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Programme

Monday 9 February 2026

The workshops are free of charge for Government Delegates. For all other delegates a fee applies. If you would like to register or have any questions regarding these workshops please email Abigail Courage at abigail@recon-intl.com

09:00 – 12:15 Currency – The Empowering & Educational Value of Banknotes

Thomas Hendle, Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions

Overview
Financial literacy plays a critical role in life outcomes, social cohesion, and national development. Yet nearly half the world continues to face financial capability gaps, many of which begin in early childhood.

Research shows that money related understanding and behaviour are shaped before the age of six, and that early, hands-on interaction with money is key to developing lifelong financial skills.

Why Banknotes?
Banknotes remain a child’s first tangible experience of value. Their physicality offers unique learning benefits, helping young people grasp core concepts such as earning, spending, saving, budgeting, and financial decision-making in a way digital transactions often cannot replicate.

Recent international research (full white paper available at the event) highlights the continuing importance of physical currency in building foundational financial competencies that transfer to both physical and digital money use later in life.

The Global MoneyBox Initiative
In response, Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions has launched a pioneering, multi-country programme that uses banknotes as an educational tool on an unprecedented scale. Early results show strong engagement from young learners, teachers, NGOs and public institutions.

The MoneyBox Pre-Conference Workshop will inspire participants to look at banknotes through an entirely different lens to reimagine and redefine exactly what they bring to society and become part of a global movement to create significant positive social impact by simply doing what we love doing – making banknotes.

Participants will leave with a new perspective on the societal value of banknotes and how our industry can contribute to lifelong financial empowerment.

09:00 – 12:00 ID – Unmasking Identity Fraud: Physical and Digital Document Threats Through Real Case Studies

Michael Van Gestel – Entrust & Maickel van Oijen – Keesing Technologies

When designing identity documents, how do the priorities differ between the issuer, the manufacturer, and the verifier, and which perspective ultimately determines the document’s effectiveness against fraud?

Identity fraud remains one of the most pervasive threats in today’s interconnected world, exploiting both physical and digital vulnerabilities. This interactive seminar dives deep into the evolving tactics fraudsters use to manipulate identity documents whether forged passports, counterfeit driver’s licenses, or digitally altered credentials and the devastating impact these schemes can have on individuals and organisations.

Through real-world case studies, participants will explore:

Physical Document Fraud: Techniques used in forgery, tampering, and impersonation, and how frontline detection methods can fail.

Digital Identity Fraud: Emerging trends in synthetic identities, deepfakes, and credential theft in online ecosystems.

Hybrid Attacks: How fraudsters combine physical and digital tactics for maximum deception.

The session will feature group discussions, and scenario-based problem-solving.

13:00 – 16:30 Currency – The Banknote Balancing Act – Making Informed Currency Choices

De La Rue Workshop. This will be open to central banks and governments only.

As central banks you face many important choices when it comes to managing your currency, from design and durability to cost, sustainability and public trust. This interactive workshop explores some of those choices, why they matter, and how data and expert insight can help guide the process. You’ll have the chance to share your thoughts, learn from others, and take part in a practical exercise where you’ll balance competing needs and priorities to make strategic currency decisions.

The use of machinery to issue and deposit cash is increasing at every point in the cash cycle. The ability to capture, store, share and analyse data is being revolutionised. Standardisation of packaging, reporting and data is driving efficiency. Business models are not standing still. Sustainability is on the agenda. All of this feeds into the opportunities to handle cash closer to the customer, reducing costs, increasing efficiencies and resilience and promoting sustainability.

This seminar is based on a new white paper – Cash Recirculation and Local Recycling: from Policy to Practice – and brings together a range of stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities, with real-life examples of how new models of cash distribution can enhance more universal and cost-effective access to and acceptance of cash.

Tuesday 10 February 2026

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Main Track

Currency and Identity Documents in EMEA

09:00

Welcome Address from Bank Al-Maghrib

Hassan Regraga

Dar As-Sikkah, Bank al Maghrib (Morocco)

09:10

Dar As-Sikkah: Continuous Development and Modernization

Ahmed Lemrhabbar

Dar As-Sikkah, Bank al Maghrib (Morocco)

Rachid Bouchmal

Dar As-Sikkah, Bank al Maghrib (Morocco)

09:30

LASINK™: 10 Years of Excellence and the Evolution to Origin+

Thomas Poreaux

IN Groupe (France)

Anaïta Berangui

IN Groupe (France)

09:50

Advanced Counterfeiting Trends in North Africa: Imitation of High-Security Features in Banknotes, ID Documents and Visas

Alsharif Hashem Mogahed

Ministry of Justice (Egypt)

10:10

Building a National Security Printing Ecosystem: Strategy, Technology, and Capacity in a New African Context

John Mwasa Wagogo

Parliament of Uganda (Uganda)

10:30 Session Q&A

10:40 Break and Exhibition Viewing

Currency Track

Around the Region – What’s Going on in Currency in EMEA?