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Conference Programme

FIRST DAY
Thursday 15^th November

8:30
Registration and reception of the participants

9:30

Opening of the Conference

Welcome address - Prof Alves Marques - Conference Organization
Opening by Portuguese Presidency – Minister of Science and Technology and Higher Education – Prof Mariano Gago

German representative from the preceding Presidency of the European Union

Welcome video address by Mrs Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media – presented by João Schwarz da Silva – Director of the Converged Networks and Services of the DG ISM

Keynote speech: Prof Michael ten Hompel - Director IML Fraunhofer – “RFID 2.0: The Next Step to the internet of Things”

10:45
Coffee break

11:15

Security and Privacy : Does Europe need new rules for RFID?

Moderator: Vasco Trigo

Kathryn Ratté – Counsel for international consumer protection in the Office for international affairs of the US FCT

Prof Reinhard Posch – President of the Executive Committee of ENISA – European Network and Information Security Agency

o David Hoffman - Intel – Chief Privacy Officer

o Peter Hustinx – EDPS – European Data Protection Supervisor

o Michael Donohue – CCed of OECD

o Emilie Barrau – Legal Advisor BEUC

13:15 – celebration of the 30 years of the bar code – GS1 Europe followed by a small pre-lunch cocktail

13: 25 - Lunch Break – buffet

Breakout sessions

The Market Drive I e II

Focus on business cases and models for RFID in areas such as:

Supply Chain Management
Retail
Specialized logistics
Health
Quality Control and Anti-Counterfeiting
Mobility and Transports
Forest , Agriculture and Environment
Transport Infrastructures

Chairmen:

Comandante Ivo Silva (ANA), Dra Regina Duarte (OTLIS), Engº Manuel Cruz (ISQ/IBERLog), Engº Paulo Magalhães (Modelo Continente)

Speakers :

Andrew Price – responsible for RFID – IATA – “Airports and luggage”
Isabel Oliveira – Innovation – ANA – Portuguese Airport Authority – “Portuguese airports – RFID solutions”
Jean-Jacques Quisquater – Prof Cryptography UCL – “National Security and Security for Nationals - on electronic passports”
João Almeida - Link – “Lisboa Viva card and contactless card experience”
João Melo – CTT – “RFID Solutions in CTT – Correios de Portugal”
Kaj Nummila – VTT – “Forest – Indisputable key – towards RFID tracking in the forest industry”
Paulo Lopes – RFID Business Development manager - Sybase - “How can industry benefit from RFID – Throttleman goes RFID”
András Vilmos - STOLPAN – “The transition from barcode to RFID in a retail environment”
Antonia Voerste – METRO – The Future Store
John Garret – Tesco – “RFID from lab to live”
Mogens Bak – Project manager - DHL – “RFID in transportation and logistics - potential and status of adoption from an industry perspective”
Michael Scheferhoff - Lufthansa Technik – Programme manager RFID – “RFID approach and experience in the Lufthansa Technik Group”
Tim Gruver – Global Director of Technology for Microsoft Retail & Hospitality worldwide - Microsoft
Prof Anthony Furness – CTO - AIM-UK – “RFID a blessing or a curse for SMEs?”
Dr Joachim Schaper – VP EMEA Research – “The next step to the Internet of Things”
João Mira – Thales – “Improved Railway maintenance with RFID”
Georg Nentwig – Deutsche Post/DHL – “RFID SmartSensor Temperature - Temperature monitoring service along the supply chain”

and

Technology Innovation

Current work on RFID research projects and pilots

Tag Sensors and cost reduction (polymer and new materials)
Ubiquitous sensors and readers
RFID Information architectures

Smart Tags
The Middleware
Large scale Networks and information systems

Chairmen: Fernando Videira (Vodafone) / Prof Luís Magalhães (President of UMIC)

Speakers:

o Dr Alexander Zeier – Hasso Plattner Institute – “Integrating RFID Data in Enterprise Business Systems”

o Prof Rajkumar – Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) – “RFID technologies and beyond”

o Dr Ovidiu Vermesan – SINTEF – “Smart Systems on tags, the next generation devices for ubiquitous sensor networks”

o Dr Gerd Wolfram (CERP) - “The Future Roadmap for Research Projects”

o Waseem Sheik – Cisco – “Catalyzing adoption of RFID innovations across the extended supply chain”

o Florian Michahelles – ETH – Zurich - Opportunities for fighting counterfeit products with RFID technology

o Alexandra Brintrup – Cambridge Univ – “RFID in manufacturing: initial experiences in the BRIDGE project”

o Werner John –Fraunhofer IZM – “Requirements of common European Platform for complex RFID Applications”

o Klaus Rischmuller – ST Electronics – “Developing RFID chips and solutions in a complex environment”

o Jason Burke – SAS – Director – Health and Life Sciences Global Practice

o Markus Sprafke – Volkswagen – “The innovative strength of RFID in the processes of automotive industry”