Digital Authentication & Anti-Counterfeiting

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Symposium 3: "Digital Authentication & Anti-Counterfeiting

“Knowing What Is Real in an AI-Driven World” takes place Wednesday, March 25 | 9 AM PT / 5 PM UK

Generative AI just made everything verifiable—unverifiable. The same technology that accelerates content creation, automates customer interactions, and powers decision intelligence now generates synthetic identities indistinguishable from real ones, fabricates documents that pass human review, and creates deepfakes sophisticated enough to bypass biometric authentication. Your enterprise security was built for adversaries who forge documents. The threats arriving now generate realities that never existed—and your systems can't tell the difference. Synthetic identity fraud cost U.S. financial institutions $20 billion in 2023—before generative AI industrialized the attack vector. Counterfeit goods represent 3.3% of global trade, but AI-generated authentication documents now enable counterfeits to enter legitimate supply chains undetected. Executive impersonation via AI voice cloning has triggered wire transfers exceeding $35 million in single incidents. The authentication frameworks enterprises rely on—document verification, identity proofing, product provenance—were designed for a world where fakes required skill, resources, and risk. AI eliminated all three barriers.

In this keynote, Cary addresses the authentication crisis that generative AI just made existential. How do you verify product authenticity when AI generates perfect replicas of authentication certificates? How do you validate digital identities when synthetic profiles pass KYC checks designed for human review? How do you establish document provenance when AI creates forgeries indistinguishable from originals—complete with metadata, blockchain records, and biometric signatures? He'll reveal the post-quantum authentication frameworks now being deployed at the governmental level, the AI-detection technologies that separate real from synthetic, and the architectural decisions organizations must make today to maintain trust when visual verification, document analysis, and identity proofing become obsolete. These aren't theoretical scenarios—they're operational realities for organizations still relying on authentication methods designed for pre-AI threat actors.

This keynote is essential for Fortune 100 security leaders navigating procurement fraud in AI-generated supply chains, fintech and banking executives whose KYC systems are failing against synthetic identities, AI companies whose models are being weaponized to undermine the trust infrastructure they depend on, and product strategists balancing frictionless user experience with authentication rigor in environments where every verification introduces latency and every shortcut introduces exposure. The organizations that survive the generative AI authentication crisis won't be the ones with the best fraud detection—they'll be the ones who rebuilt their trust infrastructure before detection became impossible. That window is closing faster than your current roadmap accounts for.

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Cary Quinn

CEO, CONC3AL Technologies | Head of Digital Security, E9 Global

Cary Quinn protects what nations can't afford to lose. As CEO of CONC3AL Technologies and Head of Digital Security for E9 Global, he architects authentication systems that safeguard the foundational elements of sovereign trust—from government-issued currency and passports to the digital identities and assets that define commerce in a quantum-ready economy.

For nearly two decades, Cary has operated at the intersection of physical and digital security, developing patented technologies that protect banknotes, travel documents, and critical infrastructure at the governmental level. His anti-counterfeiting innovations and authentication frameworks defend against nation-state threat actors, organized criminal networks, and the emerging risks that quantum computing will unleash on current cryptographic standards. At CONC3AL, he's pioneering AI-powered authentication protocols and post-quantum encryption defenses that will establish trust when today's security infrastructure becomes obsolete. At E9 Global, he's orchestrating a coalition of global technology partners to build a comprehensive stack for exceptional digital protection and data monitoring—infrastructure designed not just to defend against threats, but to enrich the human experience by making digital interactions seamless, trustworthy, and transparent.

Before founding CONC3AL, Cary spent fifteen years as Director of Design & Development at Graphic Security Systems Corporation, where he led the development of proprietary technologies now deployed in some of the world's most sensitive security applications. He spearheaded multiple patented breakthroughs in graphic security design, driving IP strategy that created sustainable competitive advantages in markets where failure means geopolitical consequences. His multi-disciplinary expertise—spanning security design, business development, technical sales, and strategic partnerships—enabled him to translate emerging threats into deployable solutions for government agencies, central banks, and Fortune 500 enterprises facing nation-state adversaries.

What separates Cary's approach from traditional security thinking is his understanding that protection and experience aren't competing priorities—they're mutually dependent. The most sophisticated encryption fails when it degrades user experience to the point of abandonment. The most advanced authentication collapses when implementation complexity creates security gaps. The most innovative anti-counterfeiting measures become vulnerabilities when procurement teams can't validate claims or legal teams can't defend them under regulatory scrutiny. Cary builds security infrastructure that operates invisibly—protecting digital assets, monitoring data integrity, and enabling trusted interactions without friction, latency, or user compromise. At E9 Global and CONC3AL, he's positioning organizations ahead of the quantum transition, establishing authentication standards before regulatory mandates force reactive compliance, and defining what trusted digital ecosystems look like when sovereignty, commerce, and identity converge in environments where today's security assumptions no longer hold.

Panel Members

Our distinguished panelists will be announced Jan 1, 2026 and will discuss:

• Practical implementation of multi-agent decision systems
• Investment perspectives on AI decision-making technologies
• Defense and security applications
• Enterprise deployment strategies and lessons learned
• Overcoming organizational resistance to AI adoption
• Governance frameworks for high-stakes AI decisions
• Real-world case studies from hedge funds, defense, and enterprise contexts