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​Sunday, 27 October | Welcome Hotel | Einstein Room
 
1100 – 1730     Registration   Outside Einstein Room
1200 – 1730     AIM Board & Chapter Meeting (by invitation only)
1800 – 1930     Welcome Reception | Galerie Bistro Moller
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Monday, 28 October | darmstadtium Level 2 | vanadium 2 Room
 
0730 – 1530     Registration    Outside vanadium 2 Room
0900 – 1745     Educational Program
1830 – 2130     Networking Dinner | Restaurant Sitte (offsite)
 
0900 – 0915     Welcome & Introductions                                               vanadium 2 Room
 
0915 – 0930     10 Trends in Wireless IoT Driving the World Forward |  Anja Van Bocxlaer | RFID & Wireless IoT
 
0935 – 1000     Traceability of Tobacco Products in the European Union
                         
Jan Hoffmann | Policy Coordinator, Directorate-General Health and Food Safety | European Commission
Illicit tobacco products drain national budgets and undermine existing tobacco control policies. In May 2019, the European Union (EU) established the first regional traceability system for tobacco products, which forms a key component of the EU's policy on stepping up the fight against illicit trade. The traceability system enables national and EU authorities to track and trace tobacco products across the legal supply chain, from manufacturing facilities to retail outlets. In this session, Jan Hoffmann will outline the regulatory, policy and operational dimensions of tobacco traceability in the EU, and share experiences gained in the months following the establishment of the system.
 
1005 – 1030     End-to-End Food Traceability 
                          Jeanne Duckett | ​Manager, Technology Development | Avery Dennison
Food traceability systems should be able to access information about all the ingredients of a food product (down to the individual batch or lot of the ingredient) and allow companies to understand the disposition of all the ingredients and intermediate materials within a production process. It also includes being able to pinpoint where any particular product is located in the supply chain at any particular time. Traceability is a crucial component of the food safety system and is governed by legislation that includes the Food Safety Modernization Act and the European Union’s General Food Law.
 
1030 – 1045     Networking Break               Outside vanadium 2 Room
 
1045 – 1200     Breakout Sessions | Application and Tech Talk Tracks
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                          Application Track
                          vanadium 2 Room

Industry Trends and New Market Developments

Keith Robinson | Managing Director | BlueStar EMEA
The automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) market is on our minds every day – it’s the heart and soul of our business. In this session you will hear AIDC trends and predictions in the EU for 2020 and beyond. 


​Robotics and Automation
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Dominik Böesl | Vice President & Head of Robotics Futures | FESTO AG & Co KG


 
 






​Product and Temperature Transparency: All in One
Patti Blessing | VP Sales & Business Development |
CAVU Group
Throughout any supply chain operation, maintaining product integrity is critical. Providing new, universal methods to track product information and quality control points, helps streamline the logistics process. In support of Internet of Things (IoT) strategies, data sensors are the cornerstone of connectivity and real-time data access. AIM, in partnership with GS1, created a new sensor technical specification (8009) that will provide a way to interpret temperature threshold sensors. This technology is meant to enhance supply chain management for a number of regulated industries. This solution captures multiple data points electronically, providing a digital record and a way to decipher temperature data without the human eye. Bring distinguished visibility to your supply chain and ensure your products are maintained within the necessary temperature range. This will guarantee optimal quality for the patient or consumer and provide overall confidence in your brand.
                              Tech Talk Track
                             Palladium Room

AIDC Trends in China

Wang Yi | Secretariat | AIM China
AIDC makes managing inventory, delivery, assets, documents, or products second nature. A vital piece of the supply chain, AIDC technology continues to evolve right before our very eyes. Learn about the trends and opportunities that await you in China. 

AIDC Standardization Panel
This expert panel of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31  WG Chairs and Members will update the audience on the ISO standardization process as it relates to AIDC, RFID, IoT, and Blockchain. These industry leaders lead the creation, development, and publishing of technology standards.
 
Moderator:
Sprague Ackley | Managing Director | Sprague Ackley LLC
 
Panelists:
  • Josef Preishuber-Pflügl | EVP, CTO and business manager RFID+NFC | CISC Semiconductor
  • Albertus Pretorius | Solutions Architect | LicenSys
  • Claude Tételin | Subject Matter Expert for EPC/RFID standards and applications | GS1 Global
1200 – 1330     AIM Partnership Luncheon                                                           Calla – Restaurant Café Lounge (restaurant in darmstadtium)
 
1330 – 1400     Identification - The First Mile of Digitalization                vanadium 2 Room
                           Dieter Horst | Head of Product Management Industrial Identification | SIEMENS
Even though Identification has been existing for decades, it plays a more and more important role in making our factories more efficient and bringing them into the digital world. In his session, Dieter Horst shows what is required and explains practical examples of digitalization both in our private environment and the industrial world.

1405 – 1430     AIDC in the Clinical Laboratory; Trends and Specific Considerations 
                        Niels Wartenberg | Training Manager | SICK AG
The clinical laboratory uses AIDC extensively and depends on its technologies as an important part of assuring quick and reliable turn-around times for patient specimens. There are, however, several areas where this AIDC customer differs from more typical customers in the worlds of logistic and factory automation.

