Almost a year to the day since the inaugural ODDS conference in Vienna, 172 delegates from 94 global organisations gathered in Prague to share recent technical developments in the fields of optical and digital document security.

The regional ID Document of the Year Awards were presented as part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) EMEA conference on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, with the awards presented at a special ceremony in the stunning grounds of the W Hotel on 8 March 2023.

The programme for the second Optical and Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) conference is now available, demonstrating the importance of bringing together people involved in developing digital systems for identity and financial transactions with the more traditional security document community.

Registration for the second Optical and Digital Document Security™ conference is now open, with a programme that demonstrates the importance of this event in bringing together people involved in developing digital systems for identity and financial transactions with the more traditional security document community.

Infineon Technologies, the German Federal Printing Office and the Fraunhofer AISEC gave a demonstration at Trustech of an electronic passport that meets the security requirements of the quantum computing era.

The programme is set, the nominations for awards are in, the speakers are getting ready, all that’s needed now is for more participants to get online and register for The Holography Conference™ Online (THCO), which takes place 5-6 December!

The forthcoming TRUSTECH conference will focus on two main themes – identification solutions and innovative payments, which together go a long way to address the question of what digital identity future do we want – and what will we actually get?

Hosted by Dubai Police, the World Police Summit will provide a platform to explore the current challenges facing police forces and the latest technology advances, strategies, and innovations across the law enforcement and security spectrum.

Following consultations with various stakeholders over the past few weeks, Reconnaissance International, organiser of the High Security Printing Asia Conference scheduled to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 5-7 December 2022 has regretfully announced its postponement to 4-6 December 2023.

Reconnaissance International is already preparing for The Holography Conference™ which will continue to be held online, taking place this year from 5-6 December.