Security printing and identity community to tackle rising document fraud threats

Leading experts from across the identity, border security and document security sectors will be strengthening global resilience against fraud in a series of Security Documents key sessions this June.

A major highlight of the programme is our “Meet the Document Examiner” initiative, giving delegates the rare opportunity to engage directly with experienced forensic document examiners and front-line specialists who deal with fraudulent documents every day. The sessions are designed to encourage practical discussion, knowledge sharing and collaboration between those designing secure documents and those responsible for detecting fraud in the field.

We will be looking at protecting the integrity of identity and travel documents, and role this plays in underpinning many authorities’ operations to enforce the law and counter illegal migration and human trafficking crimes. Government and industry collaboration is critical.

See these relevant sessions fulfilling this important mission at Identity Week Europe 2026:

FIGHTING DOCUMENT FRAUD 

Chair: Tony Poole 

Presentation 

Speaker: Erik van Assen, Director, ECID, Netherlands Royal Marechaussee 

Panel 

• Leveraging advanced physical security, from DOVIDS to biometrics, to prevent counterfeiting. 
• Strategies to combat the rising threat of AI and synthetic identity fraud. 
• Addressing the challenges in the procurement lifecycle for security documents 
• Establishing global intelligence sharing to track and combat new fraud techniques. 

With speakers:

• Claudio Kavrecic, FRONTEX 
• Stephan Hofstetter, NTWG, ICAO 
• Hendrik Wiermer, OVD Kinegram 
• Marsel Wachter, Document Expert, TIF 

DOCUMENT SECURITY 

Presentation 

Speaker: Tine Therese Tvedt, Instructor, Norwegian National ID Centre 

Panel: Diving into the trust framework for secure documents 

• Explore the enduring role of physical documents as a root of trust for issuing digital identities and verifiable credentials. 
• Examine the processes and challenges involved in digitising legacy paper-based documents and integrating them into secure digital identity systems.
• Explore the need for international standards and best practices for the issuance of breeder documents to ensure global interoperability and trust. 

Speakers joining this discussion include:

• Andreas Wolf, Principal Scientist, Biometrics, Bundesdruckerei
• Stephan Hofstetter, NTWG, ICAO
• Senior Representative, NIRA Somalia 

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