Optical Document Security

This is the call for technical papers to be presented at the

Optical Document Security Conference, to be held 29-31

January 2014 at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San

Francisco, California.

This is the ninth in the series of biennial conferences dating

back to the Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence

Technologies conferences begun by Ruud Van Renesse in

1996, and the fourth as the Optical Document Security

Conference. The Conference has always stressed the

technical aspects of optical security, and offers a platform to

researchers, developers, manufacturers, and users of

security to present their findings, new developments and

new work on a technical and scientific level.

Many of the most significant developments in banknote and

identity document security have first been unveiled at this

conference, with development and commercialisation

partnerships often resulting. With its restricted attendance

by industry specialists it is the ideal forum at which to

announce embryo technologies.

This year, reflecting the changes in technology, the

committee is soliciting for the first time papers related to the

integration of optical security features into broader security

applications, standards development and the methods for

testing, examination and analysis of optical features,

including the use of digital and portable devices.

At the same time, papers are solicited in the more

traditional topics of protection for banknotes, travel and

identity documents; identity management; document

production and security application technology, which

remain the core of the conference.

Specific topics of interest include:

• Optically variable devices, micro-optics, nanooptics

• Identification and authentication methods

• Machine readable technologies, standards and

developments

• Substrates, inks, coatings and security printing

• Image technology and product intelligence

• Digital and 3D printing

• Transparent security features, substrates, and

their applications

• Standards and analytic methods for testing of

optical techniques & devices

• Colour generation & use in security applications.