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2022 Review
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HSP Latin America Builds Back Better
After two years of COVID inflicted disruptions, Reconnaissance International was able to restart the acclaimed series of High Security Printing Conferences with a fiesta feel in Mexico City (14-16 March) with seminars, presentations, key notes, an exhibition and prizes … lots of prizes!
One can never quite be sure how a conference will ‘go’, particularly when it is nearly three years since the last HSP Latin America. But with over 300 delegates from 140 organisations and 40 countries (a record number for the event), it appears that people were keen to meet and had a lot to say. The conference was sold out and had a welcome and refreshing buzz and business to it.
The conference started with four seminars – on sustainability in the cash cycle, digitising identity, digital security printing and tax stamp developments in the region.



For the sustainability seminar, we heard from and about suppliers across the entire cash cycle, alongside familiar names such as CCL Secure, Hunkeler, Landqart and Oberthur, we also heard from the Royal Mint at the start through to Prosegur and Cash InfraPro talking about cash management. The central banks of Costa Rica and Mexico spoke and then took part in a panel discussion about the role of central banks in sustainability, with Mexico laying out a highly structured long term programme of activity.
‘Digitizing Identity: Benefits and Risks Highlighted by the Current Regulatory Landscape’, presented by Onfido, brought together specialists from different fields to brainstorm problems and present their proposed solutions.
The seminar on the design and production of security documents through digital printing generated significant interest both in terms of attendance and participation. Presentations from HP, Jura, Komori, Luminescence Sun Chemical and Orell Füssli gave hard information about production and security options, and this led into a robust discussion. The consensus appeared to be acceptance that digital printing is coming, but ambiguity about in what form.
The final seminar, led by Francisco Mandiola on behalf of ITSA (the International Tax Stamp Association), was on the topic of Best Practices for Tracking and Tracing Excise Products, with a particular emphasis on excise program developments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Focus on Latin America
In the opening session Alejandro Alegre and Alberto Torfer gave overviews of the cash cycle and cash production in Mexico during the pandemic respectively. These set the scene and also tied in nicely to the visit to the Banka’s new print works in Guadalajara later in the week.
On the ID side, Omar Lares from Inteum took delegates through the new Mexican passport, while Francisco Javier Perez Munoz of Hubox described the printed biometric digital security in the new Mexican photo-voting card, issued by the INE ((Instituto Nacional Electoral).
Following the first session, the programme then split into two tracks – one covering currency and the other ID and secure documents.
In the Currency track, the sessions covered regional currency developments, design and production, substrates and features, sustainability and securing currency and payments.
In the concurrent ID track, meanwhile the corresponding sessions covered border controls, digital credentials, mobile identity, substrates and features, and verification, fraud and examination,
In total, there were 47 presentations to choose from, which was – again – a record for the event.


The award winners
As usual, the event played host to the prestigious Regional Banknote and Regional ID Document of the Year awards, which were announced during the conference dinner.
The central banks of the Eastern Caribbean and the Bahamas, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala all picked up awards for the best new series, new banknotes and commemorative banknotes respectively.
There were two awards in the ID category, meanwhile – for the new Honduran national ID card, and for Mexico’s photo-ID voters cards.
Final word
Seminars, presentations, exhibition stands and evening drinks, dinners and even a return to conference football courtesy of Hueck Folien. Good conversations were had, learning and information were given and received.
Business is back!
Central Bank of Honduras
Bundesdruckeri
Banco Central de Costa Rica
Gallery
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M. One AG
PNO Global
Central Bank of Colombia
Attendees
Alterosa MK
Brazil
Andrews & Wykeham
United Kingdom
Angstrom Technologies
USA
Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board
Antigua and Barbuda
Authentix
USA
Autoridad de Pasaportes de Panama
Panama
Banco Central de la República Dominicana
Dominican Republic
Banco de Guatemala
Guatemala
Banco de la Nación Argentina
Argentina
Banco de la República Colombia
Colombia
Banco de México
Mexico
Bundesdruckerei
Germany
BW Papersystems
Germany
Canadian Bank Note
Canada
Carabineros de Chile
Chile
Casa de Moneda de Chile
Chile
Cash Essentials
Mexico
Cash Infrastructure Projects and Services
Germany
CCL Secure
Australia
Central Bank of Bolivia
Bolivia
Central Bank of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Central Bank of Honduras
Honduras
Central Bank of the Bahamas
Bahamas
CETIS
Slovenia
Crane Currency
USA
Currency Research
USA
De La Rue
United Kingdom
Department of Homeland Security
USA
DERMALOG Identification Systems
Germany
DIAN – Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales
Colombia
DNP Imagingcomm Europe BV
Netherlands
Drewsen Specialty Papers
Spain
Entrust
USA
Fedrigoni Brasil Papéis
Brazil
Fiscalia General de la República
Mexico
FMA Secure
Chile
Formas Inteligentes
Mexico
G+D Currency Technology
Germany
GET Group
USA
Gleitsmann Security Inks
Germany
Grabados Fernando Fernández
Mexico
Grafica Latina S.R.L.
