RFID Conference: Laying the foundation for RFID

From Wisconsin Technology Network, WI ... All of these steps came into being for RFID, or radio frequency identification technology, at Thursday’s Wisconsin RFID Conference, sponsored by the UW E ...


Audience: Corporate executives and senior managers responsible for the development and implementation of RFID strategy. Plus network with UW E-Business Consortium RFID Industry Workgroup companies and e!nnovate members!

RFID Market and User Landscape
Paul Schmidt, Senior Manager, Accenture
• Provide an understanding of why RFID is an important technology;
Comparison with other competing AIDC technologies
• Current state of RFID technology – EPC and other
• State of vendor market space
• State of the RFID adoption: Key examples of who is using RFID successfully and the scope of benefits achieved.

Building Blocks of an RFID system
Mike Burnham, President, Panatrack &
Ken Tinnell, Practice Leader, Rockwell Automation
• Key components of an RFID system
• Overview of tags and readers
• Technical challenges to anticipate with RFID
• Co-existence and integration with other AIDC technologies

RFID Opportunity Identification & Business Case Development
Scott Springer, Partner, Virchow Krause & Co, LLC &
Jack Kahler, President, Avocus Group
How to analyze your business to find and prioritize opportunities for RFID. Learn practical methods developed by the Business-Case Action Group of the UW RFID Industry Workgroup.

RFID System Architecture and Data Management: Design and Integration
Dave Douglas, Senior Vice President, Products & Strategy,
ConnecTerra & Greg Hubbert, Director of Logistics, Rockwell Automation
RFID architecture components and strategies for creating the right infrastructure, and issues pertaining to data management.