Security Designers Forum – New Event for the Banknote Design Community

The first Security Designers Forum (SDF) will take place 9-11 September 2024 in Warsaw, Poland as a dedicated setting for all those involved in design and design decision-making relating to secure documents such as banknotes and passports, to learn, exchange knowledge and develop new ideas.

SDF is the successor event to the International Banknote Designers Conference, formerly run by the now- defunct International Banknote Designers Association and a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But despite its demise, there was a strong feeling that a forum dedicated to the specific issues of banknote and high security document design for the benefit of those creating those documents was still needed. Hence the banknote design community has come together to hold this new event.

As design has a significant impact on all stakeholders in the secure document industry, the topics will explore and discuss a wide range of design-related issues, including: 

• User experience
• Perception and recognition
• The value/cost ratio
• Designing for sustainability
• Feature and material integration
• Machine readability and acceptance
• Public education
• Innovation and harnessing new technology
• Teamwork and collaboration