7:30 - 8:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast
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8:30 - 8:35am

Welcome!
8:40 - 9:15am

Present & Future Perspectives on RFID Technology
Bob Celeste, Director, Action Groups, EPCglobal

9:20 - 10:00am

How to Secure Global Supply Chains Through RFID Technologies

  • Supply chain security challenges
  • Threat scenarios and assessment
  • Improve product traceability
  • Minimize threat

Steve Buerle, Practice Director, Unisys

10:05 - 10:35am Mid-morning break
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10:40 - 11:20am Product & Asset Tracking Using RFID
Puneet Sawhney, Global Program Manager, RFID, CHEP
11:25 - 12:05pm

RFID Readability Challenges in Packaging Design
Dr. Robb Clarke, Assoc. Professor, Michigan State University

Research at Michigan State University shows, frequency, distances and angles, type of tag, location and orientation, influences of moisture and metals, and pallet patterns all play a part in readability .

12:05 - 1:30pm

Lunch & Keynote Speaker
Christopher Fennig, Director of Professional Services ,
ODIN Technologies

Battle of the Frequencies: HF vs. UHF
Find out who the winner is when Mr. Fennig explains the importance of results of a battery of tests ODIN Technologies executed to compare the relative merits of HF and UHF technology for item-level tagging in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

1:35 - 2:25pm

How to Get Business Value from RFID Data Analysis & Increase the Return on RFID Investments
Sandeep Banerjie, Director, RFID Product & Solutions Marketing, BEA Systems
Jared Schrieber, Director of Services, T3Ci

Find out how some of the top companies in the world are deploying world class RFID solutions and getting value from their RFID investments.This presentation will explain how two RFID market leaders are deploying flexible enterprise class solutions to drive business value in the areas or promotional effectiveness, reduced out of stocks, reduced shrinkage and asset visibility.
2:30 - 2:50pm

Break Visit RFID demonstrations!

2:55 - 3:40pm How Pfizer Uses RFID in the Supply Chain
Andrea Brunson, North American Logistics, Pfizer
3:45 - 5:00pm

RFID Panel Discussion: Users and providers discuss success and challenges