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RFID Journal LIVE! is where the global RFID community—end users, leading vendors, systems integrators, consultants and others—gathers to plan strategies, network, buy and sell, learn and share ideas. The conference will feature educational tracks with highly qualified speakers, as well as vendors showing off their latest products and services in a huge exhibition hall.

EPCglobal Joint Action Group (JAG) Meeting — Monday, April 14, 2008

9:30 am – 11:45 am – Packaging Discussion Group – Mark Frey, EPCglobal Inc

Preconference Seminars — Wednesday, April 16, 2008

RFID Journal University
10:00 am – General Session: RFID Basics – Mark Roberti • RFID Journal
11:00 am | 1:45 pm | 2:30 pm
The Physics Behind RFID | Legislation & Standardization | Real-World Considerations
Pankaj Sood • McMaster RFID Applications Lab
3:30 pm   – Building an RFID Business Case – Toby Rush • Rush Tracking Systems

RFID in Health Care
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Harold Boeck • University of Sherbrooke & Academia RFID | Ygal Bendavid • ePoly Center & Academia RFID
11:00 am – RFID Applications in Health Care
1:45 pm   – How to Determine Where to Use RFID
2:30 pm   – Developing an RFID Business Case and Calculating the ROI
3:30 pm   – Getting Your RFID Project Started

RFID in the Auto Industry
11:00 am – How Ford Thinks RFID Can Improve the Automotive Industry – Rajiv Sinha • Ford Motor
11:45 am – Car Dealership Uses RFID to Increase Sales – Dennis McGinn • Performance Analytics
1:45 pm   – The Value of Tagging Tires – Patrick F. King • Michelin
2:30 pm   – Honda Transforms Production with RFID – Angelo Coletta • Honda Italia
3:00 pm   – An Update on Auto Industry RFID Standards – Morris Brown • AIAG

RFID in the Chemical Industry
11:00 am – RFID Enhances Security & Customer Satisfaction, Reduces Costs at Dow – Craig Casto • Dow Chemical
11:45 am – Boeing Phantom Works Tracks Time & Temperature-Sensitive Sealants – Rodney S. Wright • Boeing
1:45 pm   – An Update on Chemical Industry RFID Standards – Sue Hutchinson • EPCglobal North America
2:30 pm   – Tracking Industrial-Size Liquid Containers – Gary Clancy • Container Technology | Daniel Deavours • RFID Alliance Lab
3:30 pm   – Dow Corning Monitors WIP with RFID – David Zuwala • Dow Corning

RFID in the Food Chain
11:00 am – How to Track and Secure Food Shipments [Video - 7.33mb]
Jean-Pierre Emond • University of Florida | Stephen M. Moody • U.S. Army
11:45 am – Overcoming Food Quality & Safety Concerns with RFID
Dr. John M. Ryan • Hawaii State Department of Agriculture
1:45 pm   – Dairy Farm Milks Savings From RFID – Larry Pietrowski • Costa View Farms
3:30 pm   – How the First Italian Supply Chain Project Benefited the Food Iindustry – Antonio Rizzi • University of Parma

RFID for Government
11:00 am – How to Use RFID to Create A More Efficient Workplace – Dan Zinn • Florida State Attorney's Office
11:45 am – RFID Use in the US Federal Government – Jim Begis • GSA
1:45 pm   – Using RFID to Manage Vehicles and Drivers – Victoria Stephen • United States Postal Service
2:30 pm   – How Korea Fosters RFID Development – Hun Kang • Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ)
3:30 pm   – Using RFID to Track Criminal Evidence – Tony Callaway | Tate Markey • Travis County Fire Marshal's Office

RFID for IT Service Providers
11:00 am – RFID Prevents Theft of High Value Assets – Roberto Ivon • Universidad Regiomontana
11:45 am – RFID in the Data Center – Nancy Kingston • IBM | Thomas Pavela • Omni-ID
1:45 pm   – Creating and Hosting an EPC Information Service Solution – Leonardo Vitolo • LOGyCA  [ View Video ]
2:30 pm   – Using RFID Data-Sharing Standards To Create New Applications – Stephen Miles • Auto-ID Labs at MIT

RFID in Packaging and Labeling
11:00 am – RFID in Packaging-The Pros & Cons of Embedding Tags – Jeanne McCann • Weyerhaeuser
11:45 am – Moving to RFID-Enabled Packaging – John Onderko • Kimberly-Clark
1:15 pm   – Selecting the Right Option for RFID Tagging – David Uland • WS Packaging | Melinda Haring • The Hershey Company
1:45 pm   – The Size of the RFID Market for Packaging & Label Converters – Andrew Nathanson • Venture Development Corp.

