Speakers

 

Keynote Presentations

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Mr Raghu Das
CEO
"Active RFID and RTLS: Forecasts, Trends, Opportunities"
UNLV
UNLV
Dr John Wang
Associate Professor
"Opportunities of Active RFID and RTLS in China"
Time Domain Corporation
Time Domain Corporation
Mr Adrian Jennings
CTO
"UWB Joins Mainstream Ubiquitous Sensor Networks"
US Army
US Army
Mr Stephen M Moody
RFID Program Coordinator, Combat Feeding
"Food Safety and Quality Control in the Military Supply Chain"
Nokia
Nokia
Dr Leon Xu
Principal Member of Research Staff
"An RFID-enabled Flexible Wrist Display Device: Design, Manufacture, and Application"

Real Time Locating Systems

Merlin 360 International
Merlin 360 International
Mr Geoff Berry
CEO
"Accurate Cost Center Analysis - A New Application for RTLS"
AwarePoint
AwarePoint
Mr Jason Howe
CEO
"The 5 Critical Success Factors of RFID-RTLS: Achieving Positive Financial and Clinical Outcomes"
University of Utah
University of Utah
Prof Neal Patwari
Assistant Professor
"Gain from Multipath: Distinguishing Locations and Enabling Privacy Using Radio Channel Measurements"

Active RFID in Healthcare

Wayne Memorial Hospital
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Mr Tom Bradshaw
VP, Operations
"Resource Tracking Using RFID / RTLS: A Hospital's Experience"
University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Arlington
Prof Jung-Chih Chiao
Associate Professor
"Using RFID Technologies for Medical Implants and Remote Monitoring"
Sonitor Technologies Inc
Sonitor Technologies Inc
Mr Terry Aasen
CEO
"USID - the accurate RTLS alternative to RFID"
Patient Care Technology Systems
Patient Care Technology Systems
Mr Tony Marsico
CEO
"Improving Processes and Patient Flow in the Health Care Environment"
Intelligent InSites
Intelligent InSites
Mark Rheault
President/CEO
"Five Ways to Maximize your RTLS Investment"

Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

Ambient Systems
Ambient Systems
Mr Eelco L de Jong
Director Sales & Marketing
"Convergence of WSN and Active RFID with Ambient's Product Series 3000"
Dust Networks
Dust Networks
Ms Joy Weiss
President and CEO
"Ubiquitous Sensor Networks; the benefits of smart dust and mesh technology"

Battery-assisted RFID

Innovision
Innovision
Mr Phil Royston
IC Design Project Manager
"The Technical Requirements of Low Cost, Customisable Multifunction, Multi-frequency RFID Tags"

Energy Harvesting & Batteries for Active RFID

National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor
Mr Walter Bacharowski
Applications Engineer
"Energy Harvesting for Sensor Nodes"
Holst Centre
Holst Centre
Mr Philippe Mattelaer
Business Development Manager
"Power Harvesting for Wireless Sensors"
Cymbet Corporation
Cymbet Corporation
Mr Steve Grady
Marketing
"Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors"
Infinite Power Solutions
Infinite Power Solutions
Mr Joe Keating
Senior Applications Engineer
"Thin Film Micro Energy Cells Enable Autonomously Powered, Deeply Embedded Applications"

Oil & Gas, Military & Logistics

BP
BP
Mr Curt Smith
Director of Applications - Chief Technology Office
"Location Intelligence in Oil and Gas"
Savi, a Lockheed Martin Company
Savi, a Lockheed Martin Company
Mr Fraser Jennings
VP - Business Development
"How AIT Convergence Optimizes Commercial and Defense Asset and Supply Chain Execution"

Active RFID in Asset Tracking

Boeing
Boeing
Mr Mark Boyer
Associate Technical Fellow - Computing Systems Arc
"RTLS at Boeing"
IBM
IBM
Mr John MacMullen
Senior IT Specialist
"Active RFID: The Magic Behind Automation IT Asset Tracking and Environmental Monitoring"
RF Code
RF Code
Jonathan Luce
Director, Channel Sales
"Active RFID: The Magic Behind Automated IT Asset Tracking and Environmental Monitoring"
Ekahau
Ekahau
Mr Tuomo Rutanen
VP Business Development
"Asset and People Tracking with Wi-Fi RTLS, Technology and Case stories"
Jennic Limited
Jennic Limited
Mr Colin Faulkner
Business Development Manager - ZigBee
"IEEE802.15.4 - A Wireless Standard for Asset Tracking?"

The Bigger Picture

Axcess Inc.
Axcess Inc.
Mr Ray Cavanagh
VP, Worldwide Sales
"Navigating Our Universe: The Big Bang Theory of RFID"

Emerging Companies

DecaWave
DecaWave
Mr Ciaran Connell
CEO
"IEEE802.15.4 - a Route to Remarkable Precision, Functionality and Affordability"
Loc8tor ltd
Loc8tor ltd
Mr Anthony Richards
Managing Director
"High Volume RTLS"
RP Global Technology Solutions
RP Global Technology Solutions
Dr Rob Palevich
Director, Business Enterprise Systems & Tech Inst
"Long Distance Reads through the use of Semi-Passive RFID"

Technologies Panel

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Mr Raghu Das
CEO
"Technology Panel"
Time Domain Corporation
Time Domain Corporation
Mr Adrian Jennings
CTO
"Panelist"
Sonitor Technologies Inc
Sonitor Technologies Inc
Mr Terry Aasen
CEO
"Panelist"
AeroScout
AeroScout
Mr Gabi Daniely
VP of Marketing & Product Strategy
"Panelist"
Ubisense
Ubisense
Mr Russ Chandler
President
"Panelist"
Q-Track
Q-Track
Dr Hans Schantz
Chief Scientist
"Panelist"
AwarePoint
AwarePoint
Mr Matt Perkins
CTO
"Panelist"
The fourth annual Active RFID, Real Time Locating Systems and Sensor Networks event from IDTechEx