RFID Conference at RPI, Troy, NY June 21-23, 2004

[Sunderesh Heragu <herags@rpi.edu>]

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Dear Colleague,
As you know, there has been a lot of news about RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) in the popular press lately. Much of this has been about RFID using Silicon chips. Did you know that alternative, chipless RFID technologies have made much headway in several applications including document security, product tagging and tracing, and other paper based applications. 

Rensselaer's laboratory on Chipless RFID (CL-RFID) will be hosting a conference that will bring together the world's leading practitioners, researchers and users of identification technologies to disseminate information about alternative non-chip based technologies including RFID for identification, track and trace. 

For more details, click on the link below or read on.

http://www.rpi.edu/~herags/CL-RFID_Conf.html

Sunderesh Heragu, Pofessor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


International Conference on Chipless Identification Technologies: 
Magnetic – Optical – RF and others 

Dates : June 21-23, 2004 

Location : Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180 

Host : Chipless RFID (CL-RFID) Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Focus : To introduce Chipless ID Technologies and Solutions for Tagging and Tracking 


Topics to be covered: 

–      Latest developments in Product Tagging and Tracking 
–      Chipless Technologies for Product Identification 
–      Chipless RFID technologies for Product Identification 
–      Tracking and Tracing in the following industries: 
Supply Chain, Retail, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Banking, Manufacturing, Document Management 
–      Lessons Gained from Chip-Based RFID 
–      Product and Asset Authentication 
Counterfeit Detection, Grey Market, Hijack ed Goods Identification, etc. 
–      Standards setting for Chipless ID 
–      Economies of Automated Identification 
–      Future Technological Directions 
–      Radio Frequency Non-Silicon Chip tag technology 
–      Optical tagging and identification technology 
–      Other tagging and identification 
–      Newest Holograph Designs 
–      Optical Resonance for Identification 
–      UHF, Gigahertz and Terahertz Explained 

Technical workshops on sensors design 
Applications, Implementation, Software Workshop 

For further information, contact :
Professor Sunderesh Heragu , Chair 
CL-RFID Conference 
DSES Department, CII 5015 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
110, Eighth St 
Troy, NY 12180-3590 
Tel: 518-276-6111 
herags@rpi.edu 

 

Conference Program Committee [1] 
Mort Greene , Inkode 
Professor Om Nalamasu , RPI 
Anton Mayer , GigaTag 
Professor Roos , IFT, Universität Stuttgart 
Art St. Onge , St. Onge Co. 

If you are interested in presenting a paper about your technology, please submit paper outline and a brief introduction of yourself and your company to ChiplessID@aol.com or 

herags@rpi.edu 

The registration fee for this conference is $575.00 per person for all three days. This fee includes all Continental Breakfasts, Buffet Lunches and a Conference Dinner (June 22). 

Attendance is limited. If you want to attend, please request an invitation from ChiplessID@aol.com or herags@rpi.edu 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is located in Troy, N.Y., on a 260-acre hilltop campus overlooking the Hudson River. In the midst of a culturally rich population center surrounded by the Adirondack, Catskill, Berkshire, and Green mountains, the Rensselaer campus is only a few hours by car from Boston, New York City, and Montreal. Troy is across the Hudson River from the capitol city of New York State, Albany.  Only 10 minutes from Albany (ALB) Airport. Shuttle bus service from the airport to nearby hotels on Wolf Road (Holiday Inn, Marriott, Desmond, Wingate Inn, Hampton Inn. Etc.) are available. 

The New York capital district area is served by Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United and US Air. It is two hours by train from New York City. 

The host hotel is The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12211. 

For reservations, call 800-448-3500, email  reservations@desmondhotels.com or visit the hotel website at: 
www.desmondhotelsalbany.com and ask for CL-RFID rates ($119 per night). Shuttle bus service between the RPI campus and the hotel will be provided. 

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[1] Conference sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation 
[2] Speakers and papers come from governments, industry and universities