More Dialogue and Interaction for Designers

The International Banknote Designers Association (IBDA) has finalised the agenda for the 6th International Banknote Designers Conference that will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 24-27 October 2022.

Like so many event organisers, the IBDA cancelled the original event, planned for October last year, and bridged the gap in 2021 by staging the International Banknote Designers Virtual Conference in an effort to reconnect members and partners during the prolonged period of lock-down, travel restrictions and limited face-to-face meeting opportunities.

The 6th IBDC has been designed to allow a higher degree of delegate interaction, dialogue and exchange than at previous events, says the IBDA. Presentation sessions will be shorter and more focused while workshop and special interest break-out sessions will be privileged. The delegates can effectively decide what mix of formal presentations, deep-dive workshops and technology break-out sessions they wish to participate in, allowing them to create a participation plan that suits their requirements.

In addition to the above, the 6th IBDC will feature a new component called the ‘Developers Lounge’. This meeting space will allow currency technology developers (substrates, features, software, printing machinery etc.) the opportunity to showcase their latest development and innovation activity and gain feedback from the design community.

It is also intended to help delegates focus on future challenges for cash in the competitive payments arena and better understand how the industry is reacting to new challenges through the research and innovation.

The main theme of the 6th IBDC is ‘Designing a Sustainable Future for Cash’. In view of the accelerated rate of change within the global payments ecosystem, banknote designers now have to address cash sustainability head on through their work.

‘Design will be a defining factor in shaping how cash is accessed, moved and used and this event will demonstrate how design can facilitate and enable the type of innovation required to ensure a sustainable future for banknotes’ says the IBDA.

www.ibd-association.com/6th-ibdc/