Researching RFID for the future- Technologies, Applications, Business Models

The UCLA-WINMEC RFID Research forum will bring together academics, researchers, industry technologists and practitioners and business/I.T. personnel who are working on research and innovative ideas today that will impact the field of RFID tomorrow. Advanced research topics will be presented at this forum. Presenters at this forum will need to apply by sending in a title of their talk, their bio and an abstract. An on-line proceedings will be created for the forum. Accepted speakers will need to register for this forum.

Topics include, but not limited to:

Reader Technology   Hardware design Protocols Antenna systems System on a Chip (SOC) Design of stationery, mobile, personal and handheld readers Tag Technology   Intelligent tags Security and encryption Power efficiency Antenna design Protocols of communication High memory tags Tag-to-tag communications Tag storage Communication speed and tag data download rates Low cost developments Miniaturization and materials innovations Active, semi-active, semi-passive and passive technologies RFID Middleware technology   RFID Middleware Architecture Security Database integration Speed issues in data movement Integration with ERP, SCM and MRP Web services SOA (Services oriented architecture) Enterprise I.T. architecture and middleware touch points

Technological and system issues   How it affects WLAN, WWAN, PAN, and other wireless networks Infrastructure management Impact on enterprise security Wireless interference Effect on physical products containing liquids and metal RF modeling and simulation of reader-tag systems System design, prototyping and scaling Applications/Industries   Inventory Management Asset Management Retail Manufacturing Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals Healthcare/Medicine/Biotech/Biology Aerospace / Airlines / Airport and baggage management Automotive Shipbuilding, Entertainment/Media Financial / Mobile Payments Security and access Business Issues of RFID   ROI analysis at unit and enterprise levels Revenue models in RFID services Effect of RFID on process improvement for the enterprise Impact on the CIO/I.T. office Legal issues in RFID Business versus consumer applications

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Sponsors WINMEC, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, BIT ETRI, HP, ITC Infotech Intel, Intelleflex, ISMB, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft Corp., Mobio Networks, Motorola Inc., QUALCOMM, Raytheon, Satyam, SIEMENS, Stradling Yocca Carlson Rauth, Tata Consultancy Services RFID Equipment Sponsors: Impinj, RSI ID Technologies, Printronix, Symbol, Avery Dennison, Maxell, Zebra, Quantum Route, Inc., Convergence Systems Limited, Magellan Technology (Australia) Media Sponsors: RFID World 2008 WINMEC - Wireless Internet for the Mobile Enterprise Consortium Copyright WINMEC Design 2008 UCLA - WINMEC 44-116S Engineering IV, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA. 90095