HSP Asia 2025 – Shaping the Identity Agenda

The 21st High Security Printing™ Asia conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 1-3 December 2025, delivered the strongest identity-focused programme in the event’s history. A total of 337 delegates from 145 organisations across 51 countries, including representatives of 34 governments and central banks, met to examine how physical and digital identity systems in the region are evolving and how document design must respond to increasingly sophisticated attack vectors.

While currency has traditionally dominated the event, the identity stream now takes equal billing. Across workshops, technical sessions and the regional awards, three themes stood out in particular: the consolidation of polycarbonate as the substrate of choice for high-assurance credentials; rapid evolution in optical and nanostructured security features; and the emergence of platform-based issuance and ‘phygital’ authentication models that bind physical and digital security together.