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The Security Designer Forum invites designers, technologists, security professionals, and thought leaders to submit papers that explore the evolving landscape of security design for banknotes, passports, and secure documents by 27 March 2026. Use the form below to submit your paper.

 We welcome original research, case studies, technical innovations, and thought-provoking perspectives across eight key themes that shape the future of security design.

Conference Themes

1

Human Centred Security Design

  • User experience in security features
  • Perception, recognition, and trust
  • Public education and feature communication
Focus:
Designing security that is intuitive, trusted, and easily recognised by the public.
2

Designing Banknotes in Times of Crises

  • Preserving familiar design elements to support public confidence.
  • Responding to disruption through flexible materials, features, and processes.
  • Using banknote design to signal stability, unity, and legitimacy.
Focus:
How banknote design responds to economic, political, and social crises to maintain trust and continuity.
3

Design vs. Validation: Striking the Right Balance

  • Balancing innovation with the practical requirements of validation and testing.
  • Ensuring security features can be reliably tested, measured, and authenticated.
  • Bridging disciplines to achieve robust, functional, and trusted outcomes.
Focus:
Exploring the relationship between creative design and technical validation in developing effective, credible security features.
4

Innovation and Emerging Technologies: Features, Material, Technology Integration, Equipment Capability 

  • Feature and material integration
  • Machine readability and public acceptance
  • Designing for both humans and machines
  • Harnessing new technologies in security design
  • The role of AI in design, concept development, and layout optimisation
Focus:
Harmonising physical, digital, and automated authentication systems.
5

Sustainability and Responsible Design

  • Designing for sustainability
  • Material optimisation and lifecycle thinking
  • Reducing waste through intelligent feature integration
Focus:
Environmentally responsible banknotes/secure documents without compromising security or performance.
6

Craft, Heritage, and Modern Relevance

  • The continued relevance of manual engraving
  • Balancing craftsmanship with digital workflows
Focus:
Preserving traditional skills while evolving with modern production methods.
7

The Future of Banknotes and Secure Documents 

  • What future banknotes will look like
  • Evolution of security features and public interaction
  • Adaptation to changing economic and technological landscapes
Focus:
Long-term vision and strategic foresight for currency design.
8

Collaboration and Multidisciplinary Design 

  • Teamwork between designers, technologists, engravers, and manufacturers
  • Cross-functional collaboration in complex banknote / secure document projects
Focus:
Breaking silos to deliver cohesive, high-performance security designs.

Submit Your Paper by 27 March 2026

Please use the form below to send your abstract (300 words max) or send an email to Sam Burns (Conference Director) at sam@recon-intl.com 

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