Program Schedule

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

7:30 – 8:30 Morning Coffee – S310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

8:00 – 8:30 Speaker Briefing

8:30 – 10:00 Technical Workshops – Part I

Mobile Alerts for People who Wander: Where RFID/NFC, Biometrics and GPS meet
Room S310 G, Level 3, South Building

RFID and IoT within the Agribusiness Industries
Room S310 H, Level 3, South Building

10:00 – 10:30 Break – S310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

10:30 – 12:00 Technical Workshops – Part II

RFID Security Concepts and Trends
Room S310 G, Level 3, South Building

Reverse Engineering a Passive UHF tag
Room S310 H, Level 3, South Building

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 pm Technical Workshops – Part III

3D-/4D-/Inkjet-Printed Flexible RFID and RFID-enabled Sensors and Modules for IoT and Smart Skin Applications
Room S310 G, Level 3, South Building

Total Farm Management Practices Using RFID
Room S310 H, Level 3, South Building

2:30 – 3:00 pm Afternoon Break – S310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

3:00 – 4:30 pm IEEE RFID Joint Session Roundtable Discussions (Part IV) – Room S310 E – F, Level 3, South Building

5:00 – 6:30 pm RFID Journal Live! Keynote Session – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall

6:30 – 8:00 RFID Journal Live! Opening Reception – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, April 11 (Morning)

7:30 – 8:30 Morning Coffee – 310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

8:00 – 8:30 Speaker Briefing

8:30 – 10:00 IEEE RFID Opening Plenary Session – Room 31o E – F, Level 3, South Building

Welcome and Introduction: Sanjay Sarma – General Chair
CRFID (IEEE Council on RFID) Update – Gisele Bennett, IEEE Council on RFID (CRFID)
Presentation of Best Paper Award: Rahul Bhattacharyya – Technical Program Chair
Keynote Address: Dr. Benjamin Cook, Texas Instruments’ Kirby Labs – “Additive Manufacturing, Digitizing an Analog Industry”
Poster Session Teaser Talks: Cheng Qi and Stewart Thomas – Poster Session Chairs and Poster Authors

10:00 – 10:30 Break – 310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

10:30 – 12:00 RFID INNOVATION SESSION, Prof. Sanjay Sarma, MIT – “RFID – The Past, the Present, the Future”
Room 310 E – F, Level 3, South Building

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, April 11 (Afternoon)

1:00 – 2:30 pm Technical Sessions – Rooms 310G and 310H

2:30 – 2:45 pm Break & Poster Session – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall

2:30 – 4:15 pm Poster Session and Demos – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall

4:15 – 5:00 pm IEEE RFID Smart Cities Mega Challenge – Exhibit Hall, Awards Theater

5:35 – 6:30 pm IEEE RFID Young Professionals Networking Reception – Icebar Patio

6:30 – 8:00 pm IEEE RFID 2018 Networking Dinner – Icebar Restaurant (Separate Registration Required)

Thursday, April 12 (Morning)

7:30 – 8:30 Morning Coffee – 310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

8:00 – 8:30 Speaker Briefing

8:30 – 9:45 IEEE RFID plenary session – Room 310 E – F, Level 3, South Building

Welcome: Prof. Greg Durgin, General Vice Co-chair, IEEE RFID 2018
Mega-Challenge Competition Winner (Preview): Kevin Berisso, IEEE Mega-Challenge Chair
Technical Program Overview: Rahul Bhattacharyya, Technical Program Chair
Presentation of Best Paper Award: Cheng Qi, Poster Session Chair
Keynote: Prof. Alenka Zajic, Georgia Tech “Exploiting Switching of Transistors in Digital Electronics for RFID Tag Design“

9:45 – 10:15 Break – 310 Foyer, Level 3, South Building

10:15 – 12:00 Hot Topics in RFID – Room 310 E – F, Level 3, South Building

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch – Lower Level, Exhibit Hall