RFID engineers and researchers to convene in Las Vegas for 2nd IEEE International RFID Conference

Latest research and job opportunities to be examined

WASHINGTON (1 April 2008)-- The second IEEE International Conference on RFID (IEEE RFID 2008) will address the technical and policy challenges of RFID technologies and examine job opportunities at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, 16-17 April.

For more information, see http://www.ieee-rfid.org/2008. You can register through partner RFID Journal Live! by going to http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/registration_options.php. Choose https://www.one-stop-registration.com/rfidlive/OSR.Index.

Keynote speaker James Farricker, senior technical fellow and chief engineer with The Boeing Co., will discuss “Boeing’s RFID Unfolding Story – From Manufacturing to Maintenance” during the 16 April opening plenary. Also, Richard Kallop will present Lexmark’s story on printer innovation.

RFID industry expert Anthony “Buzz” Cerino will discuss efforts to standardize aviation RFID baggage tagging during lunch that day and moderate a panel the next morning on “RFID Technology for Transportation Security Logistics.”

Steven Cherry, senior associate editor at IEEE Spectrum magazine, will moderate the “Where Are the Jobs!” roundtable on 17 April. At lunch, Harry Pappas, President & CEO of the International RFID Business Roundtable, will moderate a panel examining RFID use in casinos.

Technical sessions will feature the 44 peer-reviewed technical papers that were accepted for presentation from RFID researchers around the world. In addition, four invited sessions where works in progress on applications in outer space, distributed RFID, industry and RuBee (IEEE standard 1902.1) will be discussed.