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Programme

Monday 1 December 2025

Workshops

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 [email protected]

09:00 – 12:30 Identity – Impact of AI in Identity Documents

Michael van Gestel, Entrust

AI-powered technologies help solve complex problems and make our daily lives easier and more convenient. While this is true for legitimate business, it is also true for fraud.

Computer programs trained to produce works of art or write news stories could replace the work of human artists and journalists. In the same way, these tools are rapidly replacing traditional forgery techniques and putting sophisticated fraud in the hands of less skilled fraudsters.

In this seminar, we will look at case studies of AI-assisted document fraud from remote IDV (Identity Document Verification) and ask what we can do to combat this very real threat in an increasingly virtual world.

09:00 – 12:30 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.

14:30 – 17:00 Cash Sustainability Workshop Asia 

John Winchcombe

What can we do to reduce the environmental impact of cash and the cash cycle?  This half day workshop is a conversation exploring what central banks, producers and other cash cycle stakeholders are doing in Asia, the Pacific and elsewhere.  It is intended to provide practical options to take away and do.

Run in conjunction with the International Currency Association, the workshop will start with an interactive session to explore who is doing what and why.

Next there will be an opportunity to interact with experts talking about a wide range of methods used to dispose of unfit banknotes at the end of their lives.  The disposal of unfit notes is one of the most visible activities undertaken by central banks and print works, so doing this well is important and a difficult topic.

Finally, we will focus on an area where central banks have weaker mechanisms to bring change, the cash cycle.  We will hear about how central banks are managing this, what works and what does not.

This session is designed for all stakeholders, because collaboration is a key to doing better.  Join us to gain an Asian perspective on cash sustainability.

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Tuesday 2 December 2025

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Session 1

Main Track

Currency and Identity Documents in Asia-Pacific

09:00

Welcome Address – Bank Negara Malaysia

Mr. Abd. Rahman Abu Bakar

Bank Negara (Malaysia)

09:15

Recycling Banknotes: Malaysia’s proof of concept exercise

Shangari Subramaniam Beames

Bank Negara (Malaysia)

Syahrir Nadzmin Zawawi

Bank Negara (Malaysia)

09:35

The Identity Landscapes in Asia

Samantha Burns

Reconnaissance International (UK)

09:50

Where Tradition meets Modernity and Security

Ikromi Sirojiddin Salom

National Bank of Tajikistan (Tajikistan)

10:10

Compass Banknote Intelligence

Ross Knight

Giesecke+Devrient (Germany)

10:15 Q&A

10:25 Break and Exhibition Viewing

Session 2

Currency Track

Currency Developments/Features

11:15

Objectives, Resources and Updates from the U.S. Currency Education Program

Howard Williams

Federal Reserve (USA)

11:35

Indian Banknote Production from Concept to Cash

Sundaram Srikanth

Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) (India)

11:55

Challenges to Cash in Pakistan and the Way Forward

Aftab Baloch

FTO/FBR (Pakistan)

12:10

AI Powered Banknote Production Quality Control

Zaifei Wang

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM) (China)

12:30

From Strength to Strength: How SAFEGUARD® is Transforming the Banknote Industry

Joanna Murray

De La Rue (UK)

12:50 Q&A

Identity Track

Developments in National ID and Passports

11:15

Enabling Secure Innovative Citizen ID Document Concepts via Specialty Films

Henry Leung

Covestro (Germany)

11:35

Multi-Level Document Security Solutions Overt & Covert Techniques

Ravi Mohan Adhikari

Angstrom Technologies (USA)

Tim Brock

Angstrom Technologies (USA)

11:55

The Future is Here – Large Free-form NanoDOVIDs in Polycarbonate Identity Documents

Robert Dvořák

IQ Structures (Czech Republic)

12:15

Securing Nations, Protecting Citizens From Currency to Identity – Evolving Nano Optics for Embedded Document Security

Alan Newman

Authentix (Canada)

12:35 Q&A

13:00 Lunch

Session 3

Currency Track

Cash Sustainability

14:15

Sustainable Solutions for the Future of Cash

Stéphane Lenain

SICPA (Switzerland)

14:35

Can We Make Cash Sustainable?

