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EPC Connection 2008
October 14-16, 2008 • Chicago, IL

The EPC community comes together to share best practices and critical "how to"s, and to discuss the business benefits achieved. Learn how to improve business processes and make your supply chain, manufacturing and retail operations more efficient. See the latest product innovations, and find out how to utilize EPC RFID to cut costs and gain a competitive advantage today.

Day 1 — October 14, 2008

EPC Compliance & Benefits Training Preconference
11:00 am   – Your EPC Compliance Checklist – Sue Hutchinson • EPCglobal North America
11:45 am   – How to Encode Tags and Associate an EPC With the Right Product –
     Michele Southall • EPCglobal North America
1:00 pm   – Where to Tag Your Product – Justin Patton • University of Arkansas
1:45 pm   – Moving Beyond Slap-and-Ship – Michele Southall • EPCglobal North America
2:45 pm   – Getting Benefits from Retail EPC Data – Sue Hutchinson • EPCglobal North America
3:30 pm   – Putting It Together-Using EPC Connection as Step 1 – Michele Southall •
     EPCglobal North America | Sue Hutchinson • EPCglobal North America

RFID in Packaging & Labeling Preconference
11:00 am   – The Size of the RFID Market for Packaging and Label Converters –
     Tom Wimmer • VDC Research Group, Inc
11:45 am   – Putting RFID Inside the Box –Paul de Blois • HIDE-Pack |
     B. Dwain Farley • Domino Integrated Solutions Group
1:00 pm   – The RFID Label- and Package-Making Process – Max Golter • bielomatik
1:45 pm   – Overcoming Symmetry Challenges in RFID Packaging –
     Robb Clarke, Ph.D. • Michigan State University
2:45 pm   – The Value of Laser Printers Encoding RFID Tags – Rick Kallop • Lexmark

RFID Jouurnal University
10:00 am   – General Session: RFID Basics – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
11:00 am   – The Physics Behind RFID – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
1:00 pm   – Legislation and Standardization – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
1:45 pm   – Real-World Considerations – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
2:45 pm   – Quantifying and Amplifying the ROI of Your Business Case for RFID –
     Toby Rush • Rush Tracking Systems
3:30 pm   – Building On RFID With the EPCglobal Network – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal

Day 2 — October 15, 2008

General Sessions
08:15 am   – Welcome and Introduction –Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
08:30 am   – Where is EPC Adoption Today, and Where Is It Going? – Mark Roberti •
     RFID Journal | Chris Adcock • EPCglobal Inc. | John Seaner • EPCglobal North America
09:15 am   – Taking EPC to the Limit and Beyond – Ramin Sadr • Mojix
09:45 am   – EPC Update: The Benefits Achieved by Early Adopters – Mark Roberti •
      RFID Journal | Alan Estevez • U.S. Department of Defense | Carolyn Walton • Wal-Mart

11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Saving Time and Money With Passive RFID – Mark Moran • Deere & Co.
Using EPC to Synchronize Private-Label Product Data – Nadine Radomski • Dean Foods |
     Michele Southall • EPCglobal North America
DOD RFID Update—The Future Vision of Asset Visibility – Dave Dias •
     U.S. TRANSCOM | Kathy Smith • U.S. Department of Defenses
Understanding the Role of EPCglobal Standards in Supply Chain Collaboration –
     Sue Hutchinson • EPCglobal North America

2:15 pm Sponsored Sessions
Best Practices for Asset Management and Mobility – Guillaume Oget • Hewlett-Packard
Item Tagging Is Ripe for 2009 – Scot Stelter • Alien Technology

3:00 pm Breakout Sessions
Using Passive UHF to Track Vehicles in Production – Rajiv Sinha • Ford Motor
Monitoring and Authenticating High-Value Goods – Liz Churchill • eProvenance
How Pacific Coast Producers Became EPC-Compliant and Discovered a Positive ROI –
Jim Farmer • Pacific Coast Producers | Peter C Wtulich • Pacific Coast Producers
Benefits Achieved through Navy RFID Implementations – Lorrey Bentzel • U.S. Navy

3:50 pm Breakout Sessions
Meeting Retailer's EPC RFID Requirements: Tagging the Pallet –
Justin Patton • University of Arkansas
Cisco Leverages EPC RFID Across the Extended Enterprise –Waseem Sheikh • Cisco
The Benefits of RFID in the Steel Industry –Christopher Weirup • Accenture
Business Improvement Opportunities from DOD's First Closed-Loop RFID Chain –
Bradley Cougher • U.S. Department of Defense

Day 3 — October 16, 2008

General Sessions
08:25 am   – Welcome Back Remarks –Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
08:30 am   – How EPC Creates Opportunities for New Ways of Working Together –
     Mark Roberti • RFID Journal | Ann Dozier • The Coca-Cola Co. |
     Mark Pollock • Kraft Foods | Milan Turk • Procter & Gamble
09:15 am   – The Value of an EPC Standard For Data Centers – William Conroy •
     Bank of America | John Fricke • Financial Services Technology Consortium
09:45 am   – Printed Silicon Electronics: A New Paradigm in Item-level Intelligence –
     Amir Mashkoori • Kovio

11:30 am Breakout Sessions
HP Brazil Extends Use of EPC/RFID to Improve Manufacturing –
     Marcelo Pandini • Hewlett-Packard Co.
Using EPC RFID to Cut Costs for Reusable Transport Packaging –Patrick Kennedy •
     The Kennedy Group | Bob Klimko • Reusable Packaging Association
EPC RFID from the DOD Supplier Perspective: Beyond the Mandate –
     Denton Clark • Lockheed Martin
Alternatives for Managing the Cost and Complexity of High-Volume Tagging –
     Mark Roberti • RFID Journal

12:30 pm Breakout Sessions
Dow Corning Monitors WIP With RFID – David Zuwala • Dow Corning
EPC's Role in Loss Prevention – Tim Fisher • Best Buy | Bill Hardgrave •
     University of Arkansas
Informal Q&A With Key Defense Industry RFID Leaders –Mary Ann Wagner •
     XIO Strategies | Bradley Cougher • U.S. Department of Defense |
     Dave Dias • U.S. TRANSCOM | Kathy Smith • U.S. Department of Defense
What to Do With Data from Your Retail Partner –Ken Traub • EPCglobal

2:30 pm Breakout Sessions
Reducing Manufacturing Costs With RFID – George Bullen • Northrop Grumman
How New Zealand Fruit Company Cut Costs With EPC – Erik Sundermann • EastPack