Agenda
Wednesday, 05 Nov 2008
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Wednesday November 05, 2008
Keynote Presentations (08:30 - 11:10)
IDTechEx, United States, Mr Raghu Das, CEO
08:30 - 08:45 "Active RFID and RTLS: Forecasts, Trends, Opportunities"- Market forecasts 2008-2018
- The leaders and successes
- Impediments and challenges
- New location based services opportunities
UNLV, United States, Dr John Wang, Associate Professor
08:45 - 09:10 "Opportunities of Active RFID and RTLS in China"- An overview of the RFID market in China
- Details on application of active RFID in Changzhou Blood Center in China
- RTLS applications in a bearing manufacturing plant in Zhenjiang, China
- Active RFID project made ocean safer for fish men in East China
Time Domain Corporation, United States, Mr Adrian Jennings, CTO
09:10 - 09:50 "UWB Joins Mainstream Ubiquitous Sensor Networks"- What does it mean to be a mainstream network sensor
- Why UWB is ready for primetime and a key component of ubiquitous sensor networks
- Examples of UWB becoming mainstream
US Army, United States, Mr Stephen M Moody, RFID Program Coordinator, Combat Feeding
09:50 - 10:15 "Food Safety and Quality Control in the Military Supply Chain"- Discussing active RFID applications in the military food supply chain
- Exploring the role of RFID as a tool for Food Safety Management Systems
- Assessing the effectiveness of sensor equipped RFID systems
Nokia, China, Dr Leon Xu, Principal Member of Research Staff
10:15 - 10:40 "An RFID-enabled Flexible Wrist Display Device: Design, Manufacture, and Application"- RFID-enabled flexible wrist display as an accessory of mobile phone
- A novel process of manufacture of integrated RFID
- Exploration of applications of RFID-enabled wrist display device
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (11:10 - 12:00)
Ambient Systems, Mr Eelco L de Jong, Director Sales & Marketing
11:10 - 11:35 "Convergence of WSN and Active RFID with Ambient's Product Series 3000"- The benefits wireless sensor networks bring to active RFID and RTLS applications.
- Applications and case studies of Wireless Sensor Networks
Dust Networks, United States, Ms Joy Weiss, President and CEO
11:35 - 12:00 "Ubiquitous Sensor Networks; the benefits of smart dust and mesh technology"- Wireless sensor mesh networks have reached a tipping point in the industrial market
- Bottom line impact of improvements to process, energy savings and regulatory compliance
- Convergence of wireless sensor networking technology and real time location technology
Active RFID in Healthcare (12:00 - 15:25)
Wayne Memorial Hospitals, United States, Mr Tom Bradshaw, VP, Operations
12:00 - 12:25 "Resource Tracking Using RFID / RTLS: A Hospital's Experience"- Wayne Memorial Hospital's involvement in product development
- Determining a return on investment from RFID / RTLS in a hospital
- Benefits realized and lessons learned with RFID / RTLS
University of Texas - Arlington, United States, Prof Jung-Chih Chiao, Associate Professor
12:25 - 12:50 "Using RFID Technologies for Medical Implants and Remote Monitoring"- Integration of sensors and RFIDs for medical applications
- Sensor-embedded RFIDs for endoluminal sensing such as monitoring gastroesophageal reflux episodes
- RFID sensors for monitoring infants to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Sonitor Technologies Inc, United States, Mr Terry Aasen, CEO
14:10 - 14:35 "USID - the accurate RTLS alternative to RFID"- Operational ROI significance of RTLS applications in Hospitals.
- Planning of RTLS deployment. What to consider. Scope & Performance. Technology. Software. Installation and Deployment.
- Experiences from existing hospital deployments, challenges, solutions, and results.
- Most common RTLS applications in ED, OR and hospital wide.
- Avoiding pitfalls and driving the ROI benefits. The significance of accurate RTLS input and advantages of USID vs. RFID/iR/WiFi.
