Security Printing / ZEISER, OVD Kinegram / KURZ, Schwarz Druck GmbH
Exhibitors – Applied Laser Engineering, ART-Line / MELZER, BALDWIN Vision Systems, id3, Industrial Inkjet Ltd, KEIT Ltd, MaskTech, Radeče papir nova, RAITH GmbH, Regula, Royal Dutch Kusters, SEPRINTO, Stardust Secured