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Active RFID Europe 07

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Conference Agenda

Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007

 Welcome & Overview
09:00IDTechEx
 Postal
09:15TNT Express
09:40IPC - International Post Corporation
10:05City-Link
10:30Delivery Management Ltd
10:55Exhibition and networking break
 Retail, Consumer Goods & Item Level RFID
11:25C1000
LogicaCMG
11:50Marks & Spencer plc
12:15Lunch and networking break
 Aviation
13:30IATA
13:55AIR FRANCE KLM
14:20MAG - Manchester Airports Group
14:45T-Systems GEI GmbH
15:10Motorola
Lyngsoe Systems
15:35Exhibition and Networking Break
 Manufacturing/Logistics
16:05Tube Lines
16:30Sony Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) B.V.
16:55BP
17:20Geodis
17:45Day 1 ends

Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007

 Opening Session Day 2
08:30GS1 UK
08:40Toppan Printing Company (UK) Ltd
09:05Domino Printing Services
09:30Royal Ahold
09:55Exhibition and Networking Break
 Smart Cards
10:00SmartCard Networking Forum
10:05House of Lords
10:15DVLA
10:35Oracle
10:55Department for Transport
11:15Transport Scotland
11:35Exhibition and Neworking break
11:50Broadland District Council
12:10Unicard
Black Country Knowledge Consortium
12:30Bracknell Forest Borough Council
12:50Lloyds TSB
13:25Lunch and networking break
14:30MasterCard Europe sprl
14:50Squidcard
Bolton MBC
 Near Field Communication
15:10IDTechEx
15:30Glue4 Technologies Limited
15:55Thaesis
16:20LASSeO
16:35Exhibition and networking break
 Passive
10:00Tagsys
10:25Omni-ID
10:50Motorola
11:15Intel
11:40Exhibition and Networking Break
12:00Cambridge Resonant Technologies Ltd
12:25Impinj Inc
13:20Lunch and networking break
 How to Manufacture
14:30Degussa GmbH
14:55Acheson Colloids
15:20Mühlbauer
15:45Meco Equipment Engineers B.V.
16:10Additive Process Technologies Ltd
16:35Exhibition and networking break
 Healthcare
10:00The Compliers Group
10:25Cypak
 Active
10:50Savi Technology
11:15Chipsensors Ltd
11:40Exhibition and networking break
12:00Telegesis
12:25Montalbano Technology S.p.A.
12:55Ubisense
13:20Lunch and networking break
 Chipless
14:30InkSure
14:55Northrop Grumman IT-Intelligence Group-TASC
15:20IDTechEx
16:35Exhibition and networking break
 Final Session
16:50European Commission
17:15Auto-ID Labs
18:00Conference ends
 
 
 

Tuesday September 18, 2007

Welcome & Overview (09:00 - 09:15)

09:00 - 09:15 "Investment in and Acquisition of RFID Companies - Global Situation"
  • Sharp increase in acquisition/investment number and value in 2006/7.
  • Who, where, why, what next?
  • Which part of the value chain is favoured and why?
 

Postal (09:15 - 10:55)

09:15 - 09:40 "TNT's RFID Business Case and Development Programme"
  • Measuring letter service performance with active RFID
  • Linking RFID readers in a worldwide network
  • Ten years of experience
  • Probably the largest international RFID network in the world
 
09:40 - 10:05 "A Worldwide RFID Network: 10 Years of RFID in Postal Services"
  • Postal services measure letter service performance using active RFID tags in test letters
  • For international mail, RFID readers are linked in a worldwide network run by IPC from Brussels
  • The technology has been in use for over 10 years (since 1996) and has been upgraded continuously since, with the RFID tag at generation 6.
  • This is probably the largest international RFID network in the world. The intellectual property is owned by IPC on behalf of the postal services.
 
10:05 - 10:30 "Tracking Deliveries at City Link with RFID"
 
 
10:30 - 10:55 "Current Postal RFID Activities and Possible Future Strategies"
 
 

Retail, Consumer Goods & Item Level RFID (11:25 - 12:15)

11:25 - 11:50 "Mobile RFID (NFC) in Retail"
  • Explanation of Dutch NFC pilot in a supermarket,
  • NFC is not only used for payment, but for a chain of applications
  • The user experience
  • The experience from the technology side
  • Is there a future for NFC in supermarkets and other businesses?
 
