Conference Agenda
Wednesday, 05 Dec 2007
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Thursday, 06 Dec 2007
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Wednesday December 05, 2007
Active RFID & RTLS: An Introduction (09:00 - 09:25)
09:00 - 09:25 "The Global Situation - Forecasts 2007-2017"- The RFID market is quintupling in the next ten years
- Why active RFID is doing much better than that - 10 year forecasts
- Hot sectors - RTLS, even in 3D, ubiquitous sensor networks etc
- Hot enabling technologies - printed batteries/ sensors, transparent photocells etc
Postal and Courier Services using Active RFID (09:25 - 09:50)
09:25 - 09:50 "Active RFID at TNT"Active RFID and NFC (09:50 - 10:15)
09:50 - 10:15 ""Hospitals and Active RFID (11:00 - 12:15)
11:00 - 11:25 "Active RFID in Hospitals"- Understanding the bigger picture of Active RFID vs. ZigBee
- Building Active RFID applications on top of ZigBee
- Current abilities, limitations, future evolutions
• Ultrasound RTLS, a more accurate alternative to RFID and WiFi based RTLS
• How is reliable room-level or sub-room-level location accuracy attained?
• Better location reliability enables more ROI opportunities
Manufacturing and Active RFID (14:00 - 15:15)
14:00 - 14:25 "The Application of Active RFID in Manufacturing at Ford"- Evolution of Active RFID Technology at Ford
- Business Benefits of Active RFID
- Applications of Active RFID at Ford
- Manufacturing Environment Considerations
- Future Applications - One Network for Passive and Active RFID Systems
- BP has applied UWB active RFID in novel ways to enhance people safety in industrial settings
- Industrial requirements are more demanding than supply chain applications
- A large market exists and smoothing out some technical obstacles would enhance industry up take
- Problems integrators and machine builders face when designing industrial grade RFID solutions.
- Communication with PLCs, industrial networks and diagnostics will be addressed.
- A new RFID controller concept will be introduced (and demonstrated) that address many of the problems industrial users face daily.
Active RFID in Newspaper Industry (15:15 - 15:55)
15:15 - 15:55 "News International: Integration, Manufacturing, Production and Supply using Active RFID"Safety and Security utilizing Active RFID (16:30 - 17:45)
16:30 - 16:55 "DoD Active RFID Applications for Supply Chain Security and Shelf Life Management"- Describe increased functionality of sensor equipped active RFID tags
- Provide results of a formal evaluation of Container Security Devices
- Discuss current and future DoD efforts to leverage active RFID for supply chain security and shelf life management
How utilizing active RFID can;
- Streamline emergency response effectiveness
- Enhance workforce management
- Improve safety accountability and resource allocation
· Savi Technology Solutions Overview
· Reasoning for standards adoption
· Overview of current active RFID standards
Thursday December 06, 2007
The Future of Active RFID (08:30 - 09:45)
08:30 - 08:55 "Low Cost Active Tags: The Future of RFID"- Active RFID systems are poised to move beyond being the expensive Class 4 brother of low cost Class 1 passive tags and become the Big Brother that surpasses passive tags in performance and deployments, with a lower price. This talk will examine the technology trends and new technologies that will enable active systems to become low price leaders in the RFID marketplace.
- New features of next-generation systems - RTLS, batteries, security, and sensor integration
- Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and simple 802.15.4 - is there really any best standard?
- Key features to keep in mind when choosing an active RFID solution
- The emergence of EPC Semi-passive tags as a substitute for Active RFID
- Today's Active RFID Standards Environment
- Technology Enhancements Change the Landscape
- RFID in a Systems Context - It's All About the Data
Active RFID using WiFi (09:45 - 10:05)
09:45 - 10:05 "Eliminate Blind Spots in Your Supply Chain Using WiFi Asset Tracking"• Benefits of using WiFi asset tracking tags
• Examples in manufacturing and transportation services; tracking reusable containers, high value assets, perishable items and metro area vehicles
• How to leverage your existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to track assets across your supply chain
Real Time Locating Systems (10:45 - 12:25)
10:45 - 11:10 "RTLS: Using Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®)"Near-field electromagnetic ranging (NFER) technology is emerging as a preferred real-time locating system (RTLS) solution for operation in complicated indoor propagation environments. Operating at low frequencies, typically within the AM broadcast band (530-1710kHz), NFER systems exploit the near-field behavior of radio signals within about one-third of a wavelength. This paper explores the behavior of NFER signals and the performance of NFER systems.
* Case Study; Improved performance in Automotive finishing
*Case Study; Enhancing production of electronic automotive components
• Problem Definition in the Distribution Center Yard
• What is RTLS: Benefits, applications, technologies
- Technical evaluation criteria
- Implementations with Active-RFID and Passive RFID
- Technology comparisons
• RTLS vs. Yard Management
- How to choose a starting point
• Quantifying Benefits
• General overview of the benefits of UWB based location systems over other active and passive technologies
• ROI discussion from an actual Time Domain deployment in a nursing home to monitor the safety and well being of elder patients in a dementia ward.
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (13:30 - 16:15)
13:30 - 13:55 "How Wireless Mesh Networks are Enabling Sense and Respond Systems"- Wireless mesh networks as a real-time wireless sensing systems
- Data fusion and information creation from wireless sensor networks
- Situation Awareness and automated response to events in the sensor networks
- Low field (LF) tag wake-up circuits defined what are called "Control Point" architectures which have won out over tag computational positioning-based system designs. Hear the evidence and understand why.
- ROI calculated affordability guidelines for automatic ID and tracking applications are driving tag and infrastructure pricing targets. Understand the parameters of affordability for enterprise efficiency gains.
- Wi-Fi tags purchased for convenience and dedicated sub-net tags purchased for strategic benefits will co-exist. Understand the implications of why.
- Next generation active tags will deliver on the promise of affordability and wide ranging application flexibility which re-enforce active tags as the dominate choice in the enterprise for the future.
- UWB air interfaces; how they enable low power communications and how they can be used for position sensing.
- The essential features of the recent IEEE 802.115.4a standard and its expected performance and benefits
- An overview of recent activities at IMEC-NL in this area
- Introduction of RFID Promotion Policies and Vision
- Role division between public and private sector for the promotion of RFID/USN
- Introduction of various RFID/USN Projects
- Lessons learned from pilot projects and Feedback into future projects
- Building the Intelligent Electric Energy Grid & how it's going to affect you
- Super Nodes & Going beyond the grid
- Using RFID & Google Earth to create real time virtual 3d RTLS
Batteries for Active RFID (16:15 - 16:40)
16:15 - 16:40 ""Alternatives to Active RFID (16:40 - 17:30)
16:40 - 17:05 "Semi-passive (Class 3) RFID Sensors for Coldchain Applications"- Limitations of Active RFID
- Semi-passive RFID sensor tags and applications
- Case studies of Information Mediary semi-passive RFID temperature loggers
The third annual Active RFID, Real Time Locating Systems and Sensor Networks event from IDTechEx
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