RFID Germany - 09./10. October 2006 - Frankfurt, Germany

Review: Program 2006

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Day One: Monday, October 9, 2006

07:30	Registration Opens
08:30	Opening Remarks; Conference Chair
08:40	Keynote Address RFID - Our Technological Future? Best Practices, Experiences and Organizational Structures at Volkswagen Best practices from logistics (container management, truck control), manufacturing (Finish Center) and sales (Autostadt) show the benefit and potential of RFID. The experiences made during the implementation of these projects show that a company-wide organizational structure is needed. With this the decision making, the setting of guidelines and the know-how can be significantly improved. Today, it is no longer a question of RFID technology. In future, the challenges lie within process design and applications.
	Christoph Pelich, Computer Systems for Manufacturing & Logistics, Volkswagen AG
09:10	RFID in After Sales and Service – Survey Results and Conclusions In a joint effort with partners IMG, Intellion, and SAP, the Research Institute for Operations Management has conducted a survey on the »Benefits of RFID in After Sales« that covered the mechanical / plant engineering and facility management industries as well as health care institutions. The study focused on RFID-related experience, an assessment of RFID relevance to specific fields of application, and identification of business processes where RFID stands to create major value. Conclusions for practical application and the approaches required round out the presentation.
	Peter Laing, Head of Information Management Department, Research Institute for Operations Management at Aachen University of Technology
09:45	RFID in Asset Management: Europe Case Studies Asset management projects will provide the fastest route to driving return-on-investment (ROI) benefits from RFID technologies. RFID adds intelligence to your assets – which offer improved management, operations and reduced costs.What does this mean for your business? This presentation from one of Europe's leading RFID adopters will help any enterprise answer the question.
	Paul Stam de Jonge, Group Director RFID Solutions, LogicaCMG
10:30	Networking Break
11:00	Optimizing RFID Deployments Early RFID pilots using UHF technology were science experiments where adopters spent a great deal of time and energy just getting readers to read tags. In Europe the performance challenges are compounded by regulatory considerations and site level IT requirements. This session will address standards-based RFID Network Infrastructure which provides the platform next generation implementations can use to streamline deployments for optimal performance, TCO, data integration and system level IT manageability.
	Tom Schuster, CEO, Reva Systems
11:30	Roundtable: Can RFID Generate Real ROI for the Hospital and Healthcare Organization RFID Solutions are increasingly deployed as a means to improve inventory control, asset management, and security in various industries. All of these applications can be translated to healthcare to provide improvements in cost controls relating to assets, but can also have a great impact on patient safety. This roundtable discussion centers on the realistic ROI for the hospital for RFID across multiple applications.
	MODERATOR: Michael Reiter M.A., Section Manager, IT & Communications, Hospital Post Europe, Management & Krankenhaus PANELISTS: Manfred Moeller, International Sales Manager, Datamars S.A. / Dr. Peter Langkafel, RFID Project Lead, SAP / Dr. Katrin Gassner, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST / Thomas Jell, Siemens Business Services / Dirk Lenz, Ekahau / Nils Holger Lipprandt, T-Systems Business Services GmbH / Christoph Plur, Cisco Systems Germany
12:30	Lunch Break
14:00	Performance Measures of UHF RFID to Optimize Product Tagging As the long-term target of major retailers introducing the RFID technology is a successful implementation throughout the supply chain, the applied tag performance is one of the key measures that determine the limits and the success of the whole application. The German retailer Metro in cooperation with GS1 and EECC perform such tests at a certified EPCglobal test center. The speaker will share his experience in optimizing product tagging based on these systematic performance measurements.
	Vojtech Derbek, Senior Systems Engineer, CISC Semiconductor
14:30	Battery-assisted tags bring the »Best of Both World« in Asset Management This presentation will address Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) tags represent the »Best of Both Worlds« – between high performance, reliability, and functionality offered by active RFID tags at prices closer to passive tags. You will also hear how the rich feature set brought forward by battery-assisted passive technology, at compelling price points, enable a number of critical applications in Asset Management.
	Ashish Asthana, VP Marketing and Product Strategy, Intelleflex Corporation
15:00	Innovating with RFID to Prevent Medical Errors This Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is driving innovation in business processes across industries by creating real-time, real-world-aware supply networks. Learn how the University Hospital of Jena (Germany) – working with the enterprise software vendor SAP – tags medicines and patients with an RFID chip, improving treatment and process quality while decreasing cost and saving lives by preventing costly medical errors. The Hospital has also performed return of investment analysis in terms of quantifying the number of medical mistakes avoided by using this RFID system.
	Dr. Martin Specht, Sr. Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Jena University Hospital / Dr. Peter Langkafel, MBA, RFID Project Lead, SAP
15:45	Networking Break
16:15	Wireless Industrial Fleet Management: A Real-World RFID Solution Already Improving Material Handling Processes. Recent developments in wireless industrial vehicle management are enabling many of the world's largest companies and government agencies to reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve safety practices in their supply chains. This presentation reviews the latest innovations in wireless vehicle management technology, explains how such technology fits in with other RF systems (EPC RFID inventory tracking, WMS, etc.), and explores the potential additional roles of wireless fleet management in the future.
	Ken Ehrman, President and Chief Operating Officer, I.D. Systems, Inc.
17:00	Optimizing the Automotive Supply Chain with RFID RFID has been broadly accepted for production control within the automotive industry for more than 20 years. With the rise of EPCglobal, RFID becomes recognized as a key technology to optimize the automotive supply chain, too. Holger Schoenherr, Siemens AG, presents existing and upcoming RFID applications and explains the necessary evolution in technology and system architecture.
	Holger Schoenherr, Director Competence Center RFID, Siemens AG
17:30	Networking Break and Hosted Reception