User experiences

Technologies

Conference Agenda

Day One: Tuesday November 14

Day one chairman
IDTechEx, UK Dan Lawrence, VP Business Development

Keynote

9:00 IDTechEx, UK Dan Lawrence, VP Business Development

“Active RFID 2006-2016”

The size of the Active RFID market 2006-2016
Comparison of technologies
Hot sectors, impediments, opportunities and trends

9:25 Wavetrend, USA Campbell Tingey, Chief Operating Officer

The Business case for Active RFID

The benefits of active RFID technology
Payback and Return On Investment (ROI) from Active RFID implementations

Experience from the world's largest companies

9:50 General Electric, USA Lynn DeRose, Researcher

Active RFID for asset tracking at GE

Approach to Technology Evaluation
Results of Testing
Pilot Results
Future Plans

10:15 BP, USA. Curt Smith, Director of Applications - Chief Technology Office

IBM, USA. Vinod Chavan, Global Solutions Executive

A case study - petrochemical industry workplace safety

10:40 Boeing, USA. Steven C. Venema, Associate Technical Fellow, Mathematics & Computing Technology, Boeing Phantom Works

Leveraging Active RFID for an enterprise network location service at Boeing

11:15 Exhibition and networking break

HEALTHCARE

11:45 Aventura Hospital and Medical Centre, USA Dr In K Mun, Director

Issues to consider before selecting a RFID asset management system

Defining the application to choose the right technology
Active RFID in healthcare environments
Implementation case studies and learnings

12:10 Information Mediary Corp, Canada Michael Petersen, Chief Operation Officer; Nick Sherstyuk, Chief Engineer

Semi-active RFID technology platform for sensors in pharmaceutical packaging and temperature tracking

Benefits of semi-active RFID - low cost battery provides longer life time, 10 year shelf life, two years active life - for an overall low cost product, making disposable sensors a reality!
Looking for a low cost sensor? We print on label stock using a regular narrow-web press - this is our answer to low cost sensors!
An integrated solution with 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

12:35 Visonic Technologies, Israel Tuviya Katz, VP Research & Development

Rethinking Active RFID in Healthcare

Asset tracking products using Active RFID is now being considered and deployed to realize the full potential of this technology
Healthcare is now starting to view Active RFID as a scaleable enabling technology and this rethinking is shaping the worldwide drive for applications
The presentation and discussion of practical real-world strategies for growing single-focus Active RFID installations

13:00 Exhibition and lunch break

LOGISTICS AND MANUFACTURING

14:15 WhereNet Corp, USA Steve Raymond, Vice President, Consulting Services

Case study: how Active RFID system accelerates the supply chain

How to automate high - velocity , dynamic distribution environments
How to drastically reduce inventory carrying costs, enhance customer service, and win new business
How to realise a 6-9 month ROI via best practices

14:50 Ubisense, UK David Theriault, Director Strategic Relations

Precise real-time Location with Active RFID: Success and ROI in Logistics and Manufacturing

Technology challenges in deploying Active RFID location technology in logistics and manufacturing environments
Case study: Combining Active RFID and Barcode technology to deliver rapid ROI in logistics
Case Study: Deploying Active RFID to improve manufacturing processes

15:15 Panel Discussion

Maritime Logistics Innovation Center (MLIC), Page Siplon, Executive Director

Logistics Innovation - A View From the Top

Savi Networks, a Lockheed martin/Hutchison Whampoa joint venture, Lance Ludman, Director of Government Affairs

A Global RFID Network for Supply Chain Efficiency

Commercial shippers are now adopting RFID solutions in their priority international supply chains
International standards have led to network investment, device innovation
Savi Networks and MLIC are partnering to deliver the benefits to shippers whose cargo transits key transportation nodes in Georgia

Georgia Electronic Design Center Joy Laskar , Director

Innovations in RF Technology

15:55 Exhibition and networking break

RETAIL AND FOOD SAFETY

16:25 Sealed Air Corp, USA Bill Roberts, Research Fellow

A drop-in solution for RFID temperature monitoring

Why RFID?
Unique aspects of Turbo Tag (TM) solutions
Case study: shelf life monitoring
Case study: operating in an EPC environment

16:50 Deloitte Consulting, USA Chris Hook, Wireless Technologies Leader

"Utilizing semi-passive RFID tags for monitoring the condition of fresh produce in transit"

Description of using temperature logging tags on pallets.
Key findings about the lack of uniformity of temperature in a chilled transport container
Observations on what this means to the handling of fresh produce from farm to customer.

