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 addressTon Roos, Director Banknotes, European Central Bank Introductory remarksWilliam 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 guidelinesAndrew Cason, Federal Reserve System 
- 10:35
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   Euro banknote quality and future fitness test deckMarkus 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 circulationHarald 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 trendsMartin Münd, European Central Bank 
- 12:15
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   Beating the BEMsAmanda 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 analyticsGünther Philipp, European Central Bank 
- 14:15
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   Data Primer: An analytical foundationAmy Burr, Federal Reserve System 
- 14:30
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   SNIP: A common interface for serial number dataRonald 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 technologiesAndreas Vrabl, Austrian Institute of Technology 
- 15:50
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   Cash management 2.0: From cash cycle to data cycleMarcus Schmeisser, Giesecke+Devrient 
- 16:10
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   The value of ATM-generated data for the entire cash cycleChristian 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 2.0Neil McNab, Bank of England 
- 9:50
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   US outreach updateTravis Pincoski, Federal Reserve System 
- 10:10
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   ECB update on regulatory aspects regarding banknote recirculationNiels 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 involvementSerge Kérébel, European Central Bank 
- 11:50
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   Open discussion with audience 
- 12:00
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   Future variation deck approachWendy 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 perspectivesCarlos 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 
 info@ecb.europa.eu 
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: es2-conference@ecb.europa.eu
 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.