Patient Care Technology Systems, United States, Mr Tony Marsico, CEO
14:35 - 15:00 "Improving Processes and Patient Flow in the Health Care Environment"- Using RTLS to Streamline Processes and Improve Patient Flow
- Profile of a Successful RTLS Project (Analysis, Hardware Requirements, Software to tie it together)
- Success Stories from Health Care (There are more than you thought)
Intelligent InSites, United States, Mark Rheault, President/CEO
Texas Health Resources, United States, Mr Scott Leddy, Medical Director
15:00 - 15:25 "Five Ways to Maximize your RTLS Investment"- Leveraging RTLS Infrastructure for Multiple Applications
- Integrating RTLS with Your Existing Systems
- Future-Proofing Your RTLS Investment
Energy Harvesting & Batteries (15:25 - 17:35)
National Semiconductor, United States, Mr Walter Bacharowski, Applications Engineer
15:25 - 15:50 "Energy Harvesting for Sensor Nodes"- What is energy harvesting?
- Self-powered remote sensors - how they came to be
- Achieving optimal performance - tradeoffs in sizing, energy storage and power
Holst Centre/ IMEC, Netherlands, Mr Philippe Mattelaer, Business Development Manager
15:50 - 16:15 "Power Harvesting for Wireless Sensors"- Silicon based power harvesting holds the promise to extend the lifetime of active RFIDs
- Power harvesting solutions for smart autonomous wireless sensors are being developed by IMEC at Holst Centre
- Several microwatts of power per square centimeter can be generated to activate ULP circuits with functionalities such as radio, DSP,sensing
- Holst Centre combines its expertise of ULP solutions and chip lamination on foil
Cymbet, United States, Mr Steve Grady, Marketing
16:45 - 17:10 "Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors"- Determining the energy needs of wireless sensors
- Utilizing Energy Harvesting techniques to power wireless nodes
- Examining real-world permanent power-based Active RFID, RTLS and Wireless products
Infinite Power Solutions, United States, Mr Joe Keating, Senior Applications Engineer
17:10 - 17:35 "Thin Film Micro Energy Cells Enable Autonomously Powered, Deeply Embedded Applications"- New thin film Micro Energy Cells - an introduction
- Ultra-low power electronics are now commercially available that can indefinitely power embedded systems such as wireless sensor networks
Technology Panel (17:35 - 18:15)
IDTechEx, Inc., United States, Mr Raghu Das, CEO
Time Domain Corporation, United States, Mr Adrian Jennings, CTO
Sonitor Technologies Inc, United States, Mr Terry Aasen, CEO
AeroScout Inc, United States, Mr Gabi Daniely, VP of Marketing & Product Strategy
Ubisense, United States, Mr Russ Chandler, President
The Q-Track Corporation, United States, Dr Hans Schantz, Chief Scientist
17:35 - 18:15 "Technology Panel"Thursday November 06, 2008
Oil & Gas, Military & Logistics (08:30 - 09:35)
BP, United States, Mr Curt Smith, Director of Applications - Chief Technology Office
08:30 - 09:10 "Location Intelligence in Oil and Gas"- Tracking and Communicating with Pipeline Surveillance aircraft
- Real-time Asset Tracking in a Refinery
- Sensor Equipped Unmanned Aircraft for Pipeline Patrols
Savi Technology, United States, Mr Fraser Jennings, VP - Business Development
09:10 - 09:35 "How AIT Convergence Optimizes Commercial and Defense Asset and Supply Chain Execution"- Closed-loop and end-to-end Case Studies
- Leverage for different applications using multiple wireless technologies
Active RFID in Asset Tracking (09:35 - 11:50)
Boeing, United States, Mr Mark Boyer, Associate Technical Fellow - Computing Systems Arc
09:35 - 10:00 "RTLS at Boeing"- User case scenarios
- Connecting RTLS to business value
- RTLS at Boeing
RF Code, United States, Mitch Medford, CEO
IBM Software Group, Mr John MacMullen, Senior IT Specialist
10:00 - 10:25 "Active RFID: The Magic Behind Automated IT Asset Tracking and Environmental Monitoring"- Why implement a physical IT asset tracking solution?