11:50 - 12:15 "How M&S is Using RFID To Improve Customer Service and Retail Productivity"
  • In M&S RFID is no longer a trial
  • Using RFID to improve accuracy and availability
  • How RFID drives service and sales
  • Future opportunities in the Supply Chain
 

Aviation (13:30 - 15:35)

13:30 - 13:55 "Using RFID to Improve Baggage Performance - Learning from the Front Line"
  • Who is IATA
  • What makes an RFID baggage system?
  • Where does RFID bring benefit?
  • RFID implementation learning
  • What's next in RFID for baggage
 
13:55 - 14:20 "RFID Technology Viewed from an Airline's Angle"
  • Airline environnement and vision
  • Where does RFID bring benefit?
  • RFID implementation: challenges and learning
 
14:20 - 14:45 "Is Consumer Tracking the Next Big Thing in RFID: An Airport Case Study"
  • What problem are you trying to solve and when you do, what does success look like?
  • Frequency matter! Do you have a Spectrum Strategy? If so, what is it?
  • When is a business case not a business case? Hard lessons from an Airport Case Study.
  • Don't build your RFID castle on sand!
  • RFID Power! - You Trackin' and Tracin' me?
 
14:45 - 15:10 "RFID Track and Trace for Ground Service Equipment at the Apron"
  • Feasibility study for three different technologies
  • Object of interest : ground service equipment at an airport site
  • Proof of concept under real conditions
  • Rollout proposal and system tuning for the required performance
 
15:10 - 15:30 "The Implementation and Benefits of RFID at Hong Kong Airport"
 
 
15:10 - 15:35 "The Implementation and Benefits of RFID at Hong Kong Airport"
 
 

Manufacturing/Logistics (16:05 - 17:45)

16:05 - 16:30 "A Tube for the 21st Century"
  • Bringing the London Underground from the 19th to the 21st Century
  • Modernising maintenance and heavy work through RFID, handhelds, GPS, GIS
  • Difficulties experienced with these systems
  • Working towards our vision of delivering an outstanding Tube for London
 
16:30 - 16:55 "Roadmap Towards RFID Adoption"
  • Building up knowledge
  • Overcoming technical obstacles
  • Finding the business case
  • Implementation and expansion
 
16:55 - 17:20 "Active RFID in Oil and Gas"
 
 
17:20 - 17:45 "Short and Medium Term RFID Applications in Logistic and Transport."
  • Different interests and solutions for different business offer: supply chain management; air & sea freight; full truck loads; logistics; distribution & express; reverse logistics
  • Would RFID enlarge profit sharing between all supply chain protagonists?
 
 

Wednesday September 19, 2007

Opening Session Day 2 (08:30 - 09:55)

08:30 - 08:40 "Global Standards in RFID"
  • Why global standards are essential if the promise of RFID is to come true
  • The rapid progress EPCglobal has made over the past three years in developing RFID standards
  • How RFID and EPCglobal is being adopted throughout the world, with real-life examples from many organisations
  • What the future holds and why organisations must get involved today
 
08:40 - 09:05 "Successes and Difficulties with RFID in Japan"
  • Brief introduction to Toppan's involvement in RFID
  • An overview of the RFID market in Japan
  • Case studies of successful RFID applications, government trials and new products
  • Difficulties with existing projects, and obstacles faced by RFID solution providers in Japan
 
09:05 - 09:30 "Delivering Value from Track and Trace in Pharmaceutical Distribution"
  • Identify the true value in Pharmaceutical product tracking
  • New legislation and the EFPIA architecture
  • RFID in European Healthcare Supply Chain - Project Bridge deliverables
  • Critical Success Factors in delivery
 
09:30 - 09:55 "Managing Fresh Supply Chain with RFID Temperature Sensors"
  • The business case for managing fresh supply chains
  • The RFID Sensor technology, ready or not?
  • The fresh industry, ready or not?
 

Final Session (16:45 - 17:45)

16:50 - 17:15 "Research and Activities on RFID carried out at the SILab Laboratory of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission"
  • Supply chain, goods, padlocks (integrated remote monitoring system)
  • Firearms, ammunitions and explosives
  • RFID tags for nuclear security
  • Technologies to assist disabled
  • Tests at TEMPEST laboratory
  • ID of documents
  • ID of animals
 
17:15 - 17:40 "Results of the Aerospace ID Technologies Programme"
 
 

Smart Cards (10:25 - 13:25)

10:00 - 10:05 "Welcome & Overview of the Day"
  • The National ID Card Programme
  • Legislative outlook for smart media
  • Citizens and privacy issues
 
