Session: Advances in document anti-counterfeiting techniques

Speech title: Micro and nanotechnology to enhance the physical security of credentials and products

Counterfeiting of documents, identification credentials and actual products is a major global problem that requires a high level of physical security on items in question. Using the properties of materials on very fine size scales provides unique and secure verification features with which to authenticate items. A range of micro and nanotechnologies exist that can provide textural, optical and/or magnetic features that are extremely difficult to replicate, yet are relatively easy and cost effective to deploy. This presentation will review various approaches and consider their advantages and disadvantages in different security applications.
 

Biography

Dr Burden is currently responsible for developing the business of Bilcare Technologies in Europe and manages the No To Fakes initiative at notofakes.com. He was the co-founding director of Singular ID, an award winning brand protection technology company that span off from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore. Singular ID was later acquired by Bilcare to create Bilcare Technologies, a company specializing in product, packaging and document security. Dr Burden has previously worked in the displays industry and provided fee-paid lectures and courses on technology roadmapping for small medium businesses and organisations. He has an MA from the University of Cambridge and a D.Phil from the University of Oxford. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society where he is currently a scientific editor for their publication inFocus.