Final Call for Papers

The technical committee for the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) conference, taking place 25-27 January 2027, in Berlin, Germany, is issuing a final reminder for technical paper submissions. The deadline for submissions is Friday 1 May 2026, and the response so far has been strong with many high-quality abstracts already received.

ODDS remains the specialist forum where new research and practical engineering solutions in secure documents and identity are first presented and debated, spanning optical features, materials, biometrics, cryptography, machine-readable data, and integrated physical-digital systems.

The core challenge

As more transactions become digital, identity and payment systems face complex threats, including AI-generated content and learning-based attacks. At the same time, data-driven detection and authentication offer powerful defences.