Past RFIDSA Events

This is an archive of past events sponsored by the Alliance, a member of the Alliance or industry related marketing/networking opportunities. If available, materials are posted with the listing.

2011 Events

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, "RFID in Retail". Justin Patton, RFID Research Center Managing Director, University of Arkansas. Justin Patton has served as Managing Director of the University of Arkansas’ RFID Research Center since its inception in 2005. In addition to being involved in most major retail RFID deployments, he has performed extensive research into RFID and other identification technologies in asset tracking, data management, aerospace, transportation, agriculture, healthcare, and logistics implementations. Justin’s primary focus is on business value with a strong emphasis on technical implementation of the technology, and is one of the primary developers of Arkansas Radio Compliance, the first baseline performance testing system for multi-partner RFID supply chain systems.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 " M2M Security: An Evolving Landscape".  Chris Foley, Principal, Foley Consultancy, LLC. Chris Foley is an Atlanta-based M2M and RFID software industry veteran and consultant.  As General Manager of RFID and M2M Technologies at XcelleNet Foley directed the creation of an RFID and sensory middleware platform.  Foley also severed as Director of Worldwide RFID Solutions at Sybase, where he was a founding member of the RFID Security Alliance. For the meeting materials, click here.

October 12, 2011, "RFID IN FOOD SAFETY". Michael McCartney, Chair RFID Security Alliance. For meeting materials, click here.

September 14, 2011, "NEW APPLICATIONS OF RFID IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS". Louis Parks, President & CEO, SecureRF.

July 13, 2011, "WHAT'S NEW IN NFC?" Panel discussion with Michael MicCartney, QLM Consulting, Neil Mitchell, T2M and Randy Stigall, UPM-Raflatac..

June 8, 2011, "CYBERWARFARE AND RFID" Speaker: Lukas Grunwald, CEO of DN-Systems Enterprise Internet Solutions GmbH (Hildesheim/Germany) a globally acting consulting firm working mainly in the field of security solutions for enterprises and federal governments in Europe and Asia. For meeting materials, click here.

May 18, 2011,"SECURE RFID TRACKING OF DRUGS FROM A-Z INCLUDING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA" Speaker: Michael McCartney, Chair RFID Security Alliance. For meeting materials, click here.