Optical & Digital Document Security
The Technical Conference for Physical, Digital and Virtual Document Security
How do we ensure that our financial transactions and identity verification conducted on a smartphone, tablet or other computer are as secure as they have been using banknotes and identity documents respectively.
Do those physical secured documents have a role in this new world? Will there be co-existence or will they be replaced?
These are the underlying issues to be addressed at the Optical & Digital Document Security Conference, an event that brings together two very successful technical conferences to cover the key topics that have become more pressing in our digital age.
The Optical Document Security Conference, held every two years since 1996, is established as a highly-respected technical conference, while Digital Document Security, a spin-off event, was quickly recognised as an essential bridge between the physical and digital “document” security worlds. In combining the two events, Reconnaissance is recognising the fact of the digitisation of what have traditionally been paper or polymer documents, with the need to maintain the highest levels of security in the digital domain as have been achieved in the physical domain.
ODDS will be the platform to bring together the thousand-year experience of the banknote and ID document world with the fast-moving field of digital financial transactions, virtual ID and digital identity verification. People involved in the digital transaction, identity and authentication communities and specifiers, designers, producers and issuers of secure documents will find ODDS a valuable forum to explain, learn, network and explore possibilities.
The Optical & Digital Document Security Conference is a forum to meet, share ideas and establish mutual understanding across the digital and physical document security domains.
So we recommend that you attend the Conference if you are:
- Involved with the design, production or examination of any government-issued security document, whether physical or digital, including financial, tax and identity documents
- Or similarly involved with private sector transaction facilitation, payment apps, credit cards, online ordering and payment, identity cards, transport or event ticketing
- A specifier, developer, designer or producer of physical security features or digital security equipment or software
- A researcher or academic looking into security issues for physical or digital approaches;
- A researcher or developer in the security component, biometrics or security printing fields
- A producer or designer of systems and equipment for the production, personalisation, issuance or reading of secure documents and/or data
- Involved in researching or developing methods for the human interaction with physical secured documents or digital ID or transaction systems
- Or involved in any other way with security systems or secured documents.
Call for Papers
In a rapidly digitising world, ODDS 2027 focuses on security for documents and identities across optical features, materials, biometrics, cryptography, machine-readable data and system integration. ODDS is the conference where cutting-edge research is revealed, making it the must-attend event for those shaping the future of security in both physical and digital domains.
ODDS 2027 is calling for proposals that introduce research and technical solutions related to document identity and transaction security. This is your opportunity to present ground-breaking research and showcase innovative solutions to a global audience of technical experts.
Why Present at ODDS 2027?
This is the conference where new research is revealed. ODDS is the one and only platform for unveiling breakthroughs in secured document and identity technologies. Whether you work in industry, academia, or government, this is your chance to present your research, showcase cutting-edge solutions, and engage in high-level discussions with other global experts.
Submission Deadline: 27 March 2026
ODDS Committee
Francis Tuffy
Ian Lancaster
Claude-Alain Despland
Dr Mark Deakes
Dr Paul Dunn
Franziska Granc
Harald Walter
Heeyeon Kim
Jane Raymond
Jörg Fischer
Elevate Your Brand
Branding Opportunities
App and booklet
GBP 3,000
Coffee-refreshment-lunch breaks for day 1
GBP 3,100
Coffee-refreshment-lunch breaks for day 2
GBP 3,100
Farewell Drinks
GBP 2,400
Lanyards & Badges
GBP 2,400
Welcome Reception
GBP 2,400
If you have any questions about the branding opportunities, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at [email protected].
Table Top Exhibition
Maximise your exposure at the 2027 event by taking part in our table top exhibition, to take place during the evening drinks reception and buffet dinner.
Optical & Digital Document Security includes an informal topical exhibit and poster session for hands-on demonstrations of the latest security technologies. Tables are available for presenters to demonstrate examples from their papers and for non-presenters to showcase document security products and techniques. All tabletop displays are subject to the standard fee.
If you have any questions about exhibiting, click on the button below or email Sam Burns at [email protected].
Table Top Exhibitors
Berlin, Germany
Our Venue
Making Your Hotel Reservation
Delegates are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation.
Booking Your Stay
Delegates will be able to book their stay for the conference and receive the special Reconnaissance International rate.
Watch this space!
Beware of Unsolicited Offers
Delegates should only book their accommodation using the official reservation page when it becomes available – and not through any other agent. Disreputable companies (such as Trade Show Housing) have been known to approach delegates with unauthorised offers – and these companies cannot be trusted. Such companies have not been endorsed by us – and we never share delegate information with any housing company or travel agent. All unsolicited offers should be ignored. If you have any questions or concerns about the hotel arrangements, contact the conference team: [email protected]
+44 (0)1932 785 680
Delegate Fees
Your Path to Insight
*Academic rate applies to delegates (researchers, students) from universities or other educational establishments
Online registration will open soon, watch this space!
Pre-Conference Seminar Fees
Add the pre-conference events to your booking – these take place the day before the main conference opens.
