ODDS and the Genius of Secure Documents

The 2025 edition of the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference opened in Warsaw, Poland, from 15–17 September with the headline ‘Welcome to the Genius of Secure Documents’.

The conference, organised by Reconnaissance International (co-publisher of Currency News™) was formally opened by Francis Tuffy, the newly appointed Chairman of ODDS, setting the tone for three days of technical exchange and innovation of experts, innovators and leaders in the optical security landscape.

This year’s gathering brought over 160 delegates from 92 companies across 27 countries, reaffirming ODDS as the world’s foremost (some would argue only) technical forum for physical, digital, and virtual document security and serving as a meeting place for sharing research, cross- industry knowledge, and best practice.

The agenda featured eight themed sessions, curated by an international technical committee of renowned experts, with topics ranging from cutting-edge optical security features, advances in holography and OVDs, material innovations in anticounterfeiting to evaluation and standards in optical security, digital innovation, and hybrid solutions, reflecting the sector’s shifting priorities as threats evolve with artificial intelligence and quantum computing.