- Fortune 500 companies are turning to Active RFID-enabled solutions - find out why
Ekahau, Finland, Mr Antti Korhonen, CEO
11:00 - 11:25 "Asset and People Tracking with Wi-Fi RTLS, Technology and Case stories"- Not all Wi-Fi based tracking systems are the same - what is the big difference?
- How accurate can Wi-Fi based tracking get and where can it be used?
- Wi-Fi RTLS compared to other Active RFID/RTLS technologies
Jennic Limited, United Kingdom, Mr Colin Faulkner,
11:25 - 11:50 "IEEE802.15.4 - A Wireless Standard for Asset Tracking?"- Overview of the IEEE802.15.4 Low Power Wireless Standard
- Sleeping Beacon technology for Asset Tracking applications with long battery life
- Asset tracking application examples using IEEE802.15.4
Battery-assisted RFID (11:50 - 12:15)
Innovision, Dr Steve Morris, CTO
11:50 - 12:15 "The Technical Requirements of Low Cost, Customisable Multifunction, Multi-frequency RFID Tags"- An overview of Active RFID applications in supply chain management and asset tracking
- Potential for customisable, multi-function active and semi-passive RFID technology and integration
The Bigger Picture (12:15 - 14:00)
AXCESS Inc, United States, Mr Allan Griebenow, President & CEO
12:15 - 12:40 "Navigating Our Universe: The Big Bang Theory of RFID"- Making sense out of continuous market re-definition, the applications explosion, and architecture overlaps
- The size of the Universe (i.e. our market) tells us what happens next
- Identifying the new frontier of applications
Real Time Locating Systems (14:00 - 15:15)
Merlin 360 International Ltd, United Kingdom, Mr Geoff Berry, CEO
14:00 - 14:25 "Accurate Cost Center Analysis - A New Application for RTLS"- ACTUAL personnel costs associated with functions, rather than department
- Integrated Ultrasonic/Active RFID
Awarepoint, United States, Mr Jason Howe, CEO
14:25 - 14:50 "The 5 Critical Success Factors of RFID-RTLS: Achieving Positive Financial and Clinical Outcomes"- The overall value proposition of active RFID-RTLS
- Background overview of the five critical success factors: coverage, accuracy, installation/maintenance, interoperability and financial risk
- Early innovators who have demonstrated compelling applications with strong Return on Investment case studies (UCSD and UCSF Medical Center)
University of Utah, United States, Prof Neal Patwari, Assistant Professor
14:50 - 15:15 "Gain from Multipath: Distinguishing Locations and Enabling Privacy Using Radio Channel Measurements"- We demonstrate specific benefits of the multipath radio channel in RTLS and sensor networks which in current systems are overlooked.
- Link multipath channel statistics are unique at each position and are useful for distinguishing location.
- Channel statistics are also reciprocal and two nodes can share a unique channel-based secret key, enabling security and privacy for simple active wireless tags and sensors.
Emerging Companies (15:15 - 16:30)
Decawave, Ireland, Mr Ciaran Connell, CEO
15:15 - 15:40 "IEEE802.15.4 - a Route to Remarkable Precision, Functionality and Affordability"- IEEE802.15.4a Standards based Precision RTLS chip (+/- 10cm) to be realised by DecaWave: ScenSor
- ScenSor Chip available Aug '09, selling at 2 Euros and less in volume,
- Can be deployed in WLAN meshs, ZigBee meshes, standalone equipment and in mobile phones.
Loc8tor Ltd, United Kingdom, Mr Anthony Richards, Managing Director
15:40 - 16:05 "High Volume RTLS"- Hand-held locators are an enormous success in consumer markets
- Business uses also emerging
- Thoughts for the future
RP Global Technology Solutions, United States, Dr Rob Palevich, Director, Business Enterprise Systems & Tech Inst
16:05 - 16:30 "Long Distance Reads through the use of Semi-Passive RFID"- Exploitation through the use of technology of real time supply chain management and movement of products throughout a given terrain.
- Semi Passive RFID being read Omni directional at 1.2 miles with a focused area beam allowing a 7 mile scan, line of sight.
- Mechanics around and encompassing embedding and submerging RFID into metal and evasive materials to allow a readability factor on any given produced good.
