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iNEMI to Sponsor Upcoming RFID Forum
September 8, 2005 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
HERNDON, Va. — The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) consortium will sponsor a forum targeting RFID technology on October 4, 2005, at the Sun Microsystems facility in Newark, Calif. Some organizations are making investments to implement RFID; however, others argue that RFID is equivalent to an expensive barcode and may never reach the promised return on investment. But all agree that significant work is needed to improve the technology and to build the infrastructure required to make RFID commonplace.
The iNEMI forum is intended to assess the current "state of the industry" and understand the potential of RFID, identify key barriers limiting adoption and develop an action plan for addressing those barriers. Speakers will include RFID practitioners from AMR Research, EDS, Intel, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, ThingMagic and VeriSign. The forum will target key decision-makers for deployment of RFID technology, industry thought-leaders representing both the technology and application points of view and early adopters of RFID.
"iNEMI has a proven methodology for bringing together users and suppliers of emerging technologies to accelerate adoption through collaborative projects. We are confident that this forum will help us construct a solid picture of today's RFID landscape so that we can fashion the appropriate collaborative efforts to close any remaining infrastructure gaps," says Jim McElroy, iNEMI's CEO. McElroy also says that meeting participants will gain a greater understanding of the current capabilities of RFID and share the experiences of early adopters. "Participants will have the opportunity to interact with key RFID thought-leaders and gain insights into the likely future impact of this important technology. They will also help shape industry activities to close identified business and technical gaps, all of which can influence their companies' strategies and investments as they consider future plans for RFID."
Registration fee is $150, which is waived for iNEMI members and forum speakers. To register, or for more information, please click here or contact McElroy at (703) 834-2082 or jmcelroy@inemi.org; or Dan Blount, Sun Microsystems, at (916) 265-5673 or Dan.Blount@Sun.com. For further information on RFID, log onto SMT's upcoming Webcast, "How RFID Relates to SMT Assembly," on November 10, 2005.