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

6:00 am - 7:00 am	Registration
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 - 9:15 am	Keynote: Retailers and digital inventory accuracy Sahir Anand, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Retail & Banking, Aberdeen Group
9:15 am - 10:00 am	Supplier RFID Efforts VF—Our Journey Terry Brown, Director of Distribution Delivery Systems, VF Services Supplier ROI: From Source to Shelf David Cromhout, RFID Lab Director, University of Arkansas
10:00 am - 10:5 am	Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am	Panel Discussion: Offshore Source Tagging and In-Store Testing Moderated by Bill Hardgrave, Dean and Wells Fargo Professor, College of Business Bill Toney, Global Sales Manager – RFID, Avery Dennison Raj Jayaraman, Director of Market Development, Merchandise Visibility, Checkpoint Systems Chris Schaeffer, Director of Product Marketing, Motorola Kris Barton, Business Development Manager – RFID, UPM Raflatac Larry Arnstein, Sr. Director of Business Development, Impinj
11:15 am - 11:14 am	How to Jumpstart a Discussion with Your Customers and Connect Them to the Overal lRFID Technology Experience Dick Lockard, Founder and Director of Consumer Experience Design, The Big Space
11:45 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch – Sponsored by:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Retailer Lessons Learned Panel Discussion Jim Lee, Account Lead, Tyco Rose De Poe, Global Director, RFID Strategic Solutions and Alliances, Avery Dennison Susan Flake, Sr. Manager, RFID Business Development, Retail, Motorola Chris Riemann, Logistics Practice, IBM Global Business Services
2:00 pm - 2:30 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
2:00-3:00 PM	The Future of RFID Chris Riemann, Logistics Practice, IBM Global Business Services
3:00-3:30 PM	Wrap-Up N Arthur Smith, CEO and President GS1 Canada Bill Connell, Executive Vice President of Logistics, Macy's Inc