RFID in the Airline Industry
11:00 am – The Business Case for Using RFID in Flight – Nick Bondarenco • IATA
1:45 pm   – McCarran Finds Multiple Benefits With RFID – David Bourgon • McCarran International Airport
2:30 pm   – Analyzing the Impact of ID Technologies on Aircraft Turnaround Processes – Alan Thorne • Auto ID Labs at Cambridge University
3:30 pm   – Is RFID a Viable Option for Tracking Airline Baggage? – Anthony Cerino • Independent Consultant

EPC Compliance & Benefits Training
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

General Sessions
5:30 pm   – Empowering Visibility-Driven Applications for High-Performance, Real-Time Enterprises  [ View Video ]
Anush Kumar • Microsoft Corp  [ View Video ]

Day 1 — Thursday, April 17, 2008

General Sessions
9:30 am   – RFID—A World of Benefits, A Universe of Possibilities – Ray Martino • Motorola  [ View Video ]
10:15 am – Achieving Real Business Value From RFID—Why You Should Act Now  [ View Video ]
Moderator: Mark Roberti • RFID Journal LLC
Panelists: Michael George • OATSystems | Carlo K. Nizam • Airbus
Patrick Sweeney • ODIN technologies | Martin Wildberger • IBM
3:30 pm   – Putting RFID/EPC Standards to Work – Dick Cantwell • Cisco  [ View Video ]
4:10 pm   – EPC - Past, Present and Future – Dr. Sanjay Sarma • The Auto-ID Center, MIT  [ View Video ]
4:30 pm   – RFID Adoption for New Applications and Industries – George Everhart • Alien Technology  [ View Video ]
5:05 pm   – Demystifying the RFID vs. Bar Code Debate – Ray Cronin • Intermec Technologies  [ View Video ]  | Mark Roberti • RFID Journal

Sponsored Sessions – 12:20 pm
Improving Airline Customer Service With RFID for Baggage Tracking
Sponsored by: Alien Technology • Scot Stelter | Mary Ann Allen • George Schmitt & Co.  [ View Video ]

Building an Intelligent Supply Chain Through Discovery Services
Sponsored by: Afilias Limited • Michael Young

Enabling Better Business Decisions Using RFID
Sponsored by Oracle • Stephanie McReynolds

Case Study: Top Global Retailers Are Evolving to RFID
Sponsored by: Checkpoint Systems • Terry Clancy

UHF Gen 2 for Item-Level Tagging of Retail Apparel
Sponsored by: Impinj, Inc. • Larry Arnstein

Case Studies: Improving Production Shipping & Receiving Processes With RFID
Sponsored by: Blue Vector Systems • Nancy Anderson

Getting Started
11:30 am – Ten Questions to Ask Your RFID Systems Integrator – Dan Zinn • Florida State Attorney's Office

How to Deploy RFID
11:30 am – Planning for an RFID Infrastructure that will Deliver Long-Term Benefits – Steve Georgevitch • Boeing
3:00 pm   – Squeezing The Most Value From RFID Location Data – Jeff Pelot • Denver Health Hospital and Medical Center

Executive Strategy
3:00 pm   – Should You Invest in Your RFID Technology Partner?
Moderator: Ed Hess • Integrated Solutions Magazine | Panelist: Alan J. Koenning • UPS

Aerospace/Defense
11:30 am – Airbus Enhances Business Process with RFID – Carlo K. Nizam • Airbus  [ View Video ]
3:00 pm   – How Spirit Aerosystems Benefits from Active and Passive RFID Systems – Debbie Fogg • Spirit Aerosystems  [ View Video ]

Retail/CPG
11:30 am – Combining RFID & Other Data to Drive Value
Moderator: Louis Bianchin • Venture Development Corp. | Panelists: Leslie Hand • IDC | Milan Turk, Jr. • Procter & Gamble

Pharmaceutical
11:30 am – Real-World RFID Experiences at Johnson & Johnson – Mike Rose • Johnson & Johnson
3:00 pm   – ASD Healthcare Benefits from Drug Consignment Monitoring – David Richards • ASD Healthcare

