Think Quantum – A New Perspective on Security

by Anke Ginter

We give an insight into the state-of-the-art quantum security research regarding quantum computing and quantum communication systems. This will show the importance of combining different quantum technologies to reveal further aspects of the overall picture on analog and digital security products.

Anke Ginter

Anke Ginter is a Senior Innovations Developer at Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Germany. She works on quantum computing and quantum communication systems with special focus on usability and security.

Anke Ginter studied physics and made her dissertation in quantum optics analysing interaction processes between movable colloidal quantum dots.

Behind the Barcode – Multi-Layered Functional Barcodes for Security Documents

by Tom Mitchell

In this presentation, we will examine how the use of combinations of visible and invisible codes can provide a range of data to both the consumer and product owner all whilst stacking them in a single area. Additionally, we will discuss how detection devices for invisible codes can be integrated into the product owners’ systems.

Tom Mitchell

Tom Mitchell has been with Luminescence Sun Chemical Security Solutions for 9 years as an International Sales & Product Manager, focusing primarily on digital technologies for security applications.

He has experience with printing and reading secure variable data for products such as ID documents, tax stamps, currency and brand authentication, covering a range of digital applications.

Protection Through Personalized “Watermark-Like” Features

by Roger Bollström

Watermarks are well-known security features with the limitation of being static (same image used). Mozaiq introduces a new way of making unique variable watermark-alike features via reactive inkjet printing. The Mozaiq security feature is verified with standard mobile phone using state of the art Machine Learning technologies.

Roger Bollström

Roger Bollström has a more than 15 years background within printing technology. Special focus on functional printing such as printed electronics, security printing and printed diagnostics. He heads the technology for Mozaiq Switzerland AG, providing security and brand protection solutions for governments and brands. In addition he holds a position as Docent in Printing Technology at Aalto University in Finland. Roger Bollström is an active author with ca 80 scientific publications and 15 patents as well as a frequent conference speaker, chairman, and reviewer in the field of functional printing.

Co-author for the presentation is Olga Zadedyurina with a background in applied physics and a PhD in information technology and telecommunications. She has more than 10 years of experience in software product management with the focus on innovation and emerging technologies and is an author of ca 10 scientific papers. Olga is leading the software and Machine Learning solution development.

Development of Innovative Machine-Readable Luminescent Features

by Scott Haubrich & Aldric Molina

Luminescent materials, based on rare earths, fluorescent organic pigments and classical upconverting compounds, are well established in the security document industry. However, the use of these materials for new innovative machine-readable security features is rare due to limitations and constraints such as manufacturing reproducibility, chemical robustness, particle size limitations due to printing processes, scalability, luminescence efficiency and other physical properties.

New machine-readable luminescent materials with unique characteristics are difficult to develop as compared to what is established in the market. This is due to the banknote cash cycle having many constraints in terms of readability through a wide variety of cash processing machines.

SICPA has demonstrated many years of expertise in the development of high-quality pigments, inks, and authentication platforms, which today secure a plethora of security documents. This presentation represents the next chapter in SICPA’s luminescent features. A set of innovative machine-readable security features using new emerging materials such as quantum dots, metal-clusters, and halide perovskites exhibiting highly tuneable spectral properties, along with their authentication platforms are presented.

We will illustrate how these luminescent features can be made compatible with the demanding technical requirements of the security industry and specifically the machines and detectors used in the cash cycle.

Scott Haubrich

Scott holds a PhD from Indiana University in the field of inorganic/organometallic chemistry. He has over 30 years of academic and industrial research experience in such areas as catalysts, pharmaceuticals, formulations/surfactants, luminescent materials and nano-materials.

Scott joined SICPA as the Head of R&D at STA Technologies in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Cabot Security Materials. During his tenure at SICPA Scott has led the research team at STA in the development of several new machine-readable features and authentication platforms. In 2019, Scott took on an additional role as R&D Director of SICPA US, where he has expanded responsibilities for the technical groups at SICPA’s U.S. Headquarters in Springfield Virginia. Scott also sits on SICPA’s Technology Board.

Aldric Molina

Aldric holds an engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland in embedded electronics and mechatronics. He specialised in optoelectronic sensors and signal processing for industrial applications.

Aldric began his professional career in R&D for sensor systems in the packaging industry before joining SICPA Switzerland in 2009 as an electronic sensor designer. Quickly, Aldric moved to a global role and led cross-functional teams developing security features for authentication and traceability. After seven years of assignment at STA Technologies, where he led the R&D sensor group, he came back to Switzerland to manage a multidisciplinary team of highly competent experts in machine-readable features.