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2023 Review
A Confluence of Innovation, Design, Security and Technology at HSP Asia
The conference hosted 230 delegates from 102 organisations across 37 countries. It spanned three days, including pre-conference workshops on identity and currency.
The identity workshop was hosted by ID technology company Onfido, which addressed the growing demand for self-service and online document authentication and the challenges global organisations face to stop targeted attacks in a document-not-present environment.
The second currency workshop was led by cash security consultants Secura Monde International, focusing on the importance of, and interaction between, the various machine-readable technologies available on the market today. These included both level 2 features used by the commercial sector and level 3 features used by central banks.
The following day, the main conference programme was launched with a welcome address by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr P Nandalal Weerasinghe, followed by an overview of currency management in the country. John Winchcombe of Reconnaissance then shared the latest cash trends and developments across the Asian region.
The programme was subsequently divided into parallel tracks for currency and travel/identity documents, allowing delegates to choose their areas of interest. The sessions covered the critical themes of the identity and currency lifecycle, from innovation, design, security, production and automation to recycling and sustainability. In all, over 40 presentations were delivered.
Some highlights included:
- Note Printing Australia’s presentation of its award-winning R-Series passport. The newly released passport provided an interesting example of using UV-based features to complement and enhance overt and covert design elements such as impregnated substrate fibres, multi-coloured StarLites™ (planchettes), earthy-coloured stitching threads, and full-colour offset-printed images.
- Landqart presented a physical/digital innovation based on its Durasafe® Certify paper-polymer composite substrate and TECH5’s technologies for issuance and offline verification of digital IDs.
- Gleitsmann Security Inks, now part of IN Groupe, presented its mouveink traffic light and mouveink polar security features, which, through a combination of proprietary pigments in one single ink, provide a series of unique effects under UV light, including an afterglow.
- IQ Structures presented its IQ Check solution incorporating machine-readable holograms, for applications ranging from ID cards to brand protection. The solution works by the user tilting the hologram up and down and from side to side, in front of a smartphone camera equipped with a special app, so that the camera can pick up the hologram’s unique visual effects and subsequently authenticate it. The hologram is created from micro-segmentation technology, where any attempt to manipulate it ends up disintegrating the hologram into thousands of miniature parts.
- Micaal Sidorov, General Secretary of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), unveiled the Security Image Register. This expansion of the Hologram Image Register will enable feature developers, printers and issuers to register all their optically variable features in a secure registry to help protect copyrights and avoid lookalikes (see ABN’s sister publication Holography News®, December 2023).
- On the sustainability front, Hunkeler Systems reviewed how central banks are disposing of unfit banknotes, pointing out that mixed substrates are becoming the norm and that separation is crucial to destruction. Then, Brazil-based Blendpaper explained how it could recycle both waste from the paper-making process and shredded printed banknote paper waste for reuse in the production of new paper.
Regional awards
Another highlight of the conference was the presentation of the regional HSP Asia awards (HSPA), with three categories for Banknote of the Year and three for ID Document of the Year.
And the winners this year were:
Regional banknote
- Best New Series – National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic for its 5th banknote series
- Best New Banknote – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for the 1,000 Piso
- Best New Commemorative Banknote – jointly awarded to the Central Bank of Samoa and China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation.
Regional ID Document
- Best New ePassport – Australian Passport Office for the new R-series passport
- Best New ID card – the Philippines for its national ID card.
The next HSP Asia will be held from 2-4 December 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Yes! I am very pleased about the outstanding quality of most of the presentations! I got a fantastic insight in the different branches and issues covering banknote printing as well as the challenging future.
I.T.G.-GmbH Graphic Products
The combination of meeting business partners and customers while being well supported by friendly and competent Reconnaissance staff makes HSP conferences very attractive to us. Thanks for another great event at a very nice location.
SECTAGO
Reserves banks and high security manufacturing suppliers across the world share the knowledge, technology and facilities world wide to ensure reliability, safety and accuracy of high security documents of sovereign nature.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
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Outstanding experience, cozy atmosphere and perfect organisation as usual. Thank you.
Goznak
Extremely interesting sessions. Very well organised and plenty of occasions for networking with other delegates.
Trelleborg Coated Systems Italy S.p.A.
Great atmosphere, great people, great organisation, great time, great location and great presenters.
PWPW
Attendees
Afghanistan Revenue Department
Afghanistan
ALFT Packaging Company (Pvt) Ltd.
