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RFID and Port
Security
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 –
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902,
Washington, DC
Event
Coordinators
The RFID Technology Council
held its third event, of a continuing
series of programs held on Capitol Hill, to educate
policymakers and the public on the benefits and potential
applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
technology on July 11 in the U.S. Senate Hart Office Building. At this educational luncheon an expert panel
discussed how RFID assists in protecting America's ports.
The United States Senate RFID Caucus
hosted this important program and the logistics for this
event were managed by the AeA, IEEE-USA, and the RFID Business
Association, three of the eight charter members of the RFID
Technology Council.
The U.S. Senate RFID Caucus was created in July 2006 and the
RFID Technology Council was founded to support the Caucus in
promoting understanding of RFID technologies and their impact
to the U.S. as well as the world economy. The Caucus co-chairs
are Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and John Cornyn (R-TX).
The topic of this event was RFID and Port Security
and is most
timely. Sen. Dorgan is a co-sponsor of
Improving
America's Security Act (S. 4) which passed the Senate on March
13, 2007; the goal to make the United States more secure by
implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11
Commission. Port Security is a crucial element of our
security.
Welcome &
Introduction
Moderator
Panel
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Robert Cresanti,
U.S. Department of Commerce
Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
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Chris Milowic,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Branch Director, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, Office
of Information & Technology for Customs and Border
Protection
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David Stephens,
Savi Technology Inc., A Lockheed Martin Company
Vice President, Public Sector
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Chuck
Schneider, Navis LLC
Vice President, Integration Services
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Emily Sopensky, IEEE-USA, welcomes the panel and attendees
Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary
for Technology, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Chris Milowic,
Branch Director, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative,
Office
of Information & Technology for Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
David Stephens,
Vice President, Public Sector, Savi Technology Inc., A Lockheed Martin Company
Chuck
Schneider,
Vice President, Integration Services, Navis LLC
Event moderator Doug Taggart,
Director, Corporate Business Development, Overlook Systems
Technologies, Inc.
Congressional staff, government
employees, and leaders from the industry at the event.
Event Contact
For more information on the event
contact Ben Aderson
of the RFID Technology Council at 202.682.4428 or to register by
phone/email, please contact
Bernadette Concepcion at 202.785.0017 x8365. Event
Coordinators
AeA
(formerly the American Electronics Association), founded in
1943, is a nationwide non-profit trade association that
represents all segments of the technology industry and is
dedicated solely to helping our members’ top line and bottom
line. For more
information visit:
www.aeanet.org.
IEEE-USA is
an organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc. created in 1973 to support the
career and public policy interests of IEEE's U.S. members.
For more information visit:
www.ieeeusa.org.
RFID Business
Association
was founded to
develop workplace-focused standards for RFID education,
training and certification which guide the global business
community to effectively implement RFID within the enterprise
and across supply chains. For more information
visit: www.rfidba.org.
About the RFID Technology Council
The RFID Technology Council is
an Ad Hoc organization with the mission to support the US
Senate RFID Caucus. The RFID Technology Council
collaborates with government agencies, research institutions,
non-profits, and corporate America to foster utilization of
RFID technology; focusing on important RFID issues such as
National Security Applications, International and State
Perspectives, Industrial Applications, Standards and
Interoperability, and Privacy and Security. For more
information and to join the RFID Technology Council, please
visit
www.RFIDTechCouncil.org.
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