RFID JOURNAL LIVE! Europe Agenda: Pre-Conference

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	Preconference for Investors: Pure Play RFID

RFID Journal Live! Europe 2005
Preconference for Investors: Pure Play RFID
Monday 10 October 2005
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam

Confirmed Presenters and Moderators (as of September 23):
Ohad Bashan, President and CEO, OTI America
Andrew Berger, Vice President, Europe, Alien Technology
Dominik Berger, Managing Director & COO, RF-iT Solutions GmbH
Chris Bishop, CEO, Wavetrend
William Colleran, President and Chief Executive Officer, Impinj
Stina Ehrensvard, Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing, Cypak
Wilhelm Gantner, CEO, Identec Solutions
Tom Grant, Chairman & CEO, ThingMagic
Jeffrey Jacobsen, President, Applied Wireless Identifications
Bruce Jacquemard, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Savi Technology
John Koenigs, President & CEO, Globeranger
Jacek Kowalski, President & CEO, Inside Contactless
George Kypreos, Vice President & CFO, Samsys Technologies
Christopher Marangi, Vice President - Research, Gabelli & Co
Bruno Moreau, Deputy General Manager, ASK
Michael Mullagh, CEO, Vivotech
Eric Peters, CEO, True Demand Software
Mark Roberti, Editor, RFID Journal
Sanjay Sarma, Chief Technology Officer, OATSystems
Ed Schneider, General Partner, Quan Ventures
Elie Simon, CEO, Tagsys
Ashley Stephenson, CEO, Reva Systems

10:00
Welcome and Introduction
Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal

10:05
An Overview For Investors
Ed Schneider, General Partner, Quan Ventures

10:15
Chip & Systems Company Presentations
How small and inexpensive will RFID chips become in the next few years? What frequencies will dominate sales? Who will the market leaders be? Top chip companies from Europe and the United States will answer these questions.

Chris Bishop, CEO, Wavetrend
William Colleran, President and Chief Executive Officer, Impinj
Stina Ehrensvard, Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing, Cypak
Bruce Jacquemard, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Savi Technology
Elie Simon, CEO, Tagsys

11:30
Q&A with Chip & Systems Company Presenters
Moderator:
Christopher Marangi, Vice President - Research, Gabelli & Co.

11:45
Lunch

12:45
Payment/Near Field Communication Presentations
Europeans have been far ahead of most of their U.S. and Asian rivals when it comes to using RFID in smart card applications such as identification, mass transit, access control and payment systems. But U.S. companies are catching up with a contactless card payment launch, leading to accelerating growth for contactless chip and reader vendors with the right products. How large will the market grow to be? What are future applications, such as phones with embedded chips for contactless payments using Near Field Communications or proprietary standards? Who's going to be the market leader in these emerging areas?

Ohad Bashan, President & CEO, OTI America
Jacek Kowalski, President & CEO, Inside Contactless
Bruno Moreau, Deputy General Manager, ASK
Michael Mullagh, CEO, Vivotech

13:45
Q&A with Payment/Near Field Communication Presenters
Moderator:
Ed Schneider, General Partner, Quan Ventures

14:00
Software/Integration Presentations
Tags and readers are just the skeleton of a functioning RFID implementation. Then you need to add the software and tools to make use of all the information generated. And that data must be integrated with your existing applications to get the biggest benefit. Top software and integration companies will reveal their approaches and why they think they have the winning strategy.

Introduction:
Byron Deeter, Principal, Bessemer Venture Partners

Dominik Berger, Managing Director & COO, RF-iT Solutions
GmbH
John Koenigs, President & CEO, Globeranger
Eric Peters, CEO, True Demand Software
Sanjay Sarma, CTO, OATSystems
Ashley Stephenson, CEO, Reva Systems

15:15
Q&A with Software/Integration Presenters
Moderator:
Andrew Berger, Vice President, International, Alien Technology

15:30
Refreshment Break

16:00
Reader Company Presentations
What's the right strategy for a reader company? Single or multiple frequency? Single or multiple protocols? What's the best antenna design? Hear the debate come alive as top reader companies make their presentations.

Wilhelm Gantner, CEO, Identec Solutions
Tom Grant, Chairman & CEO, ThingMagic
Jeffrey Jacobsen, President, Applied Wireless Identifications
George Kypreos, Vice President & CEO, Samsys Technologies

17:00
Q&A with Reader Company Presenters
Moderator:
Mark Roberti, Editor, RFID Journal

17:15
One-On-One Discussions Presenting Companies

Praise for RFID Journal LIVE! Chicago

"RFID shows are plentiful. But it's very difficult to find the right one. RFID Journal LIVE! definitely qualifies as being the right event."
Thomas Keller, Code Plus

"The number of workshops is tremendous. As a learning vehicle and a sharing vehicle, I can't compare."
John Clarke, CTO, Tesco

"It's a very strong content conference."
Mike Marquis, Limited Brands

"RFID Journal LIVE! today has the best collection of participants, not only vendors, but also end users in the whole RFID movement right now."
David P. Hack, Senior Manager for Network Services, Yellow Roadways

"I came all the way from Melbourne, Australia, to your conference, and it was worth it. Well done."
Nicholas Thorpe, Digerati

"RFID Journal Live! was not just valuable, but invaluable!"
David Barrack, Sybase