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• First Name: Uwe
• Last Name: Seidel
• Priority: Normal
• Job Title: Scientific Director
• Company: Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
• Country: Germany
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• Session Timeslot: Thursday 15/10/2026 11:15-12:30
• Session Title: Session 4 __ Document forgery: counterfeiting trends, techniques, and countermeasures
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• Session Track: Identity
• Session Location: Audi 15
• Role: Chair
• Bio:

  Uwe studied experimental physics and optics at the University of Jena and the York University, Toronto.

  After some years in industry with the AGFA-Gevaert company, he joined the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) as an ID document expert in 2000 and is now heading the BKA’s IT Forensics and Document section.

  Uwe was actively involved in various projects dealing with the introduction of biometric technology into German travel documents, the development of the electronic ID card and recently, the new German EU passport. He is an active member of ICAO's New Technology Working Group and of the ICAO Technical Advisory Group TAG/TRIP.

• Presentation Title: Session 4 __ Document forgery: counterfeiting trends, techniques, and countermeasures
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