Supply Chain/Logistics
11:30 am – The J.B. Hunt Way To Leverage RFID in the Supply Chain – Ken Mangold • J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
3:00 pm   – Freightliner Achieves Labor Cost Savings, Improving Inventory Accuracy – Louis Fleischer • Freightliner

EPC Standards Education
11:30 am – Introduction to the EPCglobal Architecture and Standards
Chris Diorio • Impinj, Inc. | Steve Halliday • High Tech Aid | Bryan Tracey • GlobeRanger Corporation

Day 2 — Friday, April 18, 2008

General Sessions
9:00 am   – 2nd Annual RFID Journal Award Winners
• Best RFID Implementation: Airbus  [ View Video ]
• Best Use of RFID in a Service: Agence Metropolitaine de Transport  [ View Video ]
• Most Innovative Use of RFID: Interface Flor  [ View Video ]
10:00 am –RFID and Serialization Lead to New Levels of Value Generation  [ View Video ]
Panelists: Tobias Goetz • SAP | Larren Olson • Intel

Sponsored Sessions – 12:00 pm
Managing and Deploying Assets in Large-Scale Construction Projects
Sponsored by: IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG • Peter Linke

How HP Gained Supply Chain Visibility Internally—and for its Customers
Sponsored by: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) • Guillaume Oget

How to Use RFID as an Anti-Counterfeiting Measure
Sponsored by: Alien Technology • Victor Vega

How End Users Capture Value from RFID
Sponsored by: NXP Semiconductors • Ralf Kodritsch

Getting Started
1:40 pm   – Choosing the Right RFID System to Track Assets – Majid Ghadiri • Oakton Community College
2:30 pm   – Easy Wins: RFID Applications That Deliver Today – Moderator: Mark Roberti • RFID Journal | Panelist: Leif Chastaine • Insync Software Inc.
3:20 pm   – Choosing the Right RFID System to Solve a Business Problem – Harold Boeck • Academia RFID

How to Deploy RFID
2:30 pm   – Mining RFID Data to Achieve Business Benefits – Mark Pavuk • Holt Cat

Executive Strategy
2:30 pm   – Using RFID to Enhance Your Products or Services
Moderator: Louis Bianchin • Venture Development Corp.
Panelists: Marlene Breakey • Ryder System | Brian Chisholm • Rexam Plastic Packaging | Robert Corvese • GTECH Corporation
3:20 pm   – A Framework to Evaluate the Business Case for RFID – Fredrick J. Riggins • University of Minnesota

Aerospace/Defense
1:40 pm   – DOD Agency Deploys RFID for Property Management – Eric Hyman • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2:30 pm   – Case Study: Weapons Maker Benefits from Meeting DOD Mandate – Ed Benincasa • FN Manufacturing
3:20 pm   – Navy Improves Operations, Saves Money With RFID WMS – Robert Bacon • DOD

Manufacturing
1:40 pm   – Case Study: RFID Smoothes Production for Oil-Pipe Maker – Maximo Tejeda • Tejas Tubular Products
2:30 pm   – How Durakon Ensures Product Quality and Monitors Assembly Operations – Joe Mawhinney • Durakon Industries
3:20 pm   – How Wilson Sporting Goods Economically Uses RFID – Edwin Matthews • Wilson Sporting Goods

Retail/CPG
2:30 pm   – Kimberly-Clark Uses Passive UHF EPC For Yard Management – Corey Mingerink • Kimberly-Clark
3:20 pm   – Increasing Promotional Lift and Sell-Through With RFID – Brian Millsap • Hampton Products

Pharmaceutical
1:40 pm   – The Potential of Incorporating RFID in Medical Devices – Ann Ferriter • FDA
2:30 pm   – RFID in Anti-Counterfeiting: From Security to ROI – Mikko Lehtonen • University of St. Galen and ETH Zurich
3:20 pm   – Achieving Pedigree Compliance With RFID – James L. Stroud • Golden State Medical Supply

Supply Chain/Logistics
1:40 pm   – Megatrux Leverages RFID on Shipments from China – KC Pelle • Megatrux
2:30 pm   – RFID in Logistic Applications – Dieter Uckelmann • Log Dynamics Lab
3:20 pm   – Lexar Media Leverages RFID to Gain Distribution Visibility, Flexibility and Control – Lee Mar • Lexar Media

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