10:05 - 10:25 "ID and Citizen Cards"
  • The National ID Card Programme
  • Legislative outlook for smart media
  • Citizens and privacy issues
 
10:15 - 10:35 "The National ID Card: the DVLA Perspective"
  • Driving licence security
  • Collaboration across government
  • The international perspective
 
10:35 - 10:55 "Identity Management"
  • Federated Identity Management
  • Utilizing data at a local level
  • Shared services in local government
 
10:55 - 11:15 "Concessionary Travel 2008"
  • The Framework and Procurement Agreement
  • Social inclusion plans for the bus pass
  • ITSO Membership and local authorities
 
11:15 - 11:35 "Concessionary Travel: The Scottish Experience"
  • The Scottish Entitlement Card
  • Lessons learned
  • What next?
 
11:50 - 12:10 "The impact of Concessionary Travel on a Partnership: East of England Case Study"
  • Controlling enrolments and fraud
  • Contact centres and call centres
  • Partnership structure and relationships
  • Utilizing data at a local level
  • Shared services in local government
 
12:10 - 12:30 "Update on Concessionary Smart Card Ticketing in the West Midlands"
  • What's happened since May
  • Lessons learned
  • What's next?
 
12:30 - 12:50 "Concessionary Travel and an Existing Citizen Card"
  • Evolution of the e+ card
  • Communications to citizens
  • Card platform challenges
 
12:50 - 13:10 "Financial Institution Viewpoint"
  • Working with local authorities
  • Proposition to the user
  • Communicating with the user
 
14:30 - 14:50 "MasterCard: Tap and go?"
  • The PayPass® proposition
  • The London pilot
  • Fraud and liability in local government
 
14:50 - 15:10 "E-Money for Low Value Purchases"
  • Adding transactions to an existing card
  • Launching the scheme
  • Marketing communications
 

Near Field Communication (14:30 - 15:45)

15:10 - 15:30 "Near Field Communication and RFID Enabled Mobile Phones – Global Situation and What Comes Next"
  • What is NFC & who is behind it?
  • What is the current status of deployment?
  • What will be the big applications?
  • What are the unresolved issues?
 
15:30 - 15:55 "Pay-Per-Click Through a Simple Touch"
  • Overview of NFC and its consumer applications
  • NFC Smart posters: benefits over other interactive mobile technologies
  • A new business model for offline advertising
    •  
    • The timeline for mass market adoption of NFC and contactless payments
 
15:55 - 16:20 "Mobile Payments 2.0: the Status of Mobile Payments in Europe"
  • The story so far: mobile payments 1.0
  • The era of mobile payments 2.0, and the trends that are driving it: the usability of NFC technology, the global adoption of contactless cards, and consumers who are adopting a mobile lifestyle.
  • How mobile payments will provide benefits to financial institutions, telecom operators and consumers.
  • Case studies of current European mobile payment NFC trails, including credit card and e-wallet applications.
  • Issues in the mobile payments ecosystem that must be addressed to reach a critical mass.
 
16:20 - 16:50 "Chips with everything & roundup of the day"
  • News round up
  • Chairman's summary
 

Passive (10:25 - 13:20)

10:00 - 10:25 "RFID Infrastructure – Trends and Challenges in Adoption"
  • Can multi-frequency capable infrastructure speed deployment
  • Moving past components to a systems approach
  • Quality of Service - managing RFID infrastructure like a network
 
10:25 - 10:50 "Passive UHF Tagging in Harsh Environments"
  • reasons metals/liquids are a problem
  • methods to mitigate impact and high level comparison
  • current trials/use of Omni-ID's tags in harsh environments
  • key influences on the future for UHF tagging
 
10:50 - 10:50 "RFID - A Strategic Investment"
  • Business Context
  • Business Benefits
  • Business Vision
 
11:15 - 11:40 "Intel R1000: Changing the Way Readers are Designed"
  • Silicon integration. A brief history.
  • Traditional UHF reader platforms
  • Today's reader platforms - form factor, application, and performance
  • Tomorrow's reader platforms
 
12:00 - 12:25 "OnTuneTM Technology - Tuning, Range, and Reliability in RFID"
  • Breakthrough technology with application to HF and LF readers and tags.
  • Excellent tolerance to detuning, even for high Q
  • Order of magnitude efficiency gains
  • Increased range
  • Reduced tag size
  • Increased noise immunity
  • Fully backwards compatible
  • Case studies of early applications and future developments
 
