Banknote Equipment Manufacturer Conference 2019
4-5 November 2019
ECB, Frankfurt am Main
We are happy to announce a series of conferences for banknote equipment manufacturers (BEMs), conducted jointly by the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve.
The 2019 BEM conference will provide information on the latest policy and regulatory developments. It will also feature updates and discussions on other relevant topics such as: current counterfeiting trends, common detector interface specifications, the progress of prospective machine-readable features and future market trends.
Programme
- 9:30
- Registration
- 10:00
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Welcome address
Ton Roos, Director Banknotes, European Central Bank
Introductory remarks
William Riley, Chief Technology Officer, Federal Reserve System
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Session 1 Fitness update and circulation model
- 10:20
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Currency fitness in the US: An update on quality and guidelines
Andrew Cason, Federal Reserve System
- 10:35
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Euro banknote quality and future fitness test deck
Markus Emerich, European Central Bank
- 10:50
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Q&A
- 11:00
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Coffee break
- 11:20
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Approaches to modelling banknote quality in circulation
Harald Deinhammer, European Central Bank, and Alex Wolman, Federal Reserve System
- 11:50
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Q&A
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Session 2 Counterfeits
- 12:00
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The euro banknote counterfeit situation: Technical and statistical trends
Martin Münd, European Central Bank
- 12:15
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Beating the BEMs
Amanda Moffett, US Secret Service
- 12:30
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Q&A
- 12:45
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Buffet lunch
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Session 3 Data
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Data: Data primer
- 14:00
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Data primer: Initiatives within the Eurosystem on banknote analytics
Günther Philipp, European Central Bank
- 14:15
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Data Primer: An analytical foundation
Amy Burr, Federal Reserve System
- 14:30
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SNIP: A common interface for serial number data
Ronald de Meester, De Nederlandsche Bank
- 14:45
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Q&A
- 15:00
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Coffee break
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Data: Vendor presentations
- 15:30
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CDI2, a new standard, pushing new banknote sensing technologies
Andreas Vrabl, Austrian Institute of Technology
- 15:50
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Cash management 2.0: From cash cycle to data cycle
Marcus Schmeisser, Giesecke+Devrient
- 16:10
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The value of ATM-generated data for the entire cash cycle
Christian Göbel, Diebold Nixdorf
- 16:30
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Banknotes serial number management: A future tool for the commercial market?
Philippe Mâcon, Glory
- 16:45
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Open discussion with audience
- 17:30
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Conclusions of day 1
- 19:30
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Dinner
- 9:00
- Registration
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Session 4 Policy updates
- 9:30
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Machine testing framework 2.0
Neil McNab, Bank of England
- 9:50
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US outreach update
Travis Pincoski, Federal Reserve System
- 10:10
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ECB update on regulatory aspects regarding banknote recirculation
Niels Riedel, European Central Bank
- 10:30
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Open discussion with audience
- 10:40
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Coffee break
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Session 5 Testing and L2 features
- 11:10
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Services for BEMs provided by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the Currency Technology Office (CTO)
Valerie K. Bostwick, Federal Reserve System, and Wendy Haines, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- 11:30
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Changes in euro banknotes: Reasons, management and BEMs involvement
Serge Kérébel, European Central Bank
- 11:50
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Open discussion with audience
- 12:00
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Future variation deck approach
Wendy Haines, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Travis Pincoski, Federal Reserve System
- 12:20
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Use of L2 features on euro banknotes and future perspectives
Carlos Andrés, European Central Bank
- 12:40
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Open discussion with audience
- 12:50
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Conclusions of day 2
- 13:00
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Buffet lunch
- 14:30
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End of conference
This programme may be subject to change without notice. Please note that the registration process has now been closed.
General information
European Central Bank
Main building, Press room C5.01, Grossmarkthalle
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6000
[email protected]
English
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers from and to the airport.
Tuesday, 5 November from 14:30 until 17:30
Preregistration required
Tuesday, 5 November 2019 at 14:45
Guided tour of the ECB’s art collection
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ecb.europa.eu
A photographer will be present at the event taking photographs for our internet/intranet webpage. If you prefer not to have your photograph taken, please approach the photographer directly.