Prospects and Challenges for ID Documents with Integrated Displays

Since 2006 Joerg Fischer has been working as a principal scientist for printed security systems within the Innovation group at Bundesdruckerei GmbH in Berlin. He is responsible for the development of ID documents with displays and flexible electronics. Before joining Bundesdruckerei, he worked for seven years at the European Research Center of Samsung SDI in the field of organic electronics. His work was focused on printed electronics for new display technologies including OTFTs and OLEDs. He studied telecommunication engineering in Berlin.

Bundesdruckerei GmbH Berlin is one of the world's leading companies engaged in developing and supplying systems solutions and services for secure identification. In addition to passport and ID-card systems, the company offers ID documents, high-security cards, document checking devices, security software along with trust center services to national and international customers. Bundesdruckerei GmbH also produces banknotes, postage and revenue stamps as well as electronic publications. With its subsidiaries BIS Bundesdruckerei International Services GmbH, D-TRUST GmbH and iNCO Sp. z o.o., Bundesdruckerei employs a staff of around 1, 500 worldwide. The company generated revenue of EUR 303 million in the 2007 financial year.