Sri Lanka
APO Production Unit
Philippines
Authentication Solution Providers’ Association
India
Bank Indonesia
Indonesia
Bank of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Blendpaper
Brazil
BRBNMPL
India
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Germany
Canada Border Services Agency
Canada
Casa da Moeda do Brazil
Brazil
CCL Secure
Australia
Central Bank of Iraq
Iraq
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM)
China
Corit
Austria
Covestro
Germany
Crane Payment Innovations
USA
Currency Research
Datasonic Group Berhad
Malaysia
De La Rue
United Kingdom
Department for Registrations of Persons
Sri Lanka
Department of Chemistry Malaysia, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovations (MOSTI)
Malaysia
Department of Government Printing
Sri Lanka
Distinkt SL
Spain
Election Commission of India
India
EPIC Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Sri Lanka
FNMT (Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre – Real Casa de la Moneda)
Spain
G+D
Germany
Giriraj Foils
India
Gleitsmann Security Inks
Germany
Glory Global Solutions
Japan
GWT Wasser- und Wärmetechnik GmbH
Austria
HID Asia Pacific Limited
Hong Kong
HID Global
UK
Honeywell
Germany
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong
Hueck Folien GmbH
Austria
Hunkeler Systeme AG
Switzerland
IDEMIA
France
Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Singapore
Singapore
IN Groupe
France
IQ Structures
Czech Republic
Jura JSP
Hungary
Kerrency Ltd
Koenig & Bauer AG
Switzerland
Komori Corporation
Japan
Kumbhat Holographics
India
Landqart AG
Switzerland
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co KG
Germany
Lotus Partners
Switzerland
Luminescence Sun Chemical Security
UK
Madras Security Printers
India
Maldives Monetary Authority
Maldives
MaskTech
Germany
Membraflow Control Systems
Germany
Ministry of Justice and Security, Immigration Naturalisation Services
Netherlands
Money Talks
National Bank of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
National Printing Bureau, Japan
Japan
NaxRo / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Nepal Central Bank
Nepal
Note Printing Australia
Australia
Oberthur Fiduciaire
France
Onfido
UK
Orell Füssli Security Printing
Switzerland
Oumolat Security Printing
United Arab Emirates
OVD Kinegram
Switzerland
Pakistan Revenue Authority
Pakistan
Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Pakistan
Papeteries De Vizille
France
PARVIS
Italy
PETREL
France
Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW)
Poland
PPG Industries Inc
India
Presidential Communication Office
Philippines
Regula Forensics
Latvia
Reserve Bank of India
India
Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering
Netherlands
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
Bhutan
RSE Banknote Factory of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Schwarz Druck GmbH
Germany
Secura Monde International
UK
Security Fibres Ltd
UK
Security Identification Union
China
SEPRINTO
Switzerland
SICPA SA
Switzerland
Sinosun Technology Co., Ltd
China
Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd
Sri Lanka
Stardust Secured
USA
SURYS – IN Groupe
France
The Indonesian Government Security Printing and Minting Corporation
Indonesia
Vacuumatic Maschinen
Germany
Veridos
Germany
WTG Water Treatment GmbH
Austria
ZEISER GmbH
Germany
Zhongchao Special Security Technology CBPM
China
Good presentations, good attendance and always well organised.
AGFA
Very good conference. Particularly enjoyed the gala dinner.
Franbeck Ltd
This conference is a bowl of opportunities and knowledge.
Perum Peruri
Programme
Sunday 3 December 2023
10:30 – 17:00- De La Rue invites you to “Future of Banknotes” seminar series, followed by Afternoon Tea at the British High Commission in Colombo.
As part of the programme in the run up to HSP Asia, taking place 4-6 Dec 2023, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, De La Rue are inviting Central Banks to attend the latest instalment in their “Future of Banknotes” seminar series, followed by Afternoon Tea at the British High Commission in Colombo.
The “Future of banknotes” seminar will include:
- Latest update in seminar series
- Exclusive seminar content
- Connect with De La Rue’s experts
- Learn about the latest developments in the payments landscape, join our counterfeit workshop,
- See the latest innovations in banknote design and substrate integration
- See how we work to create sustainable products
- Learn about the latest product innovations
- Share insights with peers
Afternoon Tea
Following the morning’s seminar De La Rue invite you for a private Afternoon Tea Party at the British High Commission in Colombo.
A quintessentially British occasion, De La Rue would very much like you to join for tea, cakes and other delectables before returning you to the Shangri-La hotel for your evening activities.
