RFID Academic Convocation
Opportunities for Sponsored Research Collaboration

January 23, 2006 - January 24, 2006

MIT Building 34 Room 101;  overflow room 26-100 with live video stream

January 23, 2006 - Opening Session

 

 

 

7:30a.m.

 

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30a.m.

 

Welcome and Introduction

Steve Miles, Research Engineer, Auto-ID Labs at MIT, Conference Committee Chair

John Williams, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Director, Auto-ID Labs at MIT, Welcome from the Auto-ID Labs

 

8:40a.m.

 

Opening Remarks

MIT Representative

 

 

 

8:45a.m.

 

R&D Opportunities and the Future of RFID Research

Sanjay Sarma, Professor, Co-Founder Auto-ID Center, member EPCglobal Board of Governors

 

9:30a.m.

 

The Internet of Things: A Quantum Leap Forward

Jun Murai, Ph.D., Vice President and Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information; Director, Auto-ID Labs at Keio Univ.

Steve Bratt, Chief Operating Officer, W3C, "RFID-ed Things on the Web of Data and Services"

John Williams, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Civil Engineering, Director, Auto-ID Labs at MIT, "Architecting the Internet of Things"

Bernie Hogan, Senior VP  & CTO, GS1 US, "EPC Global Network Directions"

 

10:15a.m.

 

Break

 

10:45a.m.

 

R&D Opportunities and the Future of RFID Tags

Hao Min , Ph.D., Professor, ASIC & Systems State Kay Laboratory, Director, Auto-ID Labs at Fudan Univ, China, "Tag Chip Technologies"

Sang-Gug Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor / School of Engineering, Director, Auto-ID Labs at ICU, Korea, "USN Technology in Korea and R&D in Auto-ID Lab Korea"

Gisele Bennett, Ph.D., Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Logistics and Maintenance Applied Research Center; Director, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech, "GT RFID Overview"

Manfred Aigner, Dipl.-Ing., Group Coordinator, Research Group VLSI & Security, PROACT - an Initiative of TU-Graz and Phillips, Graz, Austria; "Crypto implementations for RFID tags; learnings from Smart Card Security."

 

11:30a.m.

 

R&D Opportunities and the Future of RFID Frequncies

Peter Cole, Ph.D., Professor, Director Auto-ID Labs at University of Adelaide, "Evolution of RFID Systems"

Richard Fletcher, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, Auto-ID Labs at MIT, "Electromagnetic Issues for RFID"

Leena Ukkonen and Lauri Sydanheimo, a collaboration between Tampere University of Technology, Rauma Research Unit and the Auto-ID Labs at MIT; "Omnidirectional tag antenna for passive UHF RFID of paper reels."

Alan Levesque, Ph. D., Research Scientist, Center For Wireless Information Network Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, "Trends in RF Location Sensing,"

 

12:30p.m.

 

Lunch Ð MIT Student Center - 4th Floor Rm 407 Aero/Auto/Beyond; Rm 491 Supply Chain/Packaging

 

1:45p.m.

 

Anti-Counterfeit Research/Time & Temperature Pedigree

Elgar Fleisch, Ph. D., Research Director, Co-Chair Auto-ID Labs Technology and Information Management, University of St. Gallen and ETH Zurich, "Auto-ID Technologies and their Impact on Counterfeiting"

Jean-Pierre Emond, Ph.D., Associate Professor Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Co-Director, Center for Food Distribution and Retailing, University of Florida, Gainesville, "RFID Time/Temperature in Cold Chain Management"

Christian Helms, Cheif Executive Officer, Cool Chain Group, Bremen, Germany, "MIT RFID Time/Temperature in Cold Chain Management"

 

2:45p.m.

 

Aero-Astro Technology Research Ð active RFID standardization pathway

Alan Thorne, Manager of the Manufacturing Automation Laboratory, Cambridge University, "RFID Adoption in the Aerospace Sector (Aero-ID Research Programme)"

Ken Porad, Dreamliner Project, Dreamliner Specifications for RFID, "Progress on Developing Radio Frequency Identification within Commercial Aviation"

 

3:30 p.m.

 

Automotive Manufacturing Research Roadmap for RFID

Dimitris Kiritsis, Ph.D., Associate Director, Lab of Informatics for Design and Production, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, "Product lifecycle Management and Information tracking using Smart Embedded systems (PROMISE), EU FP6 RTD program"

 

Julien Mascolo, International Liaison and Project Coordination, Technologies Division, Centro Richerche Fiat, SpcA., "RFID PLM Data in Total Product Lifecycle Management"

 

Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Professor and Director, Planning and Control of Production Systems, University of Bremen, "Tracking and Tracing of Returnable Items and Pre-Finshed Goods in the Automotive Supply Chain; DaimlerChrysler and E.H. Harms logistics."