RFID'S FUTURE TODAY

17:15 Syscan International, Canada Axel Striefler, President and CEO

How to overcome traditional RFID performance barriers and build solid ROIs

How to overcome traditional RFID performance barriers and build solid ROIs?
The Syscan Advantage: iCE (i-Communicate-Effectively) technology
Life Sciences Case Study: Secured Cold Chain

17:40-18:30 Exhibition and Networking Cocktail Reception

Day Two: Wednesday November 15

Day Two Chairman
Graphic Solutions International, USA Bob Zaccone II, Executive VP

ACTIVE RFID AND THE MILITARY

9:00 US Navy, USA Melissa Miller President

9:25 LOGMATION Inc, USA Robert Hampe, President

Active RFID in the Department of Defense

What DoD has accomplished to date
What it has yet to do to fulfill its RFID mandate
What are the challenges and what may be next

ACTIVE RFID AND SENSOR NETWORKS

9:50 National Information Society Agency, Korea Lee Jae-Geun, Principal Researcher of u-Service Team (RFID/USN Team), u-Service Division

Korea's Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) field test result and forecast

4 USN fields tests :

marine (environment monitoring)

farm (agro cultural product growing environment management)

architecture (concrete curing management)

hospital (blood and anti-cancer agent management)

USN Industry forecast

10:15 Texas A&M University, USA Rohit Singhal, Lecturer,

Wireless sensor monitoring combined with Active RFID networks

Design, development, testing and installation of a chemical monitoring system using Active RFID and Sensors for a chemical warehouse in Dallas, Texas
Chemical considered for the project is used for creating photo-resist for semiconductors and requires a highly stable temperature environment for storage. T C
System is efficient, saves time, money, provides real time data that can be accessed 24/7 on a standalone laptop or via internet and definitely less tedious compared to the previously employed manual data collection system using temperature recorders.
Goal is to have a visible seamless connectivity from the supplier to the end user. Other enhancement for Hazmat and Insurance issues were also looked into.

10:40 AVX Corporation, USA Tom Anderson, Product Manager

Encapsulation of Active RFID Tags for Harsh Environments

Expansion RFID tags for harsh environments
Low temperature, low pressure molding process to encapsulate PCB's and electronics modules
One shot molding process creates a complete package
Integral mounting features of specific configurations to meet individual application needs

11:15 Exhibition and networking break

11:45 IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, USA Roderick O'Keefe, VP of Sales & Marketing

Return on Investment (ROI) & benefits of wireless sensing & RFID

How Projects were deployed and related Benefits
ROI deliverables in Wireless Sensing & RFID
First Steps in Deployment
IDENTEC Corporate Overview

ACTIVE RFID TECHNOLOGIES

12:10 Parelec, USA Geva Barash, CEO

Low cost Active RFID, it is here today

How to install low cost RFID infrastructure for RTLS
Low cost RFID tags
Real 1ft accuracy.

12:35 Cisco, USA Pradeep Gandhi, Director Business Development

Cisco active RFID/RTLS overview strategy

RTLS solution
Active RFID ecosystem
Solutions
Active-passive convergence

13:00 Exhibition and lunch break

14:15 Aeroscout, USA Josh Slobin, Director of Marketing

Active RFID and Wi-Fi: integrating real-time location technology into standard networks

How Wi-Fi and RFID are increasingly working hand in hand, and how combining Active RFID systems with existing Wi-Fi wireless networks is enabling customers to reach their Active RFID goals at a lower total cost of ownership.
Short case studies of customers in multiple industries (health care, manufacturing, logistics, public spaces) that are benefiting from this converged solution.
The increasing importance of software platform solutions in this space, to bridge the gap between various location technologies and multiple types of user applications.

14:40 Visible Assets, USA John Stevens, Chairman P1902.1 Workgroup

An introduction to RuBee (IEEE P1902.1) and its use in real-time visibility networks

Definition and technical specification of RuBee Tags
RuBee visibility networks have delivered significant ROIs in healthcare, government, and livestock

15:05 Q-Track, USA Dr. Hans Schantz, Chief Scientist

Near-Field RF: an emerging wireless discipline

What is the “Near Field?”
A Brief History of Near-Field Wireless
The Near-Field Industry: NFC, RFID and RTLS
Near-Field Antennas and Propagation

15:30 Exhibition and networking break

DEPLOYING ACTIVE RFID

16:00 Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Prof Gisele Bennett, Director, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory

Active RFID: development and deployment lessons learned

Issues with power management / scavenging
Sensor integration
Environmental and operation factors
Field test results and lessons learned
Future of Active RFID

16:25 Michigan State University, USA Dr Robb Clarke, Assistant Professor

Passive to Active RFID networking

A look at active and passive systems
Compatibility issues with a complex read environment
Resolution versus range, active tag solutions
Passive and active applications
Future research issues for active RFID and sensory networks

16:50 Closing remarks and close of conference

Interested in presenting something new and exciting? Email Nicola Bateman n.bateman@idtechex.com

The second annual Active RFID Summit covering Active RFID and Active RFID combined with Wifi, Sensors and Zigbee. Attended by over 180 delegates from 9 countries!