2006 US Taiwan High-Tech Forum: The World with RFID

The World with RFID

US Taiwan High-Tech Forum Conference

10/14/2006,

Sponsors:

National Science Council	North America Taiwanese Engineers' Association	IEEE - Computer Society

Abstract:

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a groundbreaking technology that will serve as replacement for UPC codes and has already been adopted by both retailer giants like Wal-Mart and Target, with the U.S. Department of Defense - the largest consumer of goods in the world-expected to follow suit. The trend of utilizing RFID to enable the Real World Awareness is going to open new dimensions of applications across software and hardware. The 2006 UTHF symposium aims to explore the solutions that are needed to enable RFID systems as well as the RFID applications. The symposium is also to promote the collaboration between Taiwan and Silicon Valley in the context of "The World with RFID" - the future.

The objectives of this UTHF symposium are:

Provide a channel for networking with the mainstream RFID technology and standard leaders

Gather experts and associates across the Pacific to share their knowledge and experiences in the RFID related areas.

Explore business opportunities for enterprises, entrepreneurs and VCs alike in RFID areas.

Promote the collaboration and interaction between RFID technology and solution communities of Taiwan and Silicon Valley, USA.

The conference will take place at the Biltmore Hotel of Santa Clara, California on October 14, 2006.

This US Taiwan High-Tech Forum is also staged to provide an exchange and networking opportunity for the Silicon Valley technical/business leaders and Taiwanese delegation; and to promote collaboration between technology communities of Taiwan and Silicon Valley.

Speaker's Bio:

Dr. Krish Mantripragada, Program Director and Global Lead of SAP RFID Solution and Technology Strategy Management
Dr. Richard Swan, CTO, T3Ci (Also EPCglobal EPCIS working group co-chair)
Richard Bravman, Chairman & CEO of Intelleflex Corporation
Jeff Jacobsen, President of Applied Wireless Identifications Group, Inc (AWID)
Dr. Thomas H. Lee, Professor of Standford University, Standford Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory
Keith Cotterill, President and Founder of Bonsai Development Corporation (BDC)
Dr. Richard Zai, CTO, Adept Identification Technologies
Dr. Jimmy Li, Deputy Director, Initiative Office for Government RFID Applications, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, and Advisor, IDEAS, III, Taiwan
Dr. Elmer M. Hsu, VP & General Director of RFID Technology Center, ITRI, Taiwan
Thomas Odenwald, Director of SAP Research

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More speakers will be released over the next few weeks.

Who should attend this event?

Engineers, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, and venture capitalists, who are interested in RFID, will benefit from this comprehensive program of technology and business trends in the new RFID world.

Contact Info

This is a great opportunity for you to share your comments and suggestions on the issues not covered in this program with others. Please send your comments to:

      Tim Lin, Conference Co-chair, timtlin@comcast.net
      Michael Graebner, Conference Co-chair, graebner@pacbell.net
      Dr. Joseph Yang, Conference Co-chair, josephyang@sciencesf.org

Dr. Martin Chen, Program Chair, chenc3@yahoo.com

Presented By:
      North America Taiwanese Engineers’ Association (NATEA), Silicon Valley Chapter
      Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Computer Society,
        Silicon Valley Chapter

Sponsored By:
      National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. ()

Co-sponsored By:
      Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI) ()
      Institute for Information Industry (III) ()