Hervé Guillerey

Oberthur Fiduciaire (France)

14:55

Successful IBNS Implementation in Malaysia : Advancing a Safer, More Sustainable Cash Cycle

Patrice Rullier

Oberthur Cash Protection (France)

15:15

Let’s Keep Micro-Plastics out of Your Paper and out of the Ocean. High Security Fibres Made From Renewable and Sustainable Paper

Gary Spinks

Security Fibres (UK)

15:35

Decarbonising a Banknote – Exploring the Approach to Net Zero for Banknotes

Harsha Thomas

De La Rue (UK)

15:35 Q&A

Identity Track

Design & Security

14:15

Republic of Science – innovations in the new Promotional ID card by PWPW

Pawel Kopycki

Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) (Poland)

14:35

Transforming ID Issuance: Efficiency, Security, and Control in One Platform

Wei Jin Lee

HID Global (USA)

14:55

The Dilemma of Pakistan’s Passport

Aftab Baloch

FTO/FBR (Pakistan)

15:15

Capability To Underwrite Financial Liability Against Cloning – Compelling Transformation In Security Print

Ashish Anand

Linksmart Technologies (India)

15:35 Q&A

15:45 Close Day One and Exhibition Viewing

18:30 Conference Dinner and Presentation of Regional Banknote and ID Awards

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Session 4

Currency Track

Security on Modern Banknotes

09:00

Riding the waves of Integrated Security Features

Thomas Brandstätter

Louisenthal (Germany)

09:20

The Agile KINEGRAM® – Make a Move with KURZ

Thomas Kleindienst

Leonhard KURZ (Germany)

09:40

55 Years of Trust and Stability

Michael Ritschewald

Hueck Folien (Austria)

10:00

PolyShielded – Advancing Banknote Security and Durability

An Luong Ngoc Quoc

Q&T Hi-tech Polymer (Vietnam)

10:20 Q&A

Identity Track

New Generation & Updated Technologies in Identity

09:00

Security Features in Polycarbonate Data Pages and ID Cards

Christoph Husmann

Crane Authentication (USA)

09:20

Identity in Colour: Shaping the Next Chapter of Document Security

Matthew Sugdon

Toppan Security (Hong Kong)

09:40

Photo as the Most Sensitive Part of Document Protection

Ihar Duboiski

Regula Baltija (Latvia)

10:00

Expanding Capabilities: Adapting Paper Printing Expertise to Plastic Substrates

Jean-Charles Devynck

TreeGen (UAE)

10:20 Q&A

10:30 Break and Exhibition Viewing

Session 5

Currency Track

Production

11:15

KP-Connect by Komori: Boosting Productivity for Banknote and Security Printers

Phil Holland

Komori Corporation (UK)

11:35

Ink and Varnish Innovations

Anna Przybylska

Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) (Poland)

11:55

Data & Vision Solutions and our new Foiling Platform

Thomas Türke

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (Switzerland)

12:15

Better Banknotes are Made with Durasafe®️

Richard Perera

Landqart (Switzerland)

12:35 Q&A

Identity Track

Authentication

11:15

Designing Secure Documents for Analog and/or Digital Printing

Barna Barabas

Jura (Hungary)

11:35

100% Secure Smartphone Authentication Using Quantum Physics

Tom Taylor

Quantum Base (UK)

11:55

Dynamic Luminescent Inks for Phygital Authentication

Àlex Julià López

Distinkt SL (Spain)

12:15

Next Generation OVDs for ID Protection

Chander Jeena

International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) (UK)

12:35 Q&A

12:45 Lunch

Session 6

Main Track

Counterfeit Session

14:00

Currency and ID – Counterfeit Session

Michael van Gestel

Entrust (UK)

Kerre Corbin

Kerrency (UK)

15:30 Q&A

15:40 Closing Remaks and Farewell Cocktail Reception

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