| The six
optional expert-led masterclasses are intended for audience participation
and discussion. They are effectively interactive consultancy sessions.
At each masterclass you will have the chance to handle many samples,
see demonstrations, and take away printed copies of presentations.
They will ensure you get the most from the conference and leave
understanding the issues with answers to your questions.
All Masterclasses are held in Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor
Hotel, the same venue as the main conference.
When and where to register
Delegate
information page
1. RFID
Monday June 27 2005: 08:30-12:30,
Mckeldin Room |
Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, UK
Raghu Das, Managing Director, IDTechEx, UK
Baruch Levanon, Chairman,
Smart Active Labels Consortium (SAL-C), USA
James Neilson, Business Manager,
Information Mediary
Corp, Canada
- Chip and chipless tag technology evaluations and their applications
- Market forecasts and trends
- Examples of RFID being used, how many have been sold and
into which markets
- New applications and advice on entry to market
- EPC: building blocks, challenges, product design and opportunities
- RFID forecasts and trends 2005-2020
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30
2. Smart Packaging
Monday June
27 2005: 13:30-17:30, Mckeldin Room |
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Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, UK
Raghu Das, Managing Director, IDTechEx, UK
Kevin Harrell, Director, Global Business Development, Creo Security, Brand Authentication & ID Systems, USA
- Mechanical, chemical, electrical and electronic smarts
- Organic and printed electronics – technologies and their impact
- Non-electronic & electronic laminates for brand enhancement
& diagnostics
- The exploding market for smart medicine and food condition
monitoring
- Opportunities for packaging - combining electronics with packaging
- Packaging becoming part of the product/combining technologies
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30
3. Smart Labels "How To"
Monday June
27: 13:30-17:30, Liberty Ballroom section B |
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Masterclass 3 is
now sold out
- please register for Masterclass 6, which is identical to this
one.
Intended for label converters,
label industry suppliers, label specifiers and buyers, label designers,
label and packaging technologists/technicians, brand owners and
equipment/software suppliers.
Aim is to inform and
educate all those in the smart label manufacturing and supply
chain on the requirements, standards, procedures, manufacturing
methods (RFID smart labelstocks, tag insertion technologies, chip
placement, lamination, checking), software and systems, write
and read units, data collection requirements.
Topics to be covered
to include:
- Should the label converter buy in smart labels on roll,
print the antenna and add chips, or make the labels in line
with tag inserting technology in house?
- Methods of manufacturing smart labels;
- Smart labelstock production
- Antenna printing inks and printing methods and solutions
- Tag and chip insertion equipment
- Printing and overprinting of smart labelstocks
- Web handling and web management requirements
- Reading and checking data in line or on press
- In house procedures and systems
- Inks and materials for printing RFID tag antennas
- Smart label application systems and requirements
- Performance demands of smart labels
- Investment to become a smart label producer
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30
Conference Day One (June
28 2005) |
Conference Day Two (June
29 2005) |
4. Implementing RFID
Thursday June
30 2005: 08:30-12:30, Mckeldin Room |
Bill Davidson, CTO and Executive VP, Samsys, Canada
Nick Samanich, Global Alliance Partner Director, Tyco Fire & Security, USA
Hugo Mallinson, Auto-ID Labs, University of Cambridge, UK
Patrick Sweeney, President & CEO,
ODIN technologies, USA
- Determining the paybacks of RFID and how to begin your project
- Evaluating systems and the return on investment (ROI)
- How to configure an RFID system for your needs
- Step by step walk through of actual implementations
- Learn lessons from experts to save you time and money
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30
5. Printed Electronics
Thursday June
30 2005: 13:30-17:30, Schaefer Room |
Dr Bruce Kahn, Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Raghu Das, Managing Director, IDTechEx, UK
Designed for those who
are new to this disruptive technology or need to understand the
big picture to assess the challenges and opportunities, this Masterclass
is designed to arm you with the latest knowledge of the applications
and technology developments involving printed electronics. Led
by experts, it is the ideal time to voice your questions as part
of the interactive session and learn of the toolkit of technologies
that are available and emerging. The session will cover:
- Applications of printed electronics – now and near future
- Lessons to be learnt from early successes and failures
- The value chain
- Market forecasts
- The need for printed electronics
- Key markets that need printed electronics – reasons why
and their technology requirements
- Creating new markets versus competing with conventional
electronics in existing ones
- Assessment of technologies, companies, strategies and progress
so far, including
- Thin film transistor circuits (organic, inorganic semiconductors,
thin film silicon)
- Displays (OLEDs, electrophoretic, electroluminescene,
electrochromic and others)
- Sensors and conductive inks
- Batteries and actuators
- A discussion of printing techniques, their relevancy and challenges
- Challenges and the roadmap to the full printed electronics
toolkit
All
workshop attendees also receive 6 months access to Smart
Packaging Journal and will be able to study some samples
of printed electronics.
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30
6. Smart Labels "How To"
Thursday June
30: 13:30-17:30, Mckeldin Room |
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Sponsored by |
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Intended for label converters,
label industry suppliers, label specifiers and buyers, label designers,
label and packaging technologists/technicians, brand owners and
equipment/software suppliers.
Aim is to inform and
educate all those in the smart label manufacturing and supply
chain on the requirements, standards, procedures, manufacturing
methods (RFID smart labelstocks, tag insertion technologies, chip
placement, lamination, checking), software and systems, write
and read units, data collection requirements.
Topics to be covered
to include:
- Should the label converter buy in smart labels on roll,
print the antenna and add chips, or make the labels in line
with tag inserting technology in house?
- Methods of manufacturing smart labels;
- Smart labelstock production
- Antenna printing inks and printing methods and solutions
- Tag and chip insertion equipment
- Printing and overprinting of smart labelstocks
- Web handling and web management requirements
- Reading and checking data in line or on press
- In house procedures and systems
- Inks and materials for printing RFID tag antennas
- Smart label application systems and requirements
- Performance demands of smart labels
- Investment to become a smart label producer
Lunch
for all delegates 12:30-13:30 |
