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Tuesday 3 December 2024

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Session 1

Currency and Identity Documents in Asia-Pacific

09:00

Welcome Address from The Bank of Thailand

Budsakorn Teerapunyachai

Bank of Thailand (Thailand)

09:15

Thailand : Cash Situation Update and Challenges

Sarun Thamrongrat

Bank of Thailand (Thailand)

09:35

Asia Currency Trends

Richard Sokl

De La Rue (UK)

09:55

The Regional Secure Document Landscape

Samantha Burns

Reconnaissance International (UK)

10:35 Q&A

10:50 Break and Exhibition Viewing

Session 2

Currency Developments

11:30

Preserving Nature and Heritage: The New Tenge Banknotes in Saka Style

Arman Adibayev

National Bank of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

11:50

1 Year Anniversary of the Tonga New Series

'Ungatea Latu

National Reserve Bank of Tonga (Tonga)

12:10

Commemorative Banknote for the Year of the Dragons

Tao Tong

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

12:30

Clean Note Public Education Case Study

Nuwan Kalpage

Note Printing Australia (Australia)

12:50 Q&A

Developments in National ID and Passports

11:30

Free-Form DOVIDs for the Protection of Identity Documents

Robert Dvorak

IQ Structures (Czech Republic)

11:50

Sophisticated Transparent Elements and Colour Portraits – Trendy Ingredients for Modern ID Documents

Carsten Müller

Veridos (Germany)

12:10

Improving Printability & Emulsification Control for Security Application

Frank Betzinger

Novomatics (Germany)

12:30

New Graphic Standards in Identity Documents – e-passport and e-ID

Anna Przybylska

Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) (Poland)

12:50 Q&A

13:00 Lunch

Session 3

Security & Sustainability

14:15

Security & Sustainability – A Mutual Journey

Thomas Kleindienst

Leonhard Kurz (Germany)

Thomas Brücklmeier

Leonhard Kurz (Germany)

14:35

Green Cash: Exploring the Sustainability of Banknotes

Astrid Drexler

Giesecke+Devrient / Louisenthal (Germany)

14:55

High Precision Security Features Based on Recycling Materials

Michael Ritschewald

Hueck Folien (Austria)

15:15

The Transforma Initiative

Alexandre Ambrozio Gilberti

Blendpaper (Brazil)

15:40 Q&A

Design & Security

14:15

Enabling All-in-One Secure Citizen ID Document Concepts via Specialty Films.

Henry Leung

Covestro (Germany)

14:35

IDQR: Your Next-Generation QR Code for Securing Identity Documents

Serge Wsevolojskoy

IDEMIA Smart Identity (France)

14:55

An Ideal Upgrade Path for Data Pages and Secure Documents

Richard Perera

Landqart (Switzerland)

15:15

Securing the Portrait and Personal Data in Physical Travel Documents

András Horváth

Jura (Austria)

15:40 Q&A

15:50 Break and Exhibition Viewing

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

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Session 4

Access to Cash and Security

09:00

The Role of Central Banks in Reducing the Number of ATM Attacks to Maintain Public Access to Cash

Patrice Rullier

Oberthur Cash Protection (France)

09:20

Forensics of Security Features and Characteristics of Currency

Parag D. Nathe

Government Institute of Printing Technology (India)

09:40

How Commercial Bank Cashiers View Security Features of Modern Banknotes

Aleksey Faleyev

Independent Advisor ()

10:00

Examination of Banknotes with Portable Spectrometer-Microscope

Ivan Parakhonka

Regula Forensics (Latvia)

10:20 Q&A

New Generation Technologies in Identity

09:00

HID’s ISO-Compliant Mobile Identity Solution: Revolutionizing Government Services in the Philippines

Safia Djoco

HID (Hong Kong) (Hong Kong)

09:20

High Security Printing Documents in Pakistan-Challenges & Innovations

Aftab Baloch

FTO / FBR (Pakistan)

09:40

Digital Banking in Bangladesh

Mohammad Shariar Nafees

NaxRo / Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

10:00

Security Hologram-embedded Adhesive Label (SHEAL)

Sajan Ambadiyil

Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (India)

10:20 Q&A

10:30 Break and Exhibition Viewing

Session 5

Production (poss protection patrice) 

11:40

AKTINA – Serving Current and Future Needs of Banknote Production

Sylwia Szczukiewicz

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (Germany)

12:00

Rightsizing Banknote Security with Nanotechnology, Smaller is Better

Thomas Brandstätter

Giesecke+Devrient / Louisenthal (Germany)

12:20

The Art of Real Life in Banknotes

Jonathan Garside

Oberthur Fiduciaire (France)

12:40

A Game Changer for Pakistan’s Economy

Aftab Baloch

FTO / FBR (Pakistan)

13:00 Q&A

TBC

11:40

Fraud Insights; Identity Fraud Report 2025

Michael van Gestel

Onfido (UK)

12:00

A New Association for the Optical Security Industry of the 21st Century

Chander Jeena

IHMA (UK)

12:20

In the era of electronic reading and Internet, why still need visual optical anti-counterfeiting?

Jack Zhang

Suzhou Image Technology (China)

13:00 Q&A

13:15 Lunch

Session 6

Design

14:15

Unique in Design

Phil Holland

Komori Corporation (Japan)

14:35

The Hidden Aspects of Banknote Design

Alan Eckford

De La Rue (United Kingdom)

14:55

Serialization with Innovative Design Possibilities – MicroEngraving – MicroPerforation

Oliver Kostenbader

Zeiser (Germany)

15:15

Commemorative Issues- Blending Art and Security in Banknote Designs

Rukmini Dahanukar

MoneyTalks (India)

15:55 Q&A

16:10 Closing Remaks and Farewell Cocktail Reception

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