   

4:00 p.m.

 

Healthcare and Life Sciences requirements for RFID

Michael Rose, Vice President, RFID/EPC Global Value Chain, Johnson & Johnson - "Regulatory requirements for Track & Trace" and Electronic Pedigree"

 

Robert Celeste, Director Industry Groups, EPCglobal, "Overview of HLS Business Action Group"

 

Thomas Pizzutto, Director RFID Technology & Strategies, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, "Item Level Tagging"

 

Ted Ng, Directo, Emerging Technology, McKesson, "HLS Pedigree Requirements for RFID"

 

Panel discussion;

 

 

 5:00PM          Carlo Ratti, Research Scientist, MIT "Intro RFID iSPOTS demonstration and directions to MIT Museum Reception"

 

 

5:30p.m.

7:00pm

    

Reception, MIT Museum, "RFID Mixer" 

      Emerging Technologies Demos

MIT 2005 RFID Academic Convocation
Opportunities for Sponsored Research Collaboration  (page 2).

January 24, 2005 Ð Research Collaboration  Day 2

 

 

 

7:30a.m.

 

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:00a.m.

 

Welcome and Introduction
Representative, Office of Corporate Relations/Industrial Liaison Program, MIT

 

8:05a.m.

 

RFID R&D Opportunities and the Supply Chain
Bill C. Hardgrave, Ph.D., Edwin & Karlee Bradberry Chair in Information Systems, Director, RFID Research Center, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas,

Simon Langford, Director, RFID Strategy, Wal*Mart Stores, "Opportunities and Issues in the Retail Supply Chain"

Terri Crawford, Business IT Manager, Distribution,. Publix Super Markets, Inc., "A Strategic Approach to RFID"

 

9:30a.m.

 

 

 

(continued) 

Dick Cantwell, Vice President, P&G/Gillette, member of the EPCglobal Board of Governors, "MIT RFID Academic Convocation"

Claus Garbisch, Sector Head Consumer Products, DHL Solutions, ÒSupply Chain Prerequisites and Challenges for RFID at DHL Solutions Consumer ProductsÓ

Brian Subirana, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor, Dept.ME, MIT, "Opportunities for RFID in the Supply Chain"

 

10:30a.m.

 

Break

 

 

 

 

10:45a.m.

 

RFID Packaging and Materials Sciences

Robb Clarke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Packaging, MSU School of Packing, Michigan State University, "Packaging: How It Impacts RFID Integration"

Jean-Pierre Emond, Associate Professor Agricultural, University of Florida, Gainesville

Richard Spedden, Senior Research Fellow, MeadWestvaco Corp., Stamford, CT "RFID in a Box; Capabilities and Needs of a Packaging Supplier"

Gisele Bennett, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech

 

 

12:00p.m.

 

Lunch Ð box lunch lobby 34-101

 

12:30p.m.

 

RFID Systems and Applications Beyond the Supply Chain

Steve Miles, Research Engineer, MIT Auto-ID Labs - Moderator

Hiwen Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Dept. of High-Tech Development & Industrialization, Ministry of Science & Technology, "The future of EPC networks and Chinese public infrastructure."

Peter M. FRIESS, DG Information Society and Media, Network and Communication Technologies, ICT for Enterprise Networking, European Commission, "European Perspective on RFID."

Daeyoung Kim, Ph.D., Auto-ID Labs ICU, Korea, "An Evolvable Network of Tiny Sensors (ANTS), Hanra Mountain Distaster Management"

Jin Hee Yoon, Emerging Business Incubation Manager, Technology Strategy Office, SK Telecom, Korea:

"Mobile Applications for RFID Technhology"

 

 

2:00p.m.

 

Industry Panel Plenary; Research requiring collaboration and standardization

Mark Roberti, Editor, RFID Journal - Moderator

Dick Cantwell, Vice President, P&G/Gillette, member of the EPCglobal Board of Governors

Claus Garbisch, Sector Head of Consumer and Retail, DHL Logistics, member EPCglobal Board of Governors

Simon Langford, Director, RFID Strategy, Wal*Mart Stores

Michael Rose, Vice President, RFID/EPC Global Value chain, Johnson & Johnson

 

 

 

3:00p.m.                         Session concludes.  Thanks very much