PISEC ’06 dates announced

PISEC ’06, the international conference and exhibition for the brand protection, product authentication, document security and RFID industries, takes place in 2006 in Barcelona, Spain on October 2-4.

This year’s event: ‘Counterfeit Business - Fighting Forgery, Fakes and Fraud’ will focus on the importance of adding intelligence into security products as well as introducing direct user experience from brand owners, governments and financial institutions keen to find solutions to scams that affect security and profitability.

Returning to Barcelona, where the first PISEC was held in 1999, this event will continue to draw an audience from those tasked with finding solutions to the problem whether they come from innovative packaging and labeling or RFID tagging and alternative IT/Print-related solutions.

Conference papers at the PISEC 06 conference, delivered by senior industry experts from around the world, will include:

-Biometrics in identity and travel document authentication
-Low and median cost RFID in security document protection and labeling
-Product Protection and supply chain management
-Security inks, coatings and materials for document and brand protection
-e-commerce solutions that include innovative print related products
-Covert coding and encryption for embedding in labels and documents
-Holographic foils and OVD products for authentication and alteration protection
-Taggants and tracers for security use
-Legal and consumer protection issues as well as the role of governments in product protection and sentencing
-Why international criminals continue to see the world of piracy and counterfeiting as an opportunity
-Law Enforcement and inspection routines
-Tamper evidence and extortion