RFID Wave: Make Business Sense ...

Upcoming RFID event ...

... "Making Business Sense of the RFID Wave: February 23, 2006: Making business sense of the RFID wave will give attendees the opportunity to meet key innovators and leaders of the RFID industry and through a panel discussion, attendees will gain first-hand insight into the technological progress around RFID, where the industry is leading to, what the forecasts are, how can companies make business sense or get ROI from RFID. Panelists will include:

Jamshed Dubash, Director of Technology, Proctor and Gamble (The Gillette Company)
Sanjay Sarma, Professor at MIT and Founder, OAT Systems
Mal Postings, Global Lead for RFID, CapGemini
Robert Steinberg, President, Productivity by RFID
Other speakers expected from Tyco, Think Magic

Time: 6 - 8:30 p.m. Location: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, World Trade Center West, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA " ...

Via MIT Sloan Alumni: Making Business Sense of the RFID Wave ...

The Facts on RFID: Benefits and Implications ...

The Facts on RFID: Benefits and Implications: Office of Congressman :: Joe Barton

... "It is our job to cut through the hype, get the facts about RFID, learn more about its applications, and examine the pubic policy issues generated by its use and widespread deployment. The benefits to our homeland security could prove the most beneficial aspect of the technology, Barton, chairman of the full Energy and Commerce Committee, continued. The capability to track imports and containers will enhance our ability to monitor what is coming across our borders and where it goes. Similar applications related to controlled substances and hazardous materials shipped to or within the states will provide an additional layer of security we would all welcome. Hearing witnesses included Linda Dillman, chief information officer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Sandra Hughes, global privacy executive for The Proctor & Gamble Company, who each testified to the consumer applications of RFID. Testimony was additionally heard from one of the leading scientists in RFID technology, Dr. Sanjay Sarma, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as witnesses from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, who testified on the possible privacy implications of RFID technology. " ...

RFID Technology Event: Today...

RFID Tech Talk ...

... "RFID Event: May 23, 2005, RFID Tech Talk at the National Press Club, 6:30 PM, Call Jean at 202-662-7129 or e-mail opus@press.org

Sponsored by The National Press Club High Tech Committee, NPC Conference Rooms

TECH TALK on RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)

Speakers
Mr. Alan Estevez, Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Supply Chain Integration
Mr. Michael Meranda, President, EPCglobal Consortium
Dr. Sanjay Sarma, CEO, OATSystems, Inc.
Paula Bruening, J.D., Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology
Dr. Robert Atkinson, VP, Progressive Policy Institute
Ilisa Bernstein, Pharm. D., J.D., Sr. Advisor for Regulatory Policy, Food and Drug Administration

RFID is a transformative technology that improves the delivery, safety and efficiency of how products get to consumers; RFID will dramatically improve in-transit visibility, the ability to see products as they move from point A to B, in the global supply chain costs the retail industry $180 billion-$300 billion annually, or 6 to 10 percent of total supply chain spending, and it is an important issue for the Department of Defense; RFID in US Passports and credit cards might be exploited by unscrupulous businesses and terrorists; How and why privacy advocates are attempting to curtail RFID deployment by raising a host of claims about the technology; Pharmaceutical drugs can be better tracked to prevent counterfeiting. Shipping containers that reach our ports can be checked for tampering. And best of all, products will be on the shelf when and where you want to buy them; " ...

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EPC Software Development Conference ...

EPC Software Development Conference: VeriSign to Host EPC Developers Conference at RFID Journal LIVE! In conjunction with the RFIDJournal Live event, a conference will be offered to focus on the needs of software developers focused on EPC, electronic product code, applications in the supply chain. ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Forum Brings Together Leading Software Developers and Supply Chain Executives Creating Real-world Applications for RFID-Generated Supply Chain Data MOUNTAIN ...

... VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced it will be hosting the first ever EPC Developers Conference, http://www.EPCDevCon.com, in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! on April 10, 2005 in Chicago. The event represents a first-time gathering of software developers and supply chain executives specifically focused on design and creation of practical solutions that leverage RFID-generated information from across the global supply chain. Also speaking at the EPC Developers Conference will be leading thinkers and practitioners around RFID and EPC, including Sean Campbell, IBM; Ann Grackin, ChainLink Research; Bernie Hogan, Uniform Code Council; Michael Mealling, Refactored Networks; John Radko, GXS; Mark Roberti, RFID Journal; Sanjay Sarma, OATsystems; Puneet Sawhney, CHEP; Ken Traub, ConnecTerra; Jeff Wells, Franwell and others. ...

VeriSign, Inc. operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable businesses and individuals to find, connect, secure, and transact across today's complex global networks.

RFID: Sanjay Sarma Testimony ...

From The Committee on Energy and Commerce, Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology states ...

... "In 1999, the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC), a not-for-profit standards making body based in Lawrenceville, N.J., which had spearheaded the adoption of bar code technology, joined with Procter & Gamble and The Gillette Co. in helping establish the Auto-ID (Automatic Identification) Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sponsorship of the center soon grew to more than 100 global companies, and research spread beyond MIT to five other great research universities around the world: at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom; the University of Adelaide in Australia; Keio University in Tokyo, Japan; Fudan University in Shanghai, China; and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The center's mission was to develop RFID for use across the global supply chain. The vision was simple: harness the capability of RFID to create a world in which we can effectively track products throughout the supply chain using a single, global network as products move from one company to another, one country to another. The idea behind this vision was to make it as easy for one company to read another company's tags as it is for IBM computers to communicate with Apple machines over the Internet. One focus of the center's work was the development of the identification system for objects in the system -- the EPC. Another was the development of the entire system in which EPC tags could be used -- the EPCglobal Network. " ...

RFID Education: RFID Technology Lecture Series Explores Revolution in Business and ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is revolutionizing the world of inventory and data storage around the globe. ...

Merrimack College sponsors advanced lecture series on RFID technology with exciting roster of presenters ...

... A complimentary three-part lecture series on RFID and its future implications, featuring internationally renowned guest speakers, will be held at Merrimack College. The series will focus on: -- where RFID technology began -- what industries can benefit from RFID, and -- how the technology will modify identification and data collection in the future. ...

Dr. Sanjay Sarma will discuss RFID as a larger class of technology and focus on RFID tags in terms of wireless sensing and the business and economic benefit of those tags. He will also describe the Auto-ID Center (Dr. Sarma is a co-founder of the Center) and address the research MIT and other universities did to bring RFID to reality.

Radianse, Inc., of Lawrence, Mass., provides an active-RFID technology that incorporates an indoor positioning system (IPS) for healthcare to reduce asset shrinkage and labor costs and improve utilization, patient flow-times and overall workflow efficiency. A Radianse IPS combines long-range active-RFID with a patent-pending location algorithm for accurate, continuous location and association of people, places and things. The IPS solution is in use at Mass. General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, and several other hospitals.

RFID Career: RFID Luminary Sanjay Sarma to Join OAT as CTO; RFID 'Founding ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Sarma previously led MIT's Auto-ID Center, where he worked closely with early Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) adopters such as Wal-Mart, Target, Gillette ...

Sanjay Sarma: Sanjay is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. In 1999, he co-founded MIT's Auto-ID Center and has served as its Chairman of Research ever since. Sanjay Sarma is credited with defining and developing many of the standards and technologies that form the foundation of the commercial RFID industry...