Connections Summit
Where:
Google Java Corners, Sunnyvale, CA
Google Java Corners, Sunnyvale, CA
When:
Wed, Mar 07, 2018
"The Connections Summit, co-hosted by AIM, NFC Forum, and RAIN on March 7th, 2018 at Google Java Corners in Sunnyvale, CA, was a one-day event featuring a series of speaker-led sessions that focused on how NFC, RFID, and AIDC make the world more connected. The full agenda included keynote presentations, panels, and IoT, Retail & Smart Products, Security & Blockchain, Healthcare, and Market Opportunities tracks."
The Connections Summit, co-hosted by AIM, NFC Forum, and RAIN on March 7th, 2018 at Google Java Corners in Sunnyvale, CA, was a one-day event featuring a series of speaker-led sessions that focused on how NFC, RFID, and AIDC make the world more connected. The full agenda included keynote presentations, panels, and IoT, Retail & Smart Products, Security & Blockchain, Healthcare, and Market Opportunities tracks.
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Registration |
| 9:00 am | Welcome & Introductions Steve Halliday, President of the RAIN Alliance Paula Hunter, Executive Director of the NFC Forum Mary Lou Bosco, COO of AIM Inc. |
| 9:30 am | Keynote #1: Antony Passemard, Product Management Lead – Cloud IoT and Pub/Sub, Google The Pervasive Nature of IoT in the World of Intelligent Big Data |
| 10:00 am | Keynote #2: Raghu Das, CEO IDTechEx RFID 2018-2028: RAIN and NFC Market Status, Outlook and Innovations |
| 10:30 am | Networking Break |
| 11:00 am | Retail & Smart Products Track |
| Alessandro Gherardi “Tailor-made” NFC | Linking Customer Experience & Future Sales Andrea Gobbi, Gherardi s.r.l & Carlo Carminati, SAIT s.r.l. | |
| Digitizing the Retail Consumer Experience – Fresh Results and Insights from the Field Matthew Bright, Thin Film Electronics | |
| Re-imagining Retail Using NFC Tim Daly, NXP | |
| Leading the way for Connected Cosmetics Nicolas Lecocq, L’Oréal | |
| Security & Blockchain Track | |
| Integrity of Things: Exploring NFC and Blockchain Ajit Kulkarni, Chronicled & Stephane Ardiley, Identiv | |
| How Adding Trust to NFC Applications Provides a Frictionless Authentication Experience for New York City Buildings David Chose, HID Global | |
| A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Digital Key Sharing for Vehicle Access Control Tony Rosati, ESCRYPT | |
| Healthcare Track | |
| Game Changer in Healthcare | Direct-Part Marked Hospital-Sterilized Medical Implants with Tractus™ Brandon Donnelly, Matrix IT Medical Tracking Systems, Inc. | |
| One of the Largest Oncology Centers and Hospitals in Poland Equips Itself with Wireless Temperature Monitoring System Cronin Wilkes, Blulog | |
| The Internet of Me: Data Empowering Patients Heidi Dohse, Google | |
| The World’s Largest RFID Based Hospital Installation Villads Thomsen, Lyngsoe Systems | |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Retail & Smart Products Track |
| Augmented RFID Paul Muller, EM Microelectronic | |
| NFC and Content: Get Physical with Digital Richard Dupé, Sharetapes | |
| Panel Discussion: Connected Products: Delivering Enhanced, Personalized, and Relevant Customer Experiences Moderator: Jason Oxman, Electronic Transactions Association Panelists: Jeanne Duckett, Avery Dennison Herve d’Halluin, Decathlon Steve McKean, TableSafe, Inc. | |
| IoT Track | |
| RAIN, Cloud and the Chained Twin Chris Diorio, Impinj, Inc | |
| Physical/Digital Convergence – IoT, RAIN, and Chains Robert Beideman, GS1 | |
| RAIN and NFC Coexistence in a Commercial Smart Device Jagat Shah, Research Consultant, System, Lenovo | |
| Everyone Wins using RAIN & NFC! Visibility into Supply Chain and Consumer Engagement Peter Phaneuf, President, eAgile Inc. | |
| Market Opportunities Track | |
| Achieving Value and ROI Using RAIN Chuck Evanhoe, Aware Innovations, a division of Evanhoe & Associates, Inc. Tom King, USPTO | |
| Bringing NFC to the Browser with Web NFC API Justin Ribeiro, Stickman Ventures, Inc. | |
| SMART Products and Digital Consumer Interactions Scott Krynock, Smartrac | |
| New paradigm for NFC applications Sylvain Fidelis, STMicroelectronics | |
| 3:30 pm | Networking Break |
| 4:00 pm | Sponsor Presentations |
| Aware Innovations, a division of Evanhoe & Associates, Inc. Chuck Evanhoe | |
| EM Microelectronics Paul Muller | |
| Teslonix Terry Clancy, VP Business development | |
| 4:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Intelligence of Things: What Does the Future Hold for IoT? Moderator: Jukka Voutilainen, Voyantic Panelists: Francesco Montanari, Datalogic Robert Beideman, GS1 Tim Daly, NXP Ray Freeman, Smartrac |
| 5:15 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 5:30 pm | Networking Happy Hour |
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