12:25 - 12:55 "UHF Gen 2 for Item-Level Tagging of Pharmaceuticals"
  • How UHF Gen 2 solutions will provide benefits that directly address the most critical RFID deployment issues in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Patient safety
  • Brand protection
  • Loss prevention
  • Supply chain efficiency
 

How to Manufacture (14:30 - 16:35)

14:30 - 14:55 "Assembly of the RFID-Chip to the Antenna, Current and Possible Future Processes"
Current methods:
  • Direct die attach
  • strap attach
and evaluation for tag manufacturing
Beyond pick and place: future of RFID manufacturing
  • Innovative concepts for chip to antenna assembly
  • fully printed RFID
 
14:55 - 15:20 "Manufacturing RFID Inlays With Conductive Inks and Adhesive Interconnect"
  • Printing Methods For Conductive Inks to Manufacture RFID Antennae -Adhesive Interconnect For Die and Diestrap Attachment to Printed Antennae
  • Flexo Printing RFID Antennae
  • Summary and Outlook
 
15:20 - 15:45 "RFID Smart Label: A New Business Opportunity for Label Converters?"
  • Competitive RFID production solutions for the converting, printing and packaging industry.
  • Visonary on-demand-assembly solutions for different RFID applications.
 
15:45 - 16:10 "RFID Antennae Production – Today and Tomorrow"
  • Overview of today's production methods.
  • Does scale up of antenna production show similarities with the semicon leadframe production path towards industry maturity?
  • Meco's additive copper process the next step toward low cost production.
  • Antenna design guidelines for additive copper.
 
16:10 - 16:35 "A Contribution to the 1 Cent Tag Target - 'Printed' Copper Antenna - and on Paper"
  • Is copper the optimum material - what are the choices?
  • Is 'print and etch' at its limit?
  • Addprotec's unique, 'green' low cost, high volume, precision R2R production process for high performance RFID antenna on any substrate
 

Healthcare (10:45 - 11:35)

10:00 - 10:25 "Smart Medication Blister Anatomy and Prognosis:The Use of RFID in a System-in-Foil Solution for Objective Therapy Compliance Measurement"
  • Introduction to The Compliers Group (TCG)
  • The Smart Blister: printed electronics, RFID, system-in-foil
  • Applications: now and in the future, OtCM
 
10:25 - 10:50 "Revolution in Pharmaceutical Packaging"
  • The state of the art today
  • What active rfid means for home health
  • Authentication and links to the care giver
  • New developments
 

Active (11:45 - 14:55)

10:50 - 11:15 "RFID: Proving the ROI"
  • Hype versus reality
  • Where is the market spending on roll-outs' rather than pilots?
  • When international standards are and aren't important
 
11:15 - 11:40 "The Chip is the Sensor"
  • A breakthrough in single-chip wireless sensors - sensors + MCU/memory + RF in single chip.
  • Our 1st product integrates temperature, humidity, and light sensors in standard 0.13um CMOS
  • It also integrates 4KB EEPROM and GEN2 RFID air interface, for food/pharma tracking-tag applications.
  • Second generation single-chip wireless sensors integrate gas-detection and biosensors for security and medical applications.
 
12:00 - 12:25 "ZigBee – Soon to be the World’s Biggest Wireless Network Technology"
  • What is ZigBee and what can it do?
  • What is the ZigBee Alliance and why?
  • How big can the ZigBee market get and when?
  • Some ZigBee application examples?
 
12:25 - 12:50 "The MTsens Experience and a New Generation Device Family for Monitoring Environmental Factors"
  • Montalbano Technology Spa
  • MTsens
  • MT product family
  • Demonstration
 
12:55 - 13:15 "Customer Success with Real Time Location Systems: Case Studies in Manufacturing and Logistics"
 
 

Chipless (14:30 - 16:10)

14:30 - 14:55 "Developments in Chipless RFID Technology"
  • A Vision for Low Cost RFID
  • InkSure Chipless Development Status
  • Target Applications
 
14:55 - 15:20 "Virus Proof Your Cat"
º Application strengths and weaknesses of :
  · Chip-based RFID technology
  · Chip-less RFID technology
º Introduction of a Hybrid RFID technology
  · Discussions of applications of hybrid RFID
º Projected future of Chip-based, Chip-less, and the Hybrid RFID technologies
 
15:20 - 15:45 "Printed & Chipless RFID: The Future"
  • 10 different printed and chipless technologies assessed
  • Market opportunities
  • Technology development timescales 2007-2017
 
 
The eighth annual RFID event from IDTechEx, attended by over 350 delegates in 2006!