1435 – 1500     Data Dynamics at the Edge of the Enterprise
                       
Matt Kowalski | Senior Manager Customer Relations & Business Development | Zebra Technologies
Enterprises are at the inflection point of a generational digital transformation. There is growing industry consensus that the use and analysis of business data can help streamline workflows, identify supply chain bottlenecks and predict better business outcomes. Businesses collect data – that collection is typically done on a hardware device via a bar code scan, an RFID signal or a captured image. With Zebra's Savanna Data Services, software developers and ISV’s are able to leverage APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that take advantage of our new Savanna intelligent edge platform to unlock hidden enterprise data.
 
1500 - 1515      Networking Break             Outside vanadium 2 Room
 
1515 - 1720      Breakout Sessions | Application and Tech Talk Tracks

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​1635 – 1655
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1700 - 1720
               Application Track
                  vanadium 2 Room

​Police Security RFID Storage
Lucas Ahlstrom | Management Consultant | Loxtore RFID Systems AB
Electronic weapon inventory management is vital to ensuring the safety of a community. Hear how a law enforcement agency implemented a weapon/riffle storage systems using RFID and IoT technology in 100.000 certified cabinets to track and locate their materials.  

 
​​Iconic Manhattan Skyscraper Streamlines Inspection & Repair with Trusted NFC
Richard Aufreiter | HID Global
This session provides an example how trusted NFC tags can help digitize, streamline and track the entire sprinkler inspection and repair process of one of New York's most famous buildings. The result: faster, more efficient inspections and repairs, improved first-time fix rates and fewer repeat visits. Perhaps most important, property management can now more accurately track and confirm all physical on-site inspections and repairs, ensuring the sprinkler system complies with all New York Fire Department’s fire and safety regulations. This IoT case won the 2018 case study award from AIM.
 
 
 




​​IATA RFID Bag Tagging Initiative

Andreas Walsner | Sales Manager Automotive & Aerospace |
​Smartrac Technology Group
With the momentum building within IATA and the recent recommendation from the board during the AGM in June 2019, it is looking likely that RFID will become a resolution within the industry for tracking checked in baggage. With this is in mind we take a look at the possibilities and pitfalls when using RFID within an airport environment.







RAIN Applications Panel | Without RAIN There Are No Flowers
 
Moderator:
Steve Halliday | President | RAIN Alliance
 
Panelists:
  • Andres Bley | Co-Founder | MetraLabs
  • Chuck Evanhoe | President | Aware Innovations
  • Albertus Pretorius | Solutions Architect | LicenSys
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                       Tech Talk Track
                        Palladium Room

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Enhancing Track and Trace Tags
Douglas Seitz | Product Marketing Manager | ON Semiconductor
RFID technology used for track and trace can be expanded to include capturing of additional information from the same tag, including temperature, shock/vibration, and other environmental conditions. This talk will explore innovation enhancing logistics leveraging existing RFID infrastructure.
 
​Wurth's Supplier Labeling Transformation
Mari Waldron | Marketing | NiceLabel
Wurth, a global market leader in the sale of fastening and assembly materials, had a goal of digitizing its processes, including labeling. Wurth’s custom-built, legacy labeling system made supplier labeling a challenge. The software was installed at each supplier with CDs and every time there was an update, new CDs had to be sent. In addition, they had no visibility into which software version each supplier used. The company who built the labeling software was acquired, making support a concern. All of this contributed to a cumbersome supplier labeling process resulting in misapplied labels and shipping delays. Wurth addressed these issues with web printing. Their 180 suppliers in 15 countries now print approximately 8.5 million labels/year. Label changes are instantly deployed to suppliers and they have visibility into usage and print history. Now, suppliers deliver ready-to-sell goods to Wurth, packaged in Wurth boxes and branded with their labels.
 

​The Industrial Value & Development Opportunity of Two-dimensional Bar Code
Dr. Zhang Chao | Dean | ZIIOT
Based on the new generation of information technology, digital economy breeds destructive business model and economic paradigm. It is not only a supplement and integration of the original economic system, but also a profound change from the bottom to reshape the global economic landscape.  Two-dimensional bar code as the core perception technology of the Internet of everything, two-dimensional code technology is playing an increasingly important role in the new economic form, the standardization development and popularization of two-dimensional code industry is receiving wide attention from all over the world.   
 
Laser Marking & Vision Technology Improve AIDC in Medical Implants
Dr. Faycal Benayad-Cherif | Product Manager | FOBA Laser Marking
On September 2013, the FDA has mandated that all medical devices be traceable through the UDI (Unique Device Identification) system. The FDA does not recommend a specific marking methodology; however, laser technology has been the preferred method for applying permanent traceability content on medical devices. The combination of laser marking and innovative imaging solutions for AIDC have helped address the requirement of Direct Part Marking (DPM) while addressing the challenges of achieving permanent readable marks with high resolution, speed and accuracy.
 
From the Vineyard to the Bottle – RFID for the Wine Industry, Ca’ Del Bosco Case
Carlo Carminati | Sales and Marketing Directory | SAIT
The standards and the requirements of nowadays market call for an action in the winemaking industry. The implementation of high technological solutions can help winemakers to take fraud-prevention measures, streamline the production operations and upgrade the customer experience, for an overall business improvement.
 
One of the most modern and advanced cellars in Italy, Ca’ del Bosco, together with SAIT, have devised and implemented a system that automatically tracks and traces all the stages in the supply chain, up to the end customer. With the help of the RFID technology, the system is able to systematically store information about products and processes throughout the entire supply chain, achieving the paradigm “from the vineyard to the bottle”.
1730 – 1745     Wrap Up                                                                               vanadium 2 Room
 
1830                  AIM Networking Dinner                                                Restaurant Sitte
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