Argentina
GRUPO IDEEO
Mexico
GWT Water & Heating
Austria
HID Global
USA
Holomex/Nanografix
Mexico
HP Indigo
Israel
Hubox
Mexico
Hueck Folien
Austria
Hunkeler Systeme
Switzerland
IAI Industrial Systems
Netherlands
IDEMIA/SIA
Colombia
Imaprok
Colombia
IN Groupe
France
INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral)
Mexico
Inetum
Mexico
Infineon
Brazil
Innovatrics
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Calidad – INACAL
Peru
Intelident S.A.
Guatemala
IQS Group
Czech Republic
IXLA
Mexico
Jorratt y Mena Consultores
Chile
Jura
Austria
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions
Switzerland
Komori Corporation
Japan
KURZ
Germany
L5
Mexico
Lahnpaper
Germany
Landqart
Switzerland
Linxens
Mexico
Luminescence Sun Chemical Security
United Kingdom
Luminochem
Hungary
Mühlbauer
Germany
Nanotech Security
Canada
National Department of Immigration Argentina
Argentina
New England Computer Solutions
Mexico
NORKIM
Austria
Note Printing Australia
Australia
Oberthur Fiduciaire
France
Onfido
United Kingdom
Open Pack
Argentina
OpSec Security
United Kingdom
Orell Füssli
Switzerland
Otto Kunnecke
Germany
OVD Kinegram
Switzerland
Papierfabrik Louisenthal
Germany
Parvis
Italy
Petrel
France
PNO Global
Netherlands
Polymershapes
USA
PPG
Brazil
PWPW
Poland
Radeče Papir Nova
Slovenia
Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil
Colombia
Registro Nacional de las Personas
Argentina
Regula Forensics
Latvia
RENIEC – Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil
Peru
Representaciones Pfeifer S.A de C.V.
Mexico
Royal Canadian Mint
Canada
Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering
Netherlands
SABIC
USA
Salud Justa
Mexico
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Mexico
Security Fibres UK
United Kingdom
Sertracen
Mexico
Servicio de Administración Tributaria
Mexico
Servitex Villena
Bolivia
SICPA
Switzerland
SIPDO
Mexico
SPM
Czech Republic
Stanke LTDA
Chile
Stardust Materials
USA
SURYS
France
Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
Mexico
TECH5
Switzerland
Thales
France
The Royal Mint
United Kingdom
Thomas Greg & Sons Mexico
Mexico
Trautwein Security Printing
Germany
TROY Group
USA
Tumsa
Mexico
UnderCurrency
Mexico
United Security Printing
United Arab Emirates
Veridos
Germany
Witte – MGM Security Printing
Germany
WTG Water Treatment
Austria
Zeiser
Germany
SICPA
PWPW
Krypten
Programme
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Monday 14 March 2022
09:00 – 12:30 Sustainability – Reducing the Environmental Impact of Cash
Given the role of central banks in shaping the environment and setting the agenda for the cash industry, there will also be a panel discussion with central banks about the priority they place on sustainability, their ambitions for it and the changes they would like to see.
Wherever you are on your journey to sustainability, this session aims to give food for thought about new opportunities to do things differently.
09:00 – 12:30 Identity Seminar – Digitizing Identity: Benefits and Risks Highlighted by the Current Regulatory Landscape
In this interactive workshop we will provide the context of international remote identity verification and will compare and contrast different global approaches and how they impact user experience, fraud detection and document design.
This session is designed to bring together specialists from different fields to brainstorm problems and present their proposed solutions. All of the attendees will focus on distinct problems and highlight their insights for the benefit of all the participants.