Monday 4 December 2023 – Workshops
09:00 – 12:30- Operation Timerbrier- A Counterfeiters Fall from Glory
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!
09:00 – 12:30 – Identity Document Fraud in an Online Environment – The Challenges of Digital ID Verification
Michael van Gestel & Simon Horswell, Onfido
With the digital revolution of the 21st century, millennials, governments, and corporations have increasing requirements for self-service, quick and reliable document authentication remotely and at scale. The revolution is upon us and fraudsters have access to better technology, leaked data and a vast library of faces from social media.
13:30 – 17:00 – The Next Level – Mastering Machine Authentication
Jonathan Ward & Martin Arkwright, Secura Monde International
The efficient handling of high volumes of banknotes requires machine handling to count, fitness check and authenticate the banknotes. Machine readable security features have been included in banknotes, therefore, for many decades.
While banknotes have evolved, so have the machines that handle them. Some have got bigger and faster, other machines have moved out of the central banks and become commonplace even into retail outlets. As a result, the range and variety of security of machine readable features has also evolved.
Part of that change has been prompted by increasingly sophisticated and organised attacks on banknotes. Driven by this, today we have not only ‘level 2’ machine readable security features designed for day to day use, but ‘level 3’ features which are highly secure, covert, central bank only features designed to deliver near forensic level authentication at speed and in volume.
As the increasing need for automation becomes ever more essential to reduce the cost of cash; and as the commercial sector takes increasing responsibility for the management of cash within the national cash cycle, so there is greater importance to ensure that the machine-readable elements on the physical banknote remain difficult for counterfeiters to reverse-engineer whilst being more reliable and effective – and, just as importantly, that the sensors on cash management equipment are more adept at interpreting the signal from these features so as to be able to sort and authenticate accurately at higher speeds.
This seminar will focus on the interaction between the machine-readable technologies on the market today – both those level 2 features used by the commercial sector, and the covert level 3 central bank features – to explore the importance of these technologies, their interface with cash automation sensors, banknote design implications, and how they should be adopted so as to ensure there is minimum disruption and cost to the commercial sector when new banknote designs are issued by the central bank.
The seminar will be run by Secura Monde International, security consultants specialising in the entire lifecycle of cash, with contributions from some of the leaders in cash cycle technology and solutions for level 2 and 3 security.
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Hover on the presentation title or speaker to see if more information is available.
Session 1 – Currency and Identity Documents in Asia-Pacific
09:35
Sri Lankan Experiences: Currency Management, Quality Improvement and Counterfeit Deterrents
M C Dilhan de Silva
Central Bank of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
10:15 Session Q&A
10:30 Break – Refreshments
Session 2 – Currency Developments
Session 2 – Developments in National ID and Passports
11:30
Power to the Print – Komori Corporation, 100 Years of Design and Manufacturing Excellence
Phil Holland
Komori Corporation (Japan)
11:50
Successfully Managing Polymer in Diverse Environments
Nikki Strickland
De La Rue (United Kingdom)
12:30
Cutting-Edge Technologies Activate the Ancient Chinese Painting: China issued four commemorative banknotes for the 24th Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Shao Zhenyu
China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM) (China)
12:50 Session Q&A
11:30
A Landscape of Pakistan ID and Secure Documents
Syed Faizan Haider Shah
Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (Pakistan)
11:50
Exploring New Security Features For Polycarbonate ID Documents
Christoph Husmann
De La Rue (United Kingdom)
12:10
Evolution of the Australian R Series Passport
Nuwan Kalpage
Note Printing Australia (Australia)
12:50 Session Q&A
13:00 Lunch
Session 3 – Design & Security
15:20
KINEGRAM® Security Features – The Clearest and Most Intuitive Mark of the Genuine Banknote
Thomas Kleindienst
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co KG (Germany)
15:40
Innovative Security Feature for Banknotes: Moov™ Series by Surys
Abderrahmane Belmaachi
SURYS - IN Groupe (France)
16:00 Session Q&A
Session 3 – Design & Security
14:20
How Impeccable Design in Identity Solution is Critical to Achieving the Benefits of eGovernment?
