Designing banknotes & passports of the future
The dedicated forum for design and design decision-making in secure documents — where the world's leading banknote and passport designers meet to learn, exchange knowledge, and shape what comes next.
Open to sponsors across the secure document industry
A dedicated forum for those involved in design and design decision-making in secure documents — to learn, exchange knowledge, and develop new ideas.
Security Designers Forum brings together banknote and passport designers, engravers, printers, and technologists for three days of talks, workshops, and roundtables. The 2028 programme examines user experience and perception, sustainable materials, machine readability, and the collaborative process behind the world's most trusted documents.
Six themes shaping secure document design
From first sketch to finished note, the forum's programme is built around the questions designers face at every stage of the process.
User experience & perception
How the public reads, trusts, and recognises a document at a glance.
Sustainability design
Materials, substrates, and processes built for a lower footprint.
Machine readability
Designing features that satisfy both the eye and the sensor.
Innovation
Emerging technologies and materials entering the designer's toolkit.
Teamwork
How designers, engravers, and printers collaborate across disciplines.
Design vs. validation
Balancing creative ambition against verification and security demands.
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Venue to be confirmed
We're finalising the 2028 venue and will share full details — including address and travel information — as soon as they're confirmed.
Delegate fees
Fees for SDF2028 will be published here soon.
Become a sponsor
Sponsors are being confirmed. Logos will appear here as organisations come on board — get in touch to reserve a package.
Reserve your place
Join designers, engravers, and printers from across the world.