13:30 – 17:00 Security Printing Seminar – Design and Production of Security Documents through Digital Print
Dgital printing technologies are finding an ever-increasing role in the production of secure documents, particularly in areas that require low setup costs and the individualisation of documents with unique or sequential features. This is seeing the development of digitally-specific security print design features. What are they and how do you incorporate them in to your security document?
Before adopting digital printing for your secured documents you need to consider its characteristics, the consumables available for digital printing and the supporting design and pre-press software available – as well as how you might integrate with traditional analogue printing. You also need to consider the easy availability of digital printers and how its output compares against the output of the specialist equipment being developed for security printing.
This workshop will examine the characteristics of these specialist digital printers for secured documents, with information on security inks for digital printing, feature design software, printing hardware and real-life applications. It will also take a big-picture look at the opportunities and threats arising from these printer developments.
The workshop will feature presentations from equipment, software and ink suppliers as well as a company already offering digitally printed documents, to ensure that you get clear, detailed and practical information on the possibilities and options of using high-end digital systems for security documents.
All those registering for this seminar will receive a complimentary printed copy of Reconnaissance’s new publication Printing Beyond Colour: Commercial Innovations for Security Print, worth £200. This 60-page review offers informative technical analyses of latest generation inks and digital printing techniques and how these could be adapted and applied to the security world.
13:30 – 17:00 ITSA Seminar – Best Practices for Tracking and Tracing Excise Products
Hosted by the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), this seminar will explore the growing widespread use of traceability systems on excise products and how their integration with secure and independent tax stamp programmes have led to increased tax revenues and the countering of illicit trade in various countries worldwide.
In particular, the seminar aims to stimulate discussion and offer best-practice recommendations with regard to the impending WHO FCTC Protocol and its requirement for parties to implement global and secure track and trace systems on tobacco products by 2023. In the Latin American region alone, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay are all parties to the Protocol and are therefore obliged to implement such systems, so this discussion will be of particular interest to them.
The ITSA seminar is free of charge for all attendees. However, attendance is limited to government delegates, NGOs, IGOs and ITSA members only.
18:30 Welcome Reception
Tuesday 15 March 2022
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Session 1 – The Regional Landscape for Secure Documents
9:00
Welcome
Astrid Mitchell
Reconnaissance International (UK)
09:10
Welcome Address
Alejandro Alegre
Banco de México (Mexico)
09:40
Printed Biometric Digital Security in the new INE Credential
Francisco Javier Pérez Muñoz
Hubox (Mexico)
10:20 Session Q&A
10:35 Break – Refreshments
Session 2 – Regional Currency Developments
11:05
Question or Demand: Responding to the Voice of the Customer
Pamela Alba
Crane Currency (Sweden)
11:25
Launch of new Housenote: 279 Years of History Looking to the Future
Ricardo Mendez Barrera
Casa de Moneda de Chile (Chile)
11:45
Challenging Convention: The Bahamas CRISP Evolution $50 and $100
Sean Pemberton
Canadian Bank Note (Canada)
12:05
The United States Secret Service Counterfeit Currency Processing Facility and Recent Counterfeit Trends
Carla Rupert
US Secret Service (USA)
12:25 Session Q&A
Session 2 – Digital Credentials
11:05
Digital Credentials in Brazil: the Future is Now?
Narumi Pereira Lima
Narumi Brazil Police (Brazil)
11:25
The Impact of the Pandemic on the Issuance of Secure Documents
Monica Peralta
Dirección National de Migraciones (Argentina)
12:25 Session Q&A
12:45 Lunch
Session 3 – Design and Production
14:45
An introduction to NPA and its Approach to Polymer Banknote Design
Pilar Ruperti
Note Printing Australia (Australia)
15.05
Nanoengineered Optical Security Features for the Protection of Banknotes
Petr Franc
IQ Structures (Czech Republic)
15:40 Session Q&A
Session 3 – Border Controls
13:45
Case Study: Evaluation of Intercepted Counterfeit US Driver Licenses
Elaine Wooton
DHS/ICE/HSI Forensic Laboratory (USA)
14.05
Secure Documents v’s Secure Process: Where Does Fraud Start? Colombia Case Study
Francis Goossens
TROY (USA)
14.25
The Manufacture of Passports and Identity Documents
Luis Vidales
Otto Kuennecke (Germany)
14:45
The Colombian ID
Didier Chilito
Colombia Registraduría Nacional (RNEC) (Colombia)
15.05
Passport Data Pages: Paper, Polycarbonate, or Something Different?
