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RFID and
Innovation: America’s Competitive Edge
Thursday, March 1, 2007 –
12:30pm – Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902
Lunch Sponsor
On Thursday, March 1, 2007, The
RFID Technology Council hosted its first panel event, “RFID
and Innovation: America’s Competitive Edge” in the U.S.
Senate’s Hart Office Building for over 80 congressional staff,
industry leaders, academics, and government agency
representatives who were in attendance.
The RFID Technology Council’s
inaugural event was designed to highlight how Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) technologies have aided American
businesses in gaining the competitive edge in our growing
global economy. In areas such as supply chain management,
manufacturing and identity management, RF technologies are
continuing to create opportunities for American enterprise.
The panel included:
- Julie England, Texas
Instruments, VP and General Manager, TI/RFID Business
Group
- Jeremy Grant, Stanford
Washington Research Group, SVP/Emerging Technologies
- Ken Porad, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, Associate Technical Fellow &
Program Manager, Automated Identification Program
- Dr. Madhav Pappu, Texas
A&M University, Director RFiD2 Laboratory
- Dan Hedger, Killdeer
Mountain Manufacturing, RFID SCOUT/USAF Program
Download Speaker Presentations
The panel was moderated by
James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public
Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International
Studies. The RFID Technology Council would like to thank
AeA and
IEEE-USA for their work
in developing the program for this event and Texas Instruments
for sponsoring the lunch. The event was open to the public.
Event Photos
80+ attend RFID Technology Council
event in the U.S. Senate Hart Office Building
Julie England, Texas Instruments,
discusses how
U.S. Competitiveness can be enhanced by using RFID Technology
Ken Porad, Boeing Commercial
Airplanes, shows how the U.S.
airline industry is utilizing RFID today to remain competitive
Jeremy Grant, Stanford Washington
Research Group, presents on
RFID and Innovation with a perspective from the Finance
community
Event Contact
For more information, please
contact Marc-Anthony Signorino of the RFID Technology Council
at
msignorino@aeanet.org or 202.682.4428.
About The
Senate RFID Caucus and
The RFID Technology Council
This event is hosted in
conjunction with the United States Senate RFID Caucus
and its co-chairs, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Sen. John
Cornyn (R-TX). The RFID Caucus was created to educate
policymakers and the public on the benefits and potential
applications of RFID technology.
Comprised of eight of the
nation's most respected technology trade groups, the RFID
Technology Council’s Steering Committee guides an Ad Hoc
organization in support of the US Senate RFID Caucus. The RFID
Technology Council works with government agencies, research
institutions, non-profits and corporate America to better
understand how to utilize radio frequency identification (RFID)
technology, focusing specifically on the important issues
surrounding RFID, including National Security Applications,
International & State Perspectives, Industrial Applications,
Standards & Interoperability, and Privacy & Security. For more
information and to join the RFID Technology Council, please
visit
www.RFIDTechCouncil.org.
For more information, please
contact:
Anne Caliguiri 202.682.4443
anne_caliguiri@aeanet.org. |