Kenny Ching
HID Global (UK)
14:40
Innovative, Secure and Adaptative Solutions to Secure the ID Cards and Access all Services – A Case Study of the Togo HealthCare Card
George Lam
IN Groupe (France)
15:00
Leveraging Specialty Films to Enable Highly Secure ID cards and all-in-one Passport Concepts
Henry Leung
Covestro (Germany)
15:20
Advanced Technology for Securing the Holder’s Primary and Secondary Images
Florian Pacquelin
Veridos (Germany)
16:00 Session Q&A
16:15 Close of Day One
16:20 Extended Exhibition Viewing
18:30 Gala Dinner
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Session 4 – Currency Production and Automation
9:20
Creating Value vs. Cost Reduction: Defining the Future Role of Banknotes in Society
Aurélie Berthon
Koenig & Bauer AG (Switzerland)
10:00
New Kyrgyz Banknotes: Challenges and Achievements
Dana Saifullina
National Bank of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
10:20
Enabling Customers’ Right to Choose – Innovation in Security Features
Peter Dietrich
Gleitsmann Security Inks (Germany)
10:20 Session Q&A
Session 4 – Substrates, Features and Secure Docs
9:00
New Generation of Dynamic Luminescent Inks Based on Nanotechnology to Prevent Counterfeiting
Àlex Julià Lopez
Distinkt SL (Spain)
9:20
Why Everything is Better in Colour – How to Prevent ID Document Fraud
Belur S Nagabhushana
IDEMIA (France)
10:00
State-of-the-art Security Technologies in the Production of Passports, based on PWPW’s Promotional Passport.
Anna Przybylska
Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) (Poland)
10:20
Benefits of a Passport Card in a Philippine Setting
Melon Carlo M. Santiago
APO Production Unit (Philippines)
10:20 Session Q&A
10:30 Break – Refreshments
Session 5 – Recycling and Sustainability
12:00
Sustainability in the Destruction Process of Banknotes
Gabriel Moser
Hunkeler Systeme AG (Switzerland)
13:00 Session Q&A
Session 5 – Digital and Payments Identity
11:40
How Digital Mobile Based Solutions Complement Physical Document Use Cases
Fabiola Bellersheim
Veridos (Germany)
12:00
Electronic Identity Specific to India
Sunil Kumar Chakrabarti
Ex Additional Registrar General (India)
12:20
Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in Bangladesh: Expectation vs. Reality
Mohammad Shariar Nafees
NaxRo / Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
13:00 Session Q&A
13:15 Lunch
Session 6 – Technology & Innovation
14:50
Smartphone Readable Optical Security Features for the Protection of Banknotes, Identity Documents and Precious Metals
Robert Dvorak
IQ Structures (Czech Republic)
15:30 Session Q&A
15:50 Closing remarks and drinks
Close networking. Some of the speech were very informative. Food was really nice.
NANOBRICK
This event is very valuable and welcome conference to meet and exchange.
I.T.G.-GmbH Graphic Products
Conference is as good as expected. Speakers and topics are excellent.
Angstrom Technologies, Inc.
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors and Exhibitors
Many thanks to the following sponsors and exhibitors for taking part in our wonderful exhibition running alongside the conference:
Platinum – De La Rue
Diamond – Madras Security Printers
Gold – China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPM), Koenig & Bauer, Komori, Landqart, Oberthur Fiduciaire
Silver – HID Global, IN Groupe, IQ Structures, Jura/PARVIS, Luminescence Sun Chemical Security, Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW), Security Fibres Ltd, SICPA, WTG Water Treatment Gmbh
Exhibitors – FNMT – Real Casa de la Moneda, GWT Wasser- und Wärmetechnik/SEPRINTO, Hunkeler Systeme AG, MaskTech, Papeteries de Vizille, Petrel, Regula, Schwarz Druck, Stardust Secured, ZEISER
Outstanding experience. Brand and professional network, and remarkable innovation in design and technology. Place to come back again and again.
Toppan Printing
Great pace. Very good agenda. Gala dinner in the hotel is convenient but is a shame once you don’t get the opportunity to visit the city.
SURYS
Latest information and development at a glance. Most of the presentations have great tech details. Good that communication was in English.
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran
Awards
See our dedicated Awards page for the Regional Banknote and the Regional ID Document of the Year
Really good show, well organised, with great exhibitors. This was my first HSP and I thoroughly enjoyed it, Thank you for your hard work.
ONFIDO
Yes, I found the topics to be very interesting, the dinners and lunches to be well organised with good quality food. The venue was also good, the location within the city.
Canadian Bank Note
I notice that the new paper watermark by on Japan Company. The dark way of making the watermark this is outstanding. And also, we have noticed the new hologram tech by DNP and Toppan and Copy Paste.
Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad
