| Manufacturers and distributors of durable and consumer products are finding that the benefits of RFID and advanced data collection can outweigh the challenges of implementation in plant operations as well as in distribution.
How can quality in production processes be improved through the back-tracking of individual assets?
Is RFID the only way to implement smart inventory management? How can the key obstacles to adoption be overcome? |
| Opening
- Tom Miller (former President - Intermec)
“We’ve come a long way but we aren’t there yet”
- David Engstrom ( VP & Partner, Army & Logistics / US Federal Government - Unisys)
“RFID In-Transit Visibility & the US DOD”
Session 1 - The new frontier in data collection
- Dr. Patrick King (Global Electronics Strategist - Michelin North America)
“The communicating tire: managing the collection and integration of data”
- John Clendenin (President & CEO - Inner Circle Logistics)
“Net-centric data and document management - secure trade facilitation technology and techniques”
- Markus Pfitscher (Regional Sales Manager - Identec Solutions)
“Temperature monitoring in the transport industry with long range RFID” |
| Session 2 - From Manufacturing to Smart Manufacturing
Chairman: Bodo Ischebeck (CEO - Magellan Technology)
- Martin Baldinger (Man. Mechatronik Engineering - A. Pöttinger Maschinenfabrik) / Alfred Alexander Berger (Sen. Consultant IT Solutions - Tricon Consulting)
“RFID process control in a ‘self-loading wagon’ assembly line”
- Gerrit Wassink (General Manager RFID Europe - Tyco ADT)
“RFID and cross-docking - making it real at the Vanderlande Experience Centre”
- Egon Guilliams (EMEA Director Professional Services - WhereNet Corp)
“Automating business processes and Increasing throughput via active RFID” |
| - Pertii Korhonen (CEO - Elektrobit)
“The RFID market calls for innovation”
- James E. Heurich (President - RFID, Inc)
“Industrial identification, from the factory floor to custom OEM applications”
- Wolf Bielas (CEO - RSI ID Technologies)
“Practical tips for surviving RFID implementation” |
| Session 3 - Growth of the RFID market: limiting factors (panel discussion)
Chairman: Frithjof Walk (Board Member - AIM Global)
- Henri Barthel (Technical Director EPCglobal - GS1)
- Uwe Quiede (Project Manager RFID, Future Store Initiative - Kaufhof Warenhaus AG)
- Prof. Antonio Rizzi (Director RFID Lab - University of Parma) |
| End of Conference Sessions |
| Opening
- Sophie B. de la Giroday (President - Wise Media)
- Vic Verma (President & CEO - SAVI Technology)
“RFID: the end of the beginning”
Session 4 - Asset Tracking: tools and approaches
Chairman: George Reynolds (VP, RFID - Avery Dennison)
- Andrew Price (RFID Project Manager - International Air Transport Association)
“The business case for RFID in baggage handling”
- Mikael Ahlund (Director, RFID Systems - Texas Instruments)
“Securing the supply chain with RFID” |
| Chairman: David Shiels (General Manager - IRconsult Creative Strategies)
- Giuseppe Pietro Marengon (RFID & Integrated Logistics Practice Manager - HP Italy)
“RFID @ HP: the uninterrupted supply chain”
- Dr. Julien Etienne Mascolo (Fiat Research Center)
“PLM data for improving end of live strategies in the automotive sector”
- Susan I. Evans (Director, Business Development, EMEA - SAVI)
“Wireless Information Service track Jaguar car parts in real time” |
| Session 5 - Leveraging RFID data: how to create value
Chairman: David Shiels (General Manager – Irconsult Creative Strategies)
- Christer Härkönen (Senior VP, RFID - UPM Raflatac)
“New business processes - the key to value creation”
- Humberto Moran (CEO - Open Source Innovation Ltd)
“RFID: a matter of corporate responsibility?”
- John Greaves (Director, European Center for Excellence - UK Centre for AIDC)
“RFID: Solutions for the global supply chain”
- Carlos Ponce (BD Manager, Digital Supply Chain - Enabler)
“Grocer shopping assistant (GSA) - practical RFID to improve the buying experience” |
| Session 6 - Item level tagging today: only a paper tiger?
Chairman: Frithjof Walk (Board Member - AIM Global)
- Frank Riso (Senior Director, Retail Industry Solutions Group - Marketing & Operations Executive - Symbol Technology)
“RFID in the supply chain – North American update”
- Dr. Fredy João Valente (Director of Innovation - COSS Consulting)
“Integrating EPC-based supply chain systems using GRID technologies”
- Bodo Ischebeck (Chief Executive Officer - Magellan Technology)
“The striking efficiency of HF for item level tagging” |
| End of Conference Sessions |
