Unique Radio Innovation for the 21st Century Building Scalable and Global RFID Networks

1. RFID data management.- Database integration.- Speed issues in data movement.- Data stream management.- Efficient data storage and retrieval.- Managing uncertainty.- 2. Global RFID information architectures.- RFID middleware architecture.- RFID and sensor network integration architectures.- RFID data sharing architectures.- Integration with ERP, SCM and MRP.- SOA (Services oriented architecture).- Enterprise I.T. architecture and middleware touch points.- RFID network management.- COTS and Open Source RFID infrastructure.- Integration of RFID with other applications.- Security.- 3. Internet technologies and RFID:.- Web services and RFID.- RFID and semantic Web.- 4. RFID applications.- (Inventory Management, Asset Management, Retail, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare/Medicine/Biotech/Biology, Aerospace / Airlines / Airport and baggage management, Automotive, Shipbuilding, Entertainment/Media, Financial / Mobile Payments).- Business versus consumer applications.- Business process redesign and RFID.- Innovative RFID-enabled applications.- RFID case studies and field trials of RFID applications.- Commercial experience with RFID.- Security and access.- 5. Business Issues:.- ROI analysis at unit and enterprise levels.- Revenue models in RFID services.- Effect of RFID on process improvement for the enterprise.- Impact on the CIO/I.T. office.- Legal issues in RFID.