Antonio Riccio
Landqart (Switzerland)
15:40 Session Q&A
16:00 Close of Day One
16:30 Extended Exhibition Viewing
18:30 Gala Dinner
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Session 4 – Substrates and Features
09:20
Rolling Star I+ and Communication with Security Elements
Dr Manfred Heim
Louisenthal (Germany)
10:40 Session Q&A
Session 4 – Substrates, Features and Secure Docs
9:20
Fighting Against Counterfeiters – Cutting-Edge Overt, Covert and Fused Features for Document Security
Dr Ravi Adhikari
Angstrom Technologies (USA)
09:40
Advanced Holography used for PC Data Page Protection
Petr Franc
IQ Structures (Czech Republic)
10:00
Innovative Optical Technology Dedicated to Security Document Authentication
Cédric Pruche
SICPA (Switzerland)
10:20
BeyOND CARDS – neobond® Solution Toolbox Supporting UN SDG 16.9
Christian Drissler
Lahnpaper (Germany)
10:40 Session Q&A
11:00 Break – Refreshments
Session 5 – Sustainability
11:50
Green isn’t Just a Pretty Colour – Introducing Sustainable High-Security Inks
Gerben van Wijk
Luminescence Sun Chemical (UK)
12:10
Waste Disposal System with Green-Line-Concept
Pascal Rebeaud
Hunkeler Systeme AG (Switzerland)
12:50 Session Q&A
Session 5 – Verification / Fraud / Examination
11:30
Enhanced ID Verification/Authentication in the Touchless World
Arif Mamedov
Regula Forensics (Latvia)
12:10
Designing Credentials to Combat Fraud and Facilitate Authentication
Leonardo Urrea Corredor
IDEMIA / Document Security working group, Secure Identity Alliance (Colombia)
12:50 Session Q&A
13:10 Lunch
Session 6 – Securing Currency and Payments
14:00
“Utopian Dual”, a Connected Banknote prototype for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
Michael Alexander Baur
Orell Füssli Ltd. Security Printing (Switzerland)
14:20
NanoCast™: The Printing of Instant and Variable High Security Optical Images
Dan Lieberman
Holomex/Nanografix (Mexico)
15:00
Commemorative Banknotes – Quick Path from R&D to Actual Use Cases
Monika Kłysińska
PWPW (Poland)
15:20 Session Q&A
Session 6 – Mobile Identity
14:40
New eID Projects Issued in Pandemic Era – Strengthening the Potential of Physical IDs and Their Digital Usability
Radosław Śliwa
PWPW (Poland)
15:00
Smartphone Readable Security Features and What we can Learn from their use in Other Markets
TBC
Arylla (USA)
15:20 Session Q&A
15:40 Closing remarks and drinks
17:00 Visit to the Museum of Banco de México
18:30 HSP Football
Judicial Authority, Costa Rica
Treasury Department, Paraguay
Hueck Folien
Awards
See our dedicated Awards page for the Regional Banknote and the Regional ID Document of the Year
Onfido
Directorate General of Internal Taxes – Dominican Republic
Inacal
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2022 Sponsors and Exhibitors
Many thanks to the following sponsors and exhibitors for taking part in our wonderful exhibition running alongside the conference:
Platinum – Formas Inteligentes
Gold – CCL Secure, Crane Currency, De La Rue, GET Group, Hubox, Koenig & Bauer, Landqart, Oberthur Fiduciaire, Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW), THALES
Silver – Canadian Bank Note Company, CETIS, Giesecke+Devrient / Louisenthal, Hueck Folien, Jura/Parvis, Luminescence Sun Chemical Security, Nanotech Security Corp, Orell Fussli Security Printing, Pangea / United Security Printing, SABIC, Security Fibres Ltd, SICPA, Stardust, WTG Water Treatment GmbH
Exhibitors – BW Papersystems, DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH, Evolis, GWT Wasser- und Wärmetechnik GmbH, HID Global, Hunkeler Systeme AG, IAI industrial systems, Infineon, IQS Group, IXLA, Luminochem, Mühlbauer, OVD Kinegram / KURZ, PETREL, PPG TESLIN Products, RADEČE PAPIR NOVA, Regula, SPM – Security Paper Mill, SURYS, TECH5, Veridos / Innovatrics / Sertracen, Witte Group, ZEISER