Conference Agenda

• The benefits of active RFID technology
• Payback and return on investment (ROI) from active RFID implementations

• Precisely tracking 40,000 vehicles at our automotive logistics terminal at the port of Rotterdam
• Why did Broekman Group decide to roll out one of the largest active RFID sites in the world? How was this decision made? What are the experiences after several months?

• Active RFID in use in civilian logistics and the military
• The business case and paybacks

• How Wi-Fi networks can be used not only for voice and data but also for location and asset tracking
• AeroScout's solution for any environment - indoors, outdoors, even explosion-proof areas
• Case studies of real deployments at Boeing, Bronson Hospital and other large customers

• Strategy
• RTLS solution
• Active RFID ecosystem - under construction
• Active-passive convergence

• RFID in the world of Short Range RF Communication
• RFID in the Consumer Electronic Supply Chain
• RFID enabling Seamless Mobility Services
• RFID Applications driving Printed Electronics

• What is Near Field Communication (NFC)
• Applications of NFC in Asia and Europe
• The future for NFC

• Automated process, shrinkage and processing insurance claims in Distribution Centers exact a heavy toll on logistics operators. They are under ever increasing pressure to deliver higher service and efficiency under competitive pressure and narrowing margins. Real-time Location (RTLS) technologies using conventional Active RFID or radio systems have been tantalizingly close for some time to providing significant returns but the technology has fallen short in most warehouse or factory environments.
• The next generation of Active RFID using newly licensed Ultrawideband radio at above 6GHz has already swept aside these issues as the first sizeable rollouts take place in Europe this autumn. A case study is presented on how the new technology is changing the game in logistics and manufacturing.

• The benefits of UWB for tracking and locating
• How the technology works and case studies

• According to the Yankee Group 2005 Transatlantic Wireless Business Survey, enterprise-based Wi-Fi (802.11) networks will reach more than 80% penetration by 2008.
• Wi-Fi creates a standard infrastructure for several mobile enterprise applications, including Voice, Data, AND RTLS (Real Time Location Systems)
• This ELIMINATES the need of RFID type readers and proprietary RTLS infrastructure, as the existing WiFi access points will act as a “reader network”
• Ekahau claims that WiFi based RTLS is a disruptive technology, that will eventually REPLACE legacy/proprietary Active RFID systems
• Future 802.11 standards such as 802.11v, will be supporting location tracking tags and further boosting the WiFi RTLS growth
• Today’s applications driving the enterprise WiFi RTLS market are Asset Tracking (to improve asset utilization), and for staff tracking (to improve safety and security, and employee productivity): cases to be presented.

• Introduction to PowerID Technology
• How DHL Solutions utilized PowerID to track inventory and pallets where passive labels failed
• DHL Solutions business case and ROI

• Construction, performance and intergration

• Inadequacies of current fresh produce quality control
• Examples of sensor solutions
• Prospects for integrating sensors and/or smart packaging with RFID

• Logistic chain monitoring
• Demonstration

Interested in presenting something new and exciting? Email Corinne Jennings .