HSP EMEA Makes Its African Debut with a Record Audience

This February, HSP EMEA marked its 21st edition with its largest event yet. For the first time, the conference was on the African continent (Rabat, in Morocco), highlighting the region’s growing economic momentum and role in global technology and development, particular as regards secure printing, identity management, and related technologies.

A record 341 delegates from 146 organisations in 49 countries attended, a 28% increase from last year. A notable rise in central bank and government delegations gave the event a different regional balance compared with previous editions.

Although attendance grew, the organisers – Reconnaissance International, co-publishers of Currency News™ – emphasised that the main priority of the conference is the quality of engagement and insights, not just the numbers, adding that the HSP platforms remain firmly focused on building meaningful collaboration across the industry and on supporting a stronger, more connected high-security printing ecosystem.

Workshops establish the dialogue

The day before the conference, three workshops encouraged open discussion, two of which focused on currency.