Document inspectors from various EU member states – both old and new – converged on Lisbon in early March for the European Seminar for Basic Examiners of Security Documents. Their mission: to gain a better understanding of the security features found in ID and travel documents. In Lisbon, the challenge of transferring the requisite knowledge fell to experts of the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), as well as several lecturers from other European countries. Organiser Isabel Baltazar provides a brief overview of the seminar programme and objectives. Isabel Baltazar (1968) heads the ID and Fraud Unit of the Portuguese Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras, specialising in fraud and forgery, high-security printing techniques, digital printing techniques, and fraud- related risk analyses. Isabel advises governments in the development of ID and travel documents. She is a member of ICAO`s DCFWG (Document Content and Format Working Group) and EPWG (Education and Promotional WG). Isabel has published several works about travel and ID documents, falsifications, etc.