Overview & Agenda

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Hands-on demonstrations and tours at the University of Arkansas (UARK) RFID Lab*

Session #1: RFID Primer: 12:30 pm, Tour: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Session #2: RFID Primer: 2:30 pm, Tour: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

* To attend a tour, you must be registered for Session #1 or Session #2 above. For those who would like to learn RFID basics or refresh their RFID skills, an optional RFID primer is available a half an hour before each tour.

What is RFID? Introduction to the RFID Lab:

Demonstration of case and pallet portals (using various static and mobile readers)
Sweet-spot testing (Item-level physics)
Item-level demonstrations to include:

Inventory practices–handhelds on rounders, z-bar through doors, shelf readers, RD5000, cycle counting
POS system
Display signs
Question/answer session

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception at Inn at Carnall Hall – sponsored by

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Download the agenda for full session descriptions

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast – Sponsored by:
8:00 am - 8:30 am	Welcome Joe Andraski, President & CEO, Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Rick Blasgen, President & CEO, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Cindy DiPietrantonio, Chief Operations Officer, Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Peter Longo, President, Macy's Logistics & Operations
8:30 am - 10:30 am	Keynote: Retailers and digital inventory accuracy Sahir Anand, Research Director, Retail and Banking, Aberdeen Group VF- Our Journey Terry Brown, Director of Distribution Delivery Systems, VF Services
10:30 am - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am - 11:45 am	A panel discussion on the issues of off-shore source tagging and testing done in-store Moderated by Bill Hardgrave, Dean and Wells Fargo Professor, College of Business, Auburn University Avery Dennison, Speaker TBD Checkpoint, Speaker TBD Motorola, Speaker TBD Tyco, Speaker TBD
11:45 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch – Sponsored by:
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm	How to jumpstart a discussion with your customers and connecting them to the overallRFID technology experience Dick Lockard, Founder & Director of Consumer Experience Design, the Big Space
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	RFID Issues and “How are we going to get there?” Myron Burke, Director - Store Innovation, Operations and EPC, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Paul Arguin, Director of Technology and Engineering, Conair, USA
2:00-2:30/3:00 PM	The Future of RFID Chris Riemann, Logistics Practice, IBM Global Business Services Wrap-Up N Arthur Smith, CEO and President GS1 Canada Bill Connell, Executive Vice President of Logistics, Macy's Inc