Sven has over 15 years of experience in the banknote industry. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and is a graduate of INSEAD. He worked in Sales with customers across Europe, Africa, and Asia before taking on the role of Marketing Director in 2022. He continues to manage commercial activities for the Euro area.

Throughout his career, he has developed strong project management skills, working in close cooperation with Central Banks.

An Engineering graduate with a Postgraduate degree in Management from Henley Business School, Kuben commenced his career at Nestle in 1999, rising to the position of Senior Engineer. In 2007, he transitioned to the mining materials manufacturing arena. His overall responsibilities included projects in automation, modernization, process redesign, and business reengineering.

In 2011, he joined South Africa’s State Security Printer, GPW. Currently serving as General Manager: Manufacturing & Engineering, he oversees the production of vital state documents, including travel documents, identity cards, examination materials, and high-security certificates.

Beyond his professional roles, he is a member of the South African Institute of Industrial Engineers and contributes to the Modernisation Steering Committee for the Department of Home Affairs. Additionally, he represents the Republic of South Africa on the ICAO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) and plays a key role in the ICAO New Technologies, Implementation, and Capacity Building Working Groups.

Alexandra Orio is a member of the National Forgery Desk at the Spanish National Police’s General Commissariat for Immigration and Borders, working as an Advance Level Document Officer (ALDO). She contributes to intelligence sharing on document fraud and participates in Frontex, Europol and other EU working groups, while also delivering specialised training on document and identity fraud in programmes led by organisations such as FIIAPP and the OSCE.

Since 2018, she has supported the development and implementation of the Punto Atenas help desk and has been deployed internationally as a trainer and expert in countries including Bolivia, Guinea Conakry and Moldova. She has also taken part in EU operational activities, such as supporting the French DNPAF at Nice Airport during the Olympic Games, and contributing to European workshops, particularly those organised by Frontex in Warsaw.

Tony has more than 20 years’ experience in government business development, marketing, management and public policy.

As an expert in counterfeit deterrence technologies, he leads AJW’s Document Security practice and supports industry leading companies in formulating and implementing strategies for the development, introduction, and adoption of high security production equipment and sophisticated anti-counterfeit security devices/documents for major agencies of the United States Government.

Leveraging his counterfeit deterrence expertise, Tony has been an active member of the Document Security Alliance for over a decade; prior to his current position as President, he served as Industry Board Member for two terms and as Chairman of DSA’s Program Committee.

Tony is a member of the Advisory Board of ID and Secure Document News.

He co-founded the Banknote Conference and served as Director for more than 14 years.

Tony holds a Bachelors in Business Management degree from James Madison University.

Uwe studied experimental physics and optics at the University of Jena and the York University, Toronto.

After some years in industry with the AGFA-Gevaert company, he joined the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) as an ID document expert in 2000 and is now heading the BKA’s IT Forensics and Document section.

Uwe was actively involved in various projects dealing with the introduction of biometric technology into German travel documents, the development of the electronic ID card and recently, the new German EU passport. He is an active member of ICAO's New Technology Working Group and of the ICAO Technical Advisory Group TAG/TRIP.

Alberto has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Alberto started 25 years ago as a Software Engineer, developing applications for card personalisation, before becoming a Project Manager, and is currently responsible for the Department of Identification Documents at the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT).

Alberto has participated in projects related to the development of Spanish identification documents including the card-format driving license, the digital control system for road transport (digital tachograph), different versions of the national electronic ID card, and several generations of electronic passport.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, and law from Hogeschool InHolland, Marsel was trained as an expert-level document specialist by The Royal Marechaussee in the Netherlands. He began his career with the department of the municipality of Amsterdam responsible for the initial registration of new citizens, primarily from abroad.

He later joined the Team Identity Fraud (TIF), a collaboration between the municipality of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam police aimed at combating and preventing identity fraud in the city. The team provides training, advice, and conducts research on identity fraud. The team's formation was triggered by a significant event on October 4, 1994, when an EL AL Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashed into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam Bijlmermeer. In the aftermath, the city government called for survivors to come forward for registration. The unexpectedly high number of undocumented individuals seeking registration led to the creation of TIF.