The Global Currency Forum 2022 | International Currency Association | 1 May 2022 | PortAventura World, Av. Pere Molas, Km 2, 43480 Tarragona, Spain

The event created by the global currency industry association- the ICA, is a future-focused, thought leadership event addressing the future role of cash in a rapidly changing payment landscape.

A content-rich, multi-platform experience, the event will showcase innovation and new technologies, share global best practices, offer sustainable solutions, and host frank and controversial conversations aimed at exploring some of the critical questions facing our industry:
• What is the future role of cash as a public good in economies across the globe?
• Can societies afford to lose the specific characteristics of cash, which acts as a form of power sharing between governments, central banks, businesses and individual citizens?
• How can we as the currency industry reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to sustainability?
• How will digitalization increase the efficiency of the cash cycle?
• Will a combination of cash and digital payments soon require a completely different approach to a digital currency cycle?

There are no simple answers to these complex questions. We believe in shaping the future of our industry together, and look forward to intense debates. Through collaboration, through open and constructive discussions and by involving a large number of players both inside and outside of the industry, we are putting together a program that will offer different views, outside perspectives and surprising insights.

The event will champion 360º perspectives, inviting participation from beyond the traditional currency industry players in order to encourage meaningful debate, understand different perspectives and hold bigger and more controversial conversations.

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTES AND PANELISTS:

Georg Barfuss
Technical University of Ingolstadt & Danube University of Krems

Elizabeth Barnhart
Senior Regional Officer for Cash Interventions, UNHCR

Johannes Beermann
Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank

Sandipan Chakraborty
Founder & CEO of SONECT AG

Hugo Cuevas-Mohr
CEO of Crosstech, formerly known as IMTC

Sarah John
Chief Cashier at the Bank

Fouad Diab
Senior Cash based Interventions Officer, IOM-UN Migration

Carola Ferstl
Moderator

Jan-Mark Geusebroek
Policy Advisor, Cash Department of the Nederlandsche Bank

Mark Gould
Chief Payments Executive, Federal Reserve Financial Services

Scott Harrison
Founder, charity: water

Concha Jiménez
Director General Cash and Branches, Banco de España

Nikol Kollars
Moderator

Pierre Leclercq
Head of Design, Citroen Motors

Bill Maurer
Director, Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI), University of California

Julia Pitters
Pitters℗ Trendexpert

Doris Schneeberger
Director Banknotes

Brett Scott
Journalist, Monetary Anthropologist & former Financial Broker

James Shepherd-Barron
Independent Disaster Risk Management Consultant

Donald Strum
Principal - Product Design, Michael Graves Design Group

Pascal Wicht
Moderator

Jutta Buyse
Director General, ICA

Colette Bishogo
Snr Manager and Head of Programs

Patrik Högberg
Managing Director Loomis UK & Regional VP Loomis Europe

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

Peter Mühlfelder
Head of Business Area Security, LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG Managing Director, OVD Kinegram AG

Ulrich Walter
Managing Director of Gleitsmann Security Inks (GSI)

Axel Nann
Mint Director Operational and in charge of production and technology.

Günther Waadt
Mint Directors Working Group (MDWG), the MDC and the Technical Committee of the MDC.

Dieter Merkle
DIRECTOR GLOBAL MINTING, SCHULER PRESSEN GMBH

Jeroen Kusters
Director of Sales for Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering

Daniel Schwarzbach
Director Innovation and Marketing at Orell Füssli Ltd

Steve Craig
MD of Komori Currency Technology

Kerre Corbin
Counterfeit Expert with De La Rue plc

Aurélie Berthon
Head of Product Management & Innovation

Thomas Türke
Head of Quality Control & Data Management Solutions

Sébastien Dufey
Head of Production Equipment Solutions

Hervé Guillerey
Head of Central Bank Solutions

Julian Schubert
Head of Data, Vision and Authentication Solution

Jan Hofmann
Sales Director Security

Philippe Dietemann
Research and Development Engineer

Sven Büsselberg
Executive Director Europe, Oberthur Fiduciaire

Matias Wolfer
Business Development Manager

Andrew Forbes
Director of Sales at Louisenthal

Tanja Hessdörfer
Director Business Development CBDC

Sabine Haase
Head of Business Line Digital Solutions

Barna Barabas
Managing Director, Operations / Product Development / Presales and Marketing of the JURA Group.

Sébastien Perret
Head of Banknote Design Solutions

Robert Rose
Sen. Product Manager Portfolio & Strategy

Sara Trygg Rudberg
Head of Banknote Design, Crane Currency

Michael Saunders
Commercial Director, Americas, Crane Currency

Sean Pemberton
Executive Director, Currency and Payment Business Solutions

Michael Grau
Sales Director

2022 Partners

• Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd
• Crane Currency
• De La Rue
• G+D Currency Technology
• Gietz AG
• Gleitsmann Security Inks
• HUECK FOLIEN GmbH
• Jura
• Koenig & Bauer
• Komori Corporation
• Landqart AG
• Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co KG
• Louisenthal
• Luminescence Sun Chemical Security
• Oberthur Fiduciaire
• Orell Füssli Security Printing
• PARVIS
• PORTALS
• Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering
• Schuler Group
• SICPA SA
• SURYS